Billy Kemper and Paige Alms have taken out the 2019 Jaws Big Wave Championships, at Peahi, in Maui, Hawai. The sets kept coming in bigger and bigger on the horizon, delivering 25-to-35-foot waves at the infamous surf break. The yellow helicopter flew below the lip close to the athletes. The stage was set, and the […]
The Paris 2024 Olympic surfing competition will take place at Teahupoo in Tahiti. The Paris 2024 organizing committee proposed that surfing's second Olympic appearance runs at the world-renowned left-hand reef break. Tahiti is located 9,755 miles (15,700 kilometers) away from the French capital.
He's 47 years old, but he surfs like a fired-up grom. Kelly Slater has done it again. Here's another flawless wave ride for his curriculum. Eleven-time world champion and seven-time Billabong Pipe Master Kelly Slater earned a Perfect 10-point ride for an unthinkable right-handed Backdoor barrel that he deemed the best in years. "That's the […]
The 2019 Jaws Big Wave Championships will run on Thursday, December 12, 2019, at Peahi, Maui. The first event of the new World Surf League competitive big wave surfing era is expecting waves in the 35-to-50-foot range. The world's finest male and female performers will compete in a paddle-only contest and defy Nature's raw power […]
Billy Kemper has taken out the 2019 Pipeline Invitational, at Banzai Pipeline, on the North Shore of Oahu, in Hawaii. The 29-year-old surfer from Maui defeated Imaikalani deVault, Keanu Asing, and Koa Smith in the final held in pumping six-foot barreling waves. As a result, Kemper and deVault secured the two wildcard spots available for […]