This is the first instalment of the Board Bazaar, a monthly column looking at the second hand board market. This ain't a classifieds section, just somewhere to pore over notable boards that have recently gone under the hammer.
To the naked eye, there’s not much that’s changed here at the contest site. Sure it's bigger, but it's not otherworldly bigger. To use cows as a comparison, last year’s site was a Hereford, and this year’s site is a Brahman. So we’re a little bit bigger, sure. But we’re not much better. How can it be, after all we’re still just surfing?
2014 is set to be the biggest year for women’s team surfing seen in this country when the annual Jim Beam Surftag kicks off at North Narrabeen this Sunday.
Been a lot of talk going on about the ASP's new media deal and how it's gonna play out at the Quiksilver Pro. So, with that in mind, let's cross to Bali Strickland who swam the comp last year with his RED Epic.
Spencer Frost from Eyes In The Sky Visuals stalks Manly's Blake Levett tearing on Sydney's Northern Beaches.
Swellnet forecaster Craig Brokensha just returned from a two week trip to Japan. While there he mangled the language, violated ancient customs, and even copped a nasty chopstick injury. He also scored a few bluebird days in the ranges and some five degree peaks north of Tokyo.
Swellnet forecaster Craig Brokensha just returned from a two week trip to Japan. While there he mangled the language, violated ancient customs, and even copped a nasty chopstick injury. He also scored a few bluebird days in the ranges and some five degree peaks north of Tokyo.
It's in the fine print. It always is. The ASP sent out media accreditation to the Quiksilver Pro, and there it was, in 8 point font buried within the terms and conditions, cold manifestation of the ASP's new media deal. Peter' Joli' Wilson gives his thoughts.
