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Kiwi team lackluster Day 1 of ISA WSG

6 May, 2013 : - TEAM: The Quiksilver New Zealand Surfing Team stumbled on day one of the 2013 Reef ISA World Surfing Games with three of the four surfers in the Open Men's Division being relegated to the repechage rounds. Sean Peggs (Tai) was the only Kiwi surfer to advance out of his first heat placing second. The 2…
Victoria's schools battle for state surfing titles

6 May, 2013 : - CONTEST: The Victorian School Surfing Titles was held at Jan Juc over the weekend with a huge four days of schools competing for bragging rights amongst rival schools. Victoria lived up to its reputation of rapidly changing weather dishing up perfect sunshine one day and freezing windy conditions the …
Wallis & Smith top Aerial7 Backdoor Pro Junior

6 May, 2013 : - CONTEST: Piha's Tane Wallis and Gisborne’s Jasmine Smith emerged victorious after eight hours of surfing in tough conditions at Mount Maunganui’s Main Beach at the Aerial7 Backdoor Pro Junior event completed Saturday 4th May. The one day event, catering for surfers under the age of 20…
DC Shoes explores punk rock art of Mark Ong

6 May, 2013 : - INDUSTRY: Legendary Singaporean sneaker customizer and designer Mark Ong, aka SBTG, has again teamed up with The HUB, the DC Shoes. He will be back at The HUB in Paris, creative studio of DC for his exclusive exhibition Acoustic Anarchy in Paris from Friday 17th of May to Saturday 22nd of June. …
Marquee grom event ditches heat format

6 May, 2013 : - GROMS: This year, Quiksilver’s King of the Groms contest is going to be 100% digital. Open to all under 16 surfers, groms have until 30th June to upload a 1minute 30second video of themselves showing off their best tricks. From 1st – 31st July, the videos will be published on the Quik…
Day 1 of Reef ISA World Surfing Games fires

5 May, 2013 : - ISA: The 2013 Reef ISA World Surfing Games kicked off with excellent waves in the head-high to overhead range at the world-class reef break in Santa Catalina, Panama. The surf conditions were spectacular with offshore winds and clean, overhead waves that brought all the teams to the edge of the cliff …
XXL Awards sees new paddle world record

4 May, 2013 : - BIG-WAVE: Shane Dorian has won the XXL Ride of the Year while Shawn Dollar has won the XXL Biggest Wave Award as well as the Pacifico Paddle Award for a Cortes Bank behemoth. Dollar's history-making wave was estimated by experts to be 61 feet in height, a new paddle world record. Cortes Bank…
Reef ISA World Surfing Games kicks off!

4 May, 2013 : - ISA: The 2013 Reef ISA World Surfing Games officially opened Saturday, May 4, 2013. In attendance were the 24 countries with over 150 athletes and team officials, who traveled to Panama from every corner of the world. Local authorities, officials and thousands of enthusiastic Panamanians were witnesse…
Kneeboard culture alive and well in Kiama

3 May, 2013 : - CONTEST: The idyllic NSW South Coast will again provide the stage for some of the Australia’s best kneeboarders to perform when the Australian Kneeboard Titles Round Two kicks off on Saturday 11 May. The second event of the Australian Kneeboard Titles will follow on from a highly successful even…
Reef ISA World Surfing Games kick off Saturday

3 May, 2013 : - ISA: The 2013 Reef ISA World Surfing Games in Panama begins Saturday with the Opening Ceremony, featuring the traditional Parade of Nations and Sands of the World Ceremony, followed by the official Press Conference. All 24 National Teams and over 150 participating athletes and team officials will gath…
Adriano on high coming into Rio Pro

4 May, 2013 : - ASP: With the 2013 Billabong Rio Pro just around the corner, hometown hero Adriano de Souza is currently prepping for the event following his historic win at the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach last month. Following the immaculate showing at Bells, De Souza now sits at No. 4 on the ASP WCT and is lookin…
Teams named for Reef ISA World Games

2 May, 2013 : - ISA: A total of 24 countries and over 150 athletes and coaches are confirmed to compete in the 2013 Reef ISA World Surfing Games, in the tropical surf town of Santa Catalina, located 6 hours from Panama City by car. Each National Team consists of up to 4 Open Men and 2 Open Women surfers plus Team Off…
Sydney's high-school rippers vie for crown

2 May, 2013 : - CONTESTS: Cronulla will play host to some of Sydney’s best high-school surfers from the 9-10 May for The Dominelli Group Sydney School Surfing Titles. The two-day event, which will see students, from as far north as Palm Beach right down to the Sutherland Shire, battle it out in the individual a…