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Its probably the best surf break in the United Arab Emirates and shares its name with the iconic North Shore of Oahu spot. Sunset Beach is Dubais premier wave.

World surfing tour elite head to Australia to face COVID-19 quarantine before WSL events TueTuesday 2 updated WedWednesday 3 Surfings biggest names arrive in Australia next week under strict pandemic protocols. ( Print text only Cancel In a massive logistical feat, surfers from across the world are heading to Australia to face a two-week COVID-19 lockdown ahead of the world surfing tour, which is due to start on April 1. Key points: 108 surfers, support staff and World Surf League officials wil...

Champion surfers — not exactly the indoors types — will need creative training ideas when they arrive to face a two-week hotel lockdown ahead of the first world surfing tour event.

Chapter 2: "Best Trip Ever To Worst Possible Situation", The Moment Everything Changed In Morocco Share Updated: Monday, March 15, 2021 2019 was a career-defining year for Billy Kemper, with back to back trips to Tahiti and Indonesia, a big-wave win at Puerto Escondido, an outstanding performance in the Vans Triple Crown, a dominating win at the Pipe Trials and a fourth Big Wave event win at Jaws, Kemper was riding an incredible wave of momentum. The upward trajectory contin...

Erik Logan gives us the rundown. Photo: Erik Logan What a wild year it’s been. Everyone on Earth has been impacted, not the least of which professional sports leagues. The World Surf League has certainly felt the full brunt of the pandemic. When Erik Logan took over a year ago, the WSL was on a high – Italo Ferreira had just won a world title at Pipe on the last heat of the year. Carissa Moore had won her fourth crown. Things were definitely looking up. Then 2020 happened. A pandemic never ...

We will not see competition on these waves this year. Photo: WSL The World Surf League continues to deal with every curve ball the pandemic throws at it. This time the League was forced to cancel the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, one of the tour’s most historic events, after an agreement on quarantine could not be reached with the local Victorian Government. The WSL had just announced earlier in the week that the Newcastle Pro had been officially added to the tour. Dropping Bells means there are ...

A glimpse of what’s on offer in Newcastle. Photo: Jake White/WSL After losing the Sunset Open and the Santa Cruz Pro (postponed) to the pandemic, the World Surf League announced yesterday that it had added a fourth stop to the Australian leg of the CT. The Newcastle Pro will open up the tour down under on April 1, according to the League. The WSL also announced it had received permission from the New South Wales government to charter a flight for its athletes, where it would then quarantine i...

The league also deciding to postpone the CT Santa Cruz Pro, which had been scheduled for February 2 - 12. The WSL issued a statement saying the decision to postpone the last planned event of the US leg of the tour was based primarily on the surge of COVID-19 cases in California. "The postponement is also heavily influenced by the length of time our athletes have been away from home," the WSL said. "And by the complexities of global travel during this pandemic, which would have caused signif...

From USA TODAY Network and wire reports Alabama Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama is requiring that students who will live on campus for the spring 2021 semester must be tested for coronavirus, officials said. The tests must happen within seven days of their arrival, no later than Jan. 19. The spring semester will begin Jan. 13. The university will offer free testing, or students can choose to get tested before returning to Tuscaloosa. Test results are expected to be provided within 24 hour...

Drive-in lawmaking, masked Mardi Gras, virtual farm show: News from around our 50 states From USA TODAY Network and wire reports, USA TODAY Alabama Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama is requiring that students who will live on campus for the spring 2021 semester must be tested for coronavirus, officials said. The tests must happen within seven days of their arrival, no later than Jan. 19. The spring semester will begin Jan. 13. The university will offer free testing, or stude...