It’s with big smiles and open arms that Nike 6.0 welcomes one of surfing’s most exciting young talents, Malia Manuel, to the crew. This past summer, at just fourteen years of age, Malia became the youngest person ever to win the prestigious US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, CA. On her way to the [...]
Well, it looks like you just can’t keep a good grom down. You can try, and many surfers did, but there’s no point when grom extraordinaires like Nat Young and Koa Smith are feeling it. And, this past weekend at the Rip Curl GromSearch national finals, Nat and Koa were indeed feeling it.
This shouldn’t come [...]
Yep, you read that right. Nat Young and Dusty Payne have been named to Surfline’s prestigious “20 Under 20″–the top 20 surfers under the age of 20 worldwide (as of January 1, 2008). According to the post on Surfline.com, “Payne dazzled at the U.S. Open in Huntington Beach, belying any rumblings that the kid from [...]
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Nat Young delivered some serious backside dominance all contest long to take home the title at the ASP WQS 4-Star O’Neill Cold Water Classic. The Steamer Lane local, took full advantage of his wave knowledge to hold off pressure from Chris Waring (Seal Beach, CA), 21, Granger Larsen (Lahaina, HI), 18 [...]
One month after Riley tucked into a tube to grab the cover of Surfshot, Nat follows it up with a cover of his own. In this month’s edition, Nat defies tunnel vision to focus on boosting a backside air. The shot is given an artistic interpretation by the editors, as they turned it 90 degrees [...]
Hawaiian hot shot Dusty Payne barreled his way to victory in the Oakley Pro Junior Global Challenge to claim the world’s biggest ever pay-day for a pro junior event in Bali, Indonesia on Tuesday.
“It’s the best contest I’ve ever surfed in,” said Payne, who won a wildcard to the event after placing third at [...]