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Parko has the worst fin chop i've ever seen

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After hearing about Parkos foot injury earlier in the week, i was bummed to hear that Parko was out due to another mid year foot injury and also bummed that i cant watch him flair at J-bay this week in the WCT event.

On a perfect Winters day at Snapper Rocks parko went down on a Super dredgy sand grinder behind the back rocks, and must have got tangled up in his board in the process, coming up to find his foot had been sliced straight throught the muscle, in one of the most gruesome fin slices ive ever seen..

parko fin chop foot
parko fin chop foot

2010 Kustom Airshow Best Entries so far..

Well the Kustom Airshow is back on everyone's lips once again this year, and in the minds of every pro surfer. Surfers can win $50,000 cash with the biggest most innovative aerial thanks to Kustom footwear.. Here is a clip of the best entries so far. Enjoy

Josh Kerr Aerial

Dave Readon-Smith Pleads guilty to Compo Fraud

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Click the link to get the full story..

http://ht.ly/1OQCb

Dave Readon-smith

No Gigantic swell, But Noosa still Delivers!

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Well it turns out that the swell of the century in QLD was once again a talked up hoax, with some swell forecasting sites calling 20 feet at 14 seconds, it had half of Queensland dusting the cobwebs of the rhino chasers and waxing up for the sessions of a lifetime.

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noosa heads

Clint Kimmins Crys wolf about shark attack.. Who cares?

on Friday When Kimmins rocked up at pumping Burleigh at 7am to find the line up littered with a million people, he decided to post on his facebook before paddling out that he just saw someone get his leg ripped off by a bull shark at Burleigh cove. By the afternoon 71 people had commented on it, some people totally wigging out. His next post was "just caught a humpback whale on a hand reel" to see how Gullible people would be this time.

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Cyclone Ului About to turn Queensland Waves Upside down

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Im no Weather forecaster by any means but i do check the swell maps for Sunshine Coast/Gold Coast area about once a week to see whats going to happen with the waves.. This week i knew there was going to be quite a large swell due to the cyclone Ului off the Great Barrier Reef, but i definitely didn't expect to see it as big as its showing.. Its probably the biggest swell i've ever seen for this area on the maps, so i cant wait to see if it delivers.

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cyclone Ului

Chile Earthquake/Tsunami

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On Saturday a severe earthquake and tidal wave shook all of Chile. Chile's Save The Waves' program is located in the coastal area that was hardest hit. The region is now recovering from major tsunami damage as well as severe earthquake destruction. Our friends and colleagues are at the

You can donate funds to https://secure.savethewaves.org/donation

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The Burleigh Breaka pro

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Well done Taj Burrow taking out the Breaka Burleigh Pro on sunday in shoulder height, fun rights on Sunday arvy at the famed point, I'm sure the beer flowed and the cas got a going over Sunday night!

TWS's own Leigh Sedley was in the contest, as well as most of the crew, Micheal Spencer, Luke Cheadle, Mitch Coleborn, the usual suspects, and the only good thing to come of the boys not doing well, was the fact that the stars aligned for a heap of fun Saturday night, A big part of why i wasn't at the final Sunday and opted to watch it from the comfort of Baz's Air con unit in Cooly!

Huge waves wipeout spectators at Mavricks big wave contest check the video clip

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Last week at Mavericks California, the most lucrative big wave surfing contest was held in epic 40 foot waves. With prize money of $150,000 surfers push themselves to the limit paddling into some of the biggest waves ever paddled

South African Chris Bertish beat 23 other surfers and carried home the $50,000 first-place prize. Finishing behind Bertish were: Shane Desmond, Santa Cruz, second place; Anthony Tashnick, Santa Cruz; third place; Dave Wessel, Kailua, Hawaii, fourth; Carlos Burle, Brazil, fifth; and Kenny Collins, Santa Cruz, sixth.

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Queenslands own WQS

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With all the amazing breaks Queensland has to offer, why has it taken so long to have more than one pro event on home turf? Well not anymore.. Starting next week Breaka Milk will host a 4 star World Qualifying Series event (WQS) event at Burleigh Heads on the Gold Coast, and with US$85,000 Up for grabs, the event has attracted some of the biggest names in surfing, including current world champ Mick Fanning and previous world champs Andy Irons and Occy.

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Pro Surfers on Twitter

So it seems these days social networking is the way to go, hundreds of Pro surfers have been caught up on the mix too. Here are a few Pros you can follow and catch there daily antics..

Parko: http://twitter.com/joelparko
Slater: http://twitter.com/kellyslater
Ben Dunn: http://twitter.com/dunny86
Fanning: http://twitter.com/Mick_Fanning
Bobby Martinez: http://twitter.com/Bobby805
Leigh Sedley: http://twitter.com/sedz2
Adam Robbo and Nic Muscroft: http://twitter.com/MOBORUSH
Tim boal: http://twitter.com/tim_boal
Marlon Lipke: http://twitter.com/MarlonLipke

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Has Perry Hatchett been fired??

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Well the thats the rumer floating around the surfing world today. Personally i hope its not true. I have surfed in a hell of alot of events and it has always seemed Perry was the best man for the job. Here is Phil Macca's thoughts on the situation.

The Insider’s Perspective – Phil Macca
Sunday, February 7th, 2010

Perry head judge

Matt Scorringe's fight against Leukemia

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On 21 January 2010 Matt was admitted into the hospital after not feeling well for sometime. He was diagnosed with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia. Commonly called APL, a malignancy of the bone marrow in which there is a deficiency of mature blood cells in the myeloid line of cells and an excess of immature cells called promyelocytes. It accounts for 5-10% of cases of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The peak incidence of APL is in young adults.

matt scorringe

Happy Australia Day lets go mad!

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Ahhh how good it feels to be an Aussie! Im in California right now and im sitting here listening to the triple j hottest 100 drinking tooheys new that i found in some creepy bottlo over here and im eating a few snags in bread.. I miss hanging with the boys on a day like this but im still gonna make the most of it, and jsut be proud that i belong to the best country in the world!! So on behalf of TWS, go mad today because its really worth celebrating what we have!!
Aussie aussie aussie!

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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all our fellow surfers!!

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Tradewindsurf wants to wish everyone a happy and safe christmas, and new year.. hopefully 2010 is as successful as it was for Australian surfers this year. Go mad drink heaps of beer get heaps of girls and most importantly get a few nice summer waves under the belt!

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Parko Loses in round three and hands Fanning world title.

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Joel Parkinson has lost his round three heat to local wildcard Gavin Gillette in epic 6-10 foot conditions at the acclaimed Banzaii Pipeline, leaving Mick Fanning to take his second world title. With Joel Parkinson and Mick Fanning being the only two people that could win the title, Joel had to finish higher than Fanning to have any chance of any taking it out.. For winning the ASP World Title, Fanning has also received an extra $50,000 for winning the Vans world title bonus package.

Fanning world champ

Greg Long wins Eddie Aikau Memorial in Crazy Waimea Bay

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Greg long from San clemente, California has taken out the Eddie Aikau Memorial event held in 30 foot waves at Waimea Bay on the North Shore of Oahu today! In the crazy conditions Greg rode the Largest waves to beat Kelly Slater, Bruce Irons, Sunn Garcia and Romain Navarro from Chile in the Final, scoring the third perfect 100 point wave in the events History

Eddie Aikau

Steph Gilmore takes her 3rd Womans World title

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Steph Gilmore has taken the first of the World titles for the Australians this year yesterday at Sunset beach. This is Stephs 3rd world title and was totally shocked when the announcement was made that she had won after her semi final in the Gidget pro at sunset beach. The event was eventually won by Hawaiian Carissa Moore taking out Sally Fitzgibben, Steph and Alana Blanchard in that order. I got to witness the event first hand being in hawaii, and not normally being a fan of womans surfing, i was shocked to see how amazing all the girls were surfing.

steph gilmore

2010 WCT Qualifiers

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with one event to go, it looks like 7 surfers have officially Qualified for the 2010 Dream tour these guys are
Daniel Ross (AUS)
Patrick Gudauskas (USA)
Jadson Andre (BRA)
Owen Wright (AUS)
Adam Melling (AUS)
Jay Thompson (AUS) and
Nathan Yeomans (USA)

the other 8 spots can be filled by about the next 30 surfers on the WQS ratings which will be decided within about 2 weeks once the Sunset world cup is completed

jay bottle thompson

Joel Centeio Takes out Reef Hawaiian Pro

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In solid 6-8 foot conditions Joel Centeio has hacked and tube riden his way to victory in the Reef Hawaiian Pro taking out last years winner of the Sunset World cup CJ Hobgood, Jay "Bottle" Thompson and Alain Riou. Joel Dominated the great but challenging conditions throughout the whole event and kept the momentum going through the entire final posting a 9.5 ride with a stand up barrel across Haleiwa's infamous Toilet bowl. Joel now leads the Vans Triple Crown standings leading into the next event at sunset beach

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Mick Or Joel?

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How good is this? Forgive me if i'm wrong but it's looking like we are going to have an Aussie world champ again this year, and it's going to be Either Mick Fanning or Joel Parkinson.

Modern Collective Premier Tour dates

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here are the Dates for the premiers of Modern Collective! get amongst it!!

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Modern Collective Countdown!

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The countdown is almost over for the most anticipated new age surf flick of the decade! The movie modern collective has been talked up all over the globe and after seeing the 20 minute sneak peek it has every right. Starring Dusty Payne, Jordy Smith, Dane Reynolds, Dion Agius, Yadin Nichol and Tradewindsurf team rider Mitch coleborn. These guys are shaping the future of the sport! Full of crazy new moves, some don't even have a name yet! Jordy's busting backhand supermans and flips that are just out of hand!

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Mitch coleborn layback

Absolut Vokda boards made by Emery Surfboards

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check out emerys latest creation for Absolut Vodka, its the perfect Marketing tool for them this summer in the pubs and clubs..

6'1 Genuine Al Merrick for sale Surfed once

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Surfed once
This board is 6'1 x 18 5/8 x 2 5/8
Slightly thicker for smaller waves, its his flyer model built for pretty average waves in california. Would work perfect for the beachies around Queensland

if interested call Leigh Sedley on 0421 191 643 the board is $400

Al merrick Leigh sedley

Adriano DeSouza takes his first win in a WCT event taking out Davo in the final

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Adriano DeSouza took out Chris "Davo" Davidson to claim his maiden WCT victory in Mundaka Spain, Leaving him in 4th place overall on the ratings with two events remaining.. Held in pretty average conditions the final consisted of 24 heats in a marathon day of competition, after the event was held off for seven days straight due to lack of quality waves. It's normally the case though for the Mundaka Event. This was also Davo's first appearance in a final of a WCT and has boosted him into 20th position, well inside the qualification cutoff for 2010

Adriano DeSouza WCT

Fanning takes over Parkos lead in world title race

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After a third 17th placing in a row for Joel Parkinson, Mick fanning has moved 44 points ahead of Parko on the ratings. Tour rookie Drew Courtney cause the upset this morning, right before Fanning took out South African Davey Weare to move into the third round. Joel started the year off with 3 1st placings and a 3rd giving him a substantial lead over his peers, but since the hurley pro at trestles parko hasnt made it past the 17th round leaving his close mate and fellow rival Fanning to take out the last two events and being right on his tail.

Mick fanning layback snap

The Introduction

Here we are, after months of preparation our new website is finally up and running, it was a mad scramble to, with word that we were getting a little mention in the Sunny Coast surf mag, we were stretched to the limit to get things live, so with the deadline Sunday night, we made a mad dash all day Sunday, to get everything to a level at which we could flick the switch, so to speak!

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Famous Wax

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Ironing out the creases has been what this whole operation with TWS revamping has been all about, and part of that was getting some cutting edge brands to work with and break new ground with!

That's why i'm happy to announce that you will be able to buy all the sexy accessories that Famous Wax in Australia has to offer, all at a good price, all with free postage in Australia, Famous Wax is a killer brand that is doing all the right things by it's customers and surf stores alike, and being a part of this is something that we couldn't pass up.