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Icah Wilmot wins Makka Pro – First Jamaican Champion!

Jul 20, 2010 No Comments

It has been a long time coming and perhaps very overdue, but Icah Wilmot finally gave the thousands of home crowd supporters of the Makka Pro something get crazy about! The First Jamaican Champion of the Makka Pro, in it’s fourth and biggest running, made history on Sunday for the Black, Gold and Green! Congrats To [...]

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Richard Parkinson – Caribbean Waterman Legend

Jul 10, 2010 No Comments

In keeping with our mandate to bring attention to Caribbean Waterman Legends, we recently caught up with Richard Parkinson after his winning of the first Annual Free Dive Spearfishing Tournament in Tobago.  To anyone who knows Richard, and what he is capable of, it would be no surprise that he won the tournament.  However, with adverse conditions [...]

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“Fun Now” Wins The Well Services 2010 King Fish Tournament

Jun 24, 2010 No Comments

By Steven Valdez

This year’s TTGFA/Well Services Group of Companies King Fish Tournament had 64 anglers (3 Female and 61 Male) competing on 14 boats along Trinidad’s North Western Coast on June 19th and 20th. The tournament had a total of 654 lbs of king fishmake the scale and was hosted at the Sweet Water [...]

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Parkinson wins first Free-Dive Spearfishing Challenge held in Tobago!

Jun 12, 2010 No Comments

The first annual Tobago Freedive Spearfishing Challenge was held in Castara on Sunday 16th May 2010.
The aim of the Challenge was to bring to together spearfishermen from both islands and to have a fun and safe tournament. In order to promote conservation and fish sustainability, certain species such as Jewfish and Parrot fish were not [...]

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Jason Apparicio scores cover shot number 9!

Jun 03, 2010 No Comments

For the average surfer, having your photo published in a surf magazine is a dream come true.  So try to imagine the feeling of having your picture published on the cover of a surf publication!  STOKED!  Now, imagine that feeling times 9!  On Jason Apparicio’s last trip to Indonesia he scored epic surf at a semi-secret spot [...]

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Venezuelan Surfers Dominate the Surfing T&T International Surf Festival 2010!

May 05, 2010 No Comments

fter the Surfing T&T International Surf Festival 2010, Surfing in Trinidad and Tobago will never be the same. This is not just because it was the largest prize purse (US$10,000) ever offered locally, or because it was the first time that the Beach Byte Electronic Score Tabulation system and professional ASP World Tour judges were employed, or even that it was the largest and most dynamic field of competitors ever to compete in an event in Trinidad and Tobago. Surfing in Trinidad and Tobago will never be the same because everyone present in Sans Souci this weekend, surfers and spectators alike, witnessed the most radical, high performance, aerial surfing ever to take place on our waves.

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Regional Champions for Surfing T&T International Surf Festival 2010!

Apr 29, 2010 No Comments

UPDATE: 28/4/10
This weekend (May 1st & 2nd), Trinidad and Tobago will host the greatest pool of surfing talent to ever grace our shores. In its inaugural year, the Surfing T&T International Surf Festival has attracted serious attention from professional surfers of this region, securing entries from a long list of champions that will battle for the [...]

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Team Ringleager sets the pace at the TIGFT 2010!

Mar 24, 2010 No Comments

Tobago International Game Fishing Tournament 15
March 11-14, 2010, Charlotteville, Tobago.
The Tobago International Game Fishing Tournament celebrated another great milestone with the 15th edition of the tournament being run this March, 2010.  Although the fishing was not quite as incredible as it normally is in Charlotteville for this event, partly due to current abnormal weather patterns and an [...]

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Caribbean Waterman – Youth Souljahs Contest 2010

Mar 10, 2010 No Comments

Caribbean Waterman and Souljahs International will be releasing a brand new youth action sports DVD entitled “YOUTH SOULJAHS” in December 2010. We are inviting all youths, parents, and coaches to submit high quality video of athletes under the age of 18 performing their sport of choice. The main focus of the contest is Surfing, [...]

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