The national surfing championships are often held on Cox Bay in Tofino but the 2024 nationals have a special air of anticipation hanging over them this weekend as the best boarders in the country converge on the Island community famous for its breakers.
After fighting for months to secure Canadian citizenship, Erin Brooks was eliminated at the ISA World Surfing Games and failed to qualify for Paris Olympics.
The victory put surfer, a past Malibu Sharks team member, atop the North America QS rankings The first wave Talia Swindal caught as an amateur surfer was at the SLO CAL Open Pismo Beach in 2022. She advanced to the second round of the event. The 18-year-old returned to the surfing spectacle on Jan. 27, […]