Mick Fanning takes the title - apparently plain vanilla lightning strikes twice
With a tip of his hat to mate and co-title chaser, Joel Parkinson, Mick Fanning has securely locked in his second World Title. Protein cafes and weightrooms everywhere sung out in chorus, while I hung my head in angst. Maybe it’s because I’m not Australian, or perhaps because I’m not a fan of robots, but [...]
Pipeline pre-quarters recap - Who’s out, who’s off & who’s still going
After a few exciting days of competition at the 2009 Billabong Pipeline Masters, we’ve crowned our 2009 World Champ (Mick Fanning), closed in on our 2009 Vans Triple Crown Champ (CJ Hobgood or Joel Parkinson), finalized our rookie rankings (seeing Kekoa Bacalso at the head of the 2009 pack), and seen a huge number of [...]
Joel Parkinson wins the 2009 O’Neill World Cup of Surfing
Joel Parkinson took home the win on Sunday at Sunset Beach on the final day of the 2009 O’Neill World Cup of Surfing, the second event in the 2009 Vans Triple Crown of Surfing. Though, the win doesn’t put him any closer to winning his much deserved World Title, it does put him in a [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
Six reasons Kelly Slater is still relevant
There’s been a lot of negative press lately about our reigning world champ and his ability to continue winning. There’s no question that he still remains one of the best surfers in the world, but nay sayers are suggesting that he’s “over the hill”, “has to stop riding self-shaped experimental boards”, and “he’s [...]
Surfers all a Twitter
It is inescapable. Even for professional surfers.
The migration away from large media conglomerates received another proverbial nail in its collective coffin when Ashton Kutcher beat CNN to the millionth follower on Twitter. Not to be blown into irrelevance by the winds of time, pro surfers have begun tweeting as well.
The pro surfing lineup on twitter [...]
Buy Julian Wilson’s surfboard on Ebay.
Julian Wilson is auctioning off his pink surfboard he used during the Quiksilver Pro at Snapper. Julian rode all pink surfboards to help raise awareness for breast cancer. I’m not sure if this is the board he beat Kelly Slater on, because he ended up breaking two of these things. But he did have all [...]
Looky what I found - Runamuk Vintage Footage
I came across an old throw-back mixed footage (some never before seen) clip of Bruce & Andy Irons, Mick Fanning, Joel Parkinson, and Kelly Slater on the Runamuk blog. According to Runamuk it’s some old used/un-used footage they’ve gathered from the last couple years filming. Well.. They put it together, threw in some Block Party, [...]
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