Maurice Cole – Biography

May 3, 2013

Maurice Cole – Biography Turning negatives into positives is Australian surfboard shaper Maurice Cole’s strategy for life, and he has employed that approach to solidify a place among the pantheon of shaping dignitaries who craft boards not just for surfers… but for the world’s greatest surfers. Tom Carroll, Mark Ochilupo, and Kelly Slater make up [...]

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George Downing – Biography

March 7, 2013

In his interview here at World Champions of Surfing, Fred Hemmings gushed about his most magical surfboard: “I was looking for the basic elements that make great surfboards. What are the greatest boards ever? …For me it was Blue Max. It did what I feel strongly a good board should do: be dependable in all [...]

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Joel Parkinson – Biography

January 8, 2013

ASP judges are told in no uncertain terms that style cannot count in any objective assessment of surfing. The argument is that style is a subjective concept that cannot be defined numerically. However, if style in surfing can be defined as control, speed, and poise in difficult situations, then Australian Joel “Parko” Parkinson should have [...]

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Colin McPhillips – Biography

November 27, 2012

Surfing doesn’t really change that much. After all the talk of revolutions and new schools of performance, it’s still just rider, board, and wave. But as time and technology march on, the sport continues to splinter into more and more new sub-genres. Among them, shortboarding has been the traditional cash cow in the boarding market [...]

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Taylor Jensen – Biography

November 27, 2012

Those who are opposed to the progressive school of longboarding must have never seen Taylor Jensen plow into a roundhouse or blow his tail out the back of a lip. Images of the progressive stereotype are populated by flicky little dudes spasmodically hopping and tapping their super lights across the face of a gutless little [...]

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Carissa Moore – Biography

October 9, 2012

Carissa Moore rode her first wave at 4 years old, pushed by her father into one of those perfect little peelers the south shore of Oahu is famous for. Barely a toddler, she stood steadfast in a straight line toward the iconic mountains and concrete of Honolulu where she was born and raised. But in [...]

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Sofia Mulanovich – Biography

October 9, 2012

Sofia Mulanovich made surfing history. And while sports analysts usually have to spin statistics and results in an effort to make them more exciting, in this case, there is no denying Mulanovich’s record breaking feat. Neither man nor woman, no Peruvian nor South American for that matter, has ever made it to surfing’s pinnacle. Never, [...]

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Josh Constable – Biography

September 10, 2012

Josh Constable surfs like a man. No feminine flourish. No fancy pomp to make him seem something he’s not. He’s a regular foot regular guy who surfs naturally. With a hint of Nat Young, he’s a big dude whose surfing looks smooth and effortless in quality waves but forceful and pragmatic in junky contest surf. [...]

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Chelsea Georgeson (Hedges) – Biography

September 5, 2012

Chelsea Georgeson proved herself insanely efficient. As a grom, she dreamed she would one day be a world champion surfer. So like a type-A parent crosses off the day’s appointments on some flow chart to-do list scribbled on a yellow notepad, the smooth and powerful goofy footer set to task checking boxes and kicking asses [...]

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Glenn Minami – Biography

September 5, 2012

Dane Kealoha, Shaun Tomson,  Cheyne Horan,  Johnny Boy Gomes, and Sunny Garcia are just some of the riders who have sought Hawaiian surfboard shaper Glenn Minami’s magic touch. These are world champions, icons, and true power surfers who have demanded the best from Minami’s shapes for decades. And he has yet to disappoint. However, it [...]

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