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Smaller surf day 2 of Reef ISA World Games

6 May, 2013 : - ISA: Day 2 offered smaller surf than yesterday’s picture-perfect waves and with clean conditions at the 2013 Reef ISA World Surfing Games in Playa Santa Catalina, Panama. Round 2 of the Open Men’s Qualifying and the Opening Round of the Open Women’s were on the schedule. 'The perform…
Marquee grom event ditches heat format

6 May, 2013 : - GROMS: This year, Quiksilver’s King of the Groms contest is going to be 100% digital. Open to all under 16 surfers, groms have until 30th June to upload a 1minute 30second video of themselves showing off their best tricks. From 1st – 31st July, the videos will be published on the Quik…
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…
Seleccion Peruana lista para el ISA WSG

2 May, 2013 : - TEAM: La selección peruana de tabla se encuentra lista para iniciar su participación en una nueva edición del Campeonato Mundial de la ISA, que en esta oportunidad se llevará a cabo en playa Santa Catalina, Panamá. Gabriel Villarán, Cristóbal De Col, &A…
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…
Kiwi hopes rest on Paige Hareb in Rio

2 May, 2013 : - TEAM: With a new quiver of boards under her arm, and focused attitude towards winning, New Zealand ASP Women’s Championship Tour competitor Paige Hareb has flown to Brazil for the Rio Pro surf event scheduled to start on May 8. Following a disappointing early elimination in the Dow AgroSciences …
Gary Linden on big waves & balsa boards

1 May, 2013 : - BIG-WAVE: Big wave surfer, surfboard shaper and Big Wave World Tour Director Gary Linden is a pioneer when it comes to heavy surf. 'Not only does Gary shape his big wave boards, he also charges big waves on his own equipment,' says Peter Mel. 'He's the most experienced guy you could have running the B…
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…
Tiago Pires injures knee during epic surf

30 April, 2013 : - TEAM: Tiago Pires is Portugal’s first qualifier on the elite ASP World Championship Tour and The Portuguese Tige has more than an ample following of passionate Europeans backing him amongst the world’s elite. In his sixth year as a member of the elite ASP Top 34, Pires has had a s…