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NEW version of Surfing News-Alert is LIVE daily

16 May, 2012 : - Surfing News-Alerts are updates of the very latest news selected by our editors from Surfing News, ASP & ISA Contests, Surf-Industry News, Video & Photography Updates, Meteorological Events, Surforecasts, and much more. It is a Goldmine for Surfers. Uses for the all new Surfersvillage Global Surf New…
Billabong replaces Derek O'Neill with Launa Inman

9 May, 2012 : - Billabong has replaced CEO Derek O'Neill appointing former Target head Launa Inman as its new managing director and CEO, with Mr O'Neill to 'depart the company today'. Billabong also announced today that Paul Naude, its head of North America, would take on expanded role as president of the Americas, …
Travis Grant brings it home for the C4 Waterman label

9 May, 2012 : - One year ago at the Battle of the Paddle Hawaii, Travis Grant lined up for his first race under the C4 Waterman label. Beneath his feet was a brand new 12'6 custom race board shaped by Dave Parmenter. In his hands was one of the first prototypes of the C4 X-Wing paddle. After clinching gold on the sam…
Maynard, Gibree in form at Quik Waterman Paddle Fest

7 May, 2012 : - The Quiksilver Waterman Collection Waikiki Paddle Festival concluded in Waikiki with the final 10-mile Hawaii Kai downwind distance paddle, and the saltwater triathlon Waterman Challenge. Twenty year-old Australian Jackson Maynard, who won yesterday's prone paddleboard course, took a win in both the d…
Paddleboard hero Jamie Mitchell sits down, talks story

2 May, 2012 : - Australia’s Jamie Mitchell is a defending 10x world champion paddleboarder, decorated big wave rider, and dedicated ocean athlete. Growing up on the Queensland Gold Coast, Mitchell was a state champion swimmer who turned his back on the pool to find international success in the ocean and on the waves.…
New, innovative course for Quiksilver Waikiki Paddle...

2 May, 2012 : - Paddlers from around the world are arriving to Waikiki in final preparation for this weekend's Quiksilver Waterman Collection Waikiki Paddle Festival. Roughly 500 athletes from Australia, Canada, Japan, Brazil, Korea, Canada, Tahiti, and around the United States will take part in the festival, to be h…
Kelly Slater of paddleboarding focus of new film

25 April, 2012 : - Once again the Molokai 2 Oahu Paddleboard World Championships will be the backdrop of the dramatic and moving documentary that follows Jamie Mitchell's quest for 10 consecutive wins across the 32 mile Ka'iwi channel. Decade of Dominance is one of a select feature length Action Sport entries into th…
Ocean Minded signs onto Paddle for Humanity Series

25 April, 2012 : - Ocean Minded is pleased to announce 2012 sponsorship of The Watermans Paddle for Humanity race series, which begins this Saturday, April 28th in Dana Point, CA. The award winning series is building on four years of success and will feature multiple events on both coasts with stops in California, F…
Memorial held for shark attack victim David Lilienfeld

20 April, 2012 : - David Lilienfeld died Thursday after being attacked by a Great White Shark in South Africa. On Friday the ISA WJSC in Panama started with all 31 of the delegations in a circle and ISA president Fernando Aguerre sharing heart-felt words on David's passing. All the participants observed a moment of s…
Paddle for Humanity adds Chuck Patterson course

20 April, 2012 : - A day in the life of Chuck Patterson is intense and so is his signature course for the Watermans Paddle for Humanity – The Chuck Patterson Signature Series Rally Race. The paddle and run event will feature beach obstacles and distances that will challenge the hardiest of competitors. Patterson thri…
Peter Mel Talks Waikiki Paddle Festival...

14 April, 2012 : - - This year, Quiksilver Waterman is hosting the Waikiki Paddle Festival May 5-6 at Duke Kahanamoku Beach in Waikiki. It looks to be one of the biggest paddling festivals in the country, with events for standup paddlers, outrigger canoeists, surfskis and traditional prone paddlers. We recently caugh…
'That First Glide' SUP doco debuts in New Zealand

26 March, 2012 : - Hawaiian Waterman Mike Waltze is in Auckland next week for the New Zealand premier of his new Stand Up Paddle film, That First Glide, to screen with a special feature wrapping up the 2012 Hyundai Tour by Greenroom. That First Glide showcases the history of the world's fastest growing sport from its…
Surfing New South Wales backs state bodyboarders

23 March, 2012 : - Only a few weeks until the states best Bodyboarders hit the Central Coast, when the Dunes NSW Body Board State Titles, unfold on soldiers beach, NSW. Utlising a unique second chance format developed by Surfing NSW, every competitor is given the ability to surf twice before facing elimination. Compe…