Fanning favoured to win World Title

In less than two weeks, a pair of Aussies will battling for world surfing supremacy on the North Shore of Oahu at the 39th annual Billabong Pipeline Masters, the final contest on the ASP World Tour schedule.
Mick Fanning, the 2007 world champion, currently leads the Tour with 7,140 points. Following in second is fellow countryman [...]

Team Canada for the World Junior Surfing Championship

Below are brief profiles of four East Coast surfers who hope to compete in the  2010 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship in Auckland, New Zealand this coming January.
Getting to the other side of the globe is obviously very costly and all four kids are looking for funding and donations to help get them there.
Those [...]

Travel Report: Munich

Surf: 5/5 = This one is always on.
Price: 2/5 = Slightly expensive. Thankfully beer is not.
Party: 4/5 = Great bars and good people.
Localism: 5/5 = Nope.
Thieves: 4/5 = Barely any.
Time Frame: September
Having gone on a bit of hiatus since university I’ve found myself in Germany frequently. After initially going there to mountain bike I have been wondering where one could surf [...]

Young East Coast surfers hope to represent Canada

We all witnessed what West Coast surfer Pete Devries did at the recent international surfing event in Tofino, BC. The 26-year-old Canadian surprised the surfing world by winning the O’Neill Cold Water Classic.
Four young East Coast surfers dream of one day accomplishing similar feats. Those four kids hope to begin pursuing that dream in January [...]

Photo of the Day: Tuesday treat

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Photo of the Day: Green with envy

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Quicksilver releases new Cypher heat vest

This may be ‘the ticket’ for our winter months when getting between the comfort of your warm car and the line-up is more than a frigid and depressing ordeal.  It may also be a great way to save some major $$$ versus buying a Rip Curl H-Bomb at around $800.
This new product by Quicksilver will [...]

SANS needs your advice!

The following letter is from Amy Schwartz, Vice President of the Surfing Association of Nova Scotia (SANS)
The Surfing Association of Nova Scotia (SANS) is a provincial organization – established to represent the interests of surfers from across the province.
SANS is working on an strategic operational plan at the moment and one of our key goals [...]

If you’ll be in Montreal: O’Neill Warehouse Sale

O’Neill and Ron Jon Surf Shop’s are having a fall-winter sporting goods sell-off.
If you’re in or near the Montreal area November 25,  26, 27 or 28, drop by with some cash (cash only) as you may pick up some great gear for a bargain.
If you’re from Nova Scotia and by chance will be up there [...]

Scholarship program for junior surfers

The International Surfing Association (ISA) is once again awarding academic scholarships to junior surfers.
The main objective of the 2010 Individual Scholarship Program “is to provide financial support to junior surfers who demonstrate an actual need, in order to facilitate an experience in surfing while encouraging the importance of education.”
The money must be used by the [...]