Recent Surf News
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Stay Calm and Breathe On: Oakley Surfers Go Through Breathing Survival Course
Nearly every surfer has experienced the sensation: pinned to the ocean bottom, trying to swim for the surface, desperate for a few quick gasps of air to avoid what might happen if they don’t. Water swirling; surroundings dark; up is down, down becomes up. It’s a scary moment and therefore, a tough time to stay composed – even the pros say so. According to Kirk Krack, who teaches a surf survival course around breath holding, composure is key.
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Oakley Helps Return Surfing to Summer X Games With "Real Surf" Video Contest
Surfing is back in the X Games (kind of). This year, beginning in Brazil, the X Games audience will get to see the best airs and barrels, hacks and power turns from the likes of Jordy Smith, Gabriel Medina, 11-time world champ Kelly Slater and five other big name surfers, as they contest for an X Games Gold Medal. The twist: the action will be packed into 90-second video clips and part of the inaugural “Real Surf” presented by Oakley contest.
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Comeback Kid: 18-Year-Old Tyler Wright Wins the Roxy Pro Gold Coast
The clock was ticking down on the Final of the Roxy Pro on the Gold Coast and she was up against the reigning runner-up on the elite ASP Women’s World Championship Tour – and yet, Tyler Wright didn’t flinch. In fact, she sat out in the lineup singing, seemingly unfazed even though the very early ratings lead and $15,000 were on the line. A wave came, Wright put her powerful style of surfing to practice, and a 9.2 resulted – and with that score, the win. “I don’t even know what to say right now,” said Wright, after being carried from the water to the podium. “I wasn’t even thinking out there. I was singing to myself and when I came in, my sister said ‘I was singing right along with you’. That little wave came in and hugged the bank and I just left it all on the wave. To get the score and the win like that, it’s incredible.”
Sebastian Zietz
Kilauea, Hawaii - "We got an ice cream truck!"
Bruce Irons
Hanalei, Kauai – "...and still holding it down there."
Julian Wilson
Coolum Beach, QLD. "My parents lived in the same house for nearly 40 years; I only just kinda moved out."
Jordy Smith
Durban, South Africa
Adam Melling
Lennox Head, NSW
Kolohe Andino
San Clemente, California – "The old school, new school town."
Gabriel Medina
Maresias, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Tom Whitaker
Sydney, Australia
Erica Hosseini
Newport Beach, California – "Enough said! Everyone whose been ... stays! :)"
Sage Erickson
Ojai/Ventura, California – "It's 25 minutes inland away from the ocean. Country music is a necessity! I now live in Ventura on the water."
Tyler Wright
Lennox Head, NSW, Australia
Eric Geiselman
New Smyrna Beach, Florida - "Where the beach meets the streets."
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