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Tricky tubes for Round 1 of Billabong Rio Pro

9 May, 2013 : - WCT: Round 1 of the Billabong Rio Pro was completed today in three-to-five foot waves at the primary site of Barra da Tijuca with the world’s best surfers navigating the at-times challenging barrels on offer and thrilling the crowd on the beach. The perennial threats were in form …
French surfer dies in Reunion shark attack

9 May, 2013 : - SHARK: The 36-year-old was in the sea off Reunion Island when a shark charged at him twice, prompting a nearby swimmer to raise the alert when he saw blood on the water. The surfer's wife was on the beach at the time of the attack, which caused significant blood loss and put him into cardiac and respi…
New Zealand team half in at ISA WSG

9 May, 2013 : - TEAM: After four of eight days of competition at the 2013 Reef, ISA World Surfing Games being held at Santa Catalina, Panama, the Quiksilver New Zealand Surfing Team has half of the team remaining in the event. The surf overnight was small again with some tight low-scoring heats that saw Sean Peg…
Battle tight for Aussies at ISA WSG

9 May, 2013 : - TEAM: 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 champion after winning the title in 2011. Molony, along with Wade Carmichael and Tim Macdonald were facing elimination in the repecha…
Alex Gray & Dave Wassel back Int'l Surfing Day

9 May, 2013 : - TEAM: The Surfrider Foundation announced this week that professional surfers Alex Gray and Dave Wassel have signed on to be this year’s International Surfing Day Ambassadors. Observed globally on June 20th, International Surfing Day celebrates the sport of surfing and helps raise awareness …
New Zealand down to one rider at ISA WSG

10 May, 2013 : - TEAM: The Quiksilver New Zealand Surfing Team were reduced to one remaining surfer today when Sean Peggs (Tai) and Thandi Tipene (Tara) were eliminated from the 2013 Reef ISA World Surfing Games being held in Panama. The departure of the two surfers leaves one Kiwi in the event, 18 year old Ella Will…
As Vans grows Doug Palladini takes new spot

9 May, 2013 : - INDUSTRY: Vans President Kevin Bailey is pleased to announce the appointment of Doug Palladini as the Vice President General Manager of the Americas for Vans, effective immediately. As the Vans brand continues to expand across the globe, the newly created position will support and accelerate Van…
No Niño & No Niña: What do we call it then?

9 May, 2013 : - ENVIRONMENT: During April 2013, ENSO-neutral continued, with near-average sea surface temperatures (SSTs) observed across most of the equatorial Pacific Ocean, and below average SSTs confined to the far eastern equatorial Pacific. The Niño indices were near zero throughout the month, except for…
Billabong adds Micah Byrne to their USA staff

9 May, 2013 : - INDUSTRY: Billabong announces the addition of Micah Byrne to their USA staff as its new Surf Team Manager. Byrne comes to the position with extensive experience as a professional surfer and as the current Assistant Coach to the USA Surfing America Team. As a professional surfer, Micah developed a repu…
ISA World Surfing Games get heated Day 5

9 May, 2013 : - ISA: Day 5 of the Reef ISA World Surfing Games showed positive signs of the coming swell. As the event approaches the final days of competition, the National Teams face critical rounds that will determine the final positions in the chase for the Gold Medals. Once again, competition had a delayed start…
Russell Winter wins English National Champs

9 May, 2013 : - CONTEST: The 41st English Nationals Surf Championship in association with P20, hosted by Extreme Academy, was a huge success over the bank holiday weekend, thanks to the hard work of the Surf Science and Technology Foundation Degree students at Cornwall College Newquay, who helped organise the event i…
Billabong halts trading as talks continue

9 May, 2013 : - INDUSTRY: Action sports retailer Billabong International Ltd. may yet strike a deal with one of two U.S. private equity-backed consortia. Both Sycamore Partners and Billabong’s former Americas head Paul Naude; and VF Corpo ration and Altamont Capital Partners, are still engaged in tal…
Changes at Electric lead to new campaign

9 May, 2013 : - INDUSTRY: 2013 brings a revitalized Electric identity, re-engineered logo, expanded product lines and a newly launched website. With the evolution of the brand comes the launch of the ‘Atramental’ campaign. Derived from the process ‘to atrament’, turning an object to black, &ls…