Iain Buchanan and Nathan Webster have conquered the Grand Masters and Masters titles respectively of the Supersurf ASP World Masters Championships, in clean-but-small surf at Arpoador, Rio de Janeiro.
Buchanan bested defending ASP Grand Masters Champion and former World Champion Wayne Bartholomew in a closely-fought Final to become the first-ever New Zealand title holder  … More
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Arpoador, Rio de Janeiro/Brasil — Iain Buchanan (NZL) and Nathan Webster (AUS) emerged victorious today, taking out the ASP Grand Masters and ASP Masters titles respectively in clean-but-small surf at Arpoador, Rio de Janeiro for the Supersurf ASP World Masters Championships. Buchanan bested defending ASP Grand Masters Champion and former World Champion Wayne Bartholomew (AUS) in a closely-fought Final to become the first-ever New Zealand title holder.
“It’s a pretty awesome feeling,†Buchanan said. “My waves today played out. I knew if I got past Shaun (Tomson), I had a chance  … More
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Fishermen might have gotten there first, but decades before Cancún put Mexico at the top of the heap for sun-and-sand vacations, peripatetic surfers discovered the sublime beaches that fringe Mexico’s west coast. In the 1950s, Matanchen Bay in northern Nayarit, appears to have been the lodestar for surfers with a case of wanderlust — about as far as they could go in a creaky woody without sacrificing home, job and family for the sake of an exotic wave.
Hundreds of surf spots dotting more than 2,000 miles of tropical coastline have been conquered since then, some of them many miles from nowhere  … More
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London: Dame Agatha Christie, who is best known for her detective fiction featuring Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple, might be a handful of Britons along with her first husband Archie, who learned how to surf standing up.
According to a recent research by Pete Robinson, founder of the Museum of British Surfing, Devon, revealed that Christie and Archie surfing safari began post World War I when the latter got the job of organising a world tour to promote the British Empire Exhibition in 1924Â Â …Â More
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