INSPIRATIONAL shark attack survivor Bethany Hamilton yesterday urged the friends of a young bodyboarder killed this week never to lose their love of surfing.
“I heard about it (the shark attack). It might be some time, they’re still mourning over their friend,” Hamilton said yesterday.
“I’d say to them, `There’s no rush, take your time, do it [...]

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Kaua‘i’s Roy Powers and several of his Hawai‘i surfing colleagues were the latest victims to fall in the Drug Aware Pro, yesterday, at Margaret River in Australia.
Powers only caught three waves and finished with a score of 6.24 to end up fourth in his heat behind Rodrigo Dornelles, Chris Ward and Drew Courtney. Powers is [...]

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Bethany Hamilton advanced to Round 3 and Roy Powers won his heat yesterday in the Drug Aware Pro at Margaret River in Australia.
Hamilton surfed the 9- to 10-foot waves to finish second to Australia’s Nicola Atherton and will face New Zealand’s Paige Hareb.
Other Hawai‘i surfers in the competition were Alana Blanchard, Megan Abubo, Paige Alms, [...]

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North Shore’s Alana Blanchard won a super heat at Bells Beach, Australia, to win a spot into this week’s Rip Curl Women’s Pro.
Blanchard has been placed in Heat 3 in Round 1 to surf against the reigning women’s world champion Stephanie Gilmore and 17-ranked Jacqueline Silva. The official waiting period for the Rip Curl Men’s [...]

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Kauai’s Andy Irons surfed into the fourth round of the Quiksilver Pro with his victory over Ben Bourgeois today at Snapper Rocks in Australia.
Irons produced wave scores of 8.67 and 9.17 to set up a fourth-round match against Australia’s Kai Otton.
The 29-year-old Irons, a three-time world champion, may face eight-time world champ Kelly Slater in [...]

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