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Pyzel Teaches Koa Smith How to Make a Magic Surfboard Wednesday April 21, 2021 Staff Pyzel makes a good surfboard. You know this because some of the world’s best surfers rely on his sticks to slide around on waves and do things that most surfers can’t fathom. He’s been making John John Florence’s surfboards forever. Also included in the list of people who have the little star logo on their boards are Jack Freestone, Tyler Wright, Koa Rothman, Nathan and Ivan Florence...

Medina uses one massive air to get himself into finals day. Photo: Matt Dunbar/WSL Well, for those of you who didn’t tune into the live broadcast at around 11 p.m. PST last night, day three at the Rip Curl Narrabeen Classic had both the men’s and women’s round of 16, and it was a doozy, with plenty to break down. Upsets happened all over the place, on both sides of the tour, sending the rankings for a spin. Johanne Defay took out Tyler Wright, stopping the two-time world champ and current...

Upsets at Rip Curl Narrabeen Classic Apr 19, 2021 World Champions Tyler Wright (AUS), Italo Ferreira (BRA, above), and John John Florence (HAW) were three of the top names eliminated from the event today as North Narrabeen provided clean, two-to-four foot waves all day. Johanne Defay (FRA) continues to impress on the Australian leg of the 2021 CT, and today it came at the expense of two-time WSL Champion Tyler Wright (AUS). Following her impressive 16.66 combined score (out of a possible 20) ye...

Champion Ferreira knocks out Fanning at World Surf League event in Narrabeen Sunday, 18 April 2021 Mick Fanning survived the elimination round only to be knocked out by Championship Tour leader Italo Ferreira later in the day as favourable conditions led to an abundance of action at the World Surf League (WSL) competition in Narrabeen. Australia Fanning, a three-time Championship Tour winner returning as a wildcard for this leg, eased through the elimination round with more than double the two...

Brazilian, US surfers win opening WSL event in Australia April 10, 2021 GMT NEWCASTLE, Australia (AP) — Defending World Surf League champion Italo Ferreira won an all-Brazilian men’s final Saturday over Gabriel Medina at the Newcastle Cup, the first of four WSL tour events in Australia over the next six weeks as the world’s top competitors prepare for the Tokyo Olympics. The 2019 world champion edged Medina in a tight decider at Merewether Beach to move to the top of the world rankings a...

Injured rookie Morgan Cibilic beats John John Florence with broken foot Surfing by Amanda Lulham Premium Content Subscriber only Morgan Cibilic has been hobbling round the Newcastle Cup site for days, worried he might not be able to surf after fracturing his toe and suffering severe bone bruising in his foot. He need not have worried. Not only was Cibilic able to surf, he claimed the biggest scalp of his fledging world tour career when he shunted world N...

World number one Tyler Wright and Olympic surfer Sally Fitzgibbons crashed out of the Newcastle Cup, when competition resumed today. Earlier, Wright's older brother Owen progressed to the men's round of 32, despite almost missing his heat. by Samantha Poate | NBN News-News, Sport & Weather

April 5, 2021 in Columns, Sports I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t keeping an eye on the Rip Curl Newcastle Cup countdown after three days of standby. On the first day back since the Billabong Pipe Masters and Maui Pro in December and an even longer hiatus since international lockdowns were implemented in March 2020, small waves led to big results.  It is an exciting time in competitive surfing. World champions like Tyler Wright, John John Florence and Gabriel Medina are at the height of th...

 The waves at the Rip Curl Newcastle Cup yesterday left a lot to be desired. You can see how the beach break and mini-rock point at Merewether could get quite good with swell. You can even see how it’d be an excellent place for a contest. But unfortunately, that swell eluded WSL officials yesterday as clean, 2-3-foot surf rolled through in the morning with the afternoon winds getting on it slightly as the day wore on, limiting contestability. Still, the World Surf League soldiered through ...

NWSL / women’s sports Spain talks to NWSL commissioner Lisa Baird about how she had to react to the pandemic on her second day on the job, the success of the Challenge Cup, the league’s relationship with US Soccer and how it’s changed recently, and how she’s trying to grow the league both in terms of audience and franchise expansion. That’s What She Said with Sarah Spain — NWSL Commissioner Lisa Baird | ESPN Mental health within sports is something that is often difficult to talk ab...