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Perrow Wins Billabong Pipe Masters, Florence Takes Vans Triple Crown Kieren Perrow (AUS), 34, has won his inaugural ASP World Tour event, taking out the Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons over fellow countrymen Joel Parkinson (AUS), 30, in four-to-six foot waves.... -
CARVE sign sponsorship deal with Sunny Garcia The Australian based company has been working hard to launch the brand into an ever growing global market place and building a team to compliment it’s passion for action sports. With U.S business partner... -
Taj Burrow Wins 1st Ever Reef Hawaiian Pro West Australia's Taj Burrow, a virtual veteran of pro surfing at 33 years of age, has claimed his first Reef Hawaiian Pro title in Hawaii to pocket $25,000 and take an early lead on the Vans Triple Crown... -
Reef Hawaiian Pro - Day 1 Australian Jack Freestone, 19, the reigning ASP World Junior Champion, set a high-flying pace at the Reef Hawaiian Pro today. The event finally got underway in head-high surf after nine days ...
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Volume 5, Number 8
Fin Fetish: Demystifying the ideal summer fin set-up
By Jack KittingerEveryone has that magic board—sure, you may have a quiver of outstanding boards, each of which has its own mana and storied magic session. But when it comes down to it, most people fall back consistently to one or two boards, whether it’s their favorite thruster, a trusty 9’6” or a new hybrid quad. Even Top 44 pros are known to lug around a magic heat winner in their board bags.
Why do we froth over these special boards, fiberglass enigmas? Because they work well in a variety of waves and conditions. It’s no surprise, then, that some of us can tend to get a little frustrated with our board performance when the strong northwest winter swells fade into small summer southerlies. We’re surfing less powerful waves and expecting our boards to somehow magically adjust to the conditions.
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Hawai‘i Five-0 was a cop-drama phenomenon based in the streets of
Honolulu that ran from 1968 to 1980, long before any of the latest crop
of talented groms were born, let alone storming the lineups. Lead actor
Steve McGarrett, of Hawai‘i’s fictional state police force, tracked
down international secret agents, criminals and mafia syndicates that
plagued the Hawaiian Islands, much like today’s groms track down the
swells and waves that assault our widespread reefs.
Summer Sunburns
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Featured Articles
- Aperture
- Carissa Moore Interview
- Fiji:Day Of The Decade
- Rainos Hayes
Long Live the Queen
FREESURF: It seemed like you just took off on a roll this year. Granted there was some talk of a rivalry between you and Sally [Fitzgibbons], but it seemed like it was more of a matter of when, not if, you would secure your title this year. Was there a point this year when you felt like, “yeah, I can win a title this year”?
Carissa Moore: I think every woman on tour wants and believes that they can win a world title, otherwise they wouldn’t be competing at this level. Dad and I talked about the title a few times, but never more than using it as motivation. Sally was nipping at my heels the whole year and there was a placement shift halfway through where I was nipping at hers. It was so close that I never really could let my guard down, just had to keep my head focused and take everything one step at a time. When the seconds started counting down in the Steph-Sally semi in France and Steph was ahead, I think that was finally the moment that I let it all go. Read more...
An All-Star Crew Descends On Perfect Cloudbreak
Kohl Christenson, underground in more ways than one.
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Billabong Team Manager/Mentor to Keanu Asing
Freesurf: What was your life like before you became a team manager?
Rainos Hayes: Well, I grew up on the North Shore pretty much in the same place that I live now, kind of by Sunset Beach. I was a pro for a while and rode for Quiksilver from about 15 to 25 years old and had a limited amount of success.
