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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) – Stephanie Gilmore said it was “freaking cool” after the Australian won an eighth world title to become the most successful woman surfer in history. The 34-year-old had been tied with Layne Beachley on seven but against the odds beat Hawaiian world number one Carissa Moore in California to eclipse her fellow Australian’s haul. “There really are not many words that can describe this feeling right now,” said Gilmore after […]
TEAHUPOO, France (AFP) – Elite women surfers returned to competition at “the world’s heaviest wave” in Tahiti on Wednesday, ending a 16-year absence and taste of the daunting challenge at the 2024 Paris Olympics. For the first time since 2006, members of the women’s World Surf League are competing in Teahupo’o, a wave respected and feared by boardriders worldwide. Flanked by verdant cloud-touched volcanoes, Teahupo’o looks like a tropical idyl. But a short distance […]
KALAHEO, HAWAII (Eagle News) — To Tahiti, we ride! The WSL’s Hawaii/Tahiti Nui Region shifts from the North Shore of O’ahu Island, Hawai’i to the beautiful Polynesian lands of Tahiti, particularly the surf spot of Rangiroa. Like Hawai’i, Tahiti is a top vacation destination in the South Pacific. It is also home to native son and Papara Pro Open Tahiti defending champion Ariihoe Tefa’afana. For this contest, he will have to go wave for wave […]
(REUTERS) – World Champion John John Florence wrapped up his first ever title on the Championship Tour with a 5th place finish at the Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons on Monday (December 19). The 24-year-old North Shore native claimed the top honors of the World Surf League with victory at the tenth stop of the tour at the MEO Rip Curl Pro in Portugal in October before returning to his stomping ground […]
