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Billabong Surf Camp Coming To The Sunshine Coast

Burleigh Heads, QLD (Tuesday 18th November 2008):  WITH the Christmas Holidays just around the corner, places are filling fast for the Inaugural Billabong Surf Camp at Caloundra.

For...

BILLABONG XXL GLOBAL BIG WAVE AWARDS WEBSITE LAUNCHES FOR '09 WINTER SEASON

BillabongXXL.com Site Features Shocking Early Season Rides Around the World;
Western Australia, Tasmania, South Africa, Spain and Puerto Rico Lead the Way

NEWPORT BEACH, CA -- (November...

The rise and fall and rise of Mark Occhilupo. The most Anticipated biography drops into bookstores globally this November.

Child Star at 16, Third in the world at 17, Winner of the Pipeline Masters at 19,

Mark Occhilupo looked set to sweep all before him with a radical, spontaneous, irresistible...

Heath Joske Wins Billabong Bells - Coff’s Harbour Surfers dominate Billabong Pro Junior at Bells Beach

Australasia’s top five surfers on the ratings decided for the ASP Billabong World Junior Championships.
 
Saturday October 4th 2008:Heath Joske (Valla Beach/Coffs Harbour Region)...

C.J. Hobgood Beats Joel Parkinson to Win the Billabong Pro Mundaka

MUNDAKA, Basque Country/Spain (Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008) – Former ASP World Champion C.J. Hobgood (USA) defeated Joel Parkinson (AUS) in three-foot (one meter) barreling waves at the Billabong Pro...

Kelly Slater Secures Ninth ASP World Title in Spain

MUNDAKA, Spain (Friday, Oct. 3, 2008) – Kelly Slater, 36, has won a record ninth ASP World Title after advancing out of Round 3 of the Billabong Pro Mundaka – the ninth event of 11 on the...

Mundaka Fires for Day Two

Royden Bryson Gets Barreled Mundaka Does Its Thing for the Billabong Pro

MUNDAKA, Basque Country/Spain (Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008) – Mundaka, one...

Tyler Wright (NSW/Culburra) wins Billabong Pro Junior at Bells Beach and Qualifies for the ASP Billabong World Junior Championships

Final 12 surfers decided at the Billabong Pro Junior Men’s at Bells Beach
 
Thursday October 2nd 2008: Winning is everything and young 14 year old NSW surfer Tyler Wright knows...

Slater One Heat Away from Nine – Round 1 of the Billabong Pro Mundaka a Wrap



+b+MUNDAKA, Basque Country/Spain (Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008)-b- – Kelly Slater (USA) needs to finish ninth or better...

Great waves at Bells Beach for the opening day of the Billabong Pro Junior Series - Final event of the 2008 Australasian Pro Junior Year.

Tuesday September 30, 2008: Bells Beach was at it’s best for the opening day of the Billabong Pro Junior with a solid clean swell to 2m.
Australia’s very best 20 year and under surfers...

Australian Wade Goodall Gunning For Consecutive Crowns At 2008 Billabong Cloud 9 Invitational

(Tuesday 16th September, 2008): AUSTRALIAN surfer Wade Goodall (Caloundra, Qld, Aus) will be gunning for back-to-back Billabong Cloud 9 Invitational crowns when the second annual tournament gets underway...

Sunshine Coast's Chris Friend Wins Billabong North Shore Classic

QCC Showdown Looms At Season Ending Queensland Open
 
(Monday 15th September 2008): SUNSHINE COAST surfing young gun Chris Friend (Twin Waters) has received a timely...

Billabong team riders Tamaroa McComb and Paige Hareb have claimed victory at the Billabong Pro Junior Series event at Port Stephens in NSW over the weekend.

The win for Tamaroa, 16, was his second career Pro Junior title and the silverware is going to look really good next to his 16/U world title trophy, which is above his Quiksilver Pro Trials trophy,...

Australia’s top Pro Junior Surfers charging massive seas at the Billabong Pro Junior Port Stephens NSW

Saturday September 6 2008 – Immediate Release - On a day when all surrounding beaches on the mid north coast of NSW were closed, with raging 50 knot southerly winds and sets in the 8ft (3m) plus...

Billabong Pro Junior Port Stephens kicks off in raging winds at One Mile Point.

Semi Finalists decided in the Pro Junior Women’s
Number one seed Kennedy survives a close opening round heat!


Thursday September 4 2008, For Immediate Release:...

Billabong Surf Camp Set For Debut On The Gold Coast

Burleigh Heads, QLD (Monday 1st September)    With the 2008 September School Holidays just around the corner, places are filling fast for the Inaugural Billabong Surf Camp being held...

SurfAid International Delivers Clean Water to Nias Communities



SurfAid International is delivering clean water to Nias communities - some for the first time - after completing 99 water projects on the island which was devastated by the March 2005 earthquake.

Donavon Launches "Pass It Around"

Billabong freesurfer and world class musical talent Donavon Frankenreiter released his latest studio album "Pass It Around" in Sydney last week.

Fresh from playing to 5000 people...

Young Hawaiian Keanu Asing Wins Billabong Pro Junior Series Canggu, Indonesia/Bali

Sunday August 17, 2008; For Immediate Release: Keanu Asing (Hawaii/Oahu) today won the Billabong Pro Junior Canggu event in Bali Indonesia, defeating Australia’s Ice Periera (Gold Coast/Coolangatta)...

Sebastien Toutant and Jamie Anderson Win Billabong Big Air In New Zealand

Antti Autti Nails Nixon Quarter Pipe Throw Down -

Wanaka, New Zealand (Friday 15th August 2008):  Canadian snowboarder Sebastien Toutant has claimed both the Open Men’s...

Billabong Big Air Day One Postponed-Wes Walsh Win's Panasonic Night Fight

Wanaka, New Zealand (Thursday 14th August 2008): OVER 70 Snowboarders from 12 countries have descended on Snow Park in Wanaka, New Zealand to contest day one of the Billabong Snow Stock.

Early...

Billabong Snow Stock Kicks Off Tomorrow!

Wanaka, NZ (Wednesday 13th August 2008):  THE field is completely full for the open men’s division of the 3-star TTR rated Billabong Big Air, which is part of the Billabong Snow Stock in...

Rio de Janeiro hosts the Billabong Girls Pro 2008

Rio de Janeiro city is about to be the world’s women surfing capital with the upcoming Billabong Girls Pro Rio.  From September 08th to 18th, around 80 riders from several countries will...

Billabong South Africa launches innovative webpage

Billabong South Africa has launched an innovative webpage featuring local and international news, photo and video galleries, athlete profiles and competitions at www.billabong.com/za

Starting...

BILLABONG TO SPONSOR 2009 & 2010 ISA WORLD SURFING GAMES

Billabong USA will sponsor the ISA World Surfing Games scheduled to be held July 31 through August 8, 2009 in Costa Rica where 49 member countries will be invited to compete as national teams.
 

King Kelly rules at Billabong Pro in Jeffreys Bay

Jeffreys Bay (Thursday, July 17, 2008) – Kelly Slater (USA) added yet another chapter to his storied career today, convincingly winning the 2008 Billabong Pro at Jeffreys Bay to lay early claim...

2008 Billabong Pro Champion to be crowned at Jeffreys Bay today

Jeffreys Bay (Thursday, July 16, 2008) – The 2008 Billabong Pro champion will be crowned at Jeffreys Bay today. Classic 1.5 to 2.5 metre waves rolling down the famed Supertubes point in windless...

Yeah Rob Dog!

Robbie Walker wins the 3rd Annual Cattleman’s Rail Jam

Australia’s best snowboarders put on a show for the 500+ spectators who braved the cold temperatures last...

Two South Africans join top seeds in Round 3 of Billabong Pro

JEFFREYS BAY (Friday, July 11, 2008) – Travis Logie and Jordy Smith aced international opponents to join compatriot Royden Bryson and the top seeds in Round 3 of the Billabong Pro on another day...

2008 Billabong Pro Junior Series Indonesia

Defending Champion Madison Williams Knocked Out in Third Round of  Billabong
Pro Junior Series Event at Kuta Reef


(Kuta-Bali, July 11,2008): Billabong Pro Junior...

Epic waves at Jeffreys Bay for opening day of Billabong Pro

JEFFREYS BAY (Thursday, July 10, 2008) – Jeffreys Bay fully justified its reputation as one of the world’s premier high performance surfing destinations today as the aptly named Supertubes...

How to follow the action at the 2008 Billabong Pro in Jeffreys Bay

The 2008 Billabong Pro got underway in pristine 1.5 to two metre waves at the fabled Supertubes in Jeffreys Bay at first light this morning. The fifth of 11 stops on the ASP World Tour presents a wide...

Mark Occhilupo earns wildcard to take on Kelly Slater in Round 1 of Billabong Pro at Jeffreys Bay

JEFFREYS BAY (Thursday, July 10, 2008) – The 2008 Billabong Pro got underway in icy conditions at first light in Jeffreys Bay this morning when contest director Mike Parsons had no hesitation...

National Wakeboard Champion Ronnie Cheung Ho Lung joins Billabong Wakeboard Team

National Wakeboard Champion and Asia Top 5 wakeboard rider Ronnie Cheung Ho Lung is Billabong first sponsored Asian wakeboard rider.  

Ronnie Cheung is one of the fastest rising wakeboarding...

Champions Crowned At Billabong Occy’s Grom Comp



(Wednesday 9th July): COOLANGATTA kid Jack Freestone is on the track to surf stardom after toppling a swag of the nation’s top young guns to bag the blue ribbon 16 and under boy’s...

Wright Rewrites Record Books At Billabong Occy’s Grom Comp

(Tuesday 8th July, 2008): THE future of female surfing in Australia looks in good hands after Culburra sensation Tyler Wright trumped Sunshine Coast’s Naomi Stevic to bag a record fourth Billabong...

Semifinalists Decided On Day Three At Billabong Occy’s Grom Comp

(Monday 7th July, 2008): THE Billabong Occy’s Grom Comp juggernaut continued to roll on today as a stacked field of Australia’s hottest female junior surfers got to work on day three of...

Occy Jets Off To J-Bay While Day Two Action Continues At The 2008 Billabong Occy’s Grom Comp

(Sunday 6th July, 2008): WHILE surfing icon Mark ‘Occy’ Occhilupo jetted off to Jeffrey’s Bay in South Africa today for the next leg of the World Tour, the grommet-fest named after...

Luke Dorrington has won the Red Bull Tow-At Air contest in Israel

Billabong team rider Luke Dorrington has won the Red Bull Tow-At Air contest in Israel.  Dozza was ripping in the tiny conditions, stomping a few mean frontside air rev’s to claim the 4k...

OCCY WENT LARGE IN ITALY

The BILLABONG "Icons Never Die Tour"

An unforgettable event comes to an end.
Occy’s high-speed trip marathon in Italy with the Billabong Bus was an absolute...

BILLABONG WELCOMES GRANGER LARSEN TO THE TEAM

Winning the NSSA Explorer Men’s and Junior Championships  
At Trestles this Week, He Will Enter the WQS and Bring Firepower to the Team


Burleigh Heads, QLD (Wednesday...

Heath Joske Wins the Billabong Pro Junior Series at Keramas, Bali

(Keramas-Bali, June 20, 2008): Last year’s Billabong Pro Junior Series Indonesia winner Heath Joske is poised for a repeat performance this year with his emphatic win today at Keramas Beach in...

Keramas Delivers more perfect 10’s on Day 2 of the Billabong Pro Junior Series Indonesia

(Keramas-Bali, June 19, 2008): Seemingly impossible but true, Keramas stepped it up a notch from the day before and delivered some of its best quality waves yet. In his Round Two heat, Dean Iezzi pulled...

High 9’s and a Perfect 10 to open Billabong Pro Junior Series at Keramas Beach

(Kuta-Bali, June 18,2008): After smashing the competition in his Round One heat with a total score of 19.0,  Dean Iezzi from the Sunshine Coast in Australia again dominated in his Round Two heat...

BILLABONG SIGNS CALIFORNIAN GREG LONG TO THE SURF TEAM

The Humble But Fearless Big Wave Surfer

Irvine, CA:  Billabong has reached into the unique world of surfing to sign big wave charger Greg Long to its global team.  

This...

BILLABONG RE-SIGNS SNOWBOARDER JAMIE ANDERSON

IRVINE, CA--(June 10, 2008)--Billabong is proud to announce a continued sponsorship of pro snowboarding sensation Jamie Anderson with the re-signing of a multi-year contract.
 
In the...

Bro Down With Billabong at Snow Park NZ

If there was ever a reason to bro down at Snow Park in Wanaka this winter, the Billabong Snow Stock is it.

To be held on August 14-15, the Snow Stock is a two-day event combining a Billabong...

Tamaroa McComb Wins Junior World Title in France

Tamaroa McComb is officially the best 16-year-old surfer on earth.  He blew apart the Quiksilver ISA world junior titles in France overnight, defeating fellow Billabong team rider Peterson Crisanto...

BRUNO SANTOS BESTS MANOA DROLLET AT BILLABONG PRO TAHITI

Joel Parkinson Moves into Second Place in Title Race, Andy and Taj Are in Top Seven

Von Zipper Wildcard trialist Bruno Santos (pictured) won the Billabong Pro Tahiti, defeating fellow wildcard...

JAMIE O’BRIEN WINS AIR TAHITI NUI – VON ZIPPER TRIALS

O’Brien To Face Fanning Main Event Rd 1 – Bruno Santos Scores Second Wildcard
 
Teahupoo, Tahiti (Monday 28th April 2008):  HAWAIIAN hot-shot Jamie O’Brien, 24,...

Wakeboard champion Shaun Faccio joins sister Gina on Billabong team

Billabong South Africa welcomes Shaun Faccio, the reigning SA Wakeboard Tour Pro Men’s champion, to the best team of board riders in Africa.
 
Shaun, 21, from Bedfordview in Gauteng...