• Grind Media aquires TransWorld media titles

    Grind Media aquires TransWorld media titles

    Industry: GrindMedia announced the acquisition of TransWorld’s action sports brands from Bonnier Corporation on Monday. Acquired brands include TransWorld SURF, TransWorld SNOWboarding, TransWorld SKATEboarding, TransWorld Ride BMX, TransWorld Motocross and TransWorld Business. This acquisition positions GrindM…

  • VIDEO & Images: Billabong Rio Pro final Day

    VIDEO & Images: Billabong Rio Pro final Day

    20 May, 2013:- VIDEO: Jordy Smith won the Billabong Rio Pro over favourite Adriano de Souza displaying an incredible variety of technical airs and turns in the Final. Smith’s run to the final was nothing short of amazing as he defeated dangerous rookie Filipe Toledo, and two-time ASP World Champion Mick Fanning…

  • Jordy Smith takes out the Billabong Rio Pro

    Jordy Smith takes out the Billabong Rio Pro

    19 May, 2013 : - WCT: Jordy Smith has won the Billabong Rio Pro in a hard-fought final over national favorite Adriano de Souza by a score of 17.80 to 16.34 in clean two-to-four foot waves at Barra Da Tijuca. The Billabong Rio Pro utilized the entirety of the event waiting period, culminating in a high-performance sho…

  • Shawn Dollar's Cortes bomb new world record

    Shawn Dollar's Cortes bomb new world record

    17 May, 2013 : - BIG-WAVE: Less than two weeks after winning the Pacifico Paddle Award at the Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards ceremony, Guinness has officially certified Shawn Dollar's 61-foot wave at the Cortes Bank off California as a new World Record. The 30-year-old resident of Santa Cruz, California caught the sup…

  • Spice Coast Open hot starts Indian surf scene

    Spice Coast Open hot starts Indian surf scene

    16 May, 2013 : - CONTEST: India's first official national Surfing and Stand up Paddle (SUP) competition got under way at the renowned beach town of Kovalam in Kerala and ran for three days from May 2 - 5. The Surfing Federation of India, which is the national governing body for surfing in India, organised this event …

  • Ocean unloads total MAYhem at Teahupoo

    Ocean unloads total MAYhem at Teahupoo

    15 May, 2013 : - VIDEO: Big wave riders from the world over woke up after catching last minute flights to a massive Teahupoo that got bigger during the day. Koa Rothman picked up one of the bombs of the day. Laird, Raimana, Sancho all picked up some epic waves & it was an insane day of surfing Teahupoo's massive …

  • Raw & Rare: Surfing Heritage Vintage Auction

    Raw & Rare: Surfing Heritage Vintage Auction

    13 May, 2013 : - HISTORY: The first Surfing Heritage Vintage Surf Auction 'California Gold' went off at the OC Fair Events Center in Costa Mesa yesterday with total sales of $680,000.  This event was put on to raise funds for the Surfing Heritage & Cultural Center, which will continue headlong in its charter…

  • Surfing in the Olympics gains support in Brazil

    Surfing in the Olympics gains support in Brazil

    13 May, 2013 : - IOC: In a meeting at the Ministry of Sports with movement leaders of SURF 2016 along with deputy Walter Feldman, the Minister Aldo Rebelo (Minister of Sport in Brazil) has pledged to sign a formal application to the IOC (International Olympic Committee) to include surfing as a sport presentation at t…

  • Quick Clip: Julian Wilson's next-level air

    Quick Clip: Julian Wilson's next-level air

    10 May, 2013 : - VIDEO: Julian Wilson executes a heelside grab alley-oop in Rio while free-sessioning before this week's Billabong Rio Pro…

  • Dubai's surf center gets shut down

    Dubai's surf center gets shut down

    10 May, 2013 : - CULTURE: After saving in excess of about 100 people, staging monthly beach clean-ups and teaching thousands to surf, Daniel Van Dooren and Scott Chambers’ livelihood is hanging in the balance. And supporters say drownings could occur if the duo behind Surf Dubai are not allowed to operate…

  • Highlights: Mentawai Pro tube time at Lance's

    Highlights: Mentawai Pro tube time at Lance's

    8 May, 2013 : - VIDEO: This short film documents all the action from the 2013 Mentawai Pro. Oney Anwar won the event with a series of deep tubes. The 19-year-old from Lakey Peak, Sumbawa ripped his way to victory over Bali's Garut Widiarta in the Final, held at picture-perfect Lance's Right.…

  • Big, hairy pits in France: Hossegor turns on

    Big, hairy pits in France: Hossegor turns on

    7 May, 2013 : - VIDEO: La Gravière with the best European surfers on the spot, which offers as usual huge barrels. Riders that day included Dimitri Ouvré, Romain Laulhé, Miky Picon, Alain Riou, Marc Lacomare, Paul Lou, Laborde,PV Laborde, Tristan Guilbaud, Vincent Duvignac, Justine Dupont, Kevin …

  • Found photo captures British surf scene circa '69

    Found photo captures British surf scene circa '69

    6 May, 2013 : - HISTORY: Renowned photographer Paul Harris stepped into the Museum of British Surfing, and the first thing he saw was a photo he took back in 1969. Paul composed the picture of the new Tiki Surf Shop for an advert, when it first started out in South Street, Braunton. It features founders Tim Heyland a…

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