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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…
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…
Kiwi hopes rest on Paige Hareb in Rio

2 May, 2013 : - TEAM: With a new quiver of boards under her arm, and focused attitude towards winning, New Zealand ASP Women’s Championship Tour competitor Paige Hareb has flown to Brazil for the Rio Pro surf event scheduled to start on May 8. Following a disappointing early elimination in the Dow AgroSciences …
Joel Parkinson joins SurfAid's Schools Program

2 May, 2013 : - TEAM: Current ASP World Surfing Champion Joel Parkinson swapped his surfboard for books today when he visited Barrenjoey High, on Sydney’s northern beaches, as the newest ambassador for the SurfAid Schools Program. Parkinson, 32, addressed an assembly of enthralled students before joining a clas…
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…
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…
Full-length Kai Neville/Reef project goes live

1 May, 2013 : - VIDEO: Everything around us blinks, rings, sings, shouts, distracts, vibrates, reminds, likes, comments and downloads. The chaos and beauty of the world is overshadowed by technological distractions and tweets that possess no lasting significance outside the screen they’re displayed. Anything Si…
Film on early surf brand days turns up drama

1 May, 2013 : - FILM: 'Drift' was shot over six weeks during winter of 2011 in and around the breathtaking and epic setting of the remote Western Australia coastline in locations from Cape Naturaliste to Cape Leeuwin, including Margaret River, Augusta, Gracetown and Nannup, with over 70 local crew employed for the sh…
West Australia Longboard Titles hit Denmark

1 May, 2013 : - LONGBOARD: The much anticipated second event of the Health Insurance Fund of Australia WA Longboard & SUP Titles heads south to the open beaches of Denmark this weekend for what is sure to be an amazing weekend of competition surfing. Located over four hours south of Perth, Denmark will prov…
Mr Zogs Sexwax & Zoggs in legal dispute

1 May, 2013 : - INDUSTRY: Mr. Zogs Sexwax is an international brand of wax. The brand Zoggs makes goggles and swimming togs. But just who can use the name Zoggs has led to a long-running rift between the two firms. Zoggs, a swimming product company founded in Australia, has appealed against an Intellectual …
Billabong Rio Pro readies without John John

30 April, 2013 : - ASP:The Billabong Rio Pro, the upcoming third stop on the 2013 ASP World Championship Tour, will commence without defending champion John John Florence (HAW), 20, who has officially withdrawn. The defending event champion was sidelined during the opening stop of the year with an ankle injury sustai…
Aussie exhibit explores Hollywood & surfing

30 April, 2013 : - ART: What do the Philippines, Francis Ford Coppola and surfing have in common? To find out,see Apocalypse Wow, the latest exhibition by Mike Chavez. It’s been two years since his last Melbourne solo show and Chavez returns with all guns blazing in a visual mash-up that’s part surf cultu…
Perfect Lance's concludes Mentawai Pro

29 April, 2013 : - VIDEO: Oney Anwar has won the 2013 Mentawai Pro. 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.…