Interviews

December 19th, 2011

Carissa Moore Talks Triple Crown and Hopes For Future

This year was full of major controversies, complications, and scandal in the sport of surfing. Aside from the truth about Andy Irons’ death, the implementation of big-ticket tour events, and Kelly Slater’s premature crowning tritely referred to as “Title-gate,” surfing…

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November 14th, 2011

The Encyclopedia of Surfing Online

When surfer, writer, and once editor of SURFER Magazine, Matt Warshaw wrote the Encyclopedia of Surfing in 2003, the internet was nowhere near what it is today so publishing it in book form made total sense – and that’s what he…

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August 12th, 2011

Better Late Than Never: Gorkin Gets A Spot in the Quiksilver Pro New York Trials

It all started at the end of last month when the Quiksilver announced the surfers that would be competing in the trials for the Quiksilver Pro New York. Mixed in with a handful of international surfers were a couple of East Coast…

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August 4th, 2011

Hey Bra! Junior Pro Keanu Asing Talks US Open

Keanu Asing from Ewa Beach, Hawaii is one of the top junior surfers in the world at 18 years old. In April, he dominated the ASP 1-Star Unsound Pro here on Long Island, defeating local Long Beach poster-boy Balaram Stack….

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July 13th, 2011

A Chat with Sally Fitzgibbons

Last month Sally Fitzgibbons won the Swatch Girls Pro France and is quickly closing the gap between her and, the current number 1 in the Women’s ranking, Carissa Moore. Shortly after the contest we were able to ask Sally a…

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June 27th, 2011

Artist Profile: David Macomber of Shark Sugar

When I think of surf art, I usually think of surfboard murals, spray paint, canvases cascading with wave scenes, barreling photos and some puka shells thrown in. I’ve rarely seen everything rolled into one style. David Macomber of Shark Sugar…

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May 11th, 2011

Artist Interview: Drew Brophy

When you think of surf artists, Drew Brophy should be one of the artists to immediately pop in your mind. The guy went from living, surfing and painting his own boards in South Carolina to living in Hawaii and airbrushing…

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May 9th, 2011

A Friendly Friend: Interview With Pro Surfer Chris Friend

After taking third in the ASP 4-Star Protest Vendee Pro in late April, up-and-coming WQS surfer Chris Friend took the time to answer some questions for SURFBANG about his foot recovery, competing in Europe and traveling the world. Remember to…

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April 25th, 2011

Photographer Profile: Greg Heine of Northeast Sessions

In the second edition of our Photographer Profile series I had a chat with a friend of mine, Greg Heine. Greg started taking photos as a hobby after graduating high school while attending college in Boston and has since honed…

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April 1st, 2011

Interview with TheSURFNetwork.com’s Ira Opper

The future is now! We’ve reached a point where you can buy, download, and watch pretty much any surf movie movie right on your computer or even your mobile device. The place where you can do all this is theSURFnetwork.com…

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March 9th, 2011

Intervew with Zoltan Torkos

Over the past couple of days, the internet has been buzzing with the news of Zoltan Torkos landing surfing’s first official kickflip. His video on YouTube has gone viral, gaining over 250,000 views in only a few days. I thought I’d…

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March 1st, 2011

Photographer Profile: Scott A. Miller

Here’s something new that takes a better look at a photographer or artists’ work and give us an inside view of what inspires them to do what they do. I’ve done some one-off interviews with various talented people in the surf industry…

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December 22nd, 2010

Exclusive Interview with Jamie O’Brien

To make it easier for everyone, we’ve included all three parts of our interview with Jamie O’Brien in one post.

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August 3rd, 2010

Joel Parkinson Injury Update

I’m sure you guys remember the gnarly cut to the heel that took Joel Parkinson down days before the J-Bay contest right? Well if you don’t you can relive the events here. A few days after the injury, Parko made…

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Naff le Skell T-Shirts First Look and Interview

June 29th, 2010

Naff le Skell T-Shirts First Look and Interview

New York photographer Matt Clark has been working quietly on his new project for some time now. It’s called Naff le Skell and it is a line of t-shirts designed by Matt himself. These aren’t your typical “surf brand” shirts…

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Interview with Stop Motion Animator and Artist Karim Rejeb

June 15th, 2010

Interview with Stop Motion Animator and Artist Karim Rejeb

If you haven’t seen it by now, you really need to go watch the stop motion animation surfing video made by Karim Rejeb. It is seriously out of this world awesome. Over the past few weeks it has been getting…

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April 29th, 2010

Jamie O’Brien Twitter Convo

Out of all the pro surfers on Twitter, Jamie O’Brien definitely spends the most time on there. Today I thought I’d try and get JOB to answer a few questions for the site and it worked out. In the first…

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March 22nd, 2010

Interview with Artist Heather Brown

We recently had a chance to speak with surfer and artist Heather Brown about her work and how she got to where she’s at today. Most of Heather’s stuff consists of unique looking paintings that are inspired by the ocean,…

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March 8th, 2010

Interview with Anastasia Ashley

In our constant quest to bring you guys, our readers, the very best stuff, we recently asked Anastasia Ashley a handful of questions for an exclusive SURFBANG interview. Anastasia was the 2003 ASP Triple Crown Rookie of the year and these days she’s busy free…

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February 15th, 2010

Interview with CJ Hobgood

We at SURFBANG got a chance to talk to CJ Hobgood right after he won the Hang Loose Pro last week. The 2001 ASP world champ answered some of the questions we had about life on tour, surfing at home,…

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