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7.22.10
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INSIDE BALIWOOD, PT. 6: Steph Gilmore, Alana Blanchard & Crew Escape To Bali
ASP World Champion Stephanie Gilmore led the Rip Curl Girls Surf team on a voyage to Bali this year, freesurfing and searching their way around the paradise island. Gilmore, Bethany Hamilton, Jessi Miley-Dyer and Alana Blanchard all scored plenty of sun, fun and world class surf. Check out photos from the Rip Curl Girls trip [...]
7.22.10
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BEACHLEY CLASSIC: Day 2 Dispatch From Jessi Miley-Dyer
I reckon it’s a pretty gutsy effort to have your own event. I guess Layne woke up one day and went “Wow, seven world titles, what else should I do….run an event? Well why not! And while I’m at it, make it worth a hundred grand, big money has a nice ring to it!” I [...]
7.22.10
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CURRAN CHARGE: Nathaniel Curran Surges To 6-Star Victory In France
Nathaniel Curran (Ca, USA), 24, won the ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS) 6-Star Sooruz Lacanau Pro today in wind-blown two to three foot (0.5 to 1 meter) waves after defeating Dion Atkinson (AUS) in an exciting 35-minute final closing six days of great action at the famous French town of Lacanau Ocean. Curran got one [...]
7.22.10
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SANUK CASH FOR 'STACHE GIVEAWAY
HOW TO PLAY Simply give yourself (or your buddy who’s passed out on the couch) a nice Donny-esque mustache and take a picture. Fill in the form below and email your shot to StacheGiveaway@stache.com Your stache could be real or fake – just have fun! The funniest picture wins…so don’t hold back. PRIZES: $200 cash [...]
7.22.10
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WALKING GHOSTS: Dingo Escapes Certain Death
So what does a pro surfer get up to when he has an enforced 3 month lay-up following a hip operation? You grab a bunch of your craziest mates, buy a new boat, fill it up with fishing tackle and cases of beer, tow the whole act 2,000kms north and head out into the wild [...]
7.22.10
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Be on the lookout for Cyrus Sutton’s new film about Australian surf culture, Under The Sun.
7.22.10
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October 20, 2008 – Surfing today exists as a multibillion-dollar business industry and a multimillion-dollar professional sport, both of which have helped to draw tens of millions of adherents worldwide, and both of which have succeeded at making surfing one of the most cliched and coveted lifestyles on the planet. And yet, it is still [...]
7.22.10
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WRONG PLACE, WRONG TIME: COLE ORTEGA'S TRAGIC ACCIDENT
Sunday morning had a beautiful beginning; the air was warm, the sky clear, the wind lightly offshore and the waves clean. It was going to be a great beach day. The Ortega family was up early, it was their last day camping. They had come out for the 4th of July weekend on Thursday; late [...]
7.22.10
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PARADISIS GOES BIG: Wild Guess Ends In Massive Surf
It involved a 40-nautical-mile trip in a prawn trawler, dragging three PWCs off the Western Australian coast through gale-force winds and crazy building-size swells. It almost involved losing all the PWCs in the process. But in the end, says photographer Tony Harrington, it was all worth it. Harrington, along with top big wave riders Jamie [...]
7.22.10
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BRAZIL PREVIEW: Figuring Out the Hang Loose Pro
It’s not too much of a secret that come Brazil there are going to be some notable names absent from the Hang Loose Pro heat sheet. Some are hurt, while others are taking a much-needed break. As of press time, wildcards have yet to be announced, but the picture of who’s NOT going to be [...]
