Surfing in Japan - Latest Surfing News

The dates for the 2012 Greenroom Festival have been announced. Saturday, May 19th and Sunday, May 20th. Watch this space for more info on acts as they are announced.

Japanese Pro Surfer Takayuki Wakita is one of the many invitees to the 2011/2012 Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau competition. The official holding period for the 27th annual Eddie will be from Dec. 1, 2011 through Feb. 29, 2012. The Hawaiian contest... Read More

2 Hawaiians and 2 Japanese made the semifinals and the finals were a showdown of Hawaii vs. Japan. Bonga Perkins (HAW) overtook Yuji Hata (JPN) by 13.25 to 8.75points and Perkins is 2011 champion and defends his event champion title... Read More

Twenty-five-year-old Australian Yadin Nicol has been forced to concede his spot on the 2011 ASP World Tour for the remainder of the year due to a broken right fibula sustained while on a surf trip in Japan. Benefitting from Nicol's calamity... Read More

Japanese-American "surfing god" Gerry Lopez paid a visit on Sept. 9 to the Iioka coast, a local surfing spot hit hard by the March 11 tsunami, and a friend whose surf shop was also damaged. The 62-year-old Hawaiian, who rode the waves... Read More

Professional surfer Kelly Slater took to his Twitter account to promote awareness for dolphins and Fukushima relief. Yes, you heard right and may be thinking the two don’t go hand in hand, but Slater used the wonders of social media to explain... Read More

The western rim of the Ring of Fire was the center stage for Typhoon Muifa, which pumped out solid swell, as well as chaos, to various countries throughout the region over the last several days of July and through the first part of August... Read More

Takayuki Wakita won the Trials of the 2011 Rip Curl Cup, held in four-to-five foot Padang barrels. The Japanese surfer has earned himself a spot in the main event, to be held on the biggest and best day of the year at Padang this season... Read More