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In hot, almost summer-like conditions at Jan Juc Beach, talented Gold Coast surfer Thomas Woods and Victoria’s own Nikki Van Dijk (Phillip Island) took convincing wins in the blue ribbon 16-year Boy and Girl divisions of the prestigious Rip Curl GromSearch Series in clean small 0.5m surf.
Europe’s first artificial surf reef is currently being built in Boscombe, Bournemouth, this year and is set to put Bournemouth firmly on the UK surf map.
Grant ‘Twiggy’ Baker rode what he says was the biggest wave he has ever ridden in Cape Town on Saturday when he and fellow Billabong team rider Greg Long towed each other into waves estimated to be over 70 feet (22 meters) in height.
Bruce Irons (HAW) has defeated fellow finalist Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) to claim the 2008 Rip Curl Pro Search in rifling four-foot (1.5 meters) lefthanders 'somewhere' in Indonesia.
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Malia Manuel (Wailua, HI), 14, has claimed the GO211 LIVE featuring the Women's Honda U.S. Open of Surfing presented by O'Neill over fellow finalist Coco Ho. Both young Hawaiians are making ASP history as the youngest finalists ever at the Huntington Beach Pier for the U.S. Open of Surfing.