Author: Billy Wilson

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Gabriel Medina Is The 2018 World Champion And Pipe Master

Earlier today, en route to his first Pipe Masters victory, Gabriel Medina beat Jordy Smith in the semi-finals to clinch his second world title. In the final he met his main world-title rival, Julian Wilson, whom he defeated 18.34 to…

By Billy Wilson

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Why You Need An Asymmetrical Surfboard In Your Quiver

It’s been said that the universe was born from spontaneous symmetry breaking. “Only some living things have the pleasure of a sex, whereas everything in the world, whether animate or inanimate, is provided with a direction,” writes the French philosopher…

By Billy Wilson

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The Problem With Ocean Plastic, And What You Can Do About It

It’s unlikely you need us to tell you about the manifest evil of single-use plastics. Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the last eighteen months – one of the few remaining caves not littered with plastic – you’ve…

By Billy Wilson

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Stephanie Gilmore Wins World Title No. 7

Catholic or Protestant, Sunni or Shiite, Brexiteer or Remoaner, there is one thing that surely we can all agree on, and that is the loveliness of Stephanie Gilmore. The way she surfs, the way she carries herself, the way she…

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‘Too Dangerous’: Jaws Challenge Called Off Amid Divine Carnage

Only four heats of the Jaws Challenge were held yesterday, and a total of four waves completed, by my count. Nevertheless it was one of the more compelling and momentous days in the history of competitive surfing. A champion was…

By Billy Wilson