Crippling disease won’t slow surfer – At 66, Eaton wins East Coast title
Two years ago, Paul Eaton was virtually crippled by Guillain-Barré syndrome, a paralyzing disease that forced him to use a walker for three months.
“I knew I couldn’t quit surfing, I just couldn’t do that,” said Eaton, a Cape Canaveral resident. “After trying for so many years to take first place, and … Details
LEADING professional surfers Koby Abberton and Bruce Irons, who were feared missing after surfing near the epicentre of Indonesia’s first earthquake on Thursday, were safe last night, staying with friends in Padang.
Abberton, an Australian big-wave rider, and well-known Hawaiian surfer Irons were both on a boat charter in wave-heavy Mentawi Islands when the earthquake hit …Â Details
A British survivor survived the tsunami which devastated the South Pacific by paddling towards the towering wave, he has claimed.
Tom Gogola, from Devon, was in Samoa for a three-week holiday when the island was hit by a 20-foot wall of water.
The 22-year-old was in the water surfing when he saw the wave racing towards the shore.
He did the only thing he could …Â Details
With the first stop of the 2009 ASP Dream Tour’s European leg behind them, the world’s best surfers are heading south into Euskadi for the Billabong Pro Mundaka where some of the best sandbars in years provide the perfect setting for potentially some of the best waves ever.
Event No. 8 of 10 on the 2009 ASP World Tour, the Billabong Pro Mundaka plays a pivotal part in the surfers’ seasons, with ASP Top 45 members scrounging for requalification points and the hunt for the 2009 ASP World Title still very much alive … Details