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Surfing

April 5, 2025

After slow start, waves deliver for surfers

The hot sands of Josiahs Bay hosted hundreds of beachgoers Saturday for the first Josiahs Bay Surf Classic of 2025, which saw surfers young and old face off on the …

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by Rushton Skinner
January 10, 2025

Surfers clinch spots on national team

With their backs to the shore, four surfers floated, watching wave after wave roll in to Apple Bay on Dec. 21. They didn’t know it yet, but their individual performances …

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by Rushton Skinner
March 9, 2024

In a first, surfers rep VI abroad

Alongside surfing greats like Gabriel Medina and John John Florence, three young men from the Virgin Islands faced off against some of the world’s best surfers last month in Puerto …

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by Rushton Skinner
February 29, 2024

Tourist dies after surfing at Apple Bay

A male tourist died after surfing at Apple Bay on Tuesday morning, police said. Police received a report of an unresponsive man in the area at 10:45 a.m., according to …

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by The BVI Beacon
February 22, 2024

VI surfers to compete in Puerto Rico

After the hasty formation of the territory’s first national surfing organisation, three Virgin Islands surfers are headed to Puerto Rico today for a contest that could give them a shot …

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by Rushton Skinner
May 28, 2018

Lily Pierce: High school student, surfing champion

Lily Pierce learned how to surf in the Virgin Islands when she was about 5 years old — with her father, a competitive surfer, as her instructor. “I was pretty …

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by Amanda Ulrich
April 20, 2018

Surf contest brings crowds back to Josiahs

A beach that has been largely quiet since many of its amenities were destroyed by Hurricane Irma came back to life Saturday for the Josiahs Bay Surf Classic, which saw …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK

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