Billabong welcomes you to the Billabong World Junior Pro event (06 - 11 March 2007) in Leysin, Switzerland. This is a 4-Star TTR event, the official snowboarding tour of the pros, for all talented young athletes.

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A surfer from Guerneville was attacked and dragged about 15 feet underwater near Dillon Beach, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, by what is believed to be a great white shark. The surfer survived with minor bite injuries.

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For a sport that is most popular in places of perpetual summer, like Southern California and Hawaii, New England may not seem like a hotspot for surfing, especially in the winter. But surf club president Nick Perold ´07 and his team make the best of it.

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This is the new trailer of Dane Reynolds - nicely done!

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George, a traveller from the US, gives us an impression what Costa Rica is all about for those who don’t surf or need ideas for alternatives:

“In Costa Rica, the Spanish phrase ¡Pura vida! is the national saying, a catchall phrase that means “the good life.'’

We first experienced its meaning in Vega, a lazy town perched on a winding mountain road on the edge of a cloud forest at the start of an eight-day, cross-country car trip.

Vega sits high above a valley filled with billowing clouds that shroud the majestic Volcán Arena, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, which daily erupts lava and stones the size of SUVs.

At dusk, golden sunlight illuminated the clouds in a visual masterpiece. It was as if the clouds were filled with a prehistoric light, almost as if a dinosaur might emerge from the flora and fauna, where colorful birds and howler monkeys make their presence known.“

Read the complete article here… 

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Glenn Martin has been an artist for over 25 years now - shown in pen and ink illustrations and oil paintings. His most popular themes: classic cars, surfing and the sea, sports and Southern California hot spots and landmarks.

His complete art history can be read here.

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This time, Simon cooks his hackbraten. Hmmm…

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Surf movies have been around since the late 50s, starting with the overblown Gidget flicks that detailed little about what was really happening in surf culture. It was an interesting series of movies with fake surf shots and pretty boy actors trying to emulate the surfer look. It wasn’t until Bruce Brown’s Endless Summer in 1966 that mainstream America got a real taste of the surfing lifestyle.

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Surfers are maybe the easiest people to buy Christmas gifts for. The best is a giant swell, but this can be hard to achieve. So what? Anything, if it’s surf-related, is a winner.
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Check out these guys…

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