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Day 1 of Reef ISA World Surfing Games fires

5 May, 2013 : - ISA: The 2013 Reef ISA World Surfing Games kicked off with excellent waves in the head-high to overhead range at the world-class reef break in Santa Catalina, Panama. The surf conditions were spectacular with offshore winds and clean, overhead waves that brought all the teams to the edge of the cliff …
XXL Awards sees new paddle world record

4 May, 2013 : - BIG-WAVE: Shane Dorian has won the XXL Ride of the Year while Shawn Dollar has won the XXL Biggest Wave Award as well as the Pacifico Paddle Award for a Cortes Bank behemoth. Dollar's history-making wave was estimated by experts to be 61 feet in height, a new paddle world record. Cortes Bank…
Reef ISA World Surfing Games kicks off!

4 May, 2013 : - ISA: The 2013 Reef ISA World Surfing Games officially opened Saturday, May 4, 2013. In attendance were the 24 countries with over 150 athletes and team officials, who traveled to Panama from every corner of the world. Local authorities, officials and thousands of enthusiastic Panamanians were witnesse…
Reef ISA World Surfing Games kick off Saturday

3 May, 2013 : - ISA: The 2013 Reef ISA World Surfing Games in Panama begins Saturday with the Opening Ceremony, featuring the traditional Parade of Nations and Sands of the World Ceremony, followed by the official Press Conference. All 24 National Teams and over 150 participating athletes and team officials will gath…
Adriano on high coming into Rio Pro

4 May, 2013 : - ASP: With the 2013 Billabong Rio Pro just around the corner, hometown hero Adriano de Souza is currently prepping for the event following his historic win at the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach last month. Following the immaculate showing at Bells, De Souza now sits at No. 4 on the ASP WCT and is lookin…
Teams named for Reef ISA World Games

2 May, 2013 : - ISA: A total of 24 countries and over 150 athletes and coaches are confirmed to compete in the 2013 Reef ISA World Surfing Games, in the tropical surf town of Santa Catalina, located 6 hours from Panama City by car. Each National Team consists of up to 4 Open Men and 2 Open Women surfers plus Team Off…
Billabong Rio Pro readies without John John

30 April, 2013 : - ASP:The Billabong Rio Pro, the upcoming third stop on the 2013 ASP World Championship Tour, will commence without defending champion John John Florence (HAW), 20, who has officially withdrawn. The defending event champion was sidelined during the opening stop of the year with an ankle injury sustai…
South Africans name ISA World Games team

29 April, 2013 : - TEAM: The South African surfing team leaves for Santa Catalina in Panama today to join approximately 150 surfers from over 25 nations in the 2013 ISA World Surfing Games. Regarded as the 'Olympics of Surfing', the ISA World Surfing Games is a competition for teams of four Men and two Women who…
Reef ISA World Surfing Games launch May 4

25 April, 2013 : - ISA: From May 4-12, Panama will become the gathering place of the world’s best surfers, who will compete in the 2013 Reef ISA World Surfing Games (WSG) in the perfect reef break in Santa Catalina. The 2013 Reef ISA WSG begins in less than two weeks. Over 25 countries from all corners of the p…
J-Bay becomes epicenter of RVCA Jr series

24 April, 2013 : - CONTEST: Building on the success of their inaugural Junior Series surfing event at Jeffreys Bay in March, RVCA will be focusing on growing the tournament into one of the most iconic stops on the annual South African surfing calendar. 'Our first event at Jeffreys Bay was a great success and we …
Eight-year-old signs on with Richmark Holdings

24 April, 2013 : - TEAM: Young up-and-coming Durban surfer James Ribbink has picked up a major corporate sponsor after a recent excellent run of results recently in South Africa. James won the U10 division of the Billabong Grom Games held in Port Elizabeth and was awarded the surfer of the event at the same cont…
Reef ISA World Surfing Games return

23 April, 2013 : - ISA: The International Surfing Association (ISA) announces the ISA will be returning for the fourth year in a row to Panama for the 2013 Reef ISA World Surfing Games from May 4 to the 12th. With the full support of Panama’s President, Ricardo Martinelli, and the Ministry of Tourism headed by …
18seconds mag dives in as Kirra comes to life

23 April, 2013 : - MAGAZINE: 18seconds Magazine No. 16 Out Now: new surfing terrain in Papua New Guinea, Runamuk Visuals, Kirra, Myles McGuinness’ photographic folio, Snapper and Bells, Aussie kid Connor Oleary exposed, music reviews and a whole lot more. Inside you’ll find: a team of guys on a remote sur…