Team Hawaii has conquered the 2012 Nicaragua ISA World Masters Surfing Championship, in at Colorado Beach.
Surfing in well-overhead waves on the final day of competition, the Hawaiians won six individual medals and clinched the Team Gold Medal and the perpetual Eduardo Arena Trophy.
"The depth of the talent that we brought with us – Sunny [Garcia], Kaipo [Jaquias] and Rochelle [Ballard] – was a pretty big edge to begin with, and then to have Nelson, who’s one of the coolest dudes in the world, and Glenn, who is a master shaper, it was a really good dynamic," said Mike Latronic, who was both a competitor and team manager for the Hawaiians.
"We have a lot of combined experience, heat wins and great surfing. This year wasn’t even so much about the results, it was about the spirit of our team, the camaraderie, the laughs, and the joy of the whole trip. To cap it off with a Team Gold Medal was icing on the cake."
Hawaii won six of the 20 individual medals awarded on Sunday, with a Gold and Silver won by former ASP World Tour Champion Sunny Garcia, a Gold for Rochelle Ballard, a Silver and Bronze for Kaipo Jaquias and a Bronze for Mike Latronic.
Team USA, which won Gold last year in El Salvador, had to settle for the Team Silver Medal in 2012.
Women’s Masters Final Results Gold – Rochelle Ballard (HAW), 8.90 Silver – Sandra English (AUS), 8.17 Bronze – Sonia ‘Pucha’ Garcia (PAN), 5.00 Copper – Lucila Gil (ARG), 3.83
Men’s Grand Kahunas Final Results Gold – Javier Huarcaya (PER), 14.67 Silver – Allen Sarlo (USA), 11.30 Bronze – Rod Baldwin (AUS), 10.10 Copper – Craig Schieber (CRI), 8.43
Men’s Grand Masters Final Results Gold – Sunny Garcia (HAW), 17.66 Silver – Kaipo Jaquias (HAW), 17.33 Bronze – Juan Ashton (PUR), 11.06 Copper – Mark Cameron (AUS), 7.10
Men’s Kahunas Final Results Gold – James Hogan (USA), 15.56 Silver – Ricky Schaffer (USA), 13.50 Bronze – Mike Latronic (HAW), 11.10 Copper – Cardoso Junior (BRA), 8.24
The endless spitting barrels of Tavarua are back in the ASP World Tour track with the Volcom Fiji Pro 2013, to be surfed between 2nd-14th June.
With 13-day waiting period which falls directly in the middle of Fiji's prime surf season, the best surfers in town are ready to repeat the epic 2012 event.
"I'm so excited to be heading to Fiji for the first time in my career to compete. I've watched every event out there and have always wanted to be a part of it", says Dusty Payne, who returns afte [ ... ]
The history of surfing is very rich. There are multiple facts and figures surrounding the evolution of wave riding, through time. Some are strange, others are deeply bizarre.
From the innovative surf gear to maritime science, surfing has been collecting stories, records and achievements. Did you know that...
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"Kite Surfer" is the latest kitesurfing game for iPhone and iPad.
Lemondo Entertainment has announced the release of its newest game, "Kite Surfer", an arcade kitesurfing game designed for both iPhone and iPad.
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Pudla Narapichit and Doque Delos Santos have been crowned the Kiteboard Tour Asia 2012/2013 champions.
With 120 riders from 30 countries, the final and decisive Chinese stage once again broke all records, at Pingtan Island, also known as Haitan Island.
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Bredene, in the Belgian province of West Flanders, held an intense weekend of wave windsurfing action.
On Friday, all sailors completed the single elimination of the competition, despite the medium size waves and light winds.
Delphine Cousin is shining a light in the 2013 French Windsurfing Championship, with a victory in the second stage, held in Brest.
Despite the difficult conditions - three days of disoriented and gusty winds - sailors were able to complete two races.
The organization worked hard to try to get more races, but even if the windsurfing fleet had spent many hours on the water every day, nothing could be done.
"Born to Boogie: Legends of Bodyboarding" tells the story of the incredible sport of bodyboarding from 1971 to the modern days.
The pioneers, the champions and the underground chargers are all profiled, among them Tom Morey, Pat Caldwell, Ben Severson, Jay Reale, Mike Stewart, Michael 'Eppo' Eppelstun, Guilherme Tamega, Andre Botha, Ryan Hardy, Damian King, Ben Player, Jeff Hubbard, Mitch Rawlins and Pierre Louis Costes.
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Nuno Azevedo has conquered the bodyboarding division of the XV Luso Galaico Championship, a competition between Portuguese and Galician riders.
Up to 64 bodyboarders and surfers from the North of Portugal and the Spanish region of Galicia have competed at Cabedelo Beach and Arda Beach, in Viana do Castelo.
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