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New Year's Resolutions within Women's Sport
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted January 3, 2012 at 9:45pm

I just heard a medical expert on the radio here in Dublin telling us that giving up alcohol or ...(fill in with your choice of vice) for one month isn't enough - you need to change your approach during the whole year. Well, duh! Now if only it were as eas...more

Catching up with women's surfing champ Carissa Moore
by A Glam Slam
posted December 1, 2011 at 4:47pm

Carissa Moore has cemented herself as a female powerhouse in the surfing world and she’s only at the start of her professional career. Moore is already the youngest-ever Women’s World Champion. A girl who can also hold her own among the b...more

Portugal are Eurosurf champions
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted October 6, 2011 at 9:22am

Portugal are taking the Eurosurf title back home with them, 14 years after winning it the last time the competition was held in Ireland. Written in the stars maybe? The winners women's categories were Catarina Sousa in bodyboarding (Ireland's Ashleigh Sm...more

Check it out: European Surfing Championships in Bundoran, Ireland
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted September 26, 2011 at 10:01am

Eurosurf 2011 is possible the only surfing competition this year to have been opened by a bagpipe band? Open to correction here but Saturday's parade in Bundoran, Donegal - below - leaves you in doubt where the contest is taking place. Surfer Easkey Brit...more

2011 Supergirl Jam
by Girls Riders Organization, Inc.
posted August 9, 2011 at 6:48pm

5TH ANNUAL SUPERGIRL JAM SERIES KICKS OFF AUGUST 13 ASA Entertainment, the country’s leading action sports event producer, and Warner Bros. Consumer Products are proud to announce the dates for the 2011 Supergirl Jam event series. For the fifth conse...more

[VIDEO] Amber Wing’s Semi-Final Run at the World Wakeboard Championships
by WakeGirls Blog
posted July 20, 2011 at 7:12am

Video via WakeLine. Check out their website for more IWWF Worlds coverage, including more videos and photos. Amber Wing Women Open Semi-finals run from WakeLine on Vimeo. ...more

Women surfers taking over in France
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted July 15, 2011 at 11:48pm

The ASP women's world title will be decided today on the beaches of Biarritz, France. Only two of the women competing this week are in the running now - Sally Fitzgibbon (Australia) and Carissa Moore (Hawaii) for the final title.The Roxy Pro event has bee...more

Surf and Study in Sydney, Australia
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted July 5, 2011 at 3:01pm

"Wow, what an unbelievable couple of hours of surfing that was to watch.  I have never ever EVER seen female surfing performed as powerfully, stylishly and athletically as I did today." And that's from someone who knows. Champion Irish surfer Nicole Morg...more

Sally Fitzgibbons talks surfing
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted June 9, 2011 at 12:11pm

Australian surfer Sally Fitzgibbons won the Swatch Girls Pro France this week, taking home a giant watch among the prizes. Rated no 2 on the ASP Women's World Title Series this year - second to another Aussie Stephanie Gilmore - Fitzgibbons pipped America...more

Helmets In Hand Rider of the Month: Gracie Bails
by Girls Riders Organization, Inc.
posted May 9, 2011 at 12:41pm

Gracie Bails is Rider Of The Month for Helmets In Hand. Congrats. While checking out the team, ran across Nicole Noller. She is representing for the ladies as the only girl. She will also be on GRO Experience coming soon! ...more

Global Big Wave Awards: The Girls
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted May 9, 2011 at 11:59am

It's a beautiful morning here in Ireland. A day for the beach, not the computer but unfortunately ... So have to make do with blogging about Irish surfer Easkey Britton instead. Nominated to the final five of the Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards, she'...more

[Video] Meet pro surfer Coco Ho
by Pretty Tough
posted April 21, 2011 at 2:24pm

Nineteen year old Coco Ho (@Coco_Ho)  was born and raised at Sunset Beach on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii. She  loves to play dance dance revolution. listen to Beyonce and hangout with her friends when she’s not competing professionally on the AS...more

Pro surfer Coco Ho on growing up with the waves, giving back to the kids and...Beyonce
by anngaff
posted April 17, 2011 at 12:12am

Pro surfer Coco Ho unexpectedly qualified for the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Tour in 2009 and suddenly realized that what she grew up doing - surfing with her dad and brother - could turn into a career. She finished 4th on the tour and has...more

Surfing and MuayThai with Vicky Chan
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted April 10, 2011 at 12:44pm

Surfing sells itself as the mellow sport while MuayThai screams full-contact. On the surface they don't have much in common but Vicky Chan uses one to prepare for the other and loves both. Vicky Chan winter surfing Ireland She says: “I enjoy boxing, I l...more

Courtney Conlogue wins Association of Surfing Professionals 6-Star rated Women’s Telstra Drug Aware Pro.
by Dyla Magazine - Women's Action Sports Coalition
posted April 10, 2011 at 10:54am

  MARGARET RIVER, Western Australia (Saturday April 9 2011) - A USA double win at Margaret River today when Courtney Conlogue (USA/Santa Ana/Orange County) won the Association of Surfing Professionals 6-Star rated Women’s Telstra Drug Aware Pro...more

Gatorade announces G Series FIT line, athlete ambassadors include Allyson Felix, Coco Ho
by anngaff
posted March 26, 2011 at 1:03pm

Allyson Felix has recently partnered up with Gatorade to represent the new G Series FIT product line. She will join other elite athletes, such as pro surfer Coco Ho, as an athlete ambassador on the G Series FIT team. Gatorade has recognized male and femal...more

Coco Ho claims the Legendary Pacific Coast Pro
by Dyla Magazine - Women's Action Sports Coalition
posted March 20, 2011 at 9:51am

Coco Ho © Andy Larkman Between WCT events in Australia surfer Coco Ho decided to pick up some new decorations for her book shelf. The Legendary Pacific Coast Pro was offering up a pretty trophy, so she took that. At Merewether Beach the 19 year-old ...more

Hawaii could see debris from Japan in 18 months
by Dyla Magazine - Women's Action Sports Coalition
posted March 19, 2011 at 6:09pm

Paddling through debris : photo courtesy KFOL It is uncertain how much debris from the devastating earthquake & tsunami in Japan will reach Hawaiian shores, but University of Hawaii scientists have created models tht predict the first waves of debris to...more

Bethany Hamilton's Coconut Wire Update
by Dyla Magazine - Women's Action Sports Coalition
posted March 16, 2011 at 1:55am

So, in between Soul Surfer movie promo trips, February was my month off. All I really wanted to do was SURF! And that's exactly what I did. I'm stoked cause I got a lot of good surf. (: It was nice to be home, cruise with my family, catch up with some f...more

Get Your Coco's!
by Dyla Magazine - Women's Action Sports Coalition
posted March 8, 2011 at 11:12pm

Volcom saluted surfer Coco Ho by giving her, her own boardshorts. Coco recently placed fifth at the Roxy Pro Goldcoast, maybe if you buy her shorts you can rip too!   ...more

Wire your board: The latest innovation in surfing
by Dyla Magazine - Women's Action Sports Coalition
posted March 8, 2011 at 11:20am

Judging surfing contests has also been beaucoup, but now there might be a solution. Introducing the Pukas- Tecnalia Surfsens Project, a surfboard device that is wired for measuring acceleration, strain, flex, GPS, and other quantified data that allows any...more

Saltwater in San Anontio Exhibition
by Dyla Magazine - Women's Action Sports Coalition
posted March 8, 2011 at 10:03am

You've seen her art featured in DYLA's Art section, now check out her work first person. Elise Nicole K, the human behind Ocean Girl Art is featured in a solo exhibition in San Antonio March 11th featuring some of her new works with new mediums including ...more

Sarah Meurle's new deck for Bellows Skateboards
by SkaterGirl
posted January 25, 2011 at 9:32am

If you’re looking to start the year with some new wood beneath your feet, then check check out Sarah Meurle‘s new deck for Bellows Skateboards. Nice one Sarah. ...more

Professional Surfing a male dominated sport? Hardly
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted January 25, 2011 at 9:31am

This is a guest-posts from Mpora.com (hopefully the first of many!) Mpora covers Skate, Surf, Snow, Mountain Biking, Motocross or BMX, sourcing videos, photos and blogs to bring the best together. This post was written for ISW by the Surf Editor and intro...more

Irish surfer Easkey Britton
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted January 24, 2011 at 10:05am

Easkey Britton websiteWith a name like 'Easkey' Ireland's top female surfer was always bound for the sea. It means fish in Irish and is shared with one of the largest waves off the west coast.So growing up in the west of Ireland with a surf-mad family, it...more