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Professional Longboard Championships

November 3rd, 2009, 7:29 am by Jeff Malanca, contributing writer

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If you want to watch the best men and women surfers in the business walking the nose and hanging ten, then this is an event you won’t want to miss.

The 2009 Professional Longboard Association is holding the PLA Pro Championships in a little more than a week from now. 

The ASP sanctioned  Longboard Qualifying Series contest is the final event of the five stop tour.

Some of the top talent competing from Orange County includes: San Clemente’s Josh Baxter who’s the current points leader in the North America longboard tour ratings andColin McPhillips who’s also from San Clemente.

Some of the notable names taking part in the women’s division include: Cardiff’s Cori Schumacher and Pacific Beach’s Jennifer Smith. 

The 2009 PLA Championships will also host a division for the best amateur longboarders and a stand up paddle board race.  For more info. check out surfpla.com.

When: Friday, November 13th, Saturday, November 14th and Sunday, November 15th

Where: Oceanside Pier

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O’neill Coldwater Classic Santa Cruz

October 30th, 2009, 6:56 pm by Jeff Malanca, contributing writer

 

steamer-laneOne of North America’s most prestigious surf contests is just a couple days away from starting.  The 2009 O’neill Coldwater Classic will attract some of the world’s best surfers.

The 6-Star Prime ASP World Qualifying Series event happens at Santa Cruz’s most famous surf spot…Steamer Lane. 

Some of the notable names from Orange County competing in the big event include: Huntington Beach’s Brett Simpson and San Clemente’s Nate Yeomans.

There are also a handful of Dream Tour surfers such as Jordy Smith, Adriano De Souza, Nathaniel Curran, Roy Powers and Huntington Beach’s Timmy Reyes taking part in the contest. 

19-year old Nat Young took home the win at last years prestigious event.  So we’ll have to wait and see if the Santa Cruz local boy can do it again.  For more info. or to watch the live action, go to oneillcwc.com.

When: Monday, November 2nd through Sunday, November 8th

Where: Steamer Lane, Santa Cruz

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Xcel Pro about to begin

October 29th, 2009, 7:20 am by Jeff Malanca, contributing writer

 

xcel-proThe North Shore of Oahu is about to kick into high gear in the next few weeks.  The first contest of the winter season is about to start at Sunset Beach which is one of the top spots on the famous seven mile stretch of coast.

The 2009 Xcel Pro is a 2-star ASP World Qualifying Series event with several notable big wave chargers competing.   They include: 3-time World Champion Andy Irons, Derek Ho, Sunny Garcia and Pancho Sullivan.  

Surfline forecasters are calling for a good northwest, north-northwest swell to start showing on Friday, which means the event could take to the water on the first day of the holding period.

The events official waiting period begins on Friday, October 30th and runs through Tuesday, November 10th. To watch the live action, check out xcelpro.xcelwetsuits.com. 

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Rip Curl Pro Search waiting period begins

October 19th, 2009, 6:02 am by Jeff Malanca, contributing writer

 

rip-curl-search-posterThe second to last stop of the ASP World Championship Tour official waiting period kicked off today, but contest officials opted not to start the 2009 Rip Curl Pro Search in Portugal due to the lack of surf.

Surfline forecasters are calling for a pretty solid northwest swell to begin filling in on Tuesday afternoon and into Wednesday and Thursday.

Meanwhile, the title race continues with Mick Fanning holding down the lead with fellow Aussie Joel Parkinson trailing behind in second and Brazilian Adriano de Souza in third.

Contest organizers will reconvene Tuesday morning at 8 a.m for a possible 8:30 a.m start.  The official waiting period runs until Wednesday, October 28th.  To watch the live action, check out www.live.ripcurl.com.

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Billabong Pro Mundaka wrap-up

October 14th, 2009, 6:17 am by Jeff Malanca, contributing writer

 

adriano-de-souzaThe eighth stop of the ASP World Championship Tour wrapped up yesterday in Spain. 

The 2009 Billabong Pro Mundaka event looked more like a World Qualifying Series contest due to the less than favorable conditions throughout most of eight days.

Adriano de Souzaclaimed his first ASP Dream Tour win in the marginal two to three foot waves at the events backup surf spot, Sopelana.  The 22-year old Brazilian took down Aussie Chris Davidson 16.40 to 11.83.

Unfortunately, Mundaka, the world famous left hand point break never really came to life for the world’s top 45 surfers except on day one of the competition. De Souza now jumps up to number three in the WCT ratings, while Chris Davidson moves up to 20th. 

Next stop on the Dream Tour will be the Rip Curl Pro Search in Peniche, Portugal.  The official waiting period runs Monday, October 19th through Wednesday, October 28th.  For all the latest, go to aspworldtour.com.

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OC surfers move closer to World Tour

October 12th, 2009, 9:52 am by Laylan Connelly, staff writer

read_brettsimpson.att4pat-on-beachOC Register’s Fred Swegles reports that Huntington Beach’s Brett Simpson and San Clemente’s Patrick Gudauskas have moved closer in their quests to qualify for surfing’s major leagues in 2010.

Simpson placed third and Gudauskas fifth in the $145,000 Rio Surf Pro International, a 6-star event in the Association of Surfing Professionals’ World Qualifying Series.

Gudauskas remains No. 4 in the WQS standings, like last week, but solidified his position. Simpson moved up from No. 9 to No. 6 in the standings. The top 15 WQS surfers normally qualify for the ASP World Championship Tour.

Read more from Swegle’s story here.

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Billabong Pro Mundaka finally back on!

October 12th, 2009, 6:49 am by Jeff Malanca, contributing writer

billabong-pro1The 2009 Billabong Pro Mundaka event is finally back on today after a week without waves. 

The 8th stop of the ASP World Championship Tour started back up Monday morning to finish the final eight heats of Round 1 and move onto the Round of 2.

The surf finally picked up a bit, but unfortunately the world’s best surfers had compete in fairly chewed up two to three foot waves at a spot called Sopelana before moving back to Mundaka for the start of Round 2. 

Some of the competitors going home early after losing in Round 1 included: Huntington Beach’s Timmy Reyes, Oxnard’s Nathaniel Curran, Aussies Josh Kerr and Jay “Bottle” Thompson and Hawaii’s Dustin Barca.

Moving on to Round 2 is San Clemente’s Chris Ward and Aussies Dean Morrison and Mick Campbell.  The 2009 Billabong Pro Mundaka official waiting period wraps up on Saturday, October 17th.  For the latest on the event or to watch the live webcast, check out billabongpro.com.

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Owen Wright qualifies for the 2010 Dream Tour

October 6th, 2009, 5:39 pm by Jeff Malanca, contributing writer

 

owen-wrightAussie Owen Wright has reason to be celebrating.  The young Australian phenom just secured himself a spot on next year’s ASP World Championship Tour after a 5th place finish at the Local Motion Pro at Guaruja in Brazil.

The lanky 6′3 goofy-footer has been grabbing the attention of the surf world for quite some time, but especially in the last year. 

Wright started off 2009 focusing on the Junior Pro tour and some select ASP World Qualifying Series contests, but since then has dominated both series putting himself in 1st place on the Junior Pro rankings and currently 3rd on the WQS.

19-year old Owen Wright is known for his explosive backside attack as well as huge frontside and backside airs.  Wright’s sponsors include: Rip Curl clothing and wetsuits, Dragon Optics, FCS, Gorilla Grip and Bryne Surfboards.  Look for this ripper to do some serious damage on the 2010 Dream Tour.

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