In November, pro surfer Torrey Meister, who is from the Big Island of Hawaii, won the O’Neill Coldwater Classic Invitational at Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz, California, and took home the grand prize—a sponsorship from O’Neill consisting of $50,000 to travel the world and compete in the World Qualifying Series in pursuit of making the elite World Championship Tour. The Coldwater Classic surf competition was only open to 16 surfers without major sponsors, and the public voted those surfers into the event … Pictures and more
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The Morgan Wave of the Day contest is an invitational with a 3 month waiting period, but often doesn’t run due to lack of swell. This past weekend saw plenty of swell, and while the sandbars were ideal, contest organizer Chris Sardelis seized the best 4 hour window on Friday, January 24th to run the contest for the first time in years.
The lifeguards cleared the water and all 17 contestants were given 4 hours. The best single wave ridden would be awarded $2,000. The best wipeout would receive $250. All proceeds from the event go to local charities.
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Before you write us off as misogynistic pigs, allow us to explain how we came up with these rankings…
The women on the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Tour are some of the most gifted and beautiful athletes in the world, and narrowing the list to 10 was no easy task. After countless intra-office battles and arguments, the final 10 hottest surfer girls were picked with these attributes in mind: beauty, surfing prowess, and what they bring to the sport. Here they are, in ascending order … Pictures and more
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As the sun rises over the ocean coast of Peru, small waves roll in, hitting the shores of Chorrillos, a district within Lima, Peru. Behind Chorrillos — up on what appears to be a shantytown on a sand dune — 20 children, 8 to 15 years old, are soon getting ready to surf.
These children reside is Alto Peru, an extremely poor barrio behind the modern highrises facing the Pacific Coast of Lima.
Some of these children don’t have parents, some are sniffing … More
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