Tue 10 December 10:00am
After a quiet word with Kelly Slater the name Bocas del Toro - Spanish for the mouth of the bull - was thrown about. So, fresh after escaping the horns of the bull in Pamplona, Mick Fanning ran straight into its mouth.
Tue 10 December 10:00am
After a quiet word with Kelly Slater the name Bocas del Toro - Spanish for the mouth of the bull - was thrown about. So, fresh after escaping the horns of the bull in Pamplona, Mick Fanning ran straight into its mouth.
Tuesday 10/12
A six-to-eight foot north-west swell kicked off competition on the first day of the Pipe Masters.
Monday 09/12
The opening day of the Billabong Pipe Masters commenced today in firing six-to-eight foot waves and the world’s best surfers put on an incredible display of technical barrel riding at Pipeline and Backdoor.
Mon 9 December 1:46pm
The first day of the Pipe Masters hummed along just swimmingly - coupla barrels here, coupla barrels there - as Pipe and Backdoor put on their friendly faces. Any drama came from the qualification shuffle as surfers fought for the last few places on next year's tour.
Mon 9 December 1:46pm
The first day of the Pipe Masters hummed along just swimmingly - coupla barrels here, coupla barrels there - as Pipe and Backdoor put on their friendly faces. Any drama came from the qualification shuffle as surfers fought for the last few places on next year's tour.
Mon 9 December 12:39pm
The weekend's swell on the East Coast was one to keep the working man happy; it hit Friday, built Saturday to an overnight peak, then tapered slowly on Sunday.
Mon 9 December 12:39pm
The weekend's swell on the East Coast was one to keep the working man happy; it hit Friday, built Saturday to an overnight peak, then tapered slowly on Sunday.
Liam Neame
Monday 09/12
With the passing of anti-Apartheid revolutionary Nelson Mandela, it is worth thinking about some of ways in which the surfing world has been entangled in apartheid.
Mon 9 December 8:31am
On the eve of the Pipe Masters a clean mid-range swell gave competitors a last chance to fine tune equipment before competition began.
Mon 9 December 8:31am
On the eve of the Pipe Masters a clean mid-range swell gave competitors a last chance to fine tune equipment before competition began.
