Shawn Dollar (Santa Cruz, California) is a Wipeout of the Year Award Nominee for this wave at Maverick’s, California.
Alex Martins (San Francisco, California, USA) is a Wipeout of the Year Award Nominee for this wave at Maverick’s, California.
Jamie Mitchell (Gold Coast, Australia) is a Wipeout of the Year Award Nominee for this wave at Belharra Reef, France.
Alain Riou (Tahiti, French Polynesia) is a Wipeout of the Year Award Nominee for this wave at Teahupoo, Tahiti.
Koa Rothman (Sunset Beach, Hawaii) is a Wipeout of the Year Award Nominee for this wave at Teahupoo, Tahiti.
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3-time world champ learns lesson about closing the tailgate
Three-time ASP world champ Mick Fanning has probably had thousands of surfboards in his lifetime, but with his latest shipment he’s now got a great story to go along with them. Fanning, coming off a relatively poor performance at the second stop of the 2014 ASP World Tour, the Drug Aware Margaret River Pro, went back home to Australia’s Gold Coast to regroup and gather supplies for the next event, the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach. Upon his return, Fanning picked up a fresh batch of five brand-new Matt Biolos–shaped Mayhem surfboards. In an Instagram post, Fanning says, “So stoked to get home to a fresh batch of … More
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Any surfboard, even in its plain white simplicity, can be considered art, but when you put a beautiful handcrafted surfboard into the hands of a noted artist and let him or her loose with paints, pens, or the artist’s chosen tools, you’ve really got something special. That’s exactly what Juxtapoz magazine and the Encinitas, California-based UNIV have been doing over the last few months, and the outcome was spectacular. The pair organized a group of 19 contemporary artists to create custom artwork on hand-shaped UNIV surfboards in an effort to raise money and continued awareness for Typhoon Haiyan relief efforts in the Philippines … More
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When it comes to telling you about the athletic requirements of being a motocross rider, Red Bull’s Tarah Geiger will do you one better: She’ll show you. Like when she rode her dirtbike virtually naked—clad only in a pair of Tech 10 boots—for eight hours as the first motocross rider to be featured in ESPN’s prestigious Body Issue. Or perhaps when she became the first woman to race in the Motocross of Nations, or took home the gold medal at the X Games’ first women’s motocross event. Whether it’s rebounding from injuries, battling naysayers in a male-dominated sport, or mastering the mechanics of her bike, one thing’s for certain: Geiger is a woman of action.
Is it true you started off as a surfer? … More
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