In a shocking development from Great Brittain, newly named English Surfing Federation women’s champion Hannah Harding, 25, has signed with a modeling agency, according to a story in the Daily Mail.
And now the 5′ 6″ sports star is looking to make a splash in the fashion world after signing a modelling contract with Prime Model Agency. . . By chance, a photographer who did a fashion shoot with her in the past called to ask if she was available, only to discover she had become a pro-surfer. Photographer Mike Alsford told This is Cornwall: ‘She has always been interested in modelling and is quite good at that too.’
Wait, a pro surfer who is also good at modeling? Amazing.
Who knew the “world’s best wave pool” was in the middle of a Middle Eastern desert? Apparently, Globe knew and they shared it with Dion Agius (or was it vise versa?):
A few weeks back, Dion Agius and crew embarked on a journey to the Middle East. A journey for waves. A journey that would bring Dion to unleash on the world’s best man made wave. A studio for surfing. Smack in the middle of a desert mountain range in a foreign land.
There was a concept. A concept involving 10 Russian models, a Lamborghini, and Dion boosting virtually every air in the book, plus a couple new ones. Electric blue water contrasting against wild mountainous backdrops.
Santa Cruz big wave surfer Jeff Spencer, 49, was found dead “near West Cliff Drive” in Santa Cruz, California on Sunday, June 10, 2012, according to a s tory in the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
An off-duty San Jose firefighter came upon Spencer near a fence at David Way about 6:10 a.m., and it was unclear how long Spencer had been dead. A coroner’s autopsy will determine the cause of death later this week. . . Spencer was part of a powerhouse group of Santa Cruz surfers in the 80s that included Richard Schmidt, Vince Collier and Anthony Ruffo. Melissa Kreger, his common law wife of nearly 20 years, called Spencer her soul mate.
Spencer’s cause of death has not been officially released. Like other Santa Cruz surfers of his generation Spencer’s life was “consumed by drug and alcohol abuse,” according to the story. Our thoughts are with Spencer’s family and especially Melissa Kreger.
It was a battle of wisdom vs. youth in the finals of the Volcom Fiji Pro as 40-year-old Kelly Slater faced off against 19-year-old Gabriel Medina in perfect four-to-six foot Cloudbreak. Slater did the usual–he got in early with an 8.33 and a 9.83 and knocked Medina back on his feet and made the Brazilian fight for it. But there just wasn’t time.
“It’s about time I got him,” Slater said. “He had my number in the back half of last year and he’ll probably go on to beat everyone for the next 20 years. He can do it all and I think he proved that to a lot of people this week at Restaurants and out here at Cloudbreak.”
With this win Slater moves into second place in the ASP World Rankings behind Mick Fanning and appears to be well on his way to number 12. Follow the jump for the official word. [click to continue…]
The Florence Brothers (2 John, Nathan, and Ivan) and Nyjah Huston have joined the Stance socks program.
“We’re humbled and proud that these guys have decided to be a part of our family. John John and Nyjah seemingly mirror each other in their young competition dominance and credibility as well rounded individuals that truly love what they do.” stated VP of Marketing, Ryan Kingman.
Foot covers are good. Follow the jump for the official word. [click to continue…]
After waiting out lightning and high winds the Volcom Fiji Pro finally got to finish off the last two heats of Round 2 with Bede Durbidge edging Adam Melling and Kai Otton rolling past Raoni Monteiro in 10 – 12 foot Cloudbreak surf.
“Those were the biggest most perfect waves I’ve ever surfed,” Durbidge said. “It was pretty nerve-wracking being first up. We were on and then off and then on again. You have to be prepared to go. I think everyone on tour is more than capable of handling Cloudbreak as big as it gets, we just have to pick our window with the wind. Mello (Adam Melling) was charging out there too so tough luck to him but I’m pumped to get some bombs and get through to Round 3.”
Round 3 could begin today with Taj Burrow and Durbidge kicking things off. Follow the jump for the official word. [click to continue…]
The CEO position at Nike’s surf brand Hurley has been in seemingly constant rotation since the the footwear giant bought the Costa Mesa, California based company in February of 2002.
For those keeping track, Hurley has now had four CEOs in the past 16 months. Here’s how it has all gone down: Bob Hurley was CEO until October 2007 when he was replaced by Nike insider Roger Wyett. Wyett then handed the position off to former Dockers President Jim Calhoun in April of 2011 only to move the man over to Converse a month later. Wyett served as interim CEO until September 2011 when former VF Corp. veteran Michael Egeck was hired for the CEO position. Egeck lasted approximately eight months before exiting. Now, Hurley is back to where it started with CEOs.
Three things come to mind. One, from our perspective there is no one better equipped to guide the direction of Hurley than Bob. Two, it must be hell trying to be CEO of the Hurley brand in Bob’s shadow, especially for the kind of business jocks who love being the boss. And finally three, how long will Nike continue to juggle CEO’s before they just drop the whole thing? Guess we’ll all know soon enough.
Ryan Stutt and the die-hard print magazine enthusiasts behind the Canadian skate and snow magazines King Shit and King Snow are diving into the travel magazine world with a new titled called Later. Here’s their elevator pitch:
LATER. speaks to an audience of people who travel regularly to do what they love—be it surfing, skating, snowboarding or just getting weird in a foreign land. It features content from all over the globe and from a hugely diverse group of contributors —from pro surfers, skateboarders and snowboarders, to random people who just had a funny story from the road. . . “When all is said and done, you’ll never remember that week you worked overtime and went to sleep early, but passing out on a Mexican beach, getting robbed and scoring the best waves of your life are memories that will last forever,” said Editor Andrew Sayer.
From the looks of King Shit and King Snow, Later will be a lush, quality papered, fifth-color-and-varnish magazine that will go great on the coffee table, and with Keith Malloy man-handling a squid on the first cover Later promises to be “authentically hip.” Follow the jump for the official word. [click to continue…]
This is part one of a four-part Dragon’s new webisode series called Frame Of Mind: The B-Sides of Life. In this one show pony Mick Fanning pines on about how great it is to go free surfing away from the ASP tour circus. Fancy that. . . a guy who just wants a little time off from his job surfing the best waves on the planet. [click to continue…]
Quiksilver certainly is attempting to downplay some of their previous over-the-top luxury helis-and-yachts surf films with No Agenda. Here’s what they’re saying about the film:
No Agenda is not about selling boardshorts. It’s not about the latest marketing advertisements and campaigns. It’s not about champagne, leather couches and expensive boat trips. It’s all about beach traffic, bottom turns, sun burns, cold beer, ding repair, dirty wax, flat spells, f#!king kooks, getting burned, local legends, lost luggage, magic boards, nut rash, lofty punts, onshore wind, perfect barrels, sandy hair and sharing waves. It’s good, it’s bad, it’s surfing. This movie has No Agenda.
Well, except for that whole “promoting the brand” thing, of course. But then again, it looks good. Click the link for film tour dates beginning June 15, 2012 in Miami.
In a shocking development from Great Brittain, newly named English Surfing Federation women’s champion Hannah Harding, 25, has signed with a modeling agency, according to a story in the Daily Mail.
