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Connor Baxter (Starboard) came into the World Series Finals at Turtle Bay relaxed and happy, with all the pressure off having already secured the World Title in the penultimate event of the year in Huntington Beach California.
Deciding not to take part in the long distance, he did step up for the sprints, looking one of the fastest off the starts in every heat. He made it in the final, in the end finishing in 6th place.
Connor has been on the brink of a Title these past few years, just falling short against arch rival Kai Lenny (Naish) in 2012 and 13. However, this year, he was not takling any chances, methodically working his way through the year and securing enough event wins to secure the Title in advance of the Finals. In the end, it was an incredibly close affair, with Kai having two wins and Connor 3, but, Connor did do it in style, closing the door in Huntington Beach and finally able to secure the well deserved Title in 2014
Halie Harrison secures the overall event win in the women series
Halie Harrison shows incredible skill to win the World Series sprints to cap off a great weekend for the Hawaiian born athlete, taking the overall win at the 2014 World Series Finals.
Dominating his way through the World Series Sprints, Halie Harrison was unbeaten on Day 2 at Turtle Bay. Winning her Round one heat the 20 year old wasn’t fazed by some challenging conditions and showed class and maturity to storm to victory amongst some of the worlds best female athletes.
Winning each round comfortably she showed great board control and used her surfing background to cut clear lines out through the surf around the buoys and ride them into the finish line. She demonstrated that she is a world class athlete, as she continues to go from strength to strength proving that she will be a serious force in 2015.
Sotavento once again delivered the goods for the 37th edition of the Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam, as we were treated to some of the best racing on the World Tour over the opening five days in Slalom X, while the Freestyle fleets continued to raise the bar on what is possible on flatwater over two intense days of competition.
Gabriela Bryan (HAW) and Connor O’Leary (JPN) won the Corona Cero Open J-Bay, Stop No. 10 on the World Surf League (WSL) 2025 Championship Tour (CT). It was all-time Supertubes conditions, with solid four-to-six-foot surf in offshore wind, with the world’s best putting on a high-performance show in front of thousands of surf fans lining the (…)
The 2025 iQFOiL World Championship wrapped up in Aarhus with a spectacular Medal Series showdown that saw Emma Wilson (GBR 7) and Andy Brown (GBR 360) rise to the top and secure World Championship titles. In the Women’s fleet, Tamar Steinberg (ISR 216) claimed silver, with Theresa Steinlein (GER 799) completing the podium with bronze. On the (…)
Once again, Gizzeria delivered near-perfect racing conditions, with a steady thermal breeze sweeping in from the Tyrrhenian Sea across the Calabrian coast. It set the stage for a thrilling climax to the 2025 Youth European Championships — a week of high-level competition across multiple age groups, with 11 titles up for grabs.
After four days of adrenalin-filled racing, the event’s top riders arrived at Silvaplana lake hungry for glory in the Medal Series. The wind, however, had different ideas.
All week you could have set your watch on the arrival of the Maloja wind - the local thermal breeze that kicks-in at lunchtime - but not today.
The World Surf League (WSL) TUDOR Nazaré Big Wave Challenge unfolded in challenging 25-35 foot waves at the world-famous Praia do Norte in Nazaré, Portugal. The best big wave surfers had major performances with today’s consistent conditions offering plenty of waves in every heat. The strong offshore wind made it more challenging, with (…)
Bunny McDiarmid est une militante anti nucléaire de Greenpeace Nouvelle Zélande. Elle a été une des premières à élever la voix contre le partenariat entre le groupe nucléaire français Areva et l’équipe du Défi Français pour la Coupe de l’America 2003.
Anticyclones are usually synonymous with nice weather... and nice weather is usually synonymous with a lack of wind... This means that the maxi-catamaran Orange is "on a diet" today and is making steady progress weaving between squalls. As expected, Bruno Peyron and his men are sliding along to the west of the Saint Helena high whose centre is (…)
Qui dit anticyclone, dit beau temps.. Et qui dit beau temps dit souvent manque de vent... Aussi le maxi-catamaran Orange est aujourd’hui " à la diète " et avance en zigzaguant entre les grains. Comme prévu, Bruno Peyron et ses hommes glissent à l’ouest de l’anticyclone de Ste Hélène dont le centre est à moins de 300 milles dans l’est/sud-est. " (…)
As the girls are showing very good racing these days, it is worth looking at some of the crewmembers that make Amer Sports Too go fast and be a real threat to male campaigns that have had ten times the preparation time.
Bunny McDiarmid is a Nuclear Campaigner from Greenpeace NZ. She was one of the first to react to the announcement from the members of the french challenger for the 2003 America’s Cup to be sponsorship by the Areva Group, the french nuclear group.
The maxi-catamaran Orange is continuing to rack up averages of more than 500 miles per 24 hours and is currently sliding along less than 500 miles east of Rio Janeiro (Brazil). Average speeds are hovering around 22 knots over 24 hours and nothing would seem to stop the giant mile gobbling Orange’s rapid descent south. A padeye failed last night (…)
Le maxi-catamaran Orange continue d’afficher des moyennes de plus de 500 milles par 24 heures et glisse actuellement à moins de 500 milles dans l’est de Rio de Janeiro (Brésil). Les vitesses moyennes tutoient les 22 noeuds sur 24 heures et rien ne semble vouloir arrêter la rapide descente vers le sud du géant croqueurs de milles. Un padaille (…)
The weather affect the crews in the tropics not less than in the Southern Ocean. Was it miserable, cold and windy in the Deep South, it is the opposite now : Hot, humid sometimes dead calm. The giant rain clouds are the typical feature of the tropics and they are affecting all the fleet.
Les Jeux Mondiaux de la Voile sont la première épreuve de voile internationale en terme de participation : grâce à la mise à disposition des bateaux et à la possibilité d’accueillir deux sélectionnés par nation et par catégorie, ils concernent un millier d’athlètes, soit environ trois fois plus que les Jeux Olympiques.