With the inaugural mid-season cut following the recently concluded Margaret River Pro, it was always going to be a contest with significant ramifications at both ends of the world rankings. Both the men’s and the women’s events saw numerous high profile surfers sent packing from the Championship Tour for the rest of the year, while …
The Championship Tour’s return to Bells saw the iconic break dish up day after day of perfect, rolling right handers, with Filipe Toledo and Tyler Wright running out victorious at the conclusion of the event. The powerful, long period waves are set to continue over the next week as we head to Margaret River, a …
The Championship Tour’s return to Bells saw the iconic break dish up day after day of perfect, rolling right handers, with Filipe Toledo and Tyler Wright running out victorious at the conclusion of the event. The powerful, long period waves are set to continue over the next week as we head to Margaret River, a …
It had been three years since the Rip Curl Pro was held at Bells, a lengthy hiatus when you consider that prior to the pandemic it had run every year since 1961. A less-than-promising forecast in the days and weeks leading up to the event cast doubts about the quality of waves that would be …
A compelling start to the season in Hawaii was followed up by an event which saw Supertubos provide some of the most super of tubes we’ve seen in recent times, and the near-month long hiatus which has ensued has provided the surfing world with a chance to catch its collective breath after a hectic few …
A compelling start to the season in Hawaii was followed up by an event which saw Supertubos provide some of the most super of tubes we’ve seen in recent times, and the near-month long hiatus which has ensued has provided the surfing world with a chance to catch its collective breath after a hectic few …
Channel Islands is one of the most recognisable surfboard brands in the world. They sponsor many of the world’s best surfers, and you’ll also regularly spot their familiar logo at your local break as well as many others around the globe. Founding father Al Merrick calls it his passion “to provide the most dedicated surfers with the most advanced, performance designs”, and the high performance boards that this passion has manifested in are renowned the world over.
Firewire might just make the most recognisable surfboards in the world. This isn’t necessarily reflective of popularity – though there are plenty of surfers who swear by these boards. Instead, their distinguishable nature comes more from their aesthetics. If you’ve ever seen a board out in the lineup that looks like it was carved directly from a tree, it was most likely a Firewire. This wooden aesthetic makes these boards stick out like a sore thumb (but a good sore thumb), though they also make plenty of boards with a more traditional appearance, something which they’ve been doing under various names for close to 50 years.
Historically a late-season stop, the European leg of this year’s Championship Tour was this year brought forward to March and cut to just one event after Hossegor was given the flick. That meant that after weeks of enjoying idyllic weather and warm seas, the world’s best surfers were thrown into 13oC Portuguese water, but the waves they were lucky enough to surf and we were lucky enough to witness throughout the course of the contest would have quickly dispelled any concerns about the chilly waters. This is how both the men’s and the women’s events went down.
That was some Hawaiian leg. After the excitement of Pipeline, which saw two incredible wins from surfers at the polar opposite stages of their careers in Kelly Slater and Moana Jones Wong, Sunset Beach didn’t disappoint, with enormous, unruly conditions and a couple more surprise winners. Barron Mamiya and Brisa Hennessy both snagged their first …
That was some Hawaiian leg. After the excitement of Pipeline, which saw two incredible wins from surfers at the polar opposite stages of their careers in Kelly Slater and Moana Jones Wong, Sunset Beach didn’t disappoint, with enormous, unruly conditions and a couple more surprise winners. Barron Mamiya and Brisa Hennessy both snagged their first …
It was always going to be difficult for the Hurley Pro at Sunset Beach to live up to the standard set by the first event of the season at Pipeline, but if you like underdog stories then it went pretty close. Huge, unruly conditions prevailed throughout the early stages of the event before giving way …
The Billabong Pro at Pipeline got the 2022 Championship Tour season off to a start which had to be seen to be believed, with 49-year-old Kelly Slater winning the men’s event and a little known local by the name of Moana Jones Wong winning the women’s in her first ever CT event. But there’s little …
The Billabong Pro at Pipeline got the 2022 Championship Tour season off to a start which had to be seen to be believed, with 49-year-old Kelly Slater winning the men’s event and a little known local by the name of Moana Jones Wong winning the women’s in her first ever CT event. But there’s little …
It could hardly have been a more momentous start to the season had it literally been scripted. The event at Pipeline has been one of the most sought-after individual events on the men’s calendar for many years, and this year the women finally got the chance to join the party for the first time (albeit …
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