Right now some of the world’s best surfers have no major sponsor. Traditionally the companies who pay surfers the most money have their logo placed on the nose of the surfer’s board. When the contracts go, so do the stickers. Here are six of the best who currently have plenty of surfboard real estate up for sale … More
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Two dudes surfing the same barrel just wasn’t enough for the JOB crew, so Jamie O’brien, Shane Dorian, Ryan Hipwood, and of course Poopies take the Supsquatch to where no Supsquatch has gone before…deep into some perfect Mexican barrels. Plus Poopies attempts a hot sauce challenge, Bruce Irons gets shacked, and there’s all the surfing you can handle from the best South swell in more than a decade.
World Surf League – Kolohe Andino boosts for a near-perfect score — a 9.83 — in Round Three.
West Australian surfer Taj Burrow has announced his retirement after 19 years on the world tour after coming to the realisation he was failing to “keep up”.
The 37-year-old from Yallingup made the announcement this morning after a display of good form and a solid heat win in the opening round of the Margaret River Pro.
“That heat was the best I’ve felt this year,” Burrow said of the round one performance in which he scored a combined total of 16.34.
“I was a bit shaky in the first two events but being home and happy and comfortable in my home environment, I felt good.”
Burrow said he had been … More