Surfing Australia is courting controversy, debate and intrigue by ranking Australia’s 10 most influential surfers of the past 50 years.
The governing body will announce the results of its near-impossible task to rate, in order of importance, the likes of Nat Young, Mark Richards, Simon Anderson, Wayne ‘Rabbit’ Bartholomew, Mark Occhilupo, Layne Beachley and Stephanie Gilmore at the Australia Surfing Awards in Sydney on February 20.
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The Eastern Surfing Association (ESA) and Surfing America are pleased to announce that they have realigned effective immediately. The Eastern Surfing Association, which is the largest amateur surfing association in the USA, has provided a solid program of competition for surfers of all ages since 1967 and was one of the “charter” member associations that helped form Surfing America back in 2004.
Surfing America is the official International Surfing Association recognized National Governing Body for the sport of surfing in the United States and is responsible for  … More
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Each year in February and March adventurous surfers gather in Sao Domingos do Capim, Brazil, for a chance to ride up the Amazon River on one of the most intense tidal bores in the world. Known as pororoca, the phenomenon occurs where the Atlantic and Amazon converge, sending a milk chocolate wave more than 12 feet high and crashing miles inland. Surfers who catch this wave need both skill and endurance as they’re in for a 7-mile ride upstream lasting 30 minutes or more. The name “pororoca” likely comes from the native Tupi word meaning   … Pictures and more
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