When Hawaiian pro surfer Moana Jones Wong paddles for a wave at famed break Banzai Pipeline on Oahu’s North Shore, her heart races. At the takeoff point, the wave pitches up steeply, anywhere from six ...
It’s a tale of two brands. In October 2018, the Reef brand was sold by VF Corp. to private equity firm Charlesbank Capital Partners LLC after sales stagnated. At the time of the deal, FN reported that ...
Shipstern Bluff barrels, Puerto Escondido tubes and paddling Nazaré’s notorious right. These were the moments that earned Laura Enever, Katie McConnell and Bianca Valenti nominations for the 2024 ...
After 11 events, the 2025 World Surf League Championship Tour has one last stop. It’s a good one: Cloudbreak, Fiji, will host the WSL Finals. The fifth and last iteration of the WSL Finals gets one of ...
Big waves, bigger performances. Now in its fourth iteration, this winter the Red Bull Magnitude, a specialty big-wave event, got underway with 24 of the top female big-wave surfers on the planet. With ...
19-year old Hawaiian hottie and WCT pro surfer Alana Blanchard Joins The Reef Surf Team and TransWorld SURF can’t wait to see more of her and her signature bikini. (Carlsbad, CA)– January 6th, 2010 – ...
This has been a banner year for female big wave surfers. Flooded with entries, The Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards -- sort of the Oscars of big wave surfing -- created a big wave category for ...