Archive for the ‘Surfing & SUP’ Category
One hundred years ago, Duke Kahanamoku introduced the world to surfing. Emily Dugan makes a pilgrimage to his home to see where it began.Â
On Honolulu’s Waikiki beach, a man in shorts greets visitors with open arms. He is not an over-enthusiastic beach boy, or a friendly tourist-board official, but the bronze statue of Duke Kahanamoku, the father of modern surfing. This summer it will be 100 years since the man known to Hawaiians simply as “The Duke” took home an Olympic gold medal in swimming, and decided to show the world how to surf.
On his way to the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm the Duke stopped off in … More
Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 24, has won the TSB Bank NZ Surf Festival’s blue ribbon event, the Dow AgroSciences Pro in clean three foot (1.5 meters) surf over Carissa Moore (HAW), 19, at Taranaki, New Zealand today. Stop No. 3 of 7 on the 2012 ASP Women’s World Championship Tour, the TSB Bank NZ Surf Festival offers vital points in the race for the ASP Women’s World Title. This year the event scored the best waves and also witnessed the biggest performances in its three year history, with classic waves on offer for the duration of the competition.
Gilmore, four-time ASP Women’s World Champion and current ASP Women’s World No. 1, finished  … More
Shane Dorian is the “Waterman of the Year” by the Surf Industry Manufacturers Association (SIMA), in 2012. The big wave surfer turned up in the surf media map in the late 80s and has since won a Hawaiian state title and pushed the paddle-in limits on the North Shore’s outer reefs.
Dorian is known as  … More