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The 2019 World Surf League (WSL) Big Wave Awards (BWA) nominees are officially locked in. Top honors will be awarded across eight categories: Ride of the Year, Women’s XXL Biggest Wave, Men’s XXL Biggest Wave, Women’s Biggest Paddle, Men’s Biggest Paddle, Wipeout of the Year, Men’s Best Overall Performance of the Year, and Hydro Flask Women’s Best Overall Performance of the Year.

Andrea Moller (BRA) is nominated for the Women's Biggest Paddle award for this wave, at Jaws, Maui, Hawaii, on January 16, 2019.

11 Apr 2019   |  

Today, Italo Ferreira (BRA) and Caroline Marks (USA) won the Quiksilver Pro and Boost Mobile Pro Gold Coast, the opening stop on the World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT). The Final Series took place at Duranbah Beach, the event’s backup site, in two-to-four foot (0.6 - 1.2 metre) waves to determine the first winners of the season.

(From L to R) Kolohe Andino (USA), Italo Ferreira (BRA), Caroline Marks (USA) & Carissa Moore (HAW), at 2019 Quiksilver Pro and Boost Mobile Pro Gold Coast, at Duranbah Beach, Coolangatta, Queensland, Australia, April 8.

8 Apr 2019   |  

ISA unites global surfing community across all five continents to demonstrate the positive impacts of Surfing.

Surfers from newly added ISA Member Nation Oman celebrate the power of Surfing taking hold in their country.

7 Apr 2019   |  

Italo Ferreira (BRA) won the Red Bull Airborne Gold Coast, a WSL specialty event that highlights aerial surfing. The 24-year-old is known for his creative antics in the air, landing some of the Championship Tour’s biggest maneuvers and setting the bar for above-the-lip surfing. Ferreira brought his same flair into today’s air show to light up Duranbah and take home the win.

Winner Italo Ferreira (BRA), 2nd placed Reef Heazlewood (AUS), and third placed Yago Dora (BRA) seen during the prize giving ceremony of the 2019 Red Bull Airborne Gold Coast at Duranbah Beach, Coolangata, Queensland, Australia, on April 4.

4 Apr 2019   |  

Red Bull Airborne creator talks aerial surfing before Gold Coast opener.

Josh Kerr (AUS) surfs in Torquay, VIC, Australia on March 24th 2016.

2 Apr 2019   |  

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1 Apr 2019   |  

In an exciting conclusion to the event in front of a packed audience, Gatien Delahaye (FRA) defeated Carlos Muñoz (CRI) at the inaugural Claro Open Pro – Copa Tubos. The 21-year old Frenchman caught the best waves on Finals Day at the lefthand pointbreak of Señoritas, Punta Hermosa and was visibly stoked as he was chaired up the beach by his fellow countrymen. Alex Ribeiro (BRA) and Marcos Correa (BRA) both earned equal 3rd place finishes after reaching the Semifinals.

Event winner Gatien Delahaye (FRA) being chaired-up the beach at the 2019 Claro Open Pro – Copa Tubos, at Señoritas in Punta Hermosa, Peru, March 31.

1 Apr 2019   |  

The world's best surfers were honored tonight at the World Surf League (WSL) Awards, the event that celebrates the achievements of the 2018 season.

Two-time WSL Champion Gabriel Medina (BRA) and seven-time WSL Champion Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) honored at the WSL Awards for 2018 season, in Coolangatta, Queensland, Australia, March 2019.

31 Mar 2019   |  

The 2019 World Surf League (WSL) men’s Qualifying Series (QS) Jack’s Surfboards Pro QS 1,500 crowned Crosby Colapinto (San Clemente, Calif.) its victor in pumping, five-to-six, occasional plus, foot swell on Huntington Beach Pier’s southside lineup for his maiden QS win. This marked Colapinto’s first Final at the QS level and waisted no opportunities during the best day of swell for the event, as well as any QS at the iconic southside lineup in recent memory, with excellent numbers in nearly all of his heats. The 17-year-old defeated an in-form Phillippe Chagas (BRA) during a tight Final bout.

Crosby Colapinto's (USA) winning performance at the 2019 Jack's Surfboards Pro QS 1,500, Huntington Beach, California, USA, March 24.

25 Mar 2019   |  

Jordy Lawler (AUS) and Alessa Quizon (HAW) have claimed victory at the 2019 Vissla Sydney Surf Pro and Sydney Women’s Pro presented by Sisstrevolution World Surf League (WSL) Qualifying Series (QS) 6000 event. Manly Beach provided another day of super clean 2-to-3 foot surf for some of the world’s best to put on a show for thousands of fans that lined the sand at one of competitive surfing’s most iconic beaches.

Finalists at the 2019 Vissla Sydney Surf Pro QS6,000, (L - R): Jadson Andre (BRA), Isabella Nichols (AUS), Alessa Quizon (HAW) and Jordy Lawler (AUS), at Manly Beach, NSW, Australia, March 24.

24 Mar 2019   |