Damien and CJ Hobgood have a triplet in Hollywood

We’re all familiar with Florida’s most famous set of surfing twins, but who knew that they were actually triplets? I sure as shit didn’t.
A while back, I stumbled across the fellow in the photo below, Ryan Kwanten, who plays one of the main characters, Jason Stackhouse on HBO’s uber-popular show, True Blood. Yeah… I [...]

Mine! — World Tour priority rules, part two

Mine!  –  World Tour priority rules, part two - the man on man edition
The man on man heat makes up the large majority of heats on the ASP World Tour.  Round 1 in a given contest begins with a three man heat, winners move directly to the man on man heats of Round 3 and losers go to Round [...]

Mine! — World Tour priority rules, part one

In an ASP World Tour event, who has the right of way in a three man heat?  Once again, I turn to my trusty ASP Rulebook.  Though the man on man heats following Round 1 of a given World Tour competition have a completely different set of rules governing a surfer’s right to a wave, the [...]

Ryan Helm showcases talent, creative sponsorship and hat style FAIL

For those of you who don’t know him, Ryan Helm is still one of the best surfers on the planet. The 35 year old returned to Florida a few years back, after going native down in mainland Mexico for half a decade. He stirred up some serious upsets at a series of Sebastian [...]

A look at the “One Ranking” system - decoding CJ Hobgood’s lead

With the “one ranking” system slowly creeping up on us, CJ Hobgood has taken down the first major event of 2010, and has shot to first in the world under the coming system.  But what does it all mean?  Let’s take a look.
****** It’s all in the Stars ******
CJ’s win in the 6 Star Prime [...]

Kelly Slater’s girls

Most of us love Kelly Slater’s surfing and wish we could be this guy. In and out of the water, he has a life most of us can only envy. A charmed life, as we learned in our interview with Kelly. Wanted to take a few moments to point out in photos a few more [...]

Rip Curl Pro Search heading to the Caribbean

You read it right. The 2010 Rip Curl Pro Search is heading for an island near you!
We know the region, but where exactly will the event be held? We’ll just have to play a little wait and see.
While the Caribbean plays host to a variety of islands and land masses, my money is on Barbados. [...]

Forever number two - Cheyne Horan

While Rabbit Bartholomew and Mark Richards were Bustin’ down door and winning World Titles, fellow Australian, Cheyne Horan was busy coming in second place.  Cheyne was runner-up to the crown a record four times, 1978, 1979, 1981 and 1982.  While others on tour were moving from a single fin to twin fins and then to [...]

Cain Kilcullen - killing it Irish style

In recent years, Cain Kilcullen has repeatedly been called the best surfer from Ireland. Take a quick look at one of his surf videos and you’ll quickly understand why. The 22 year old Cain comes from Enniscrone, County Sligo, midway between Counties Donegal and Galway on the west Irish coast. Though he [...]

Erica Hosseini is perfect (other than the fact that she’s goofy foot)

She’s from Newport Beach, California, she surfs way better than you, and… oh yeah… she’s pretty friggin hot too.  If there is any imperfection in this otherwise perfect human, it’s the fact that she’s goofyfoot.  We’ll let her slide on that for now.

Need to see more proof?  Check out her personal website, which is oozing [...]