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New Professional Windsurfing and Waterman Team Created
12.08.10
Windsurfing Legends Join Forces To Promote Access To Clean Water
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La Reunion Wave Classic Invitational
12.08.10
Open Ocean Media is happy to announce you the confirmation of the 2nd stage of its 'Wave Classic Invitational' project, on La Reunion island.
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Windsurfer International Mag
12.08.10
August mag is out
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The 2010 PWA Sotavento, Fuerteventura Grand Slam - Event Summary
05.08.10
Reigning World Champions, Antoine Albeau and Jose 'Gollito' Estredo stamp their authority on their respective fleets after ten days of spectacular competition in Sotavento.
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Taranaki Wave Classic 2010
04.08.10
Push your limits: it's 2010 and Taranaki's classic conditions have been firing& are you ready?
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The no brainer fitness regime
03.08.10
Build whole-body strength and prevent joint injury, lifelong goals for athletes at any level with this no-excuses training program
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Proving It: Wind-Powered Cart Goes Faster Than the Wind
02.08.10
Cart traveled directly downwind at 2.8 times the wind speed.
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Kiwi Brand makes its mark in Maui
30.07.10
Tamara Bockius Wins Maui County Championships on Carbon Art.
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The 2010 PWA Sotavento, Fuerteventura Grand Slam - Day Six
30.07.10
Freestyle's freshest flip the vibe with a fistful of tricks in Furteventura.
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The 2010 PWA Sotavento, Fuerteventura Grand Slam - Day Five
30.07.10
Dunkerbeck may have stolen final race glory, but it was Albeau who claimed his fifth consecutive crown in the 25th Anniversary Fuerteventura World Cup today.
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The National Weather Service today issued its latest report on the weather phenomenon El Nino, and their assessment may be great news for big wave surfers around the world.
09.08.09
According to the statement from the Climate Prediction Center, continued warming of equatorial waters over the past several months has verified the weather phenomenon is well underway and adds that "nearly all of the dynamical models predict a moderate-to-strong El Niño during the Northern Hemisphere winter 2009-10." This forecast coincides with today's launch of the new event website for the 2010 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards presented by Monster Energy. The site features video and still photos of numerous massive waves from swell events worldwide over the last four months, including epic rides in Mexico during the south swell which rocked the west coast of North America less than two weeks ago. The Billabong XXL Awards honors the biggest and best rides from anywhere in the world based on the photographic evidence. The competition runs through the end of winter in March with the winners announced (and over $130,000 in prize money handed out) at a gala awards presentation each April. El Niño conditions can affect the global climate in a number of ways including suppressing the development of Atlantic hurricanes and bringing drought-like dryness to Indonesia. But to surfers a strong El Niño can mean supercharged storms in the North Pacific Ocean, bringing extraordinary high surf episodes to Hawaii and the West Coast of the US. Some of the biggest waves ever recorded were produced during the hallmark El Niño seasons of 1969/70, 1982/83 and 1997/98. As the condition strengthens, visual proof of the big waves has already appeared in the form of fresh entries into the 2010 Billabong XXL Awards from an array of venues including Peru, Chile, Mexico and various coasts of Australia. Leading the pack at this very early point in the annual XXL proceedings would likely be Greg Long of San Clemente, California who won the Billabong Pico Alto Invitational in Peru and then jetted to Puerto Escondido, Mexico to conquer what were assuredly among the biggest beachbreak waves ever ridden. Long is no stranger to the Billabong XXL stage, having won more XXL titles than any surfer in history, including the Surfline Best Overall Performance Award in 2004 and 2008, the Monster Paddle Award in 2008 and just last April the $50,000 Ride of the Year. Also making their mark this year are the women, who drew first blood in two categories. The first Ride of the Year entry received at XXL headquarters was the video clip of Layne Beachley's outrageous tuberide at the notoriously shallow break known as "Ours" off Maroubra, in Sydney, Australia. The seven-time world champion could well challenge for the Billabong Girls Best Overall Performance Award with a few more solid follow-up waves in the coming months. Also making an impact as the first XXL tow-in entry of the new season is Argentina's Mercedes Maidana at El Buey in Arica, Chile. Categories in this year's event include the Billabong XXL Ride of the Year, XXL Biggest Wave, Monster Paddle, Monster Tube, Surfline Best Performance, Billabong Girls Best Performance and the crowd-pleasing Verizon Wireless Wipeout of the Year. In addition to all the latest entries in each category, full event details including formats, rules and archives of past XXL years can be seen at the event website at www.BillabongXXL.com. The Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards are presented by Monster Energy. Surfline is the official surf forecast, Verizon Wireless is the official communications provider and Honda Aquatrax the official watercraft. The event is sponsored by Surfing Magazine and Air Tahiti Nui airlines. For additional information from the National Weather Service's El Nino/Southern Oscillation Diagnostic Discussion please see:
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.html
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