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RAGLAN – FINAL THOUGHTS

“If you know what happened in the Mets game, don’t say anything, I taped it. Hello..” What is that from? Drop a comment. First person to get it right wins a prize. Well as you noticed, I got straight to the point of the New Zealand Pro. Just a brief recap on the Event Winners […]

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HELLO, MY NAME IS: SURF STATS

Alright, we’re back with Edition Two. Today’s guest has recently grabbed my attention by sharing some very interesting content online. Throughout the CT Event at Raglan, this page was updating projected picks and results daily, backing their selections with useful info and statistics. It’s a really good follow if you’re in any kind of Fantasy […]

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NOT REAL

What’d you think of that New Zealand comp? Pretty sick, hey? Hear what? That Seal Attack? Yeah! Haha, pretty heavy! What are you on about? What the fuck are you talking about? ..Okay.. ? (Chuckling)  You’re tripping.  What does any of that shit have to do with New Zealand? Yeah.. … You’re fucking lying. … […]

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RECAP

Let’s catch up on the past week or so. Quickly.  ITALO AND CARISSA WIN RAGLAN Italo just did what absolutely nobody in the World wanted to see. He threw 3 (forced) air reverses on one wave, twice. The judges and the WSL gave him the nod over Morgan Ciblic, who proved once again just how […]

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HELLO, MY NAME IS: GREYSON GRANT

One of my favorite parts about surfing is how unique, individual, and personal it is. We all partake in the same activity, but we all do it a bit differently. Big waves, competitions, free surfers, shapers, weekend warriors, pro’s, “industry” folk, actors, tourists, staunch locals; the community is as diverse as you could draw it […]

TORREN MARTYN -SOUTHERN EDGE

We’ve been very contest-centric recently, and I wanted to get away from that for a second; take a break, as quick as it may be. So, over this past weekend I busted out my old DVD collection to try and get back to some roots inspiration. For the record, I am ashamed of this lackadaisical […]

NEWS

Some news in the surf world this morning. I alluded to this just a couple of months ago when Dooma spilled the beans via StabMic, but now officially confirmed yesterday by The Inertia, via Sportico – a sports business news outlet – The WSL is “exploring new possibilities of growth”. This translates to a possibility […]

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RULE NUMBER 28

Since you are on this website and this is, of course, a site dedicated to surfing, I know that you are familiar with ‘Hawaiian Scale’ – The original GateKeeping. There are a ton of stories of how this came about: measuring from the back of the wave, lifeguards in Hawaii trying to negate tourists, surfers […]

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ETHAN EWING AND STEPHANIE GILMORE WIN BONSOY GOLD COAST PRO

What an incredible event. When the waves do show up, the CT is hard not to watch. I get bent if I miss an event when it’s firing. This explains why the couch in front of the TV was my bed for the weekend. Snapper must be in a different time zone than Bells and […]

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SNAPPER ROCKS DAY THREE

2006 Barra. 2010 Lowers. 2017 J-Bay. 2019 Keramas. Could this year’s Bonsoy Gold Coast Pro join the upper echelon of most high performance surf events ever? I think after today, the argument is there. I just got home from judging a contest of my own and pulled up the webcast to see Ethan Ewing throw […]