• Canadians & Yanks battle at Lake Erie

    Canadians & Yanks battle at Lake Erie

    16 October, 2012 : - There was a battle for the control of Lake Erie between Canadians and Americans on Sunday. The battle was between surfers from the two nations in Niagara-on-the-Lake Surf Club’s 'Battle of the Great Lakes Surf Contest', the second on Lake Erie this year and the third in the series. George H…

  • Jack's Surfboards win Oakley Challenge

    Jack's Surfboards win Oakley Challenge

    8 October, 2012 : - Team Jack's Surfboards, from Huntington Beach, Calif., claimed the 2012 Oakley Surf Shop Challenge National Championship in Bali, revoking Sunrise Surf Shop's domination of the one-hour Final in a nail biting come-from-behind victory. Now in its fourth year, the Oakley Surf Shop Challenge has seen…

  • Kling & Nicholl claim APSPR Corona event #2

    Kling & Nicholl claim APSPR Corona event #2

    8 October, 2012 : - APSPR Corona Extra Pro Surf Circuit at Middles Beach in Isabela, Puerto Rico crowned Florida’s Gabe Kling and Amy Nicholl in 3 to 4 foot clean surf. Runners-up were Josie Graves from Isabela, Puerto Rico and Nikki Viesins from Indialantic, Florida. Kling topped graves with consistent surfing…

  • JBay juniors win Hurley South Africa Champs

    JBay juniors win Hurley South Africa Champs

    7 October, 2012 : - Eastern Province dominated the Hurley SA Junior Champs in their home surf at Jeffreys Bay, clinching the coveted Freedom Cup team trophy for the first time in the 16 year history of the event and earning three of the six SA individual titles and three of the five special awards on offer.…

  • Waring & Gilchrist claim American Pro #2

    Waring & Gilchrist claim American Pro #2

    5 October, 2012 : - Event #2 of the American Pro Surfing Series hit the south side of the Huntington Beach Pier last weekend. After two days of competition in solid three to six foot swell, Chris Waring and Kaleigh Gilchrist emerged victorious. With two events down and one to go, Torrey Meister and Erica Hosseini lea…

  • Bay of Plenty win New Zealand Champs

    Bay of Plenty win New Zealand Champs

    5 October, 2012 : - The Bay of Plenty Junior Surfing Team claimed an emphatic victory at the 2012 National Scholastic Surfing Championships completed at Fitzroy Beach, New Plymouth regaining the team title they have now held for five of the past seven years. The Bay of Plenty team had eight of their twelve surfers co…

  • Wynberg Boys High win in South Africa

    Wynberg Boys High win in South Africa

    1 October, 2012 : - The Surf Emporium Western Province Interschool’s Championship and Battle of the Wave was completed at Surfers Corner, Muizenberg in bright sunshine and perfect offshore conditions just in time for the surfers to participate in the Earthwave World Record attempt for the most surfers on the sa…

  • Austria lights up Portugal with nationals

    Austria lights up Portugal with nationals

    27 September, 2012 : - Ericeira presented itself in the best light for its premiere as the location of the Austrian Champs: in close to perfect conditions with nice waves and sunny weather on both contest days the Austrian surf scene could prove its high level. After two days with exciting heats the results were: Ope…

  • Russell Winter nabs Nike Night Surf win

    Russell Winter nabs Nike Night Surf win

    25 September, 2012 : - On Friday 21st September, local Newquay surfer Russell Winter dominated the finals of the second annual Nike Night Surf at Fistral Beach in Cornwall. In the first UK Pro Tour stop of the year, Winter’s wave selection and quality of surfing manoeuvres left the other finalists struggling to…

  • Dawson & Kling claim Bud Light Lime Labor Day Cup

    Dawson & Kling claim Bud Light Lime Labor Day Cup

    5 September, 2012 : - Fellow Floridians Gabe Kling and Leah Dawson hoisted the 'Winner Winner Chicken Dinner' trophies and claimed victories at the Bud Light Lime Surf Series (BLLSS) OBX Labor Day Cup at Jennette’s Pier in Nags Head, NC. With thousands of people on the beach and occasional chest- to head-high s…

  • Lembongan event rolls big as Bali lights up with swell

    Lembongan event rolls big as Bali lights up with swell

    4 September, 2012 : - On Monday September 3rd all surfers in Indonesia would awake to the sound of the ocean thundering across all of her reefs. As line-­‐ups slowly became over crowded with professional and free surfers – this would be the ay to be a LST (Lembongan Surf Team) rider. After enduring sm…

  • Davey Brand victorious at Billabong Pro Junior Africa

    Davey Brand victorious at Billabong Pro Junior Africa

    2 September, 2012 : - In perfect four-foot pointbreak surf, Davey Brand won the Pro Junior Boys final against Dylan Lightfoot with two excellent scoring rides. Jeffreys Bay local Lightfoot was chasing a small score but couldn’t find it amongst the excellent waves, and the win went to Brand. Slade Prestwich and …

  • Hardman masters single, twin & tri to claim victory

    Hardman masters single, twin & tri to claim victory

    2 September, 2012 : - - The invitational event saw five world champions, Hardman, Curren, Mark Occhilupo (Aus), Martin Potter (GB) and Rhil Rajzman (Brz) compete across three divisions to qualify for the Grand Champions Trophy. It was a magical week in the Maldives for Hardman, winning both the Single and Twin Fin di…

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