The event organisers of the 2019 Cell C Goodwave have announced the invited surfers for the upcoming tournament. The one-year waiting period for this contest officially starts on Monday 21 January 2019.
THE TOP 7 KITESURFING DESTINATIONS IN THE WORLD. Cabarete, Dominican Republic Cumbuco, Brazil Tarifa, Spain La Ventana, Mexico Maui, Hawaii Mancora, Peru Sumbawa, Indonesia THE WORLD’S BEST PLACES FOR KITEBOARDING.
Every year that surfers maniacally wind down into the final month it’s the same old story; “bru, where the waves at?” Luckily for us, and traditionally speaking, there’s a history of unheralded and heartwarmingly fun swells that ho-ho into town.
Words by Mo Freitas. A few weeks ago we had a big northwest groundswell come in on the North Shore (of Oahu) and the buoys were showing 17-foot with an 18 second interval. I paddled out to Log Cabins alone in the morning and (big-wave surfer) Kohl Christensen was the only other guy out.
A couple of days ago, the WSL Big Wave Tour comity was close to pulling the trigger, lifting and waving the green flag for the Mavericks Challenge. Ironically tho, they kept those flag wielding hands firmly by their side pulling the plug because it was “too big”, lol.
Ba da bing, ba da BOOM!! Ladies and gentlemen the November and final winner of the Tuffy Clean Your Beach competition, of 2018 that is. This one, well deserved. The ballie going beyond the call of duty with this one, reaching those forgotten places.
In the blue corner, sporting a wirey Hawaiian frame we have Tanner Hendrickson. Rumour has it the man can deadlift an entire breakfast buffet, one-handed, all while juggling 4 coconuts. Then, fighting out of the red corner, the feisty and firey Brazillian, Michael Rodrigues.
Today, Ryan Callinan won the Pipe Invitational, the 32-man trials event that awards the top two finishers a wildcard place into the Billabong Pipe Masters. In 6-to-8 foot NW swell, Callinan bested the four-man Final while Benji Brand took second...
With the support of Wavescape and the local surf community, they were able to raise R270,000 for 9 Miles Project. The money will be used to purchase a van to transport at-risk kids from the townships...
There you have it, one of the easier decisions the judges have had to make. Twiggy gone done it again, just look at the size of that thing. Arguably one of the biggest and baddest barrels the madman has ever got.
The University of the North Shore hath spoken and decided upon its 2018 graduates. The University of the North Shore is different though because unlike most universities that release a couple thousand graduates into the working world...
Ladies and gentlemen, unless you’ve been living under a rock this week you would have heard that Steven ‘Steezy’ Sawyer boosted his street cred to a level higher than Snoop Dogg following his title...
