Kiwi prospect Sarah Mason looking to take spot on the World Tour

June 14, 2011

Share Sarah Mason, New Zealand’s new teenage surf prospect, is one step closer to taking a spot on the World Tour after a personal best result in Portugal recently. The junior sensation has already proven herself a world-beater on a senior level, contesting the secondary tour and finishing third in the six-star Billabong Pro, has [...]

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Why the hell isn’t there more random drug testing in surfing?

June 10, 2011

Share Chances are that unless you’ve had your head in the sand, or live in the Isles of Scilly, you’ll be aware of the untimely death of surfing legend Andy Irons in November last year. This week a toxicology report was released showing that there were various class A drugs in his system when he [...]

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Andy Irons death – Heart attack from drugs overdose

June 10, 2011

Share Yesterday the official Andy Irons (RIP) autopsy and toxicology report was released. Since his death on the 2nd November 2010, there have been a lot of rumours surrounding the cause of his untimely death. First dengue fever, then a possible prescription drugs overdose… Andy Irons was a great surfer and will always be missed, [...]

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2011 US open of surfing in now the Nike US open of surfing

June 9, 2011

Share More than 500,000 people are expected to show up at Huntington Beach (Surf City), California, between July 30th and August 7th, as the Nike US Open of Surfing takes place. The even formerly known as the US open of surfing has now been renamed the ‘Nike US open of surfing’. Nike are offering up [...]

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Extreme academy Newquay surf event postponed

June 9, 2011

Share Poor surfing conditions were forecast for this coming weekend, causing the Extreme Academy Midsummer Classic to be pushed back to June 25th and 26th instead. The event, set to take place at Watergate Bay in Newquay, is always a big attraction, which is why it’s been seen fit to postpone it until conditions are [...]

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Surfing boom amongst the over 40 crowd

June 7, 2011

Share Although many consider surfing to be a young people’s sport, there’s increasing evidence to show that more and more men and women are taking up surfing as a hobby once they turn 40 and especially after retirement. In fact, half of the 120 members at the all-female Wahine Kai Surf Club, Huntington Beach, are [...]

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Stephanie Gilmore – 4 year reign ends at the Rio Pro

June 7, 2011

Share She became the one to beat, but Stephanie Gilmore’s 4 year reign as women’s world champion surfer has finally come to an end. The Aussie girl was eliminated from the race to compete for the 2011 title at the WCT event, losing her chance at taking the crown for the fifth time in a [...]

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57½ reasons why people surf

May 22, 2011

Share The American philosopher Jim Rohn once said that ‘reasons come first…answers come second’ and this idea lead me to a big question…why do we surf? Is it for the adrenalin rush surfing gives you, or a pursuit for inner peace? Is it escape from the daily grind or the fact that you can enter [...]

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You Emmet-Kook-Turtle Rooter?! Surf slag-offs & other nicknames

May 14, 2011

Share This week a friend of mine used a funny term for a bodyboarder that I hadn’t heard before – ‘turtle rooter’ Granted it’s pretty derogatory, but at the same time it’s quite funny, and it got me thinking about the slang nicknames used in surfing. Bodyboarders seem to have been awarded the most negative [...]

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What the fu*k should we do with stand up paddle boarders?

May 11, 2011

Share There has been a real surge in the popularity of stand up paddle boarding in the last few years. The sport has become more and more popular in Cornwall and perhaps nowhere more so than in Newquay. With some talented local SUP-ers and shapers based in the town, the sport has gone from strength [...]

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What surfboard to do you ride in the UK?

May 9, 2011

Share Each country has its own variable conditions with different coastlines…with the changing seasons thrown into the mix having the right type of surfboard can make the difference, between having a fun surf and a frustrating one. Can you really have a one-board quiver in the UK and surf 90% of the time? Now I [...]

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‘The Hunks’ TV show filming locations map in Newquay & people ask: ‘The Hunks’…are they gay?

May 9, 2011

Share This week I received a few emails about ‘The Hunks’ TV show. They included questions about when and where it was filmed in Newquay. If you’ve not seen the show before it features the lives of 10 guys (Andy, Dom, Florian, Idris, Jamie, Marc, Sam, Samy, Sean and Vaughan) all holidaying together in Newquay. [...]

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‘The Hunks’ TV Show: 10 more vain ‘kooks’ holiday in Newquay?

May 3, 2011

Share Love em or hate em reality TV shows are everywhere these days, so its come as no big surprise a new one has been made in Newquay, and its called ‘The Hunks’. The show features 10 single guys (Andy, Dom, Florian, Idris, Jamie, Marc, Sam, Samy, Sean and Vaughan) aged from 18-30 who were [...]

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Surfing News Weekly Round Up – 3/5/2011

May 2, 2011

Share English Nationals Surf Competition Postponed Well the bad news this weekend in Newquay was that the English Nationals at Watergate Bay was cancelled due to poor surf. It would be fair to say that the surf picked up a bit towards Saturday afternoon but the morning conditions from Friday through to Monday were pretty [...]

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Sunset & Surf – Fistral Beach, Newquay 17/4/2011

April 17, 2011

Share With some nice clean waves, offshore wind and sunshine…there’s some pretty nice light at the end of the days too. Here are some pictures from this evening taken at Fistral beach. The first one was one of those ‘happy accidents’ when sunset, low angle shot and the surfer sort of aligned – haha. In [...]

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