Californian barrel of the year - video
Watch a lucky punter power through section after section before sitting sweetly in a perfect, bowly Santa Barbara pit.
Watch a lucky punter power through section after section before sitting sweetly in a perfect, bowly Santa Barbara pit.
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The Billabong Pro Tahiti wasn't just a spectacular surfing event, it provided the ASP with its largest online audience to date. But despite the impressive figures are the new ASP reaching their stated goals? In the second of a three part series Swellnet investigates the numbers.
While a classic winter south swell hit Tahiti, a rare unseasonal east swell has been gracing the Queensland and northern NSW points.
While a classic winter south swell hit Tahiti, a rare unseasonal east swell has been gracing the Queensland and northern NSW points.
"Kelly Slater is a legend of surfing and it’s the best feeling ever to win. The waves were big and perfect and this feeling is amazing. I love surfing and to get these waves is incredible."
There were just three 9 point rides at the Margaret River Pro. By contrast, the just-finished Billabong Pro Tahiti had 68 rides in the 9+ range.
Square and shallow, this wave bears an uncanny resemblance to the Box at Margaret River, except it ain't that Box, it's the other Box.
Square and shallow, this wave bears an uncanny resemblance to the Box at Margaret River, except it ain't that Box, it's the other Box.