If you’re tired of showing up at the waters edge to find another day of ankle to knee high surf I’m with you.  Yep it’s probably the longest flat spell we’ve had in weeks.  If you happen to be getting a new board or wetsuit from Santa and want to test it out tomorrow, it looks like surfline forecasters are calling for the waves to pick up on Christmas day.  However, we’re also likely to get a good dose of rain on Christmas which often brings with it the wrong kind of wind, but at least there should be something to ride.  Good luck and Happy Holidays!!

Coco Ho made the cut for the 2009 Association of Surfing Professionals Women’s World Championship Tour.  The 17-year old Hawaiian is now the youngest surfer on the Women’s WCT.  Ho only competed in five of 14 World Qualifying Series events this year, and she even placed last in one of them and still qualified. 

The young Hawaiian will be joining 16 other elite women surfers, including eight Australians, two other Hawaiians, three Brazilians, one Peruvian, one South African and one New Zealander.  The 2009 ASP Women’s World Tour is made up of eight events with the first stop at Snapper Rocks on Australia’s Gold Coast for The Roxy Pro which runs Feb. 28, through March 11.  For more info. check out aspworldtour.com. 

If Mother Nature can provide a large enough swell, the West Coast’s largest big-wave paddle-in surf competition will take place next year after all.  The Maverick’s surfing contest was likely not going to happen due to the lack of sponsorship, but a large liquor company and a few other folks have stepped in to save the event.  Jim Beam bourbon and benefactors Moose Guen and Jane Sutherland of MVision Equity Partners.  Contest organizers have set a waiting period of January 1, 2009 through March 31, 2009.  Once the call that the swell has hit, the invited surfers will be given a 24-hour notice to arrive at the event at Half Moon Bay in Northern California.  Some of the notable names taking part in the Maverick’s contest include, Darryl “Flea” Virostko, South Africa’s Grant “Twiggy” Baker and last year’s Maverick’s Champion, Greg Long, who is from San Clemente.  For more info. check out maverickssurf.com.

It was more than a decade ago that Lost Enterprises released the hit movie 5′5″ X 19 1/4″.  Now ten years later, the surfboard company is premiering the sequel 5′5″ X 19 1/4″ Redux.  The main stars in this new surf flick are Lost Team riders Chris Ward, Aaron Cormican and Mason Ho who put these small surfboards to the test.  Some of the other featured surfers include Jordy Smith, Dane Reynolds, Ryan Carlson, Shane Beschen and Kolohe Andino. 

If you’d like a chance to see the new surf flick, the next premiere in Orange County takes place on Tuesday Dec. 23 at Aloho Grill at 1749 Newport Boulevard in Costa Mesa.  All ages are welcome and there will be a ton of free giveaways and prizes.  The movie starts at 7 p.m.  For more info. check out alohagrill.com.