Surf News

The World Surf League (WSL) women’s Qualifying Series (QS) Nissan Super Girl Pro QS 6,000 caped 17-year-old Samantha Sibley (USA) its 2019 winner. This marks her first-ever QS victory and faced some of the world’s best along the way, besting good friend and mentor Tatiana Weston-Webb (BRA) in great fashion. One of San Clemente, California’s, emerging talents has awaited a breakthrough at this level and made her dream a reality.

Samantha Sibley (USA) became the youngest Nissan Super Girl Pro QS 6,000 winner in event history, at Oceanside Pier, California, USA, on July 28, 2019.

29 Jul 2019   |  

The elite of Australian junior surfing are set to battle it out over the 2019/20 Rip Curl GromSearch series, starting with a bang at Victoria’s Jan Juc on September 21.

25 Jul 2019   |  

Today marks one year to go until surfing makes its Olympic debut in Tokyo and the world's best surfers are halfway through the 2019 World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT) and their journey to qualify.

World No. 1 Carissa Moore (HAW) tops the leaderboard with four events remaining on the 2019 WSL Championship Tour.

24 Jul 2019   |  

Rip Curl's The Search featuring Mick Fanning and Mason Ho, will be available for 48 Hours ONLY!

23 Jul 2019   |  

Today, Carissa Moore (HAW) and Gabriel Medina (BRA) won the Corona Open J-Bay, the sixth stop on the 2019 World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT), in four-to-six foot (1.2 - 1.8 meter) waves at Jeffreys Bay in South Africa. The win is a first in South Africa for World Champions Moore and Medina, and also marks their first CT wins this season to strengthen their respective World Title campaigns.

Winners of the 2019 Corona Open J-Bay, women's champion Carissa Moore (HAW) & men's champion Gabriel Medina (BRA), at Jeffreys Bay, South Africa, Friday July 19.

19 Jul 2019   |  

16-year old Tainá Hinckel (BRA) continues to prove why she is the biggest revelation in Women’s surfing in Brazil after winning her second straight Oi Pro Junior Series presented by Subway. The local from Guarda do Embaú in Santa Catarina has extended her lead on the WSL South America Pro Junior rankings after defeating Julia Duarte (BRA) in the Final at Praia de Stella Maris in the greater Salvador region in Bahia, Brazil.

Event winners Eduardo Motta (BRA) and Tainá Hinckel (BRA) at the 2019 Oi Pro Junior Series in Bahia, Praia De Stella Maris, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, Sunday, July 14.

14 Jul 2019   |  

54 kids representing 11 countries spent their Sunday at Halfway Kuta Beach yesterday at the inaugural Grom Patrol Surf Training Camp and Comp, where in perfect waves they had a chance to have fun and learn how to be a better surfer and competitor, and win prizes from the many Grom Patrol sponsors that supported this new event series created by Tipi Jabrik.

2019 Tipi Jabrik’s Grom Patrol Surf Training Camp and Comp #1, at Halfway Kuta Beach, Bali, Indonesia, July 7.

9 Jul 2019   |  

Deivid Silva (BRA) was crowned as the winner of the 2019 Ballito Pro pres by O’Neill after convincingly defeating Jack Freestone (AUS) in the final of the 51st edition of the world’s longest running professional surfing event on Sunday.

Deivid Silva (BRA) celebrates his victory at the 2019 Ballito Pro pres by O'Neill, at Willard Beach, Ballito, South Africa, Sunday, July 7.

7 Jul 2019   |  

Filipe Toledo (BRA) and Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) won the Oi Rio Pro, Stop No. 5 on the 2019 World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT). The beach came alive throughout the Oi Rio Pro with thousands of fans each day, including today’s Final at Barrinha in four-to-six foot (1.2 - 1.8 meter) waves. Fitzgibbons and Toledo surfed a full day from the Quarterfinals to the Final, resulting in their third CT victories in Brasil.

Champions of 2019 Oi Rio Pro: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) & Filipe Toledo (BRA), at Itaúna, Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, Sunday, June 23.

24 Jun 2019   |  

The International Surfing Association (ISA) is thrilled to announce the World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT) surfers that have been nominated to represent their National Surfing Teams at the 2019 ISA World Surfing Games (WSG) in Miyazaki, Japan September 7-15.

Australia’s Sally Fitzgibbons will look to defend her World Surfing Games Gold in 2019.

10 Jun 2019   |  

Today Lakey Peterson (USA) and John John Florence (HAW) won the Margaret River Pro, the fourth stop on the 2019 World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT), in six-to-eight foot (1.8 - 2.4 metre) waves at Main Break. Florence earned his second event title after defeating good friend Kolohe Andino (USA) in the Final, while Peterson clinched her first win in the West by taking down Tatiana Weston-Webb (BRA).

John John Florence (HAW) and Lakey Peterson (USA) celebrate their victories at the 2019 Margaret River Pro, MARGARET RIVER, West Australia, Australia, Tuesday, June 4.

4 Jun 2019   |  

The World Surf League (WSL) today announced a series of sustainability commitments that set a new standard for global professional sports. These commitments – designed to inspire, educate and empower ocean lovers while addressing critical environmental issues – apply to all WSL Championship Tour and Big Wave Tour events and include:

WSL claims sustainability lead for professional sports with a new campaign committing to becoming carbon neutral, eliminating single-serve plastics & leaving each place better than it was found.

4 Jun 2019   |  

Four individual medals including Women’s Gold from Alice Lemoigne take France to the top at ISA World Longboard Surfing Championship. Peru’s Benoit ‘Piccolo’ Clemente claims Men’s Gold, leads Team Peru to Silver Medal. USA earns Bronze, Brazil Copper. Peru’s Clemente and Brazil’s Chloe Calmon solidify qualification slots in 2019 Pan American Games with top seeds.

Alice Lemoigne (FRA) wins Gold Medal in the Women's Division at 2019 ISA World Longboard Surfing Championship, Côte des Basques, Biarritz, France, June 2.

2 Jun 2019   |  

The 2019 Rip Curl GromSearch season presented by Banzai Bowls is set to kick off June 15-16th, in Huntington Beach, California.

29 May 2019   |  

While the whole planet will look at the French Basque Country hosting the G7 in Biarritz, the surfing world will likely prefer the neighbor town of Anglet where Europe's best is set to compete at both the QS1,500 Deeply Pro Anglet and the annual night surf show of Surf de Nuit Anglet.

Jorgann Couzinet (FRA) during the 2018 Surf de nuit at Chambre d'Amour, Anglet, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, August 20.

29 May 2019   |  

Dakoda Walters (AUS) & Molly Picklum (AUS) have added another stellar result to their already massive 2019 campaigns, both taking out the Hydralyte Sports Shoalhaven Pro Junior.

Molly Picklum (Shelly Beach, NSW) and Dakoda Walters (Angourie, NSW) victorious at the 2019 Hydralyte Sports Shoalhaven Pro Junior, Shoalhaven Heads Beach, Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia, May 26.

26 May 2019   |  

Today, Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) and Kanoa Igarashi (JPN) won the Corona Bali Protected, the third stop on the 2019 World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT). Hosted at Keramas, one of the world’s most high-performance waves, the Final Series concluded in the best conditions of the event’s holding period with clean six-to-eight foot (1.8 - 2.4 metre) waves on offer. Gilmore charged through the pumping surf to take her 30th CT victory, while Japan’s Igarashi captured his first.

Kanoa Igarashi (JPN) and Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) celebrate their victory at Corona Bali Protected 2019, at Keramas, Bali/Indonesia, May 25.

25 May 2019   |  

The world’s best longboarders are set to gather in Biarritz, France for the 2019 ISA World Longboard Surfing Championship (WLSC) May 26 – June 2.

Since surfing was first practiced on the beach in 1957, Côte des Basques has become an iconic wave for longboarding.

23 May 2019   |  

With twenty years of Rip Curl GromSearch history, as well as celebrating fifteen years of International GromSearch Champions, today two surfers added their names to the prestigious winners list.

Winners podium at 2019 Rip Curl GromSearch International final: L-R Taro Watanabe (USA) (boys runner up), Afonso Antunes (PRT) (boys winner), Caitlin Simmers (USA) (girls winner) and Valeria Ojeda (USA) (girls runner up), at Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica, May 19.

19 May 2019   |  

Jack Freestone (AUS) won the Red Bull Airborne Bali, a World Surf League (WSL) specialty event that highlights aerial surfing. Freestone, 27, flew through the Qualifiers and Final in three-to-four foot (1 - 1.2 metre) waves at Keramas, a break adored by the air specialists due to the mega ramps offered by the wave.

Jack Freestone (AUS), winner of the 2019 Red Bull Airborne Bali, Keramas, Bali, Indonesia, May 17.

17 May 2019   |  

Hawaii's Nathan Florence chose the spectacular setting of Shipstern Bluff off the Tasmanian coast to win his first big-wave surfing contest at the 2019 edition of Red Bull Cape Fear.

Nathan Florence wins at Red Bull Cape Fear in Tasmania, Australia on May 13, 2019.

13 May 2019   |