Blogs Posts in Surfing category; 173 blog posts

Surfing in Long Beach, Flooding at Jones Beach

Long Island’s boarding elite took to Long Beach to take advantage of the gigantic waves brought about by Hurricane Earl’s winds. Even though the hurricane missed Long Island, its winds, which were felt as far as 70 miles from [...]

Posted On : Sep, 06 2010 | Comments : 0

Thanks to Earl, Surf’s Up. Way Up.

Surfers and fishermen flocked to the curling waves near Montauk at sunrise on Friday, both groups excited about the prestorm conditions roiling the surf as Hurricane Earl — diminished but still powerful — moved up the coast. [...]

Posted On : Sep, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

Annual Nuns Surfing Contest At New Jersey

Annual Nuns Surfing Contest At New Jersey: The Sister Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary will launch the 15th Nun's Beach Surf Invitational with proceeds going to the maintenance of its 150-bedroom beachfront retreat on the har [...]

Posted On : Aug, 30 2010 | Comments : 0

Hawaii's Moore wins Women's final

Six days before the Women's final at the U.S .Open of Surfing came the big announcement. To the winner of Saturday's finale would go a record $50,000. That was $30,000 more than the previously set first-place prize of $20,000, wh [...]

Posted On : Aug, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

2010 US Open Of Surfing at Huntington Beach, California

The 2010 US Open Of Surfing kicks off today on July 31th in Huntington Beach, California. The US Open for Surfing will end on August 8. Meanwhile it will draw 33 of the top 45 ASP Dream Tour surfers to Huntington Beach’s pier.The U [...]

Posted On : Aug, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Surfing competition may return to Indonesia after years of t...

Indonesia’s tourism industry, which has been slowly recovering from targeted terrorist attacks in 2002 and 2005, is poised to receive a valuable boost sometime next year with the return of the Quiksilver G-Land Pro, one of the worl [...]

Posted On : Jul, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Surfing’ safari …

WHEN it comes to hospitality, very few people I know can beat Bob and Lesley Clayton. They’re in their element when there’s a crowd at their place, and it’s always fun – even for a “hermit” like me. In [...]

Posted On : Jul, 22 2010 | Comments : 0

Surfing the UK

IN July 1973, my mate Jamo and I picked up two second-hand bicycles at a pawn shop on Kensington High Street, threw our meagre possessions into backpacks and lit out on the A3 headed for Cornwall. We hadn’t been in London very long [...]

Posted On : Jul, 21 2010 | Comments : 0

Top seeds star in Billabong ProJ-Bay

Current World No. 1 and 9 x ASP World Champ Kelly Slater (USA), 2007 event winner Taj Burrow (AUS), reigning ASP World Champ Mick Fanning (AUS) and South Africa’s Jordy Smith took full advantage of the pristine conditions to produc [...]

Posted On : Jul, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

Parkinson to miss South African event

Australian surfer Joel Parkinson has been forced to withdraw from this month's ASP World Tour event in South Africa after injuring his foot while surfing at Snapper Rocks on the Gold Coast on Friday morning. Parkinson was helped [...]

Posted On : Jul, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

Smith starts well at Mr Price Pro Ballito

Spectators at Ballito's Surfers Beach got a taster of the event with three of the first 24 heats taking place. Smith produced a pair of four point rides to start off but then with fifteen seconds on the clock he performed a series of [...]

Posted On : Jul, 06 2010 | Comments : 0

Here Comes Mr. Wilson

This past December Julian Wilson sat down with the performance coaches from Red Bull and outlined his year's goals. The first priority was to finish filming his upcoming movie, "Scratching The Surface." The second prior [...]

Posted On : Jun, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

Kiwi's at SriLankan Pro

An historic day in Sri Lanka as the first ever Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) surfing event began in this country with day one of the six-star rated SriLankan Airlines Pro at the famous Arugam Bay on the tro [...]

Posted On : Jun, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

From the well known to the unknown

Underground and mainstream talent were both on display in the first two rounds of competition at the Sponsor Me Hawaii Ala Moana Bowls 2-Star World Qualifying Series Event on Tuesday. This pro/am surf contest attracted a diverse group of [...]