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Best of the Web - July/August

Tue, Aug 26, 2008

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Best of the Web - July/August

A quick wrap-up of some of the better surfing content floating around the web in the past 2 months. Contest coverage, new video’s, interviews all the best pics from all over the globe - served up on a plate just for you! Let me know if you think anything was missed….

Blogs, Mags & WCT/WQS coverage -

  • Bruce Irons had a well over-due win at the Rip Curl Pro Bali. For some pics of the celebrations that night take a look here. For a quick wrap-up of the event check out prosurfing.com
  • Surfing Life offered a bit of a behind-the-scenes look at the aftermath of the Bali CT. There’s a bit of footage of Taj surfing hungover and other bits and pieces to check out.
  • Transworld Surf put together a good mix of pics of pro’s and bro’s in Bali as well
  • Dane Reynolds put some classic pics up of his chick and dog on his blog when he returned from Bali
  • Surfer Magazine put up a pretty interesting (and long) profile on the freak himself - Kelly Slater. Have a look at some of the comments readers have left behind - some yanks take it pretty seriously, funny stuff!
  • Billabong have another Freewave event going in the US. You can follow all the action on their website

  • And if you want the very latest WQS report from Al Hunt - click here

Videos -

  • DC’s first surfing movie is currently being finished. Check out the website for the video here and watch the trailers.
  • Rip Curl have a new site containing all their footage from contests to search trips. There’s a lot of content in there so check it out at Ripcurl.tv
  • Check out Shipsterns Bluff doing it’s thing for a few brave aussies at Surfmag.com
  • Chris Malloy has a new movie coming out, see the trailer here
  • Dion Agius also put together a little video of his first session back in the water after injury -


Downloads -

  • Didn’t come across anything worth noting - leave a comment and let me know if you did!

1 Comments For This Post

  1. chris fong Says:

    whats the song for the ry craike part of “best of the web”