Surfing Life #297

Dark pasts and dirty secrets in surfing's forgotten states...

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The Billabong Rio Pro Final

Jordy Smith takes home $100,000 and a second place ranking on the WCT.

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Rio vs J Bay

With all the brouhaha surrounding the waves at Rio for the first day of competition we thought we’d better wade on in to the debate.

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Teahupoo As It Happens

Surfing Life's live feed straight from Tahiti.

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Soli Bailey In Green

Meanwhile in Australia...

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Kelly Slater On Kelly Slater

ZoSea, wave pools, and other things that make Kelly, Kelly. 

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Julian Wilson's Loop Revert

A new aerial added to the dictionary of surfing maneuvers. 

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Behind The Cover

Laurie Towner talks us through his latest cover of Surfing Life.

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Bosch DIY Series: Fixing A Rail Ding

Surfing Life and Bosch bring you the first part of the DIY series, Fixing A Rail Ding.

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Featured

  • Ace's Disc-gate

    Thursday, 23 May 2013
    Adrian Buchan breaks the silence on that priority debacle in Rio.
  • Wednesday Wallpaper: Jordy Smith

    Wednesday, 22 May 2013
    All dreamy on the North Shore.
  • #Tournotes: Rio

    Wednesday, 22 May 2013
    Hurley takes us behind the scenes of the Billabong Rio Pro.

Surfest Heating Up

Friday, 16 March 2012
It's getting down to the business end of Surfest at Mereweather, Newcastle. And yesterday a bunch of the World Tour big guns put on a show.

Shaggadelic, Baby!

Friday, 16 March 2012
From tears to glory: the waves, parties, girls, madness, friends, brothers, family, unseen, uncut... Simon “Shagga” Saffigna’s latest movie about the greatest surf town on earth promises to show Cooly and its kids like nothing else ever seen before.
This is the result of a few encounters with Gabriel on the North Shore season of 2011.We just wonder what we'd see if someone filmed him full time throughout the year...Durante o inverno havaiano de 2011, esbarramos algumas vezes com o Gabriel. Isso foi o que vimos.Só nos resta imaginar o que veríamos, se tivesse alguém acompanhando o moleque todo...

Quick Clip

Thursday, 15 March 2012
Short clip done with some recent footage of Tristan Forras
12 March 2012 - North California, United StatesMavericks Left - The New Frontier in Paddle-in Surfing in CaliforniaBig wave surfer Jeff Rowley 'paddles-in' to "Mavericks" Left Hander in California and becomes the first Australian to conquer this challenge.Mavericks is California's premier big wave surfing location and is traditionally considered...

MIRAGE Athletes: Mick Fanning

Thursday, 15 March 2012
Check out some extra footage from the Mirage campaign shoot in fiji last year!!!

Wilko Freak

Thursday, 15 March 2012
Matt Wilkinson enjoying some time back home.

Bells Goes Bussed

Thursday, 15 March 2012
What’s going on at Vicco’s sacred surfing grounds? Are surfers being pushed out by tourist buses and local council?

Art Time with Animal Shin

Wednesday, 14 March 2012
A little search and discovery with ...Lost's master board painter Terry Shin (a real animal when it comes to board art)
When Sterling took the filming for "Surf Madness" to the land of permanent off-shore winds and long lefts, he knew enough to bring back up: Tyler, Smith, and Anderson provide more than just near-disaster drops into heaving barrels and off-the-top hacks. They brought their horse heads.http://youtube.com/networka http://youtube.com/networkasurf...
It didnt last long but it was magical while it lasted. Watch the best of Dane Reynolds during his two heats at the Quiksilver Pro Goldcoast

A Day in Bondi with a Cobba Dingo

Wednesday, 14 March 2012
The first short film in a series called 'Uno Momento' Doccumenting 1 Day in the life of Otis Carey from Bondi.

Follow The Fish vs The Mad Huis

Wednesday, 14 March 2012
Fish catches his first fish aboard The Mad Hui's deep-sea craft ... and it's a big 'un. Oh and there's also lots of beer drinking, swearing and male nudity. What else would you expect?
Thought the Volcom Fiji Pro might have been going the way of the dodo? Nup - there was never anything to worry about, says the ASP.
Joel Parkinson takes a look at his hometown Gold Coast breaks ahead of the 2012 Quiksilver Pro.SHOT ON SONY AND CANNONEDIT ON FINAL CUTSHAGGADELIC.COM.AU
Shagga has his finger on the pulse of the Gold Coast surf scene like no-one else. Here's what he has to say:"A film through my eyes...Where I am fromWhere I have beenWhat We do!Shot on Sony and CannonEdit on Final Cut Pro"
CLINIC is a visual reference for style and technique from Nike Surfing athletes — and since they pretty much put on a clinic every time they paddle out, it's just natural.
Three days at home with Mitch Coleborn.If you dig this grease please follow my work @Instagram @ natlanyonFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nat-Lanyon-Photography-Motion/266787583360090 Tumblr - http://flatdaze.tumblr.com/

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  • Grind Media Buys Transworld

    Grind Media, the creators behind Surfer, Surfing & Snowboarder, has purchased Transworld Media.
  • Sofa King Happy

    Spy Eyewear's latest campagin is aimed at sitting on your face. Wait, what? 
  • Roz Kelly On Amsterdam Cookies

    Our favourite Australian sports reporter gets stitched up on morning television.
  • Burger in Paradise

    Mason Ho and good pal Cheese Burger's new website is live and full of entertainment.
  • Shark Attack

    A French honeymooner has been attacked and killed by a shark off a beach on Reunion Island.
  • Sal Says: Olá From Rio

    Sally Fitzgibbons has got a new website, and it ain't too bad. Here's her latest blog from Brazil.

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