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2008
July 18, 2008 SOLID SOUTH SWELL HITS CHILE FOR BIG BUEY CONTEST
July 18, 2008 G-MAC's Latest Hits
July 18, 2008 Surfer Laird Hamilton rides a business wave
July 17, 2008 Slater Does it Again
July 17, 2008 Teen recalls collision that severed arm
July 16, 2008 Invited Surfers Announced For Red Bull Big Wave Africa 2008
July 16, 2008 Jamie Sterling and Troy Alotis “Magnum Mobile Wave Chaser”
July 15, 2008 APT/Chile, Punta de Lobos Tow-In Event Announces Extension of Holding Period and Additional Prize Money
July 14, 2008 Bombs for Tavarua Boatman, Healey, Wassell and Staff Score Gigantic Surf
July 14, 2008 Airline baggage fees are hitting surfers hard
July 10, 2008 Prize money announced for Red Bull Big Wave Africa '08
July 9, 2008 The surfer who kept his cool in the face of a volcano
July 9, 2008 MAJOR DOWNGRADE ON DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM - AMBER ALERT ON ITS WAY DOWN
July 8, 2008 APT/Chile Tow-In Event Update for Tuesday July 8th at Highest Amber Alert Level
July 7, 2008 Chasing big waves with Garrett McNamara and CNN in the News
July 7, 2008 APT/Chile Tow-In Event Update
June 28, 2008 Tim West Mentawai Journal 6-29-08
June 26, 2008 CLEARLY INDO
June 25, 2008 RIVER RUN Jon Rose takes us deep into the Amazon
June 25, 2008 Big fish tows angler far out to sea
June 25, 2008 Malibu Surfers Attack Paparazzo
June 24, 2008 DEL MAR: Surfer in good condition after suspected DUI crash
June 24, 2008 CURRENTLY, NO MAJOR TOW-IN STORM SYSTEMS IN DEVELOPMENT BUT LOTS OF FUN SURF TO BE HAD!
June 23, 2008 Malibu Surfers Attack Paparazzo
June 22, 2008 WHERE IS YOUR NEXT BREATH?
June 19, 2008 Mike Parson's Big Wave Prowess Leads to Surfers' Hall of Fame Honor
June 18, 2008 BIG BOWL OF CHILE
June 18, 2008 Laird Hamilton stands out in an indelible film about life in search of the surf
June 18, 2008 California surfboard makers face harder than usual times
June 12, 2008 X-Ed Out - Surfing pulled from 2008 X Games
June 12, 2008 Greg Long Signs Multi Year Sponsorship Deal with Billabong
June 11, 2008 BOARDBAG BLUES breakdown of boardbag charges by airline
June 8, 2008 Tim West WA Journal June 8
June 5, 2008 Mark Healey's Shark Encounter
June 3, 2008 Slater leaves rivals reeling
June 1, 2008 RIP: Tony Hussain Hinde dies in surf accident in the Malives
June 1, 2008 APT/Chile Tow-In Event will remain in AMBER ALERT until further notice!
May 30, 2008 Garrett McNamara & Keali’i Mamala drop in on Fuel TV
May 30, 2008 APT/Punta de Lobos Tow-In Event Goes to AMBER ALERT
May 28, 2008 A Day on the Road With Tim West in WA May 28th
May 28, 2008 James Hollmer Cross gets the scariest barrel of all time at Shipstern's Bluff
May 28, 2008 Dungeons welcoming home Red Bull's Big Wave Africa
May 27, 2008 BILLABONG XXL GLOBAL BIG WAVE AWARDS AIR ON ESPN2
May 24, 2008 A day on the road with Tim West in West Auz
May 24, 2008 Massive Cape storm ups the bar for O'Neill Raw Courage
May 24, 2008 Second surfer killed by shark off of Mexico's Pacific coast
May 24, 2008 A WEEK IN THE PACIFIC
May 24, 2008 BRUCE IRONS' ASP EXIT PLAN
May 23, 2008 O'Neill Raw Courage Awards
May 20, 2008 Cape Town, South Africa explodes under HUGE swell and sunny skies
May 20, 2008 South Africa Goes XXL
May 19, 2008 34TH AND MADISON: LAIRD HAMILTON DROPS IN ON US!
May 18, 2008 Bruno Santos beats local Manoa Drollet in Billabong Pro Tahiti and claims title
May 14, 2008 Slater's in, Fanning's out as Teahupo'o Returns for 21-heat Marathon Day
May 14, 2008 WATER WISE
May 14, 2008 Manoa's in, Slater's out after battling round three of Billabong Pro Tahiti
May 13, 2008 Laird Hamilton will launch own clothing line 'Wonderwall '
May 13, 2008 Billabong Pro Tahiti Round 1 Finished in 5'-6' Swell
May 12, 2008 Billabong Pro Tahiti Day 5 - Lay Day - 7am Start Tomorrow
May 12, 2008 Ashes of shark victim scattered in sea he loved
May 11, 2008 LATEST INFO - Update on John Wagner Death From Friends & Family
May 9, 2008 Hobie's Chuck Patterson dominates Hennessey's River Race
May 9, 2008 MAYDAY, MAYDAY BALI SEES PERFECT SURF AS INDIAN OCEAN CHURNS TO LIFE
May 8, 2008 Do you have used equipment for sale? Then post your classified here by becoming a towchat member - FREE & NO FEES!
May 7, 2008 Vestal signs 15-year-old surf prodigy John John Florence
May 7, 2008 22,000 dead, 41,000 missing: Donors beg Burma to let them in
May 7, 2008 MEET TEAHUPOO: Tim McKenna Reveals Why Teahupoo Breaks Bones
May 7, 2008 100,000 may have died in cyclone
May 6, 2008 MAY DAY IN MEXICO
May 6, 2008 SOLID ULUWATU / BALI: photos 05/06/08
May 5, 2008 Body of missing surfer found south of Ventura
May 4, 2008 Jamie Sterling the big wave charger and storm chaser
May 3, 2008 Big Waves on the Big Screen in May! McNamara, Mamala, Gerlach + More
May 2, 2008 Feature Photo Gallery of Teahup'o w/ Jeff Flindt
May 2, 2008 OUT THERE Movie Trailer
May 2, 2008 R.I.P. Common Sense
May 1, 2008 Breaking Down Tahiti's Heaviest Left Tube - Teahupo'o
April 30, 2008 Garrett McNamarra talks about his recent Big Wave Teahupo'o Tow-In Session
April 29, 2008 INSANE Video Footage of Teahupo'o Tow Session
April 29, 2008 SURFER KILLED BY SHARK IN MEXICO San Francisco surfer bleeds to death after being bitten near Zihuatanejo
April 28, 2008 TEAHUPOO PAY DAY CONTINUES FOR TRIALISTS IN TAHITI
April 28, 2008 Tim McKenna unveils Teahupoo Super Tow Session
April 27, 2008 Teahupoo Roars To Life For Air Tahiti Nui - Von Zipper Trials
April 27, 2008 O'Neill's Big Wave Raw Courage Paddle Awards Set to Announce Winners
April 27, 2008 Reyes Rising
April 27, 2008 Teahupo'o Delivers
April 27, 2008 BIG Teahupo'o Saturday
April 27, 2008 Board Review - Tyler Smith
April 27, 2008 Teahupo'o Trials to Tow
April 26, 2008 Hunt for California shark that killed swimmer with one bite
April 25, 2008 Swimmer bleeds to death after loosing legs to shark attack in Solana Beach in So. Calif.
April 24, 2008 It's a passion, not a paycheck, that drives big wave charger Greg Long
April 23, 2008 One Winter Story Tells of Sarah Gerhardt’s Rise from Poverty to Surfing Giants
April 22, 2008 INSIDE TEAHUPO'O
April 21, 2008 'Woody' Brown was the 'essential surfer', 96
April 18, 2008 Damien Hobgood out for Billabong Pro Tahiti and on the bubble for the Globe Pro Fiji after breaking his shoulder at Teahupo’o
April 18, 2008 XXL Awards and Future Fins
April 18, 2008 'The Water Patrol' by: Linda Barr, Timothy Rasinski and Eric Akiskalian now sold in - Barnes & Nobel
April 18, 2008 Blast form the past with Chuck Patterson and giant Nelscott beach break 2006
April 17, 2008 Maya Gabeira sweeps her second consecutive win at the billabong XXL Big Wave Awards
April 17, 2008 Local contest provides ultimate test for a boarder
April 16, 2008 Ocean Minded Inc.’s Greg Long Earns Double Win at XXL Awards
April 16, 2008 Damien Hobgood Injured at Teahupoo
April 15, 2008 Holding Period Begins for APT/Punta de Lobos World Cup Tow-In Event
April 15, 2008 XXL Party Pics
April 15, 2008 Opening Day: Teahupo'o
April 15, 2008 DEAN'S QUIET FIGHT Dean Randazzo gears up for another stem cell transplant on April 23rd
April 15, 2008 PUERTO RICAN SURPRISE
April 13, 2008 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards: The Contest Within
April 12, 2008 Mike Parsons and Shane Dorian win big as the winners of the 2008 Billabong XXL Awards are announced
April 12, 2008 BIGGEST XXL EVER Dorian takes ride of the year and Parsons wins biggest wave
April 11, 2008 Gabeira is the super woman of surfing
April 10, 2008 Occy to host Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards night
April 10, 2008 South Africa's Grant Baker up for a Billabong XXL Award
April 10, 2008 Bra Boys Documentary Enjoys a Star-Studded premiere
April 9, 2008 Raimana World
April 9, 2008 YouTube Promo Clip for upcoming APT/Punta De Lobos Tow-In Surfing Event
April 5, 2008 Pichilemu Chile World Cup Tow-In Champs clip hits web
April 5, 2008 South America's longest coastline is holding
April 4, 2008 Watershot highlights of the recent xxl swell that hit Tres Palmas, Puerto Rico
April 3, 2008 Tom Curren Opens Rip Curl Store - 3 Time World Champ Goes into Retail
March 27, 2008 Brian Conley one of the best tube riders of all time-featured on Scratching the SurfAce
March 24, 2008 Puerto Rico goes XXL with the swell of the year
March 22, 2008 GOING BIG Billabong XXL Biggest Wave and Ride of the Year Videos Released
March 21, 2008 Scratching the SurfAce - Hosted by Dusty Skellett Fox 6 News
March 21, 2008 Billabong Nominations Are In!
March 18, 2008 Death Strikes Again at Pipe R.I.P. Joshua Kalai Nakata
March 18, 2008 Spain Goes XXL
March 18, 2008 APT Announces 2008/2009 World Tour Tow-In Season
March 17, 2008 Lance Harriman featured on The Men's Health Life
March 14, 2008 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave season close to closing
March 14, 2008 Spectacular storm strikes Europe - XXL waves recorded
March 14, 2008 California mom searching for missing son, 42, on Big Isle
March 13, 2008 2006 Honda 4 stroke and Zieman Trailer 4 Sale
March 12, 2008 2002 Zieman double trailer w/ box 4 Sale!
March 11, 2008 Surfers rescue drowning woman at Marina beach
March 9, 2008 The APT/WG world tour awards party goes big in Haleiwa
March 8, 2008 APT/WG World Tour Awards Party Goes Big
March 8, 2008 APT Tow-In World Tour Awards Ceremony
March 1, 2008 NEVER BEFORE SURFED: The Story Behind The Shot at Bombora Reef
February 28, 2008 West Coast Goes Off: Part 2 South of the boarder
February 27, 2008 West Coast Goes Off Again
February 26, 2008 FAST & FURIOUS FEB. 24: Hawaiian Style Swell Muscles California
February 26, 2008 SNEAKER SET: MASSIVE WEST COAST SWELL HAS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SURFERS ASKING, "HAS IT EVER BEEN BIGGER?"
February 26, 2008 Mysto Reef Fires Up w/ Cory Lopez, Skindog, Nick Lamb and others
February 25, 2008 Big & Nasty: Gnarliest Swell In Years Charges Into SB Channel!
February 21, 2008 DROP KNEED Mark Healey reveals details on his season-ending wipeout at Pipeline
February 21, 2008 Billabong XXL nabs latest 'oh-my-god' entry from France
February 20, 2008 POST VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE: MAVERICK'S
February 20, 2008 Shark Park Revisited By Local Tow-In Crew and Photographer
February 20, 2008 South African Surfing Awards rock Durban & honor Smith
February 20, 2008 GALLERY: SLABS AT MAVS: Mavericks Explodes For V Day
February 20, 2008 Gerr, Parsons, Sean Collins & Rabbit enter Hall of Fame
February 20, 2008 Winter Wonderland, Part 2 Hawaii
February 19, 2008 Winter Wonderland, Part 1 California
February 19, 2008 Like Father Like Son - Pacifica local Colin Dwyer comes of age on the heaviest paddle-in Maverick’s day of the year
February 19, 2008 Shark Park Revisited
February 15, 2008 Pacific picking up for Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau
February 15, 2008 QuiksilverEdition Ku Ikaika Challenge goes down V-Day
February 15, 2008 Big wave surfer Tyler Fox joining up with Imperial Motion
February 14, 2008 Alfy Cater claims the Oakley/Surfing Life Big Wave Award
February 12, 2008 Irish tow-teams on Billabong XXL radar after huge waves
February 8, 2008 Maui's Maliko boat ramp loses lease - demolition is next
February 8, 2008 South African Surfing Awards by Zigzag hits February 16
February 8, 2008 Pipeline goes off with perfect surf and conditions
February 7, 2008 Pancho Sullivan wins Monster Energy Pipeline Pro again
February 7, 2008 OCEAN & EARTH SIGNS BOBBY MARTINEZ TO LONG-TERM SPONSORSHIP DEAL
February 7, 2008 Trestles saved: Coastal Commission rejects toll project
February 5, 2008 In Between Storms Strong, Quick-Moving North Swell Lights Up California for A Day
February 4, 2008 Mavericks Delivers Yet Another Bombing Swell - Photo Gallery
February 4, 2008 Biggest Wave Ever Caught On Film?
January 31, 2008 OSSIES SURF SHOP TEAM RIDERS PIONEER YET ANOTHER LOCAL NORTHWEST SLAB WAVE
January 30, 2008 DANE WILLIAMS RIP: Hurley Employee Found Dead
January 28, 2008 SUP A Growing Trend That is Taking Hold
January 25, 2008 Long road ahead for Chris Ward
January 23, 2008 XXL CHRISTMAS IN IRELAND
January 23, 2008 The biggest waves in the world roll into Surf World
January 17, 2008 Jamie Sterling Signs with GFH Skateboards
January 17, 2008 SUPER SESSION Shipstern Bluff
January 15, 2008 Big Swells, Tall Waves, Wipeouts and a Perfect Ride
January 15, 2008 Billabong Adventure Division Scores Monster Waves In Tasmania as Shipstern Bluff roars to li
January 15, 2008 Grant Baker wins Green Room award at Mavericks comp
January 14, 2008 Surfer Shea Lopez crowned the Red Bull Tow-at champ wins NEW SEA-DOO
January 14, 2008 Mavericks Surf Contest Photo Gallery
January 14, 2008 Wardo Arrested San Clemente surfer involved in altercation in Mammoth Lakes
January 13, 2008 Greg Long crowned the 2007/08 Mavericks Champion
January 13, 2008 Sharing the Love Greg Long Wins the Mavz event and shares the purse
January 13, 2008 LONGING FOR VICTORY: Greg Long Ascends Mavericks Contest Throne
January 12, 2008 Quiksilver/Eddie on high alert....
January 12, 2008 Surfers soar at Maverick's as fans cheer them on at beach, ballpark
January 11, 2008 Nelscott loses big surfers to bigger events
January 10, 2008 Backdoor Shootout Day 1
January 10, 2008 The Mavericks Contest Green Light has been lit for 1/12/08!
January 9, 2008 Surfers Defy Giant Waves Awakened by Storm
January 8, 2008 World's elite wait on La Nina for Quiksilver Big Wave Inv.
January 8, 2008 EYE OF THE STORM Gerlach, Snips, Greg Long and Twiggy Score Huge at Cortez
January 8, 2008 Biggest Cortes Bank Surf Ever Challenged Spark Excitement for Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards
January 7, 2008 Wet and Wild California Gets Slammed Again
January 7, 2008 GHOST TREE RESURRECTION: Burly Storm Awakens the Ghost
January 7, 2008 Crime-Wary Americans Shun Popular Strip of Mexico Beaches
January 4, 2008 Mavs Mayhem December 4, 2007
January 3, 2008 Big-Wave Chasers
January 2, 2008 Violence in Rosarito Beach keeps O.C. folks home
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