Bid On Julian Wilson’s “Slater Slayer” Board On eBay To Benefit Breast Cancer

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

There are millions of things on eBay you can go and try your luck at winning.  I bet you jumped for joy when you won that limited edition FANTASY ISLAND PUZZLE but believe it or not, there are many more valuable things on eBay you can possibly win.  Well if you ...

Mick Fanning MannequinVB Beer Commercial

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

If you think that skateboarding with their Tony Hawk GUITAR HERO commercials and their Ryan Sheckler PANASONIC spots are ruling the television airwaves with these endorsements, you might be right.  But snowboarders like the Flying Tomato; Shaun White’s TARGET commercials are pretty epic as well.  Plus those commercials show the ...

Fanning, Patacchia Hobgood Eliminated at Reef Hawaiian Pro

Friday, November 21st, 2008

The 2008 Reef Hawaiian Pro resumed action Thursday after several days off and some of the world tour surfers appeared to caught off guard, getting bounced uncharacteristically early in the contest during the round of 64. Last year's world champ Mick Fanning was the first to go, knocked out in the ...

Fanning, Irons Brothers Not Coming to Spain

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

The Billabong Pro Mundaka is expected to kick off today in Spain and Kelly Slater only needs to make it to the fourth round to secure his record ninth world title.  It was only two years ago that Slater captured his eighth title at the very same venue after losing ...

First Rounds Complete at Quiksilver Pro France

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

Dane Reynolds at the Quik Pro France. Two days of action have come and gone for the Quiksilver Pro France and several big names have bowed out already.  Mick Fanning, Joel Parkinson, Andy Irons, Bruce Irons and Tim Reyes all were eliminated in the second round, while Kelly Slater, Taj Burrow, ...

Surfer Poll Awards: Slater, Mulanovich, “Bustin’ Down the Door” Annoited Best

Sunday, September 14th, 2008

The Bustin' Down the Door crew - cr. Grant Ellis Um, so the Surfer Poll Awards went down last week in Anaheim.  We weren't there this year but we fully expected Mick Fanning and Stephanie Gilmore to be rewarded for their great seasons last year.  After all, the awards are supposed ...

Watch Rip Curl’s “Somewhere” On-Demand

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

We told you about the Rip Curl Pro Search going on as planned in Bali.  The contest website has launched and before the live webcast begins, you can watch the latest Rip Curl film "Somewhere" on-demand. The movie features 10 "search" trips from the likes of Mick Fanning, Stephanie Gilmore, Pancho ...

Kelly Slater Wins J-Bay; One Step Closer to World Title Nine

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

  Kelly Slater has won the Billabong Pro J-Bay, putting him one step closer to winning his record ninth ASP World Tour title.   Slater absolutely dominated last year's defending world champ Mick Fanning in the final, 16.73 to 9.40.  Slater had two 8.0+ waves (8.50, 8.23) while Fanning coudln't score more ...

Fanning Knocked Out of Billabong Pro Tahiti

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

It's been two years since Mick Fanning was knocked out of an ASP World Tour contest in the second round and Tuesday it happened again...  at the same place.  In 2006 Fanning made an early exit in Tahiti and this year Brazilian wildcard Bruno Santos made his stay a short ...