Scientists Say Waves Getting Bigger and Stories Getting Better
Monday 28/03 8
Ignore the old boys, the surf is actually getting better.
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Surfers Take To The Air at Cold Water Classic (+ photos)
Sunday 27/03 0
Day five of the O'Neill Cold Water Classic played host to the most innovative surfing witnessed in New Zealand as the world's elite surfers attacked the Gisborne waves today.
Big Improvement in Conditions at O'Neill Cold Water Classic (+ photos)
Friday 25/03 0
A move from the primary venue of Pines at Wainui Beach to Pipe at Midway Beach in the township of Gisborne saw extremely improved conditions that had the international contingent of surfers foaming at the mouth to hit the water for their heats.
Top Seeds Explode On Day 2 at O'Neill Cold Water Classic (+ photos)
Thursday 24/03 0
Top seeds dominated proceedings on day two of The O'Neill Cold Water Classic Series 2011 with Australian Nic Mushcroft, American Nat Young and Spanish surfer Gony Zubizarreta dominating proceedings as the event moved into the early stages of the Round of 96.
Clean Ocean Film Festival
Tuesday 22/03 0
Thirteen sea-themed films beginning this Friday
Lost In The Ether - a film by Andrew Kidman
Tuesday 22/03 13
"There's no soul in foam" said Al Merrick
Mythbusting: Cyclones and Swell
Monday 21/03 28
OK, it's mythbusting time!
Last October various Australian weather forecasters predicted that there would be 15 tropical cyclones in our waters during summer. That's five more, or an increase of 50%, than an average year. Their predictions were based upon the formation of the la nina weather phenomena that affected eastern Australia during the summer. During la nina years warmer than average water pools off the east coast of Australia providing conditions conducive to tropical cyclone creation.
Christian Wach Claims First Ever Finless Pro Title
Monday 14/03 0
After two years of Alaia (wooden finless surfboard) and finless expression sessions, the world's most creative surfers were given the opportunity to slide fin-free across the playful waves of Noosa's First Point, during the first ever professional finless surfing competition the Seaglass Project Fin-Free Pro at the Noosa Festival of Surfing, today.
SA State Titles Round 1 - Huge Success At Yorkes
Monday 14/03 0
The first round of the Toyota Surfing state titles was completed in epic surf on the Yorke Peninsula today, with surfers being greeted with a large and perfect Autumn swell the entire weekend.
Local Jake Sylvester wins Newcastle CHIKO Pro Junior
Monday 14/03 1
MEREWETHER's Jake Sylvester has become the first local surfer since 2002 to win an Association of Surfing Professional's (ASP) junior men's title in his home city.
The Outsider: Epilogue
Friday 11/03 33
"Life is here to be taken alive and kicking. Give us a share of it and time to live it" - Eugene Guillevic
The Outsider: Winning's Just Another Habit
Thursday 10/03 35
Never have I seen a sporting victory conducted with such brutal, elegant efficiency.