Save the Orangutan from deadly Palm Oil

Palm oil is used in many of the products we love but comes at a deadly cost to the magnificent creature otherwise known as the ‘red ape’.

The planet’s remaining orangutans desperately need our help - now more than ever!

Time is running out fast for these complex and highly...

Billabong Pro Tahiti 2010 - Heats Results

Billabong ProTahiti 2010

Day 3

Round 3 is finished!

Mick Fanning, Andy Irons, Damien Hobgood and Patrick Gudauskas won the last heats of the round 3 and made through to the next round. Event is off for today. We are now on day 10 of 12 of the waiting period.

Round 4 is on the way...

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Desert Point – One of the best waves on the planet

Desert Point - Lombok - Indonesia

Desert Point can offer barrel rides of up to 15 seconds. It is a fast wave with growing end section that can devour even the most experienced surfer.

It needs a huge swell to fire up and even under those conditions, Desert Point can be unstable w...

Interview - Flávio Biehl talks about Skateboarding

Skateboard Down Under - Brazilian Style

We had an ivestigative conversation with the Pro Skateboarder Flávio Biehl from Brazil who is now living in Byron Bay - Australia. He is also the new Shot Spot Photographer.

Read the Interview and check out his photo gallery !

Billabong Pro J-Bay 2010 - Heats Results

Congratulation Jordy Smith!!!

South African Jordy Smith wins the final heat of the Billabong Pro J-Bay 2010 against the tour rookie Adam Melling, scoring 9.03 and a 8.90 with a heat total score of 17. 93. Jordy Smith has now taken the lead on the ASP WT Ranking, followed by Taj B...

Common Surfer on the North Shore

This year I had the opportunity to make another one of my dreams become true and I also believe this is the dream of many surfers around the world, to surf the waves of Hawaii.
It all started when I was in Indonesia last year, after suffering a serious surfing accident at Padan...

Mid-Week Free Surf in Lennox Head - Australia

It was an early morning on the 09th of June, 2010 and at 6:30am my mobile rings. What the F...? Who's calling me this early? It is Douglas Cominski saying he and a couple of mates were 5 minutes from my place and about to swing by and pick me up for a surf because the swell look...