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Surfers eluded government Code Red advisory to tackle mega Teahupo'o
Surf News, 25 April, 2012 : Today marks the premiere of 'Code Red' on YouTube’s action sports channel Network A. 'Code Red' documents the historic events of August 27, 2011, when the Billabong Pro Tahiti was called off due to surf in excess of 20 feet detonating on the shallow reef at the heaviest wave in the world: Teahupo’o.Told through the eyes of relative new-comer Laurie Towner and the veteran Dylan Longbottom, the film details how they and a handful of the world’s best big-wave chargers eluded the government’s “Code Red” advisory to tackle some of the largest barreling waves ever surfed.Watch the global premiere here:“I don’t know if there will ever be a bigger swell than that swell at Tahiti…”
ALOHA...well, we "found" a pretty nice spring time Haleiwa swell to finish up the 2011-2012 HSA season and now it's time to toughen up on some lefts (any lefts) and get ready for HSA's 2012 Skull Candy State Championships at Ala Moana. If you've qualified for the "States" get your entry form in FAST and take advantage of plenty of surf coming for both north, west and south shores in the days ahead before the 4-day Championships kick in APRIL 26-29. That's this Thursday-Sunday.
One of Surfing most Iconic Legends will be this Friday. We’ll be celebrating the collaboration between Noll Surfboards and Billabong Clothing with free autographed posters and prizes.Meet big wave surfing pioneer Greg Noll at HIC Ala Moana Center this Friday, 6:30 to 8 pm. HIC Website go HERE
There will be free autograph posters and raffle prizes, and a chance to talk story with Da Bull himself.
Surf News, 22 April, 2012 : - - There’s quite a lot of Aloha spirit spreading through Panama at this time. In a thrilling final day of competition at the DAKINE ISA World Junior Surfing Championship Presented by Billabong, which was run in ultra-fun waves at the Playa Venao beachbreak, Team Hawaii won two of three individual Gold Medals and managed to win its first Team Gold Medal since 2005.
Verizion Hawaii World Junior Team captures the GOLD in a an event no one will forget. It was DAKINE...the ISA World Junior Surfing Championship Presented by Billabong competed midday Sunday HI time April 22, 2012 at
Playa Venao, Panama. The full scoops coming tonight.
DAKINE ISA World Junior Surfing Championship Presented by Billabong
Much like the day before, the medal hopes of surfers and their respective teams continued to swing throughout Day 7 of competition at Playa Venao. The day began with 44 surfers contending for 12 individual medals, and with the final horn of the day, the event was down to 24 of the record-number 303 athletes who began the competition a week prior the DAKINE ISA World Junior Surfing Championship Presented by Billabong.
Photo:The body of 20-year-old body boarder, David Lilienfeld, being remove from the beach shark attack at Koel Bay. Picture: Henk Kruger
A US-based documentary maker’s permit to conduct shark research along the country’s coastline, including KZN’s south coast, was cancelled after a young surfer was killed by a great white Thursday 4/19.
The Key was the chumming to attract sharks.
Our sympathy for David Lilienfeld, a 20-year-old bodyboarder, who died after a 4-metre shark severed his right leg while he was in the water with his brother and friends at Kogel Bay – between Gordon’s Bay and Rooi Els.
Lilienfeld was in the water with his brother Gustav, 18, when the shark attacked.
Zolile Nqayi, spokesman for the Department of Environmental Affairs, said they had cancelled the permit allowing documentary maker Chris Fischer to film great white sharks along the country’s coastline.
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