10–time ASP World Champion and surfing legend Kelly Slater (USA) made a highly anticipated return to the south-west corner of Australia, pulling on a contest jersey at the Telstra Drug Aware Pro at Margaret River for the first time since 1993.

Garrett Parkes (Byron Bay, NSW, Australia) 17, secured the first ASP Pro Junior victory of his career taking down former World Junior Champion Dean Bowen (South Coast, NSW, Australia) in the final of the ASP 5 Star TNS Rangiroa Pro Junior in French Polynesia today.

Zoltan Torkos is not satisfied with just being the first person to ever land a kickflip on a surfboard. No, no, no. He's bringing a whole boatload of skate tricks out into the water, and it seems next up is the Darkslide. He's close, and he'll probably ride one out eventually...

Developed specifically for kids 14-years-old and younger, the groms learn all of the ins and outs of contest strategy, as well as learning good sportsmanship and how to keep it all fun. "I've always felt that the best surfer in the water was the one having the most fun." And when it comes to learning contest strategy while having fun, they are learning from one of the best.

Pronounced 'Year Zero', Globe's forthcoming film is a post-apocalyptic vibe that will reset the surf movie standards with color tweaks, rich film quality, and of course incredible surfing footage from the likes of Taj Burrow, the Hobgoods, Dion Aigus, Nate Tyler, and Yadin Nicol.

The 19th annual NSSA East Coast Championships presented by Nike 6.0 is set to kick off April 7-10 at New Smyrna Beach. Over 350 participants from the NSSA’s four east coast conferences (Northeast, Mid Atlantic, Southeast/North and Southeast) are looking to earn prestigious Regional titles while qualifying for slots to the 2011 NSSA National Championships in California this summer.

Come meet and hear Nat unveil the tale of that legendary contest and view the board, Sam, that literally made surfing history that fateful day. Friday, April 8 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Meet and greet at 6 p.m.; Presentation at 6:30 p.m. followed by booksigning at California Surf Museum, 312 Pier View Way, Oceanside, CA.

Surf For Japan At Perfect Day Surf Camp In Santa Monica And Redondo Beach To Help Children Of Japan

Defending Event Champion Chelsea Hedges Survives Close Call while Owen Wright Falls at Telstra Drug Aware Pro.

Chas Guldemond Wins Snow Stage Of 2011 Ultimate Boarder Event

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is pleased to announce that Wahoo’s Fish Taco will be the title sponsor of the fourth Annual Pipeline to a Cure gala on Saturday, August 6, 2011, at the Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort and Spa.

Created by surfers for surfers, SwarmOn Inc. today opened SwarmOn Surf (swarmon.com), offering deep discounts on surf-related gear, trips and products. SwarmOn Surf brings the Internet phenomenon of social buying to the surf industry for the first time. The site’s debut deal features 50 percent off “on-demand” surf movies from TheSurfNetwork.com—the largest and most extensive collection of premium surf video content on the Internet. Upcoming deals include 40 to 90 percent off surfboards, surf camps around the world, clothing, board bags and more.

Congratulations to pro surfer Kelly Slater for winning DC’s Destructive Creatures Contest. The contest recognized the “Most Destructive” moves from the Quiksilver Pro 2011 Gold Coast.

The last time Slater competed at this event was way back in 1993 as a 21 year old one time ASP World Champion and the memories from that event were not so sweet.

Nick Rupp (Ocean Isle Beach, NC), 18, has won the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) 1-Star DNA Energy Pro Junior over fellow finalists Noah Schweizer (New Smyrna Beach, FL), 15, Evan Geiselman (New Smyrna Beach, FL), 17, and Californian Luke Davis (Capistrano Beach, CA), 18, in a hard fought final in one-to-two foot (.5 metre) surf at New Smyrna Beach Inlet, Florida.