2x World Champion Tyler Wright regretfully withdraws from the US Open of Surfing due to a lingering illness she contracted during the recent event in South Africa, the JBay Open.
The following is an exclusive excerpt from the latest edition of Transfer Magazine. It’s titled The Subtle Art of Moving On, and it’s all about ushering in the end of an era, with Aussie snowboarding icon Nate Johnstone.
Kelly Slater, Stephanie Gilmore, Tyler Wright, Gabriel Medina, Julian Wilson and more… the world’s best surfers came out to celebrate the retirement of 3x World Champion Mick Fanning.
Rip Curl’s World Tour surfers honour Mick Fanning’s incredible career by stickering their boards with his famous “Black Sticker”. They will keep it on as they surf through the 2018 Rip Curl Pro Bells, Mick’s very last World Tour event.
On December 1st, at 7.29pm, at her home in Kauai, Hawaii, Alana Blanchard had her first child with her boyfriend, Jack Freestone. The world was introduced to Banks Harvey Freestone. It's been about six weeks since then, and we thought it was high time we gave Alana a call and asked how it's all been going.
At the start of this year, Owen Wright didn’t know if he’d be able to compete in the 2017 WSL season. Hell, at the start of this year, Owen Wright was basically re-learning to surf.
The Maui Women’s Pro got underway today in picture perfect 3-4 foot Honolua Bay – the start of the last event of the 2017 WSL Season, and the event that will decide the 2017 Women’s World Title.
