Three Times A Lady

"It was a long day," said Triple Crown Managing Director Marty Thomas, standing with Randy Rarrick back behind the scaffolding at the Gidget Pro at Su...

Photo Of The Day: Jordy's Quiver

[+] Enlarge Surfer: Jordy Smith | Photo: Ryan Miller | Location: North Shore, Oahu It's been more than ten years now since Kelly Slater showed up ...

Triple Crown: Act 2

The North Shore's one of the few places in the world, maybe the only place, where you have to dodge swell to run a contest. Case in point, at the star...

North Swell Aftermath

"I got two that made it all worthwhile," explained Mick Fanning, shortly after returning from his power mission to Honolua Bay. "It was crowded, and o...

Open up and say "Vah." VB wins it's second WRV Battle for the Banks crown.

After the yawning barrels of 2008, folks were worried that anything less would be just a yawner. There aren't many contests in the world that would ca...

Vah Beach wins second WRV Battle of the Banks

This year, the organization of the Battle fell into the hands of Ian Parnell. A little into the waiting period, he was getting frustrated with his new...

Bonsai Ian-san

As I type Ian Walsh has left Oahu and is back on Maui, chasing a hefty north swell that has half the North Shore drooling over visions of Honolua and ...

Noah Snyder won the overall event with his trademark mastery of the tube, but it wasn't enough to hold off the VBeachers.

Young Tarheel buck, Chris McDonald overachieving under the lip.

The innaugural Battle didn't allow much room for turns, much less nice set-up power gouges like Chris Todd's gash. Score one for VA.

Chances are they'll see a few morph like this today.

Bonsai Ian-san

As I type Ian Walsh has left Oahu and is back on Maui, chasing a hefty north swell that has half the North Shore drooling over visions of Honolua and ...