TARANAKI, New Zealand (Friday, April 13, 2012) – After two consecutive days of surfing at the TSB Bank NZ Surf Festival featuring the Dow AgroSciences Pro, a lay-day has been called due to unfavourable winds. The surf forecast for tomorrow looks promising and contest officials will meet at 7:30am to assess the conditions.

Stop No. 3 of 7 on the 2012 ASP Women’s World Championship Tour, the Dow AgroSciences Pro is pivotal in the chase for the prestigious ASP Women’s World Title. There are only two more heats of Round 4 remaining before competition enters the Quarterfinals and it’s likely that an event champion will be crowned tomorrow.

Shane Dorian testing Billabong wetsuit © Billabong

SIMA announces Waterman’s Weekend honorees include Shane Dorian, Jean-Michel Cousteau and the Late Sean Collins

Surf News, 12 April, 2012  The Surf Industry Manufacturers Association (SIMA) will honor big wave surfer Shane Dorian as Waterman of the Year, world renowned ocean explorer, filmmaker, television personality and environmentalist Jean-Michel Cousteau as Environmentalist of the Year, and revolutionary wave forecaster and surfing Hall of Famer the late Sean Collins with the 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award, as part of the association’s annual Waterman’s Weekend environmental fundraiser.

For world-class surfer Bear Woznick, the ocean has always been the center of his universe. He's spent his entire life with it; riding its waves, learning from it, loving it. The ocean also nourishes the soul as Bear shows us on his surfboard.

In DEEP IN THE WAVE, readers ride along with Woznick through the calmest of tides and most turbulent waves. Woznick's portrayal of the beauty and power of the ocean is truly inspiring and showcases the profound meaning surfing has had on his life.

The Petition

The State Department of Transportation has issued a Cease and Desist order to the Haleiwa Farmers’ Market. Having operated without any issues for three years HFM owners and market managers Pamela Boyar and Annie Suite were surprised and confused at this development. Since April of 2009, the Haleiwa Farmers’ Market has been operating under a month-to-month agreement with the DOT. In February 2011 they received notice that the State Department of Transportation wanted to switch from the month-to-month agreement to a more formal annual agreement.

Published on Apr 11, 2012 by NovusSwell
Kaz accumulates some fun, weird and funny clips from filming surfer kids all the time. here's Things We Do III. These vids show how lucky we are to live where we do.... and that there's nothing like the stoke of a grom just playing in our watery paradise.

The five finalists for the Verizon Wipeout of the Year category of the 2012 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards are presented for your examination. No surfers were seriously injured in the making of this clip. For more information see the event website at www.BillabongXXL.com.
My turn: year after year Im continually astounded how these brave (crazy?) surfers survive these horrendous wipeouts. They skate over and emerse under tons of fast moving, heavy water over shallow reefs. These athletes are also moving at speeds most surfers rarely acheive. These are people like you and me, made of flesh and bone who need oxygen to live. But, that's about the only way we are similar. Notice also that they dont wear helmets!

Josh 'The Analyst' Kerr checks out two different approaches to the Bells Bowl

Surf News, 11 April :  The world is still recovering after five electric days of surfing at Bells Beach for the 2012 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach won by Mick Fanning (AUS), 30, and Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), 21, respectively. The surf pumped, the sun shone, the winds were variable offshore and high-performance surfing in the Bowel was categorically redefined. Nowhere was this more apparent than in the Final between Fanning and reigning 11-time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA), 40.

Take a look into Life on the North Shore thru the eyes of Oakley Team Riders Kai Barger, Danny Fuller, Sebastian Zietz, Dustin Barca, Bruce Irons, Julian Wilson, Makua Rothman and more.Clip Info: Directed by Lachlan McKinnon. Next Episode coming soon, Sebastian C-BASS Zietz - Dispatch Profile

Best-selling author of “Eddie Would Go” – the powerful biography of Hawaiian hero and big wave pioneer Eddie Aikau, and “Fierce Heart – the Story of Makaha & the Soul of Hawaiian Surfing“, Stuart will share his insight into these uniquely Hawaiian books. Stuart is also the Hawaii Coordinator of the Surfrider Foundation, whose mission is the protection and enjoyment of oceans, waves and beaches around the world. See you there!

This short video is a one of a kind! Each surf reef has its own ecosystem under the waves and these reefs are rarely documented until now. I use a small HD video camera to video the reefs at Pipeline, Wiamea Sunset Beach and other surf spots in Oahu and Kauai. The marine life and corals are different at each spot and due to rising sea levels and pollution many of our reefs are dying.