Sofia Mulanovich (PER), 26, has taken out the Movistar Peru Classic presented by Rip Curl over reigning two-time ASP Women’s World Champion and two-time defending event winner in Peru, Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 21.
Event No. 5 of 7 on the 2009 ASP Women’s World Tour, the Movistar Peru Classic culminated in offshore three-to-four foot (1 – 1.5 metre) waves at Lobitos today, and delivered all the drama … Details
In 2005 Bobby Martinez won the O’Neill Cold Water Classic to solidify his spot on the ASP World Tour. He’d been slogging away on the WQS for some years and had reached a point where it was all or nothing. He was either going to qualify for the tour in 2006, or he was over it. His win in Santa Cruz came at a critical juncture in his career.
Nate Yeomans’ win today shared similar tones. “It’s a long season, and if I can string together a few results I’m going to …Â Details
Nearly dying is a specialty of Darryl “Flea” Virostko.
The surfer, who won the first three monster-wave contests at Mavericks north of Half Moon Bay, almost drowned there once when the leash that attaches his ankle to the board clung to an underwater rock.
So epic was a plunge down a 50-foot wall of water at Hawaii’s Waimea Bay in 2004 that …Â Details
 Surfing fans at Cocoa Beach finally got what they were waiting for as Kelly Slater made his highly-anticipated appearance on the waves during the final day of the Slater Brothers Surfing Invitational.
Slater teamed up with Saturday’s shortboard champion, C.J. Hobgood, to win the “Surfing with the Stars” competition. Slater and Hobgood teamed up with Corey Howell and Sam Duggan, two local youths who were the top fundraisers for the World Skin Cancer Foundation.
“The event went really well this year,” Slater said. “The waves …Â Details