Archive for the ‘Surfing & SUP’ Category
When contest founder Peter Dunn first found the bone of a whale on the Iso’s Reef many years ago, he had no idea that it would become part of West Australia’s surfing folklore. Many years later that bone has become the focal point of the Whalebone Classic for longboard surfing as the contest enters its 13th year.
The relationship that has developed since Dunn first found the bone and the spirit of the whale it came from looks set to continue as surf forecasters predict a big groundswell from the main fetch in the South Indian Ocean with waves throughout the weekend … Details
The Boscombe artificial surf reef will try to understand why the £3m project is not performing as it should.
On Tuesday, July 13, Bournemouth councillors will ask what should be made to have 100m surf rides of 15 seconds.
A few months ago, the performance of the Boscombe surf reef was studied in detail by the Plymouth University … Details
The NSSA National Championships may have moved to a lets just say, “less than ideal,” location, but it didn’t affect the drama. Southside Huntington Beach Pier is no Lower Trestles, but the coveted Governor’s Cup trophies were still up for grabs in the Open Men’s and Open Women’s divisions respectively. Thus, as the contest reached the later rounds things began to heat up.
Let’s start with the Men. Names like: Slater, Knox, Irons and Jaquias all graced the 2010 contest’s awning because they have all won an Open title. Notice I listed the name Jaquias, as in the Hawaiian surf forced of the 90s, Kaipo Jaquias. Now, he ripped and everything (and still does), and spent a few years on the WCT tour, but he never really was in the same category as a guy like Kelly Slater or Andy Irons …Â Details