It’s no secret that I love to watch surf contests. I didn’t become fascinated by surf contests until about two years. Frankly, I don’t think that I knew they existed and I sure didn’t understand what to look for. But once I understood how they worked, they became so much more interesting. There’s so much [...]
I intended to go to sleep at a reasonable hour on Tuesday night. But then I realized that it was Finals day at the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast at Kirra on the Queensland Coast in Australia..which meant that it would run when I should be sleeping. And since this is the first contest of the [...]
It was a nail biter coming into today – the final day of the Billabong Pipeline Masters. Pipe is the last event of the season and the title of 2012 World Champion would be decided at this event. It was a two-man battle between Kelly Slater and Joel Parkinson. Each heat that Kelly and Joel [...]
***PSST!! Did you enter to win an Erica Sara Designs necklace?? Go enter! For every entry that I receive, I will donate $1 to Hurricane Sandy Relief efforts. Go do it!!*** When I was in high school, my friends and I would get in the car on warm days and take the windy roads [...]
In the wee Friday morning hours on the East Coast, the final day of the Quiksilver Pro France was getting underway in the waters of La Graviere in France. With 3 of the top 4 surfers on tour in the semifinals (John John Florence, Joel Parkinson and Kelly Slater), the race for this year’s [...]
OK, so I know that I’m supposed to be “unplugging” and taking a sabbatical from technology and all but can I tell you something? I’m not very good at it. I’m trying. I’m really trying although I’m sure that my husband would say differently. But I just wanted to stop in and tell you about two [...]
Some have called the US Open of Surfing the Super Bowl of surfing. Others have just called it a madhouse. Either way, over the past week, more than million people made the trip to Huntington Beach – aka Surf City USA – to watch the world’s best surfers compete in this iconic event. Source: instagram.com [...]
Source: surfline.com via Christine on Pinterest Yesterday was the final day of the Billabong Rio Pro – the third of 10 events on the ASP World Tour. The sometimes unpredictable beach break served up pumping barrels on the last day. In the end, John John Florence (16.37) came out on top, beating Joel [...]
