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Yallingup Surfilm Fest hosts Tim Baker & his new book

12 January, 2012 : - Author Tim Baker will be reading from and signing copies of his new book Surfari at the Yallingup Surfilm Festival. Tim Baker is the best-selling author of Occy, High Surf, Bustin’ Down The Door, Surf For Your Life (with Mick Fanning), and Thrust – the Simon Anderson Story. His latest book Surfar…
Kailua-Kona couple art up discarded surfboards

10 January, 2012 : - Broken boards: For Chuck and Janet Lipps, a couple who grew tired of seeing old surfboards simply go to waste, they saw opportunity. Friends and families of theirs who are avid surfers would keep surfboards lying around their homes not knowing what to do with them but not having the heart to thro…
2011 Surfersvillage Awards Winners are announced...

4 January 2012 : - The 2011 Surfersvillage Awards winners have been determined and officially announced. The Awards provide journalists photographers videographers bloggers & webcasters the opportunity to be voted on to determine the winners. The Awards aspire to discover, encourage, and help, creative and technical …
2012 Surfing blasts off with two months of incredible...

1 January, 2012 : - - The new year is here and it's starting off with a mighty bang in the surfing world. 2012 is a Leap Year, and surfing events will be leaping in to action right away with events worldwide taking place in the first week in China, Malaysia, Spain, Uruguay, USA, and Australia. Here's a run down on so…
Happy New Year Everybody.... It's 'two-oh-one-two'...

31 December, 2011 : - Happy New Year everybody. We wish you Peace, Joy, and Prosperity throughout the New Year. May all your sessions be as good or better than you dream, and may that perfect wave roll throughout your life in 2012. There are many popular beliefs about 2012, ranging from the spiritually transformative…
Unique surfboard art exhibition in Western Australia

29 December, 2011 : - Works of talented surf artists may be viewed at a unique art exhibition at cafes and retailers around WA. The one-off painted surfboards including work by past Quiksilver International artist Peter Webb and well-known local artist Jos Myers are on display now before going to a live auction on Su…
26 December marks 7th anniversary of Great Tsunami

26 December 2011: - The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, with a magnitude of 9.3, triggered a series of lethal tsunamis on December 26, 2004 that killed approximately 230,000 people making it the deadliest tsunami as well as one of the worst natural disasters in recorded history. The tsunami killed people over an area r…
What you missed while watching the Pipe Masters....

24 December, 2011 : - - What a week of action, the circus was here and all eyes were on Pipeline. The biggest swell of the season bombed the buoys just in time for the Billabong Pipe Masters. The westerly direction funneled into the Banzai Pipeline and produced gaping monster barrels with wave faces reaching 20 plus …
Kiwi sculptor airs 'Big Wave' art at Port Taranaki

21 December, 2011 : - Artist John Reynolds' $80,000 sculpture, Big Wave Territory, was installed at the beginning of the coastal walkway at Port Taranaki on Monday. The signs on New Plymouth's newest public artwork do not all point in quite the right direction, but they do point out some aspects of Taranaki's culture…
Teahupo'o Code Red day gets book via Billabong

19 December, 2011 : - In August 2011 at the Billabong Pro Tahiti, possibly the greatest week of surf and surfing in the modern era was documented by the world's best photographers, film makers and journalists. From elite freesurfing and competition in six-ten foot perfection, to the epic CODE RED tow day where big sp…
Amazing Teahupo'o 'Code Red' day gets book

12 December, 2011 : - In August 2011 at the Billabong Pro Tahiti, possibly the greatest week of surf and surfing in the modern era was documented by the world’s best photographers, film-makers and journalists. From elite freesurfing and competition in six-to-ten foot perfection, to the epic Code Red day of days... …
Johnny Appleseeds of UK surf celebrated in book

9 December, 2011 : - Two pioneer surfers are finally receiving recognition for the important part they played in the history of surfing in Britain. Lewis Rosenberg and Charlie Force both built themselves wooden surfboards, in 1930 and 1953 respectively, then tested them out in Cornwall’s cool Atlantic waves...…
Website dedicated to women's surfing launches

8 December, 2011 : - The Sea Belle Society is a new website devoted to the culture, lifestyle and artistry of womens‘ surfing. Sea Belle combines surf news, surf reports and events with a comprehensive blend of art, books and videos to provide women with an insight in to their board riding culture. The site is a true…