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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.…
Dragon launches line of floating sunglasses

8 May, 2013 : - INDUSTRY: Dragon has seamlessly blended fashion with function to create the H20 Floatable Collection—its first ever line of floating sunglasses. Made for men and women who enjoy an active lifestyle in and around the water, the H20 Floatable Collection pairs 5 of Dragon’s most popular style…
Day 3 slows a bit at Reef ISA World Games

7 May, 2013 : - ISA: Day 3 offered challenging conditions for the world’s best surfers in the 2013 Reef ISA World Surfing Games. The morning’s extreme low tide combined with small waves caused for competition to go into a holding pattern. Once the tide increased, the waves improved and competition started…
Billabong Inc. shares in trading halt

7 May, 2013 : - INDUSTRY: Shares in Billabong are in a trading halt ahead of an update about its potential takeover. Billabong is currently in exclusive talks with the Sycamore consortium, made up the retailer's US-based executive Paul Naude and private equity firm Sycamore Partners. Sycamore Partners has made a $287…
Aussies crown latest batch of Longboard champs

7 May, 2013 : - LONGBOARD: The sleepy town of Denmark located roughly 400 kilometres south of Perth, turned on great autumn conditions over the weekend for the second event of the Health Insurance Fund of Australia WA Longboard & SUP Titles presented by SunSmart. Denmark’s protected coastline of rocky point…
Stoyle & Woods dominate Day 2 for Aussies

7 May, 2013 : - TEAM: TravelSIM Team Australia’s Dimity Stoyle and Thomas Woods dominated on Day 2 at the Reef ISA World Surfing Games in Panama. The event on the right-hand, reef break at Santa Catalina has attracted more than 150 leading surfers from 24 countries. TravelSIM Team Australia is the defending cha…
Kiwis hit form Day 2 of ISA World Games

7 May, 2013 : - TEAM: The two female representatives in the Quiksilver New Zealand Surfing Team got their international campaigns off to great starts early this morning both winning their first round match ups in Panama. Entering the water for the first time at the 2013 Reef ISA World Surfing Games, Ella Williams and…
Volcom highlights Mitch Coleborn's highs

7 May, 2013 : - VIDEO: Volcom's series 'Strange Brains' focuses on Australian goofyfoot Mitch Coleborn. This episode follows Mitch around the planet as he spot hops, throwing big gaffs and airs and generally pulling out all the stops…
Kelly kicks it at Komunity Project Surf Pro Am

7 May, 2013 : - VIDEO: Manly: On a idyllic Sydney Saturday a massive crowd turned out for the Waratahs and Komunity Project Surf Pro Am Tournament held yesterday at Manly Beach. The exciting tournament saw world class surfers including legendary Kelly Slater, celebrities, local community riders and five HSBC Waratahs…
West Java to host Indo pro event at Cimaja

7 May, 2013 : - ASC: The Asian Surfing Championships is delighted to announce that the 4-star ASC sanctioned West Java Surfing Championship 2013 will be held in Cimaja, West Java (province of Sukabumi) from May 31-June 3rd. The seaside town of Cimaja boasts arguably one of the most consistent and quality right-hand c…
XSories Surf & Skate event wraps in Hainan

7 May, 2013 : - CONTEST: On a gorgeous sunny day in China's tropical island province of Hainan, surfers and skaters converged on Riyue Bay for the first annual XSories Hainan Surf & Skate Contest.Thigh- to waist-high surf gave the surfers enough to showcase their talent on longboards. First place finishers in the…
Kiwi surfboard construction engineers flex

7 May, 2013 : - INDUSTRY: In the never ending search for the magic board and the magic wave Surfboard shaper Paul Barron is known for experimenting with surfboard designs and has always had an innovative approach to shaping. Barron has shaped boards in many different countries and for some of the top pro-surfers in t…
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…