Archive for the ‘Surfing & SUP’ Category
Before the invention of the mercury barometer, trying to come close to accurately predicting tomorrow’s weather was left to history and experience of the current conditions. Today with satellites, shipping lanes, computer models and other techno advancements, making more accurate weather predictions has become a science and a business. And surfing’s better for it.
As irony would have it, the day after the Maverick’s Invitational Festival officially ended the event-waiting period, Mother Nature decided winter was not quite over and delivered a late-season monster swell  … Pictures and more
Tahiti, French Polynesia – Wade Carmichael (AUS) has taken out the Inaugural Billabong Tahiti Nui Pro Junior, his second ASP Australasia Pro Junior Series event win this week. Eight locals and eight international surfers battled it out in two-to-three foot (1.5 metre) surf at Papara Beach, Tahiti today with Carmichael claiming the top spot over Aiihoe Tefaafana (PYF).
Carmichael strengthened his spot as the number one ranked ASP Australasian Pro Junior surfer with his back-to-back wins in Tahiti this week. Carmichael used his  … More
A 65-year old female bodyboarder was rescued in Santa Cruz by Darryl “Flea” Virostko and his brother Troy, when they were checking the surf conditions in the Californian region.
“Troy and I were driving in his truck when we rounded the corner by Mitchells Cove and I saw a bodyboarder kind of just floating,” Darryl, told Santa Cruz Patch. “I mentioned to Troy that he get his wetsuit ready as we might have to jump in and … More