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Laura Enever runs for "Fun Fearless Female Awards"
Author: SurferToday.com
Enever was crowned ASP World Junior Champion, in January 2010, at her local beach in North Narrabeen. In April, she won the Billabong Azores Islands Women’s Pro in Portugal, after defeating Courtney Conlogue, from USA, in the final heat.
The Australian surfer has a very strong fanbase all over the world and is considered one of the most valuable talents for the future, in female surfing.
In 2011, she gained a deserved place in the elite surfing world by qualifying into the ASP Women’s World Tour. In the rookie year, Laura Enever wants to show off and prove her consistent surf skills.
"Lauzay" - her nickname - is not a media hype product. She has everything it takes to become a world surfing champion, in the next years. Enever has entered the cast of "Leave a Message", Nike 6.0's new all girls surf movie.
Dale Webster has done it again. The 62-year-old surfer from Valley Ford, California, has enjoyed his 13,000 consecutive surfing day, on April 6, 2011. "The Daily Wavester" has widened his performance in the Guinness Book of World Records and will surely keep the mark for many decades. Having surfed at least three waves per session from September 2, 1975, Webster is the ultimate surf addict. He challenged hurricanes, storms, rain, sharks and choppy waves. When Dale kicked off his challenge,...
Fukushima was one of the best surfing regions in Japan. After the tsunami and the nuclear power plant meltdown, Japanese surfers had to change their habits. From 11th March 2011 on, surfing is banned. Until then, Fukushima was an incredible surf spot. There were stunning right-handers being ridden right in front of the nuclear station, every day, and in many other secret spots around the facility. The Fukushima disaster is considered one of the worst nuclear tragedies of all time....
The kiteboarding community is stoked with the number and quality of the challenges that have been taken by riders from all over the world. Marek Zach, a 31 year-old kitesurfer from the Czech Republic, has completed another outstanding, yet dangerous, high-flying stunt. The wind rider, who also enjoys skateboarding and snowboarding, has jumped off a huge cliff in the Canary Islands, in Spain. Zach decided he could beat the "Murphys Cliff Project". But, before the high risk kite jump from the...
The Hellenic Coast Guard has restricted kiteboarding in the Greek waters and will only be allowed in beaches that have been rented by private persons or companies (clubs) for kitesurf purposes only. The decision is followed by strict rules, procedures and restrictions that have to be followed by the clubs renting kitesurf equipment and caused a deep concern in the local wind riding community. This means, kiteboarding will be considered and declared as an illegal recreation activity in the...
The 2011 Auckland Freestyle Championships were a tremendous sucess. Takapuna greeted all windsurfers with 25-50 knots of NE winds and a decent swell rolling in. Nearly half of the fleet were juniors riders with 18 years old and less. The youngest competitor was Maiya, with only 11 years but a great determination to get to the top, in the next couple of years. The judges decided to run a total of five heats, just after the tide started to run out and the waves got a bit cleaner and nicer....
The inaugural "Red Bull Rockets" will storm Pozo Izquierdo, in Gran Canaria, with hurricane winds and the best riders in the world. The mythical spot that has made history in the world of windsurfing will bring sixteen top national and international riders to a competition in which victory will not be measured by a panel of judges. What determines the rider who gets the biggest jump is a real time 3D trajectory and measurement system. This revolutionary concept, designed by Epicsessions.tv,...
Joe Clarke has conquered the 2011 Brett Young Memorial Trials, at Cronulla Point, and secured a place in the Shark Island Challenge. The trials were held in 4-6 feet waves and offshore winds. Damien Martin (NSW), Nick Ormerod (QLD) and Chase O'Leary (NSW) confirmed the other three tickets to the main IBA World Tour event. Barrels, flips and rolls were seen everywhere during the famous Brett Young Memorial Trials. Joe Clarke showed confidence and played a consistent game, wave after wave.
The 2011 Ocean Current USBA National Championship Tour is ready to kick off. The best bodyboarders in USA will be riding the first waves of the season, between June 3rd and 5th, at the Huntington Beach Pier. The event number one will attract the cream of world bodyboarding and with a good run of south swell heading to California - formed from a low pressure system off of south America - the first two days of competition should be held in amazing surf for the traveling pro athletes. The...