Are you ready? Yes, it’s time for another world bodyboarding season and what a way to kick off hostilities. Welcome to the 2011 IBA Pipeline Pro, to be held in the Hawaiian Islands, between February 15th and 25th.
The event will feature a Men, Women and Drop-Knee Grand Slam with a total prize money of US$55,000. Initially, there will be a two-day trials event, at Sandy beach, to determine the riders that will join the seeds at Pipeline … More
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Surf mats are an Aussie invention have been around since the 1930’s. In fact for many surfers, surf mats or surfoplanes were the vehicle that they first rode waves on, way before their grommethood had begun.
However, there has always been a hard core cult of surf mat riders who never stopped riding them with George Greenough being the most publicly recognizable. They were always singing the praises of their “bow up†missiles with tales of deep tubes rides and red line speed runs.
Lennox Head surfer, shaper and cinematographer, Mark Thomson has been riding surf mats seriously for  … Pictures & more
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Gran Canary Island: The first ever International bodyboarding event at El Fronton on Gran Canary Island saw some serious action go down in the fierce westerly winds that saw Hawaiian Jeff Hubbard (35 years of age/ Hawaii/Kauai) take the win over local Canary Island rider Diego Cabrera.
“I’m so happy. So stoked. Can’t image that I actually won that contest - It’s a dream to win a contest like this in heavy waves and in a competitor field like this. This is as big as my Pipeline victory … Details
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In absolutely epic conditions, Jeff Hubbard has taken out the Wild Wild Wave El Fronton Invitational, at the Canary Islands.
Waves got huge and the weather conditions were quite like the last day the world. Super strong winds, choppy sea, closing waves, giant walls of white water greeted the 16 best bodyboarders of Planet Earth … Details
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