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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.

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Hodei Collazo Wins ASP 6-Star Quiksilver Pro Portugal

Hodei Collazo (Zarautz, EUK) 26, won the ASP 6-Star Quiksilver Pro Portugal over good friend, Gony Zubizarreta (Vigo, ESP) 25, in a high scoring, tight...

Hodei Collazo Wins ASP 6-Star Quiksilver Pro Portugal
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Aranburu Wins 6-Star SuperSurf Internacional

Aritz Aranburu (Zarautz, EUK), 25, kept his unstoppable form rolling in Brazil to win the ASP 6-Star Super Surf Internacional in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,...

Aranburu Wins 6-Star SuperSurf Internacional
Surf Gear

Cornish surf apparel brand Finisterre flocks to Savile Row

Finisterre, the cult outdoor clothing company, has just scooped the highly coveted RSPCA Good Business Award for helping to save the British Bowmont...

Cornish surf apparel brand Finisterre flocks to Savile Row
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Slater Bests Smith to Claim Rip Curl Pro Portugal

Kelly Slater (USA), 38, former nine-time ASP World Champion and current ASP World No. 1, has collected his 44th elite tour victory, besting current ASP...

Slater Bests Smith to Claim Rip Curl Pro Portugal
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Morning View - Insight Photo Exhibition in Biarritz

Put together by photographer Yohan Colin at the Artnoa in Biarritz, the exhibition ‘Morning View’ features longboard riders from the Cote des Basques: Steven Dunn,...

Morning View - Insight Photo Exhibition in Biarritz
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Rip Curl Pro Portugal Completes Round 4 at Belgas, Possible Finish Tomorrow

The Rip Curl Pro Portugal completed Round 4 this afternoon in punchy two-to-three foot (1 metre) waves at the backup venue of Belgas. Event No. 8...

Rip Curl Pro Portugal Completes Round 4 at Belgas, Possible Finish Tomorrow
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World’s Best Lacerate Supertubos in Round 2 Rip Curl Pro Portugal

Supertubos turned on today with offshore three-to-five foot (1.5 metre) barrels for the world’s best surfers to sink their fangs into as the Rip Curl...

World’s Best Lacerate Supertubos in Round 2 Rip Curl Pro Portugal
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Win a Mica Surfboard - The Spoon 5'9" x 19 ¼" x 2 ¼"

COMPETITION FINISHED. As featured in the latest issue, SE78, here’s the chance to win one of Micashapes latest boards – The Spoon. Aware of the latest tendencies,...

Win a Mica Surfboard - The Spoon 5'9" x 19 ¼" x 2 ¼"
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Rip Curl Pro Portugal back on in pumping Supertubos

Offshore three-to-five (1.5) metre barrels are detonating across the Supertubos sandbar this morning, prompting event organizers at the Rip Curl Pro Portugal to call competition...

Rip Curl Pro Portugal back on in pumping Supertubos
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etnies presents: Jamie O'Brien in Bali

Footage of etnies rider Jamie O’Brien in Bali

etnies presents: Jamie O'Brien in Bali
Videos

Quiksilver Pro France 2010

From the 25th September to the 5th October, all the surfers on the planet will have their eyes fixed on South-West France for...

Quiksilver Pro France 2010
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Kelly Slater Claims Hurley Pro at Trestles

Kelly Slater (USA), 38, past nine-time ASP World Champion, has taken out the 2010 Hurley Pro at Trestles in flawless six-foot (2 metre) waves over...

Kelly Slater Claims Hurley Pro at Trestles
Surf Gear

Make a skateboard Handplane with Korduory.tv

With basic tools and a dumpster destined skate deck you too can feel the motion of the ocean. Yeah there’s a lot of peeps selling...

Make a skateboard Handplane with Korduory.tv
Videos

Flynn Novak and his ‘Flynnstone Flip’ wins the 2010 Kustom Airstrikestom

When it all boils down, the objective is pure and simple – the Kustom Airstrike is about discovering something new; producing surfing so inspired and...

Flynn Novak and his ‘Flynnstone Flip’ wins the 2010 Kustom Airstrikestom
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Newly-Minted ASP Top 34 Light Up Day 1 Hurley Pro at Trestles

Day 1 of the Hurley Pro at Trestles went off with clean three-to-four foot (1.5 metre) waves rolling through one of the world’s most rippable...

Newly-Minted ASP Top 34 Light Up Day 1 Hurley Pro at Trestles
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Huscenot to Lead ASP Europe’s Qualifiers on ASP World Junior Tour Events of Bali and Narabeen

The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Europe is proud to announce its nine-surfer team qualified for this year’s ASP World Junior Tour events of Bali...

Huscenot to Lead ASP Europe’s Qualifiers on ASP World Junior Tour Events of Bali and Narabeen
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Hurley Pro Trestles Prepares for ASP Top 34

The Hurley Pro Trestles will host the world’s elite ASP Top 34 from September 12 through 18, 2010 for Stop No. 6 of 10 on...

Hurley Pro Trestles Prepares for ASP Top 34
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Andy Irons Wins Billabong Pro Tahiti

Andy Irons (HAW), 32, past three-time ASP World Champion, has won the Billabong Pro Tahiti, besting C.J. Hobgood (USA), 31, in an explosive Final clash...

Andy Irons Wins Billabong Pro Tahiti
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Brent Dorrington Takes 6.0 Cash for Tricks Series Final Stop in Zarautz!

Brent Dorrington (Gold Coast, AUS) won the ASP Europe Specialty 6.0 Cash for Tricks Zarautz event Sunday in the Basque Country, the talented competitor unleashing...

Brent Dorrington Takes 6.0 Cash for Tricks Series Final Stop in Zarautz!
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Surf Txapelketa - Ride waves and talk Basque at the same time

Wanna surf and speak Basque all day long? Look no further. Sunday 19th September 2010, Glisseguna will be organising a surf connie at the Anglet...

Surf Txapelketa - Ride waves and talk Basque at the same time
News

Royal Barrique Contest

Funny how the french like to use the Royal word after some serious head chopping went down some three centuries ago, but that’s another story…...

Royal Barrique Contest
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Maiko Mou makes Red Bull Illumine Close Up Finals Cut

French Polynesian photographer Maiko Mou has made it into the final cut of the Red Bull Illumine Close Up category, a Red Bull project that...

Maiko Mou makes Red Bull Illumine Close Up Finals Cut
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Win a Bradley Viper 2 - 5'7 x 18 5/8 x 2 1/8

COMPETITION FINISHED The second edition of the Viper comes with a deeper concave and more V out the tail. Plus the bottom half of the board...

Win a Bradley Viper 2 - 5'7 x 18 5/8 x 2 1/8
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ASP Frontrunner Smith Eliminated as 12 Surfers Fall Off Tour at Billabong Pro Tahiti

The Billabong Pro Tahiti recommenced today in clean three-to-four foot (1 metre) waves for the completion of Round 2 and the first 12 heats of...

ASP Frontrunner Smith Eliminated as 12 Surfers Fall Off Tour at Billabong Pro Tahiti
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