Miraflores, Lima, Peru – Australians Travis Grant and Jamie Mitchell came coasting into the shoreline, side-by-side on the same wave, composing themselves for landfall. As the wave washed up onto the rocky shoreline, they leapt from their SUP boards and broke into a sprint. Mitchell was first around the yellow flag and made the climb up the rocky berm to the finish line, with Grant tight on his heels. But Grant had won. Mitchell had left his paddle with his board, and in the Men’s SUP Technical Race, the paddle must be in hand at the finish. He would have to settle for … More
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The Gold Coast’s Stephanie Gilmore says there is more venom in the women’s world surfing championship this year than ever before.
Gilmore opened her campaign for a fifth world crown on Saturday with a strong win in the first round of the Roxy Pro at her home break of Snapper Rocks.
Defending champion and world number one Carissa Moore from Hawaii posted  … More
The Taranaki Windsurf Club, with the help of Carbon Art, Rodgers Dental and Windsurfing NZ, has announced the 2012 New Zealand Wave Nationals.
The 2012 Wavesailing Nationals will be held in Taranaki, during the Easter long weekend, from  … More