News Archive

Local Hero wins Bude surf classic
After a two-year break the Bude Surf Classic returned to its "home" at Widemouth Bay

Cole picks up second Welsh title
The Quiksilver Welsh Nationals ran off in perfect conditions with Swansea's Lloyd Cole taking the Open Title for the second time and Pembrokeshire's Joanne Dennison successfully defending her Women's crown for a third successive time

French victory at Vendee Pro
Anglet powerhouse Romain Laulhe charged the final to win the Vendee Surf Pro in France

British junior team heads to france
Twelve youngsters from across Cornwall, Devon and Wales have been honoured to be selected by the British Surfing Association for the British Junior Surfing Team for the 2008 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championships

Girl surfers set to Rip
The Rip Curl girls tour returns to the UK this summer

WiLDCOAST victory: border plant to be upgraded, Bajagua cancelled
WiLDCOAST applauds the decision by the International Boundary and Water Commission to cancel the Bajagua Project and to upgrade the existing sewage treatment plant in San Ysidro

Bruno Santos Wins an All-Wildcard Billabong Pro Tahiti Final
Brazilian wildcard Bruno Santos has defeated local wildcard Manoa Drollet (PYF) to win the Billabong Pro Tahiti and become the first Brazilian to win an ASP World Tour event in five years

Big Money Up for Grabs at 2008 Quiksilver King of the Groms Qualifiers
The first of three national qualifying stops will begin on the East Coast at surf spot Mecca Sebastian Inlet, Florida

Final lineup of surfers for O'Neill Mission's exploration of France
With just days until The O’Neill Mission 2008 starts venturing along the French coast, the final lineup of surfers determined to discover the uncrowded perfect waves of France has been confirmed

Wildcards leave Slater and Burrow in their wake at Teahupoo
Eight-time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA) and last year’s World No. 2 Taj Burrow (AUS) were Round 3 casualties to Billabong Pro Tahiti wildcards today

Fanning Bows Out of the Billabong Pro Tahiti
Reigning ASP World Champion Mick Fanning (AUS) suffered his first last place finish in two years at the Billabong Pro Tahiti this afternoon

Ingleby Wins Oxbow WLT pres. by Orange at Anglet, France
Harley Ingleby was crowned Oxbow WLT pres. by Orange Champion today in good two to three foot waves at Les Dunes

Contracts signed for the construction of the surf reef
Bournemouth Borough Council has today contracted New Zealand-based ASR Ltd to construct the first artificial surf reef in the northern
hemisphere in Boscombe

Ben Haworth wins the English Longboard Title
Eighteen year old Ben Haworth from North Devon won the English National Longboard title at Watergate Bay over the bank holiday weekend

Surf snow crossover in Devon
Pro-surfers endorse Brush Boarding, a combination of Surfing and Snowboarding, in Devon, the home of its Aussie inventor

British hopes rest with Skinner
Cornishman Sam Bleakley has failed to join his British team-mate Ben Skinner in the third round of the Oxbow World Longboard Tour event in France

Surfing legends celebrate Tintagel sewage victory
Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) campaigners have today welcomed Hilary Benn, Secretary Of State for the Environment decision to refuse South West Water permission to carry on dumping raw sewage at Tintagel and Bossiney

Surfers Celebrate After Saltburn and Tynemouth Beaches Saved From Sewage Treatment Winter Turn-Off's
SAS campaigners are today delighted that Northumbrian Water’s application to turn off Ultra-Violet disinfection sewage treatment from October to April at Marske-by-the-Sea has been rejected by the Environment Agency (EA)

Brazil to Host Historic Assemblage of Talent for 2008 ASP World Masters
For the first time in five years, the ASP World Masters Championships will assemble some of the most legendary names in professional surfing to Rio de Janeiro’s Barra de Tijuca

Cornishman gets a second chance
Sennen's Sam Bleakley faces a must-win second round heat at the Oxbow World Longboard Tour event in France