“I’m going back to being a freesurfer,” he says. “It’s what I was meant to do.”

Finally. After four and a half years of tough losses and sporadic highlights, the once-touted “best freesurfer in the world” will soon be back out there to reclaim his crown. At the end of 2008, no matter how he finishes [...]

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Andy Irons and Joel Parkinson - who are both tied for current world #6 - can definitely smell blood.
A lot of big names bowed out early at the Billabong Pro Tahiti today as Kelly Slater, Taj Burrow, Bede Durbidge, and Jordy Smith were all defeated in round 3 action at 4-6 foot Teahupoo.

Kelly Slater wasn’t looking [...]

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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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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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A 48-year-old South Carolina man was rescued from the surf at Lumahai Beach on the North Shore yesterday around 3 p.m.
County spokesperson Mary Daubert said bystander Nikona Ghiglari observed the West Cola, S.C. man in distress, and retrieved a recently installed rescue tube and swam out to assist the struggling man. Craig Touchton was brought [...]

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The National Weather Service in Honolulu has issued a high surf will affect shores facing east on all Hawaiian islands except Niihau and Kahoolawe until noon Saturday.
A swell created by a distant storm will arrive today, building the surf to the advisory level by this afternoon along shores facing east. This swell from the north [...]

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