GIANT SLAYERS
Wildcards Take Down Slater and Burrow
Eight-time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater and last year's World No. 2 Taj Burrow were Round 3 casualties to Billabong Pro Tahiti wildcards today.
CHANNEL ISLANDS DEMO
Surf Kelly's Board At Lowers
Demo all the best boards from Channel Islands for free. Boards from Kelly Slater, Jordy Smith, Dane Reynolds and more.
ENGLISH PIPELINE: Europe's First Artificial Reef Growing
Bournemouth Borough Council has today contracted New Zealand-based ASR Ltd to construct the first artificial surf reef in the northern hemisphere in Boscombe.
RYAN CARLSON HOSPITALIZED
Staph Infection Turns Serious
Ryan Carlson has been hospitalized with MRSA, a very serious form of staph infection.
NEWPORT STEROID SCANDAL
Best & Brightest Caught in Totally Crustaceous Trouble
Major League Baseball has Barry Bonds. Track has Marion Jones. Swimming has the entire East German women's swim team. And now surfing can add Dustin Cuizon to that HGH-infused list.
DISPATCH FROM TEAHUPOO
Even The Fish Are Scared
Underwater, even the fish are scared. Imagine this: You slip off your board on a small day at Teahupoo. You lay on your back.
ANDREW KIDMAN Q&A
A Look Inside Ether
There are few people who live surfing the way Andrew Kidman does. Now, the maker of Litmus and Glass Love, has compiled a limited-edition book entitled Ether.
FOAM E-Z Celebrates
15 Years of Business Helping Surfboard Builders
FOAM E-Z have been servicing the Southern California marketplace with board building equipment for 15 years.
KOA SMITH'S KLOTHES
Take Your Pick - Dragon Print Or Lions?
For anyone who says surfing is at a loss of characters today, they just don't know Koa Smith. Koa is also known for his fashion sense, sporting zebra and cow-print jackets to the SURFER Poll and NSSA awards banquets.
PHOTOCLOTH
Brings New Look to Surfboard Art
Headline graphics, based out of Cardiff-by-the-Sea, called me to show off their new PhotoCloth product.
SPEAK YOUR MIND
The Travel Poll
Death, dismemberment, abduction, pirates, terrorists, guerrillas, extremists, landmines, guns, bombs, seedy locals, crooked cops, crooked governments - the world can be an unpleasant place. Which of these unstable but surf rich destinations are you least likely to visit?
LATEST INFO
Update on John Wagner Death From Friends & Family
BENNY B. BREAKS OUT
Perfect Waves Continue As Nike 6.0 Pro Concludes
Blueberry Blue Shave Ice syrup and perfect south swell lines dripped to the sand on a sunny Saturday afternoon to usher in the finals of the 2008 Nike 6.0 Lowers Pro.
HOW IT SHOULD BE
Lowers Lights Up For Nike 6.0
This is how Lowers is supposed to be (if you're a contest surfer). It's sunny. There’s an overhead south swell spinning through the water.
KEEP ON ROLLIN'
SW Fills In To Lowers For Nike 6.0 Day 3
After a brief bout of morning sickness, with overcast skies and weak windswell discouragingly reminiscent of the day prior, the afternoon brought with it sunshine, a building SW, and semi-clean open faces.
SPEAK YOUR MIND!
What's The Best Mode Of Transport To Score Waves?
Every surfer needs help finding the goods. What's the best mode of transport for searching for waves?
VERY UN-CALIFORNIA
Nike 6.0 Lowers Pro Day Two
A cold, strong wind and overcast skies dominated much of the day on Wednesday, day two of the Nike 6.0 Lowers Pro. And with mostly blown out, 2-3 foot surf, it was certainly not the kind of beach day Southern California is famous for - surf or weather-wise.
CAMPFIRE CALLS
Jordy Smith & South African CTers Call Out Tahiti Picks
After scoring some of the best waves ever surfed on the east coast of Africa (look out for full coverage in an upcoming issue of SURFER), South Africa's four WCT campaigners, Jordy Smith, Travis Logie, Royden Bryson and Ricky Basnett, sat down around the campfire to discuss the Billabong Pro, Tahiti. Here are their thoughts on who to look out for at Chopes.
ANOTHER ATTACK
Shark Kills Surfer in Mexico
An American surfer from San Francisco bled to death on Monday after being attacked by a shark off of the coast of Mainland Mexico, according to numerous news agencies.
HEY, IT'S TRESTLES
Nike 6.0 Lowers Pro Opens With A Bang
It was a dramatic moment - sad even - in the early hours of the day. It happened about twenty seconds after I caught my first wave on an otherwise placid, overcast morning.