ASP World Tour number two Jordy Smith has scooped the Premier Surfer of the Year award at the fourth annual South African Surfing Awards.
The award caps a remarkable year for the Durban-born star, whose boarding brilliance saw him dominate the junior ranks before going on to waylay many of the world’s senior surfing stars.
After finishing 11th in the 2009 ASP World Rankings, Smith currently occupies the number two position, second only to the legendary Kelly Slater … Details
After a year of planning and preparation, on July 12th 2010, Skate Across the USA fundraising trip to raise awareness and funds for San Diego’s at-risk youth.
In 7 days Ari and a team of skateboarders will depart San Diego and attempt to skateboard across the USA from Newport, Oregon to New York. They will be skating relay style, 100-150 miles a day, with a goal of finishing under 30 days. All the money raised will be donated to San Diego Youth Community Services  … Details
The 2010 Body Glove USBA Tour moves next to The Dave and Busters Sandy Beach Pro on the Hawaiian Island of Oahu. With over twenty years of history the Sandy Beach Pro is ready to move into a new era. The beach that jumped started the sport of Professional Bodyboarding has continued to produce top notch talent.
Just coming off a win at the US Open in the Open Amateur division Oahu’s Trevor “Bu La “ Kam is looking to step it up in and make a run in the Pro division while still competing as an amateur.
Jacob Romero (Maui) is coming … Details
This year’s Tour de France will cover 3,600 kilometres [2,236 miles], including some of the most fearsome climbs in the Alps and the Pyrenees. It’s one of the toughest Tours in years, and yet perhaps the moment the peloton has been fearing most will arrive at about 4.30pm today, in between one bleak post-industrial town in southern Belgium and another in northern France. This is when the Tour hits the cobbles. Lance Armstrong predicted last week that there would be carnage and he wasn’t exaggerating. Â
Riding on cobbles might not sound as difficult as all that, but these are far from the perfectly ordered rows of neatly carved elongated ovals you might find in any city centre seeking to give itself an olde-worlde air. Rather they will  … Details