OCEANSIDE, Calif. (July 30, 2017) – It was a spectacular 3 day event at the 10th anniversary of the Paul Mitchel Supergirl Pro in Oceanside, CA. This year saw a record breaking number of 120 competitors fighting for this World … Read More
The 2017 San Clemente Ocean Festival, known as “The Greatest Show on Surf”, spun off over a hot July weekend. With perfect weather and an abundance of waves, no one was disappointed with this event. An annual festival with its … Read More
LOS ANGELES, California/USA (Wednesday, July 19, 2017) – The World Surf League (WSL) today announced the appointment of Sophie Goldschmidt as the next CEO of the organization. Goldschmidt will officially take over from interim CEO Dirk Ziff in August. Dirk … Read More
Women’s QS6,000 Finals An incredible day of action from an all Championship Tour (CT) affair in the women’s Qualifying Series (QS) 6,000 event and big performances from the juniors made it entertaining for all watching. The fifth annual Los Cabos … Read More
TAVARUA/NAMOTU, Fiji (Sunday, June 4, 2017) – Barriers were broken down today during the historic Final of the Outerknown Fiji Women’s Pro, Stop No. 5 of the World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT), with California’s Courtney Conlogue (USA) taking … Read More
Ichinomiya, Chiba, Japan (Wednesday, May 24, 2017) – It’s been another marathon day of surfing in Japan at the Gotcha Ichinomiya Chiba Open powered by GoPro. Small but clean conditions continued at Shida Point to complete Men’s Round 1 along … Read More
Sunday, May 14, 2017 (Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro/BRAZIL) – Tyler Wright (AUS) claimed victory today at the Oi Rio Women’s Pro presented by Corona, the fourth stop on the World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT), after defeating Johanne Defay … Read More
This has been an ongoing debate in the sport of surfing. In most sports men have argued they are braver, stronger and faster than women, therefore, they are better than women in sports that require strength, courage, and speed. I … Read More
Since the early 1960, surfing has seen an explosion of more and more people in the lineup. Especially now as the longboards made a resurgent that offered an easier way to paddle into the waves. And with the mass production … Read More
Californian Courtney Conlogue has won the Rip Curl Women’s Pro Bells Beach after defeating Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) in four-to-six foot conditions at the world-renowned Bells Beach in the Australian state of Victoria. Californian Courtney Conlogue is a serious competitor. No … Read More