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Western Province win Billabong Grommet Games

1 April, 2013 : - GROMS: The Fogi's Western Province Grommet team are the champions of the 21st edition of the Billabong SA Grommet Games after beating KZN Central into second place by a significant margin of 3 347 points. Not only did the team in blue and white successfully defend the Mandela Bay Trophy, which is aw…
Bells Beach: Men's Day 2 Video & Photos

31 March, 2013 : - VIDEO/PHOTOS: Bells Beach came alive with booming six-to-eight foot waves steaming through all Sunday. The Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach embarked on another solid day of competition with well-overhead surf in the Bells Bowl. Jordy Smith was in sensational form, nailing a near-perfect 19.14 heat total fo…
Carissa Moore seals the deal at Bells

1 April, 2013 : - WWCT: Carissa Moore, of Honolulu, Hawaii, has been crowned the 2013 Rip Curl Women's Pro Champion in clean 3-4ft waves at Bells Beach, and moves up to number one spot in the world. Moore defeated Tyler Wright of Lennox Head, Australia, to ring her first Bell. Moore opened with an impressive 9.57, fo…
Billabong expected to consider offers over Easter

30 March, 2013 : - The due diligence process/es inside Billabong concluded on Thursday. , and the two consortiums involved are believed to have both firmed up takeover proposals. Billabong's board is expected to meet over the Easter break to consider the confirmed offers, from the United States-based leisure wear gro…
Wright and Moore to face off for Bells title

30 March, 2013 : - WWCT: The Rip Curl Women’s Pro Bells Beach presented by Ford, Stop No. 3 of 7 on the 2013 ASP Women’s World Championship Tour, completed a mammoth day of competition today with Rounds 2, 3, 4, the Quarterfinals and the Semifinals all ran in pumping four-to-six foot waves at Bells Beach.…
Big water for Round 2 of Rip Curl Pro Bells

31 March, 2013 : - WCT: The ASP Top 34 returned to Bells Beach today, taking on solid six-to-eight foot surf for Round 2 and the opening three heats of Round 3 at the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach. The event embarked on another solid day of competition this morning with the world’s best surfers doing …
Men's Round 1 action kicks off at Bells

29 March, 2013 : - WCT: The ASP Top 34 returned to battle today as the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach completed Round 1 of competition in clean three-to-four foot waves at Bells Beach. The Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach recommences the hunt for this year’s world surfing crown and the perennial threats were in bli…
Know Your Guide: Turtle Bay's Rocky Canon

29 March, 2013 : - SURF-TRAVEL: Jeff Mull talks to the North Shore Local and Turtle Bay Surf Guide On What Makes Hawaii’s North Shore So Special. So tell me a little about yourself and what it was like growing up and becoming a pro surfer on the North Shore? It was an amazing thing to have grown up surfing on t…
Hawaii & Italy claim Int'l GromSearch finals

28 March, 2013 : - GROMS: Tatiana Weston-Webb of Hawaii and Leonardo Fioravanti from Italy have been crowned the Rip Curl International GromSearch champions for 2013. In wind affected two to three foot surf from Rincon to the Bells Bowl, Weston-Webb successfully defended her 2012 title, and became the first surfer in…
Teams announced for ISA World Masters

28 March, 2013 : - ISA: Powerhouse National Teams from Australia, Brazil, France, Hawaii, Japan and South Africa have confirmed their surfers who will be traveling to Ecuador for the 2013 ISA World Masters Surfing Championship from April 6-14. National Delegations from every corner of the globe are getting ready…
Names named for Billabong XXL final five

27 March, 2013 : - BIG-WAVE: The nominees have just been announced for the 2013 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards presented by Pacifico, and it's going to be another amazing year for surfing as the sport's best continue to smash down the barriers of what was once thought possible. The Billabong XXL Awards competit…
Bells Beach Forecast: slow, then GO!

27 March, 2013 : - WCT: Initial swell outlooks are promising for the coming week of the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach. CoastalWatch, official surf forecasters for the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, have provided the following update for the event: To sum up the forecast in one short sentence; it’s going to pump. Although…
Clark, Emslie to lead Saffas at masters champs

27 March, 2013 : - TEAM: The South African Masters surfing team might be short on financial support in their bid to win a third team title at the 2013 ISA World Masters Surfing Championships, but there is no lack of fire and determination as they prepare to make the 30 hour journey to Ecuador next Tuesday. No manager…