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Tom Higson

Joining the ranks of the Surf Europe team as tea boy back in 2006, Txomin Higson new little on how to make a good cuppa and even less about riding waves. However, over the course of the last 8 years, the beachbreaks of Anglet in SW France have done wonders to his duckdive and subsequently earned the proud Swiss fence-sitter a hard-fought promotion to online editorial assistant.

Recent Articles By Tom

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Winter Escape - Raph Bruhwiler flees Canada

Whether you live in Europe or North America, the winter months can get a little depressing sometimes, especially when those evil cold snaps hit (a...

Winter Escape - Raph Bruhwiler flees Canada
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Yew! Dane to surf at Snapper. Quite possibly vs. Kelly.

Despite deciding to fall off tour last year, Dane has accepted to surf at Snapper for the first leg of the ASP 2012 tour after...

Yew! Dane to surf at Snapper. Quite possibly vs. Kelly.
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Video highlights from Day 2 at the Volcom Pipe Pro

Conditions settled down at the Banzai Pipeline for Day 2 after the previous day’s death-defying closeouts were replaced by long, hollow tubes at the Volcom...

Video highlights from Day 2 at the Volcom Pipe Pro
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Still Single? Or just curious? By all means, step this way.

Filmed over a few days at Rocky Point ealier this winter in Hawaii, the latest installment of Rusty’s Single Fin series sees team riders Josh...

Still Single? Or just curious? By all means, step this way.
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When you say jump Kolohe says how high?

Air reverses are surely the new cutback. Every grom and his dog can stomp them these days. But this latest clip of Kolohe Andino’s should...

When you say jump Kolohe says how high?
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The 2012 Volcom Pipe Pro Gets Underway

The Banzai Pipeline caught everyone off guard on day one of competition as waves doubled and tripled in size from one heat to the next....

The 2012 Volcom Pipe Pro Gets Underway
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Ibelli And Hurst Claim World Junior Champ titles

CAPTION: Leila Hurst (HAW) and Caio Ibelli (BRA), the 2011 ASP World Junior Champions. In the end the men’s ASP World Junior Title race saw all...

Ibelli And Hurst Claim World Junior Champ titles
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Can Jack Freestone do it again?

Now down to the quater final stage at Burleigh Heads for the World Juniors, defending title holder Jack Freestone looks like he may well be...

Can Jack Freestone do it again?
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Marlon Lipke runs into a drug bust

While out sinking his rails into perfect offshore peaks on the west coast of Portugal earlier this week, Marlon Lipke ran into some shady old...

Marlon Lipke runs into a drug bust
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'Around & About'

Dane Reynolds, the Coffin bros, Dillon Perillo and Aaron Smith catch a few runners at Rincon and a couple other Cali breaks. Nothing spectacular but...

'Around & About'
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VSTR. Kelly's New Clothing Line.

You may have started to see this new brand/logo – VSTR (pronounced Visitor) – crop up in surfing circles lately, a line geared towards globe-trotting...

VSTR. Kelly's New Clothing Line.
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World Junior Title could now be anyone's. Well, nearly.

Day 6 saw pretty junky conditions and a huge upset at the World Junior Champs at Burleigh Heads with the number 1 seed Caio Ibelli...

World Junior Title could now be anyone's. Well, nearly.
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Doubles At Shippies with Mark Mathews

Braboy Mark Mathews representing the virtues of paddle surfing with this late drop and classic shared barrel at Shipsterns.

Doubles At Shippies with Mark Mathews
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Everyone loves a wipeout, no?

Aussie videographer Mike Riley has put together a collection of his best lickings from last year filmed up in the north west of W.A, inluding...

Everyone loves a wipeout, no?
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Volcom's Funtitled 2 episode with Andrew Doheny

The second installment in Volcom’s Funtitled series takes a look at team rider Andrew ‘Droid’ Doheny. Oh, and it looks like they’ve stuck episode 1...

Volcom's Funtitled 2 episode with Andrew Doheny
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Billabong World Junior Champs Round 1-3 Highlights

While the conditions weren’t exactly pumping for Round 1 of the World Juniors at Burleigh Heads, its amazing what the groms can pull even in...

Billabong World Junior Champs Round 1-3 Highlights
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My name is Toby Donachie

Reportedly due to a nasy bout of tonsilitus, Quik team rider and young bright British hope Toby Donachie has been kept out of the water...

My name is Toby Donachie
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Nevermind the North Shore...

For the first episode of the new Oakley Dispatch Series Sebastian “C-BASS” Zietz, Dustin Barca, Tom Whitaker and Rico Jimenez did a quick last minute...

Nevermind the North Shore...
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Maxime Huscenot's 2nd Mad Max Episode

French ripper and former junior world champ Maxime Huscenot’s has released the second episode to his Mad Max series. Filmed on his home island of...

Maxime Huscenot's 2nd Mad Max Episode
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Volcom Pipeline Pro to start Monday

You will have seen plenty of insane Pipeline footage from the Da Hui Backdoor Shootout a couple of weeks ago and the Pipeline Masters before...

Volcom Pipeline Pro to start Monday
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Dane Reynolds' wasted talent returns to the shred

Ventura’s Dane Reynolds has released a new short video on his blog Marine Layer Productions of him surfing over the New Year. Following his fall...

Dane Reynolds' wasted talent returns to the shred
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Jamie O'Brien's North Shore Shindig - Episode 1

Jamie O’ docments his season on the North Shore so far this year. This episode features his waves at the Reef Hawaiian Pro and Sunset,...

Jamie O'Brien's North Shore Shindig - Episode 1
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The Gold Coast preps for the Billabong World Juniors

Following the first two legs in Bali and Brazil, the third and final leg of the Billabong World Junior Championships is set to be staged...

The Gold Coast preps for the Billabong World Juniors
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ASP Confirms Long-Awaited Anti-Doping Policy for 2012

In a press release issued yesterday, the ASP has confirmed that an anti-doping policy will be introduced on tour for 2012 in order to evolve...

ASP Confirms Long-Awaited Anti-Doping Policy for 2012
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