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2 February, 2012 : - Brett Simpson has been building momentum throughout his experience among the world’s best surfers and with the 2012 season just around the corner, Simpson is about to embark on his third year on the ASP World Title Race. The Huntington Beach standout kicked off 2011 with a 5th at the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast and Simpo is fired...

2 February, 2012 : - A sneaky few waves before work has turned into the session of a lifetime for Gold Coast lifeguard Scott Wildin. Scott’s early morning, endless Kirra barrel in January has won him the 2011 VB Slab of the Year award. VB and Surfing Australia created the VB Slab of the Year competition for Australia's 2.5 million...

2 February, 2012 : - Current U/18 Boys Australian Champion Eli Steele and ASP Australasia Junior Men’s ratings leader Cooper Chapman both survived tough opening heats today, as the action continued on day-two of the Oakley Pro Junior. Once again Point Lookout’s Main Beach hosted powerful beach-break conditions for the top juniors...

John John Florence has conquered the 2012 Volcom Pipe Pro, for the second consecutive year, at Banzai Pipeline, Hawaii. John Florence sealed the victory in the last 10-seconds of the 35-minute final against Jamie O'Brien, Kai Barger, and Nate Yeomans.

O'Brien held the lead for the majority of the final, only to see the top spot disappear in the last minute of the heat. With a minute to go, Florence paddled over and congratulated O'Brien. Watch the final highlights, here.

Then a dark line on the horizon caught his eye. One last wave stacked up on the Pipeline reef. Florence clawed his way past Jamie, over the ledge, under the lip and into the heat-winning tube ride - a 9.93 - to claim the $20,000 first prize and a custom warrior helmet trophy.

"I wrote myself off half way through," said Florence. "Kai and Jamie both had nines and eights. Jamie had two nines. I can't believe it. Here at Pipe anything can happen. I surfed my first heat, then had my hand (injury) and tweaked my neck really bad and that was killing me. So I was seriously considering not continuing on. I got some work done on my neck, taped my hand up and it all worked out."

1 February, 2012 : - Hawaii’s John John Florence created one of professional surfing’s most dramatic moments today to claim his second consecutive Volcom Pipe Pro title, completely flipping the table on former Pipe Pro champion Jamie O’Brien in the final seconds. O’Brien had held the lead for 34 minutes and 45 seconds of the 35-minute final…

31 January, 2012 : - In partnership with the Groundswell Society the SDSU Center for Surf Research is hosting the 10th annual Surfing Arts, Science, and Issues Conference. This years theme is 'Surfing's New Aloha: The Growing Trend of Giving Back'. Beginning with an evening screening of film Manufacturing Stoke on Friday Feb 10th, and then all day...

1 February, 2012 : - More than 100 people attended Forum Brasil at the ISPO fair. SGI Europe laid out some key facts and figures about the Brazilian sporting goods market, collected with the support of ISPO. In summary, they show that the market is growing by between 5 and 10 percent a year overall, and even more strongly in segments such as...

1 February, 2012 : - Malakye job round up includes several new positions within the US surf industry. These new listings represent the growing action sports sector of the US sports market. Take a look and see which companies are looking for help. This week check out job openings with surf industry vets Transworld, Freshjive, Billabong, Quiksilver...

1 February, 2012 : - With more than 50 shops currently operating throughout the United States, Canada, Guam and the Caribbean, Flip Flop Shops announces it will expand its footprint to 90-plus shops by the end of 2012, with an additional 40-plus already in the pipeline for 2013 openings. New shop openings in 2012 include locations...

1 February, 2012 : - Lindsay Stewart, vice president of Nike for corporate affairs, is going into retirement. Hilary Krane, who left Levi Strauss &Co. in 2010 to join Nike, is taking his place as the top legal affairs executive in the company. She is the first woman to have joined Nike’s executive board. Krane is also taking his place as one of...