Siargao is world's 8th best surf spot: CNNGo
01/24/2012
MANILA, Philippines - Siargao, a teardrop-shaped island in Surigao del Norte, is the eighth best surf spot in the world, according to the travel news website of the Cable News Network (CNN).
The list of the World's Top 50 Best Surf Spots was compiled by CNNGo writer and "avid surfer" Jade Bremmer. It also used contributions from other professional surfers.
"This dramatic and powerful reef break, which crashes onto shallow razor-sharp coral, offers right and left death rides to those who dare. Those who do will experience a slice of paradise, or magic mushroom-like hallucinations, as the wave wraps over them like a Cornish pasty-shaped cocoon of water. Don't slip, or your skin and bones will be ripped to shreds by the ocean bed," Bremmer wrote about Siargao's famous "Cloud Nine" in the article.
Topping CNNGo's list of top surf spots in the world is Pipeline in Oahu, Hawaii, which was described as "the daddy of all waves."
"It's the site most surfers will never be good enough to surf, but dream of riding its perfect crest," Bremmer wrote.
Below is the full list posted on CNNGo:
"This dramatic and powerful reef break, which crashes onto shallow razor-sharp coral, offers right and left death rides to those who dare. Those who do will experience a slice of paradise, or magic mushroom-like hallucinations, as the wave wraps over them like a Cornish pasty-shaped cocoon of water. Don't slip, or your skin and bones will be ripped to shreds by the ocean bed," Bremmer wrote about Siargao's famous "Cloud Nine" in the article.
Topping CNNGo's list of top surf spots in the world is Pipeline in Oahu, Hawaii, which was described as "the daddy of all waves."
"It's the site most surfers will never be good enough to surf, but dream of riding its perfect crest," Bremmer wrote.
Below is the full list posted on CNNGo:
- Pipeline, Oahu, Hawaii, United States
- Supertubes, Jeffry's Bay, South Africa
- Uluwatu and Kuta, Bali, Indonesia
- Superbanks, Gold Coast, Australia
- Mavericks, California, United States
- Lima, Peru
- Hossegor, France
- Cloud Nine, Siargao Island, Philippines
- Sultans, North Male, Maldives
- Honolua Bay, Hawaii, United States
- Montanita Beach, Montanita, Ecuador
- Manu Bay, Raglan, New Zealand
- Riyuewan, Sanya, Hainan, China
- Surfrider Beach, Malibu, United States
- Mentawai Islands, Indonesia
- Cloudbreak, Tavarua Island, Fiji
- Joe's Point, Sur, Oman
- Watergate Bay, Cornwall, England
- Backdoor, Hawaii, United States
- Pasta Point, Maldives
- Tamarindo Beach, Tamarindo, Costa Rica
- Bundoran Beach, County Donegal, Ireland
- Gold Coast, Australia
- Fistral Beach, Newquay, England
- Hanalei Bay, Hawaii, United States
- Carrapateira, Taghzout, Portugal
- Rincon, Puerto Rico
- Sao Francisco do Sul, Brazil
- Pedra Branca Ericeira, Portugal
- Killer Point, Taghazoute, Morocco
- White Beach, Okinawa, Japan
- Les Cavaliers, Anglet, France
- Byron Bay, Gold Coast, Australia
- Tofino, Vancouver Island, Canada
- Ponta Preta, Maio, Cape Verde
- Special K, Samoa
- Biarritz, France
- Coconuts, Samoa
- Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Buxton, United States
- Bondi Beach, Sydney
- Black's Beach, San Diego, California, United States
- The Bubble, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands
- Surfer's Point, Barbados
- Arugam Bay, Sri Lanka
- Open Beach Umm Sequim, Dubai, UAE
- Surin Beach, Phuket, Thailand
- Fulong Beach, Taiwan
- Baja Malibu, Baja Norte, Mexico
- Eisbach, Munich, Germany
- Big Wave Bay, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
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