Andrew “Cotty” Cotton (Croyde, South West, United Kingdom) gets towed into a massive wall at Mullaghmore Head, Ireland on the last-minute XXL Europe swell. Video by Jamie Russell. An entry in the Ride of the Year category of the 2012 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards
Banzai Pipeline — Conner Coffin (USA), 18, has won the inaugural NorthShore Surf Shop Pipe Pro Junior, besting a talented field of top junior surfers from Hawaii, South Africa, Japan and Europe in tricky overhead surf. The first ever pro junior at Pipeline was an official ASP 2 Star rated event held over one day during the two week holding period of the SeaHawaii Women’s Pro at Pipeline.
A three to five foot Northeast swell provided some of the   … More
Margaret River surfers have dominated an exciting opening round of the Chill WA Junior Surfing Titles on the weekend. The event was held at the notoriously hollow and unforgiving Gas Bay, where fast barrelling waves challenged the bumper field of 90 of WA’s best up and coming surfers.
High performance waves in the 3-4 feet (2.0 metre) range would exploded over a particularly shallow reef ledge, making for some great surfing as well as a few heavy wipeouts. Despite many competitors never  … More
Maui’s Matt Meola gets hung up at the top while paddling in at Jaws. Video by Giora Koren. A Verizon Wipeout of the Year entry in the 2012 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards