After a challenging 4 series event tour Karla Costa Taylor has been crowned the USBA United States National Champion. Karla is a former World Champion that is most known for her radical style and technique. She had planed her come back in 2010 after taking some time off of competitions to have a family. She now has returned, full speed ahead.
Karla showed her commitment to achieving her goals. Taylor won 3 of the 4 events on the USBA, United States Bodyboarding Association, Tour. The North Shore Soap Factory Pipeline Pro; The Sports Chalet US Open of Bodyboarding and the Sandy Beach Pro … Details & Pictures
The Heatworks Pro has begun today with Knights Beach providing some thick three to four foot barrels for some of the worlds best Bodyboarders.
It is a case of five times lucky for the event, with Knights Beach miraculously coming through with the goods for the fifth year in a row, showing why it has become one of the favourite stops on the Rebel Sports Bodyboarding Pro Tour Calendar …Â Details
Rob Barber’s Bodyboarding School benefited from the best surf of the year last weekend. The renowned Fistral Beach served up a clean 3-4ft, perfect for the pupils to develop their sponging skills. The famed Tolcarne Wedge also provided 2-3ft peaks with usual quick take off and fun ramps to boost off.
In total 11 bodyboarders from all over the UK attended the coaching weekend, which ranged from beginners learning the basics right through to sponsored competitors honing airs and spins … Details
A fantastic final gave Karla Costa-Taylor the crown of the Miss Sumol Cup, held in Costa Nova, Aveiro, Portugal.
The Brazilian bodyboarder from Rio de Janeiro reached, for the first time in 15 years, the final heat of a Portuguese competition.
Costa-Taylor only secured her win in the last minutes of this thrilling bodyboarding final, with a 8.3 wave.
Maylla Venturin placed second and the German Joana Schenker was third … Details