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Single-fins find Freda barrels at Burleigh

5 January, 2013 : - CONTEST: The remnants of tropical cyclone Freda provided competing surfers with consistent Burleigh barrels on day one of the Burleigh Boardriders Single Fin Festival, presented by Billabong. Crowds gathered in droves at the famed Burleigh headland for a step back into surfing’s history and …
Iconic image inspires surfboard collectors

2 January, 2013 : - CULTURE: Beach Rays, along with support from Scavenger & Surfboardline have teamed up to present an historic collection of vintage surfboards as part of a featured installation at the Agenda Trade Show Jan. 4 & 5. The installation gives a nod to a legendary image from an unknown surf …
Surfing Thailand Remembers 2004 Tsunami Victims

28 December, 2012 : - TSUNAMI: Phuket locals along with visiting surfers from around the world paddled out on the beautiful sunny morning at Patong Beach, Thailand to honor the victims of the devastating Boxing Day Tsunami which struck the island 8 years ago. On December 26, 2004 Patong Beach along with many oth…
30 Years of Triple Crown of Surfing

22 December, 2012 : - CULTURE: The first international surfing contests in Hawaii started in 1954 at Makaha. Fred Hemmings launched the first Pipe Masters event (originally called the Hawaiian Masters) in 1971. In 1983 the first Triple Crown of Surfing was organized and created a separate professional surfing titl…
21:12 :12: Winter Solstice or End of the World?

20 December, 2012: - BIG BANG: The solstice mark s the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and summer in the Southern Hemisphere. The precise moment of the 2012 solstice will be 21 December 2012 at 11h12 UTC. The 2012 December solstice occurs on the speculated date for 'the end of the world'. Scenarios sug…
Seven.T brings 'handmade' to the industry

18 December, 2012 : - INDUSTRY: While the low-cost benefits of mass produced surf goods helps some surf companies turn a profit, one group out there is finding that the opposite approach can be true. Meet Seven. T, a brand specializing in surfboard covers who are discovering that consumers value the creativity and cu…
Robust California surfing culture explored

17 December, 2012 : - CULTURE: The California Surf Festival ended to a wave of success in its 5th year. During the Festival there were many premieres and most of the filmmakers came and enjoyed meeting the guests as well as talking story with the other filmmakers. The 3 day festival drew attention to the robust …
Joe Larkin inducted into Hall of Fame

17 December, 2012 : - HISTORY: Surf World Patron and legendary Australian Shaper, Joe Larkin, was inducted into the International Surfboard Builders Hall of Fame this month. Joe, his daughters Marni and Kelly, and close friend Carl Tanner visited Doheny State Beach, CA, for the 13th annual Hall of Fame gathering, whi…
Film explores Peter Drouyn's transformation

12 December, 2012 : - VIDEO: Westerly is a feature length documentary film about surf icon Peter Drouyn and his controversial metamorphosis into Westerly Windina. Peter Drouyn was one of surfing's first superstars. A true visionary, he dominated the international competitive ranks in the '60s and '70s, changed t…
Pucha launches her 2013 calendar

6 December, 2012 : - PREVIEW: Pucha Garcia, 10 times Panamanian Womens Surfing Champion, 2012 Surfer of the Year, and 2012 ISA Masters Bronze medalist recently announced her 2013 edition calendar with a launch party on Saturday 24 November 2012 at El Sitio de Playa Venao (site of the ISA World Surfing Games). Pu…
Extreme weather is new normal

5 December, 2012 : - ENVIRONMENT: Extreme weather is the new normal and poses a threat to the human race, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said as efforts to agree a symbolic extension of the U.N. Kyoto Protocol looked to be faltering. In a speech to almost 200 nations meeting in Doha to try to get a breakthrough, …
Who is Australia's most influential surfer?

27 November, 2012 : - VOTE: Going down over the years in various car parks, pubs and lineups throughout Australia has been heated discussions by your average surf Joes about who is the greatest, most influential Aussie surfer of all time. Now Surfing Australia has launched an online campaign to get the final wor…
Swellcast - Aussie surf forecasts remodelled

25 November, 2012 : - FORECASTS: Swellcast is a new surforecast platform developped and run by Ray Stone. Ray, a surfer for 25 years, and self-confessed onshore wind junkie, living in Perth, Western Australia. Swellcast takes the same raw forecast data behind all surf forecast services, and boils it down into a …