Surf Contest News

Europeans Suffer Big Losses in Massive Sunset Beach, Lipke Drops to WQS No. 16

(12/4/2008) - SUNSET BEACH, Oahu (Wednesday, December 3, 2008) - It was a tough day for all O’Neill World Cup of Surfing competitors at Sunset Beach today and Round 4 of the ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS) 6-Star Prime event was completed in 15 to 20 foot (5 to 7 meter) waves. Eric Rebiere (FRA), 29, a former ASP World Tour member, was the only one of seven European surfers to tame the massive sets ...

Surfers' Peace Corps brings swell to Egypt

(12/4/2008) - By Alexandre Da Silva A country famous for the broad Nile River and towering pyramids is scheduled to host its first national surfing contest beginning tomorrow. The Egypt Aloha Surf Classic is being organized by Honolulu-based Surfing The Nations, a nonprofit humanitarian group whose volunteers travel the world in search of waves to ride and residents to help. The surf competition in ...

Waves Exceed 20 feet at O'Neill World Cup as Top Seeds Hit the Water

(12/3/2008) - SUNSET BEACH, Hawaii (Tuesday, December 2, 2008) - The dream run of big winter surf continued at Sunset Beach today as the top seeds hit the water in the Round of 64 of the O’Neill World Cup of Surfing. Wave face heights were in the 20-to-30-foot (8-10 metre) range and dwarfed competitors and water safety officials. It was an amazing day of courage and big wave riding at the second stop of t ...

Hareb becomes the first New Zealander to make the professional women's surfing tour.

(12/3/2008) - Taranaki teenager Paige Hareb has become the first New Zealander to make the professional women's surfing tour. Hareb, 18, from Oakura, near New Plymouth, will join an elite group of 18 competing in the US$1 million ($1.91m) world championship series. Australian Stephanie Gilmore, 20, retained the world title when she snatched victory in the final of the penultimate event in Hawaii ...

Surf Health: Stretches for Shoulder and Rotator Cuff

(12/2/2008) - By: Nikki Gregg, CPT Research studies have shown that people with the lowest flexibility have the greatest chance for injury. Unfortunately, increased shoulder flexibility will not come with doing a few stretches right before an activity, but rather from weeks of engaging in a regular stretching program. Being on a continuous stretching program (not just for shoulders, but ...

Permit Required for Kite Surfing

(12/2/2008) - DANIEL WILLS, JOANNA VAUGHAN BEACHGOERS are being threatened with a $200 fine for "harnessing the wind" without council permission. Signs have sprung up at local beaches this week warning that using the wind for kite surfing and other unspecified activities is prohibited without a permit. Port Adelaide Enfield environmental health manager Ian Hawkins said kite surfers were a ...

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