The Marathon Begins: Okay Opening Day at the ISA World Games
With the first round of Under 18 and Under 16 mens complete the USA Surf Team advance it's full squad with outstanding performances from Under sixteeners Jacksonville's Evan Thompson and San Clemente's Kolohe Andino who both had convincing wins.

 
Rip Curl GromSearch presented by Snickers
Two Tyler's win the prestigious international final of the Rip Curl GromSearch presented by Snickers

 
Tommy Bursian and Cortney Conlogue are Billabong Pro Junior Champs
Despite the small surf, spectators and event organizers at the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) North America grade-two Pro Junior event were treating to some of the most dynamic competition of the event.

 
SIX-COLOR SALUTE: Jordy Smith of South Africa wins gold at the …lost Energy Drink ISA World Surfing Games while American Julia Christian takes Gold
The South African squad had no reason to stop waving their flags at Huntington on Sunday. After being stuck just below the powerhouse teams of the U.S., Brazil and Australia all week they had a lot of work to do.

 
TROPICAL STORM: Humphreys nabs two titles, but every kid wins in a Helene-soaked Easterns youth showdown
The combination of solid waves and surfers made for highly contested battles in every division.

 
SHIFTING SANDS: As the 2006 Easterns crowns a new set of adult champs, the ESA considers changes venues
It's all because of a radio interview. One question, really. Early yesterday, 99.1 The Sound's Gary Smith asked Eastern Surfing Association Competition Director Brian Broom about the possibility of the Easterns moving away from the Hatteras Lighthouse next year. Brian's response?

 
Dusty Payne and Coco Ho Win the Billabong Junior Pro at Kewalo Basin
The finals for the boys and girls division for the Billabong Junior Pro Series Event 'In Memory of Ronnie Burns' was all about friendship. That's because best friends Coco Ho and Dusty Payne beat out their best friends Carissa Moore and Granger Larsen in the finals.

 
Florida Flares Up for the Rip Curl GromSearch presented by Unbound Energy
It's 7 am, Saturday morning August 19, 2006 and there is already a mile long line up of cars waiting to get beach access to the New Smyrna Inlet. The gates open at 8, and the action of the final stop of the 2006 Rip Curl GromSearch presented by Unbound Energy is set to start in an hour.

 
New Jersey feels the Rip Curl GromSearch Love
With the past two years being canceled due to lack of waves, would luck prevail in 2006 and allow the New Jersey groms to show what they got in front of their home-state crowd?

 
East Coast Wahine Championships: The Perfect Ten
Women surfers from Maine to Puerto Rico came together to celebrate the 10th Annual East Coast Wahine Championships held August 19th and 20th in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.