Blogs Posts in Surfing category; 173 blog posts

Piha surfers start pro series in good form

A pair of Piha surfers performed well at the O'Neill Sequence Surf Shop Pro in Gisborne last weekend. The event is the first of five on the Export Gold Series which stretches throughout the country during the coming summer months. Sunday [...]

Posted On : Nov, 12 2009 | Comments : 0

Surf's up in China as shunned sport catches a wave

Clutching her surfboard, Guo Shujuan strolls down a beach on southern China's Hainan island and glides into waves that pound a shoreline littered with rubbish and broken bottles. Surf's up, Chinese style. China may have one of the world's l [...]

Posted On : Nov, 05 2009 | Comments : 0

Mavericks Surf Contest opens competition window early, await...

The waiting period for the Mavericks Surf Contest began Friday. The opening of the competition window came a month earlier than last year, when organizers missed out on an epic Thanksgiving weekend swell and the contest because of an otherw [...]

Posted On : Nov, 04 2009 | Comments : 0

Leonardo Neves shows solid surfing in the Islas Canarias San...

After a couple of days off due to small surf and unfavorable winds, the ASP WQS 6-Star Prime Islas Canarias Santa Pro kicked-off in clean three-to-four foot (1 to 1.2 meter) waves at the back-up venue of La Santa today, off-shore wind direc [...]

Posted On : Nov, 04 2009 | Comments : 0

How a Tofino Guy Earned a Surfing Crown

When Canada's first ever international pro surf contest hit the shores of Tofino last week, Peter Devries's best surf buddies said that Pete just might win it. But no one else seemed to take the Canadian challenger seriously. Over 120 of th [...]

Posted On : Nov, 03 2009 | Comments : 0

Just swell: Surfs up as 3m artificial reef is unveiled

Europe's first artificial surf reef was officially launched yesterday after criticism the South Coast attraction does not work and is in the wrong place. Around a dozen surfers and body boarders took to the water after Bournemouth Borough C [...]

Posted On : Nov, 03 2009 | Comments : 0

Surfing: Peter Devries unstoppable at Cold Water Classic

Not even a snapped leash could stop Peter Devries at the Cold Water Classic on Tuesday. The hometown boy battled onshore winds, sloppy chest-high conditions and no cord to place first in his heat to become the lone Candian to advance to the [...]

Posted On : Nov, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

Canadian surfer Peter Devries surges on to world stage

Pete Devries looks like any of the other two dozen or more 20-somethings eating breakfast in the Long Beach Lodge’s Great Room on Friday. Blond curls peak out from under his skull cap and he’s wearing a rain jacket over layers o [...]

Posted On : Oct, 31 2009 | Comments : 0

Nathan Yeomans leads the ONeill Cold Water Classic Canada

The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 6-Star O’Neill Cold Water Classic Canada saw the event’s top seeds take to the water today in windy two-to-four foot (1 metre) surf and event organizer [...]

Posted On : Oct, 30 2009 | Comments : 0

The Mavericks Surf Contest enters new season

On just 24 hours notice between November 1, 2009 and March 31, 2010, 24 of the world’s best big-wave surfers will be summoned to Half Moon Bay, home of Mavericks, one of the most majestic and infamous surf breaks on Earth. The [...]

Posted On : Oct, 30 2009 | Comments : 0

Kiwis suffering 'green fatigue'

A survey has found New Zealanders are suffering "green fatigue" through constant warnings of an approaching environmental armageddon. Researchers questioned 1000 people and in their findings noted: "We know global warming is [...]

Posted On : Oct, 29 2009 | Comments : 0

Xperience Festival extreme sports experts wow crowds

junkies wowed the crowds at the coast this weekend during a festival of extreme sports and live music. ain and wind failed to put a dampener on people’s spirits at the Xperience Festival 2009, held at Tynemouth, where young and old go [...]

Posted On : Oct, 27 2009 | Comments : 0

Surfer: 'My time' for bite

Kihei resident Scott Henrich was sitting up on his surfboard at about 6 a.m. Monday, waiting to catch a wave at Kalama Bowls, about 300 yards off Kalama Park, when a shark popped its head out of the water and bit him on his right thigh. &q [...]

Posted On : Oct, 21 2009 | Comments : 0

Physical Culture | Gear Test With the Surfing Doctors

SURFERS who want to paddle into cold water must slip into something more substantial than board shorts: namely, a wetsuit. The insulating thickness of the neoprene keeps surfers warm, but also limits mobility. These days a new generation [...]

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