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Bodysurf tour slides up the West Coast

6 March, 2013 : - - The Plight of the Torpedo People is a collection of bodysurfing photographs, frame grabs and personal essays documenting the making of Keith Malloy’s directorial debut, Come Hell or High Water—the first feature-length film to be made about the sport of bodysurfing.…
Dave Rastovich paddles for New Zealand

25 February, 2013 : - VIDEO: For Zen Wallis, at last, relief ... on December 1st 2012, David 'Rasta' Rastovich paddled the final metres into Piha after a testing two-week, 350 km journey from Taranaki. The paddle was long, tough and treacherous. It pushed Rasta, one of the world’s greatest surfers, to new …
OceanMinded gathers clothes, paddlers

22 January, 2013 : - PADDLE: In response to the recent record freezing temperatures in San Diego, Ocean Minded has organized a clothing drive in conjunction with the 17th Annual Hanohano Huki Ocean Challenge. The Hanohano Huki Ocean Challenge is one of the longest running paddle sport races in California…
Lost art of kneeboarding enjoys resurgence

2 January, 2013 : - KNEEBOARD: KSUSA announces the 2013 Kneeboard Surfing Titles and Kneeboard Festival will return to Huntington Beach, CA, January 18 and 19. This event celebrates the 10th year of continuous KSUSA sponsored kneeboard surfing competition, including nine U.S. Titles and one World Titles event.&n…
Art of bodysurfing captured in book

17 December, 2012 : - LITERATURE: The Plight of the Torpedo People is a collection of bodysurfing photographs, frame grabs and personal essays documenting the making of Keith Malloy’s directorial debut, Come Hell or High Water—the first feature-length film to be made about the sport of bodysurfing. A winn…
Quiksilver releases Jamie Mitchell project

5 December, 2012 : - TEAM: Jamie Mitchell has become a bit of a modern ocean legend. But what he’s probably most famous for is paddling across 32 miles of open ocean during Hawaii’s Molokai-2-Oahu paddleboard race. JM has done this race every year for the past decade… and he’s won every …
Day 1 of Rip Curl Pro Terengganu kicks off

30 November, 2012 : - ASC: Day One of the Rip Curl Pro Terengganu got off to an exciting start as Terengganu’s local dignitaries and event sponsors sounded off air horns to officially open the event at 10:30 am. The Round 1 competitors in the Men’s Open were the first to see action in the 2-3 foot wa…
France trouve ses marques au Venezuela

26 November, 2012 : - TEAM: L’équipe de France qui est au Venezuela pour les championnats du monde de bodyboard (25 nov. – 2 déc.) trouve peu à peu ses marques sur l’île de Marguarita. Le manque de houle ce dimanche sur le nord-est du pays a fait annuler la premi&egra…
Paddleboard pioneer Charlie Force dies at 82

24 November, 2012 : - R.I.P.: Charlie Force, a pioneer of standup paddleboarding in Britain, has died age 82. Way back in 1953, he designed and built a hollow wooden surfboard which he successfully rode in Newquay Bay, some 50 years before SUP surfing became popular in the UK. A carpenter and builder by trade, …
ISA World Bbodyboard Champs start Saturday

23 November, 2012 : - BODYBOARD: After a great event in the Canary Islands in 2011, Venezuela is ready to host the world's best bodyboarders at Playa Parguito, in Margarita Island, Venezuela. 40 athletes are training to compete for the glory of becoming the world's best bodyboarder starting tomorrow Saturday, Novembe…
France au Venezuela pour conserver son titre

20 November, 2012 : - TEAM: Championne du monde en titre de bodyboard, l’équipe de France s’envole ce mardi pour le Venezuela où se disputent les deuxièmes championnats du monde ISA (International Surfing Association) de la discipline, du 25 novembre au 2 décembre. Il y a …
Kneelos GO! at Australian Kneeboard Titles

12 November, 2012 : - KNEEBOARD: Conditions did a 180-degree turn for the second and final day of round three of the Australian Kneeboard Titles. Again, the locals led the charge from the moment the first hooter sounded, with Simon Farrer, Albert Munoz and Chayne Simpson tearing apart the fun three-to-four foot …
Australian Kneeboard Titles kick off

10 November, 2012 : - KNEEBOARD: A packed field of both local and international kneeboarders attacked windy lefthand wedges at Kiama today for the third round of the Australian Kneeboard titles. Kneeboarders from as young as four, and as old as 64, had no trouble adapting to the challenging conditions the rolled…