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I didnt expect to score amazing waves in Haiti. I did expect to explore a new place, maybe name a few surf spots, but mostly just experience a new interesting culture. But, when our guide picked us up from the airport and informed us that the swell forecast looked very promising with two swells...

Over the course of the past couple decades, sunglasses have evolved from an accessory of necessity to a stand-alone wardrobe  must-have.  Don’t get me wrong, shades have also evolved in their functionality, to serve as protection for those beautiful little peepers of...

Check out this month's write up in SElf Magazine.....    

I did a tour to all the local surf shops in southern California with Reef. We hit Jacks in Corona Del Mar to start things off then finished up with Hansens in Encinitas. We would go into all the shops to say hello and meet the employee's. We were trying to spread the good vibes from Reef by...

THe WCT lowers contest is coming up in september.  Its one of the only WCT contest there isnt a local wildcard/trails for.  We have been trying to get this going and havent had much success. San Clemente is a hot bed of up and coming talent that should have a chance to surf against the...

Hit UK TV Series - "The Gadget Show" - recently got its hands on a Rip Curl H-Bomb wetsuit to test it out and use it in a wetsuit challenge on air and online. Presenters Gail and Jason decided to test the H-Bomb against the new solar panel Billabong wetsuit - the aim was to find out which...

After agreeing to participate in an exploratory mission to the South coasts of Haiti, everyone I told about the trip warned me not to go. The consensus was that the place was just too dangerous. "Danger is my middle name," I told them. Not really, but I do prefer to take the roads less traveled...

After blitzing Huntington Beach with an electrifying start to the 2009 Rip Curl GromSearch fueled by H20 Overdrive, the G-Search movement is locked and loaded to bring the glory to Kewalo Basin, Oahu for stop #2 this Saturday, July 11. With $1000 prize purse, enough free loot...

I had the best all girls surf camp here in my hometown, Ventura, CA. We had a total of 19 little five to eleven year old girls. They were so darn fun and cute! All of them caught waves, saw dolphins and even a big whale. By the end of the week I was exhausted, but in a good way of course....

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Next Thursday will begin the Billabong Pro J-Bay 09, an event supported by KUSTOM. The Jeffrey's Bay and its renowned waves will be the fifth stop of the ASP World Tour. From the 9th to 19th of July the Billabong Pro will welcome the World's top 45 ranked professional surfers. All surfers...

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Second Street Surf Shop wants to know What's on your mind? We are a Local surfs shop with a famous reputation of hard core traveling surfers who now have a 3dm Board shaping machine capable of replicating any board stand up paddle or rocket fish.Check out our facebook page and become a...

KUSTOM riders Hugo Charbit, James Young, Elke Venken and Freddy Von Osten took part in the Montpellier Fise Event last month. Hugo Charbit was the only French rider who got through to the final. Hugo got 5th place in the Wake board Pro contest. He sent us pics of the event....

Went to the world famous Uluwatu monkey temple in Bali. It is an awesome place to check out the sunset and some monkey's but careful for the monkeys.... If you are wearing or holding anything shiny the will snag it from you, no joke! Cameras and sunglasses were getting ripped off like crazy from...

A few fun pics from my last trip to Maldives. Waves were flat but it was gorgeous anyways!   ENJOY!  

Rip Curl is happy to announce that Dusty Skellett, part of the Rip Curl family, achieved television’s most prestigious honor by earning an Emmy for his weekly surf culture segment Scratching the SURFace.  With new segments airing every Friday morning on San Diego 6 and...

Alex Smith put on a show for the competitors and viewers alike in his Explorer Men final at the NSSA Nationals Final day this Saturday, June 27. Smith laid down massive rail carves and nearly ran away with the heat if it was not for an interference called early in the heat.  He later...

Check out the COLLEGE tab on GO211 to see results, pictures, videos, and stories about the 2009 Alt Games! We are creating a college blog about the alternative sports featured in the Alt Games to keep college aged athletes in the loop about these sports leading up to the 2010 Alt Games. Let...

On Friday, June 19, Rip Curl shut down its Costa Mesa operations, slapped on some rubber gloves, and scoured the shores of Huntington in celebration of International Surfing Day. Over 80 staff members, family and friends convened at the new Rip Curl Huntington Beach store for a quick caffeine...