Tag: surfing

Surf’s Up and the Hurley Pro Sunset Beach Hawaii Is On

The Men’s Hurley Pro Sunset Beach Championship Tour surfing event has begun, with unruly sets in the 10′ to 14′ face range arriving at the iconic break on O’ahu’s North Shore on Tuesday. The event, covered by World Surf League (WSL), had been put on hold for four days due to relatively small surf. In…


Kelly Slater Confirms He’ll Be Surfing All Championship Tour Events in 2022

Kelly Slater has confirmed that he’ll be competing at all stops on the Championship Tour in 2022. Celebrating his 50th birthday on Friday, and coming off the back of a victory in the first 2022 CT event at Pipeline, Slater told the press of his commitment to the tour, World Surf League (WSL) reported. “Yeah,…


Pipeline Winner Moana Jones Wong Awarded Second Wildcard Spot at Sunset Pro

The winner of the women’s Billabong Pro Pipeline, Moana Jones Wong, has been awarded another wildcard entry into the Hurley Pro Sunset Beach, due to start on Friday. The North Shore local, who took down two-time world champion Australian Tyler Wright in the semi-final and five-time world champion Hawaiian Carissa Moore in the final at…


Jones Wong and Slater Victorious at Pipeline

North Shore local Moana Jones Wong and 11-time world champion Kelly Slater took out the Billabong Pro Pipeline in double-overhead-plus conditions at the famed break on the North Shore of O’ahu, Hawaii over the weekend. Jones Wong, a wildcard entry to the event, overcame 5-time world champion and Olympic gold medalist Carissa Moore, also of…


Billabong Pro Pipeline Surfing Event to Be Decided on Saturday

The finals of the Billabong Pro Pipeline Championship Tour surfing event will kick off on Saturday at the famous break on the North Shore of O’ahu, Hawaii. The women’s event is at the semi-finals stage, with former world champ Australian Tyler Wright, taking on North Shore local and wildcard entry Moana Jones Wong, and current…


First Women’s Surfing Championship Tour Event at Pipeline, Hawaii Begins

History was made on Sunday, when surfers Sally Fitzgibbons, Courtney Conlogue, and Molly Picklum paddled out in the first heat of the first Women’s Billabong Pro Pipeline, on the North Shore of O’ahu, Hawaii. Previously, this leg of the women’s Championship Tour was held at Honolua Bay, Maui, but now the women have the opportunity…


Dana Point Welcomes the Unveiling of Its Newest Statue: Surfing Icon Joyce Hoffman

DANA POINT, Calif.—Surfing icon and world champion Joyce Hoffman continued to make her mark on the sport with the unveiling of her statue on Jan. 27, showing her completing a “walking the nose” maneuver atop a longboard. Hoffman’s family and friends were joined by hundreds of people at the unveiling of her statue, which included…


Olympic Medalist From Huntington Beach Started Surfing at 3 Years Old

One wouldn’t be wrong to say Kanoa Igarashi was born to surf. In fact, Igarashi’s parents Tsutomu (Tom) and Misa moved from Japan to Southern California when they learned Misa was pregnant with Kanoa, wanting to give their first-born son such a chance. Both Tom and Misa surfed in Japan, but Southern California offered more…


US Open of Surfing Returns to Huntington Beach

The largest surfing event in the world has returned to the shores of Huntington Beach, California, after its cancellation in 2020. The reactivation of the 2021 U.S Open of Surfing Huntington Beach is being held from September 20th–26th. As a major stop on the World Surf League’s (WSL) worldwide tour, 96 men and 64 female…


Brazil’s Medina Overcomes Toledo, Shark Scare to Win 3rd World Title

Brazil’s Gabriel Medina won his third surfing World Championship on Tuesday, beating countryman Filipe Toledo in a new, best of three final format in perfect Southern Californian surf on Tuesday. Not even the appearance of a 6 foot (1.8m) shark in the last heat could unsettle Medina, who qualified in the top spot for the…