2.5 hours of sunlight, big tides, winter storms; not your ideal starting conditions for a mission. Regardless, it was what Oliver Hartkopp arrived to in mid-January. The plan had been clear for half a year, go to the Arctic in March when there’s snow and the skies are beautifully lit. An nontraditional winter storm made him splash the cash and chase Arctic swell in early January this year.
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The finals day got underway in three-to-four-foot waves at Watergate Bay, Cornwall. England has 19 new national surfing champions.
The World Team claimed the inaugural Founders’ Cup held at the Surf Ranch, in Lemore, Northern California.
Jordy Smith, Michel Bourez, Kanoa Igarashi, Bianca Buitendag, and Paige Hareb won the first ever World Surf League (WSL) event organized in a man-made wave pool.