Big Issue Release Party
/ Posted on July 12, 2010In honor of the release of the year’s biggest issue, SURFER staff, friends, and fans invaded the dimly lit sushi hotspot Zenbu in Cardiff to celebrate. For us staffers, The Big Issue is not only the most unique and revered issue of the year, but also the most work. But what better way to blow [...]
World Longboard Champ to Throw Padres' First Pitch
/ Posted on June 28, 2010Two-time World Champion Longboarder Jen Smith is set to throw out the honorary first pitch tonight at PETCO Park when the San Diego Padres host the Colorado Rockies. Smith is then heading off to Biarritz, France, to defend her World Title at the ASP Women’s Longboard World Championships Roxy Jam 2010, which begins July 10. [...]
Surf Films and Tapas at the Amstel Surf Film Festibal
/ Posted on June 15, 2010By Tetsuhiko Endo When you come to the Amstel Surf Film Festibal in San Sebastián, Spain, the first thing to do is forget everything you know about stuffy elitist European film festivals. You are the in the Basque country now, and the Basques do things differently. “As surfers, we sometimes take ourselves much too seriously [...]
Billabong's Design for Humanity
/ Posted on June 14, 2010On Thursday night, Billabong unleashed one of the biggest (and arguably best) surf industry functions in recent history on the New York streets of Paramount Studios in Hollywood. Reminiscent of an alcohol-infused high school Grad Night, it was an evening spent amid a sea of humans that flew by in a rapid succession of activities—live [...]
Design for Humanity Countdown
/ Posted on June 8, 2010By Alexander Haro Imagine the best party you can think of. Imagine two different concert stages, two bands and four DJs, six bars, and an absolute glut of gorgeous women flaunting their stuff clad only in bikinis. And if you’re not into that, there is still the appetizers, incredible art, and shoulder-rubbing with celebrities. Now [...]
Women's World Tour Event ON
/ Posted onMovistar Peru Classic ON at San Bartolo, Winner Decided Today SAN BARTOLO, Lima/Peru (Tuesday, June 8, 2010) – The final day of the Movistar Peru Classic presented by IPD has been called on this morning with the world’s best female surfers hitting the water at 10am. The fifth stop on the 2010 ASP Women’s World [...]
Women On Waves Gala
/ Posted on June 7, 2010The history of women’s surfing exploded on the California Surf Museum in Oceanside, CA, Saturday night for one the greatest gatherings of generation-spanning female talent of all time—from Kathy “Gidget” Zuckerman, to the legendary Eve Fletcher (who still surfs at age 83), to Linda Merrill (the first woman to grace the cover of SURFER Magazine [...]