Tag: Surfing News Archive

MOUNT REEF DREAM TURNS INTO REALITY!

Check out the video footage and photos of the first waves breaking on the right hander on the 4th October 2006….


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After a gruelling two week construction period installing the second half of the Mount Reef, the partially completed reef started to show its capabilities on Wednesday 4th October. A small 1.5 metre north-easterly swell generated awesome waves on the reef throughout the day producing fast hollow right hand barrels and up to 50 metre rides on both left and right hand breaks.Approximately 50 surfers sampled the new break through out the day on Wednesday. Mike Smith, Director of RPM, was first in the water at 6 am and scored the reef to himself for half an hour. ‘I took off on my second wave just to the right of the peak and dropped down the steep wall into hollow over head barrel.… Read the rest

SOUTH AFRICANS SHINE IN NOVA SCHIN FESTIVAL BRAZIL ROUND ONE

Nova Schin Festival presented by Billabong
Imbituba, Brazil
October 30 – November 15, 2006

See the event LIVE on www.aspworldtour.com

IMBITUBA, Brazil (Monday, October 30, 2006) – Round One of the Nova Schin Festival may have featured 18 Australians, 16 Brazilians and 10 U.S passport holders, but outnumbered South African surfers held their own in the tricky two to four foot (one to one-half metre) Imbituba surf today.One of only three South African’s on tour, Greg Emslie amassed the day’s highest heat total (17.00 out of a possible 20.00 points) with a series of vertical snaps that sent world No. 4 Joel Parkinson (AUS) and wildcard Renato Galvao (BRA) straight to Round Two. Currently rated 22nd in the world, Emslie credited his win to wave selection.

“I watched a few of the heats before mine and I saw some opportunities the other guys weren’t taking,” Emslie said.… Read the rest

SLATER AND IRONS WIN WHILE BURROW FALTERS IN QUIKSILVER PRO ROUND ONE

Quiksilver Pro France presented by Evian
September 22-October 1 2006


See the event LIVE on www.aspworldtour.com or www.quiksilver.com

HOSSEGOR, France (Saturday, September 23, 2006) – Foster’s ASP Men’s World Tour ratings front runners Kelly Slater (USA) and Andy Irons (HAW) both notched up solid wins in round one of the Quiksilver Pro presented by Evian.

And while both have now earned themselves an automatic spot in the round three draw, fellow title contender Taj Burrow (AUS) finished second in his heat and will now have to surf in round two.

The event, the eight of 11 on this year’s tour was held in incredible two metre (six feet) plus beachbreak-type waves at Hossegor located in the south of France and spectacular barrel riding was the norm.Slater and Irons were two of the standouts of the day as both found plenty of time riding inside the bellies of some sand-crunching beasts.… Read the rest

2007 ISA CONTEST CALENDAR

New Website for Surfing… www.isasurf.org
The International Surfing Association (ISA) launches totally new website!
The ISA announced that on 25 September 2006, its new website will be going live. The new site includes a new look, the latest ISA press releases, ISA Membership directory and information on how to become a member, information on all ISA development programs, an opportunity to join the ISA database, the ISA event calendar, the ISA retail store and, in the near future, a photo/video gallery where the media may download and the public may be able to view ISA event pictures.
For more information, please contact ISA at surf@isasurf.org

[b]Check Out ISA’s Upcoming Surfing Calendar[/b]2007 WORLD KNEEBOARD CHAMPIONSHIPS, 7 – 14 JANUARY 2007
Kneeboard Surfing International (KSI) is pleased to announce that Kneeboard Surfing USA (KSUSA) will be conducting the 2007 World Kneeboard Championships. The dates for the event are 7 January 2007 to 14 January 2007 at Santa Cruz, California.… Read the rest

BODYSURFERS HOPE BOUY WILL END PARTY-CRASHING

The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Friday, September 29, 2006
Bodysurfers hope buoy ends party-crashing

By Mike Gordon
Advertiser Staff Writer


An aerial picture provided by the state Department of Land and Natural Resources shows the area off Point Panic reserved for body surfers. The state agency plans install a marker buoy today.

At Point Panic, the regulars know what comes with a good south swell: The promise of waves at the only O’ahu spot dedicated to bodysurfers. And the promise of tension, arguments and near-collisions from board surfers who drop in illegally.

They co-exist like uneasy neighbors with nothing to mark where each group is allowed except a pair of recently placed signs roughly 50 yards apart on the rocky shoreline.But today, in an effort to draw a line in the surf, the state Department of Land and Natural Resources will anchor a buoy just offshore.… Read the rest