Aloha to our valued readers and clients, If there’s one thing every dedicated surfer knows how to do, it’s go...
Let your voice be heard in deciding who will earn top honors at this year’s Manulele Awards, a celebration of...
Volcom House Party People spilling into the streets and the beach, music loud enough to hear from blocks away, and legendary surfers mingling with the standing room only crowd at the Volcom house… and that’s not including the prestigious history behind the post-Billabong Pipe Masters Volcom Party. Think Andy and...
TONY MONIZ, DA PATRIARCH Tony Moniz is one fearless Hawaiian who never gives up or says he can’t do something....
By Lauren Rolland Warm ocean waters have lasted into the fall and winter months in Hawai‘i and residents have been...
By Cash Lambert Try to speak with Cole Alves before a surf heat and chances are you’re going to have to compete with Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and company for the Maui native’s attention. Why? Led Zeppelin’s Dazed and Confused is part of Cole’s pre-heat jam, whether that’s near home...
By Mike Latronic Photo: Joli Most sports enthusiasts have little concept of the dedication, work, preparation and determination required to...
Competition, action, sheer athleticism – it all culminates on the North Shore of Oahu for the most celebrated surfing series...
By Dan House The first ever ISA World Adaptive Surfing Championship took place September 24-27 at La Jolla Shores, San Diego with sixty-nine competitors from eighteen different countries participating in the event. ISA president, Fernando Aguerre, said, “This is history in the making . . . I know many of...
By Cash Lambert Photos: Gage Hingley A splash of bright pink color illuminates California’s cold and gray lineups. It moves...
One of Hawai‘i’s greatest power surfers and top form competitors is hanging up the jersey, looking to focus on other...
It’s a humid morning. The winds are calm, yet the excitement in the air creates an opposite atmosphere. The buzz runs up and down Kamehameha Highway, along the sand and throughout the beach park, like a current of electricity. A clean NW swell filled in over night and the waves...
As much as we’d like to report otherwise, the case next year for a strong Hawai‘i athlete presence on the...
By Dan House Carissa Moore and Steph Gilmore made the first two finals of the year and were in position...
By Cash Lambert Water balloon fights, giveaways, an empty Haleiwa lineup with 3-4 foot clean conditions and an entire beach teeming with the feeling of youth! Yes, a surf event exists where all of these occur and yes, the competition ran on hallowed North Shore grounds: the 39th Annual North...
Even from young kid days, Fred Patacchia always had his own way about things, anything and everything. Freddy was never...
By Dan House Photos: Bryce Johnson Surfing isn’t easy. Anyone attempting the sport for the very first time is going...
By Tony Heff Year after year the surf masses descend on the tiny stretch of coast between Haleiwa and Turtle Bay. Heroes are born, champions are crowned, and history is written. But as the sea is made of many drops, those individuals who make up the whole of the Vans...
Dusty Payne put on a clutch performance last year to take out the first stop of the 2014 Vans Triple...
Check out a highlight teaser from Freesurf Mag’s trek to Panama this year and keep an eye out for the...
Fanning New ASP WCT No. 1 Joel Parkinson (AUS), 32, has won the inaugural Oakley Pro Bali over Michel Bourez (PYF), 27, via an impressive come-from-behind effort in four-to-six foot waves at the iconic Balinese righthander of Keramas....
Mahina Maeda (HAW) wins the Girls Under 16 division , Hawaii’s Josh Moniz wins the Gold Medal in the Boys Under-18...
Volcom Fiji Pro ASP WCT Men’s Event Cloudbreak, Fiji June 2 – 14, 2013 Live Coverage | Results/Photos/Videos etc Kelly Slater (USA), 41,...
Presented by Billabong International Surfing Association Playa Jiquiliste, Nicaragua June 8 – 16, 2013 Live Coverage | Results/Photos/Videos etc The Dakine ISA World Junior Surfing Championship (WJSC) Presented by Billabong kicked off Sunday with incredible surf in beautiful Playa Jiquiliste, Nicaragua. The competitors were greeted with great conditions and the famous Nicaraguan offshore...
Volcom Fiji Pro ASP WCT Men’s Event Cloudbreak, Fiji June 2 – 14, 2013 Live Coverage | Results/Photos/Videos etc Volcom Fiji Pro Resumes...
The Hawaii Surf Team will be competing against the top amateur surfers from over 40 countries on 6 continents in...
With Ocean Ramsey, Faith Wenzl, Honolua Blomfield, Dax McGill, and Monyca Byrne-Wickey By Lauren Shanahan The label “surfer girl” might be somewhat cliché, but the connotation is growing stronger every year. Despite all the double standards, square box molds, and low budgeting, women’s surfing still cultivates respect. And girls are...
BARRA DA TIJUCA, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil (Sunday, May 19, 2013) – Jordy Smith (ZAF), 25, has won the Billabong Rio...
Story & Photos by Lauren Shanahan On a Saturday in March, under a warm Hawaii sky in Waimanalo, the spirit...
Nathan Florence. Photo: Tony Heff Professional Surfer Nathan Florence and Water Photographer Tony Heff honored the legacy of Sion Miloksy by winning the 2012-13 Steep and Deep Pipeline Photo Challenge. During its second year, this contest grew immensely. Participants submitted their sickest steep and deep shots from the water, land...
May 18-19, 2012 Queen’s surf break – Kuhio Beach, Waikiki Entry Form Official Site T&C Surf is stoked to announce...
During an epic day of amazing waves and tremendous surfing performances, the 2013 ISA World Masters Surfing Championship officially closed....
Rip Curl Pro Presented by Ford Live Coverage | Results/Photos/Videos etc Carissa Moore (HAW), 20, has claimed the 2013 Rip Curl Women’s Pro Bells Beach presented by Ford over Tyler Wright (AUS), 19, in clean three-to-five foot (1 – 1.5 metre) waves today in front of a capacity crowd at Bells Beach....
The Sunset Beach Pro will set a new standard for the Tour and the sport as a whole in 2014...
While the Hercules swell lit up a slew of big wave spots across Europe, Belharra might have witnessed the biggest...
National Surfing Reserve lists reasons why cruise ships at Kirra won’t work NSR Board position is total opposition to Kirra CST on the following environmental grounds. It would: Stop all northerly sand transport causing the area from CST to Greenmount to be gradually smothered in sand, including Kirra Point, while to the north...
With the 2014 ASP season upon us, Kieren Perrow is taking on his first season as full-fledged ASP Commissioner with...
Chekc out some sweet Pipeline Winter 2013 aerial footage from Eric Sterman on Vimeo....
Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons ASP World Championship Tour Men’s Event Pipeline, Oahu, Hawaii 8 – 20 December 2013 Check the Live Action Florence Takes Vans Triple Crown Lead The 2013 Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons resumed today in six foot (2 metre) barrels and...
Tahiti’s Michel Bourez has won the Reef Hawaiian Pro, the $40,000 prize purse, and takes an early lead of the...
Swatch Girls Pro China ASP Women’s Longboard World Championship event Wanning, Hainan Island China 20 – 24 November 2013 Kelia...
San Diego native and North Shore resident, Kirk Passmore, failed to surface after falling on a massive wave outside Alligator Rock Wednesday afternoon. Kirk, along with a few fellow chargers, attempted to paddle out at Alligator Rock Wednesday Morning but couldn’t make it past the 30-foot waves. He then paddled...
HIC Pro ASP 4-Star Men’s event Sunset Beach Oahu, Hawaii 29 October – 10 November 2013 Live Coverage | Results/Photos/Videos etc With...
Beach Clean up rescheduled to Saturday, November 16, 2013 at 8:30am. Due to heavy downpours and flooding – for safety...
O’Neill Cold Water Classic ASP Specialty Event Steamer Lane, Santa Cruz California 6 – 7 November 2013 Torrey Meister’s wins yearlong O’Neill sponsorship worth $50,000 Torrey Meister claimed the 2013 O’Neill Coldwater Classic title today earning the enviable winner-take-all yearlong O’Neill sponsorship worth $50,000. With an unconventional new format pitting...