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Dane Reynolds’ perfect zero ride!

Now known as the best surfed zero point wave in a pro contest, many of us fans still feel burned by the call of interference against Dane on what would have been his heat winning wave. Down by 3.5 points, Dane took a end of heat left that may very well have been a 10.0 [...]

Rip Curl Pro Search Portugal - Fanning takes another, blah, blah, blah…

The Rip Curl Pro Search Portugal wrapped up on Tuesday at the world famous Supertubes, and we all know how it ended.  Mick won the event in steadily degrading conditions (especially considering the epic, mega barrels of the previous day), topping a charging Bede Durbidge, and officially turning the title race into a two-man show [...]

2009 Billabong Pro Mundaka - Parko out, Slater dominates

The 2009 Billabong Pro Mundaka finally went live again on Monday. After a truncated start way back on the 5th of October, where the event only ran through the first eight heats of round 1, the nod was finally given to resume the event during what appears to be one of the best of the [...]

2009 Quiksilver Pro France - Dane Reynolds dominates, Adriano de Souza bows out

And you probably didn’t even get a chance to change your team on Fantasy Surfer……
While the surf world has barely recovered from the bloodshed at Trestles, where former world tour fixture Rob Machado came in as a wildcard and ousted frontrunners, Joel Parkinson and Taj Burrow, the World Tour has moved on to France.  Wednesday [...]

2009 Hurley Pro at Trestles - Fanning wins, Reynolds goes down fighting

The 2009 Hurley Pro at Trestles concluded on Saturday in inconsistent conditions, running through all of round four and the finals. While waves and conditions were less than stellar, the final day’s performances were solid.
Former world champ Mick Fanning returned to his machine like form, taking down all challengers and improving his chances in the [...]

2009 ASP World Tour rankings following Parko’s win in South Africa

Australia’s Joel Parkinson does it once again, taking his third win of the year and proving to all that 2009 is his year. Now even more solidly in the lead, by some 1400 plus points, Parko’s widening the gap on his way to his very first world title.
While Kelly Slater looked poised to strike [...]

Joel Parkinson takes his third win of the year at the Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay

Yet another event win for Australia’s Joel Parkinson and it’s time to hop back on the Parko bandwagon. What, you say? You never got off? Well, Kelly Slater and Adriano de Souza distractions aside, Joel has increased his point lead once again, further separating himself from the pack of title contenders.
Parko took [...]

Upsets abound in rounds 2 and 3 of the Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay

Holy shit, bru! You see that?!? J Bay was absolutely on fire on Tuesday for the second day of the 2009 Billabong Pro. The boys logged a few perfect 10 rides, and many more in the excellent range.
King Kelly Slater was on again at J Bay, turning out the highest heat [...]

Billabong Pro Teahupoo - Round 1 is done - Dane Reynolds and other favorites are out

The “Dream Tour” has jumped back into action this week at the Billabong Pro Teahupoo.  Six days into the event, the contest has managed to crawl through Round 1 and the first 6 heats of Round 2, before calling yet another lay day on Thursday.
Let’s take a look at the winners and losers so far [...]

“The Present” in San Francisco–A Surf Movie Review

March 27th was the first day of Spring in San Francisco. A hot sun angling toward the Pacific and the small tickle of wind on the brow demanded that everyone in the city leave their apartments and head for the nearest grassy park. These kinds of days are few and not to be wasted. With [...]

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