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A nice swell filled in today. Finally.
I shot down to Huntington Beach today to snap some photos. Check out slideshow here.
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ZJ Boarding House/Hurley Store Grand Opening party
November 19th, 2009, 7:36 am by Jeff Malanca, contributing writer
While many big surf brands have been affected by the sluggish economy in the last year or so, one major brand is showing no signs of slowing down.
Hurley once again is teaming up with another core surf, skate and snowboard shop. This time the action sports giant is opening a store inside ZJ Boarding House in Santa Monica.
This weekend there’s a huge Grand Opening party at the new Hurley Store. There will be live music, drinks, food, and plenty of prizes.
If you purchase any goods from the store you’ll also get a FREE “Drifter” tee, the new Rob Machado, Taylor Steele movie.
The band MK and the Gentlemen will also be jamming from 2 to 3 p.m. Everyone is invited, it’s FREE and all ages are welcome. For more info. check out,zjboardinghouse.com/zjhurleystore.html.
When: Saturday, November 21st 12 p.m to 6 p.m
Where: ZJ Boarding House 2619 Main Street, Santa Monica
OC surfers advance at Triple Crown event
November 18th, 2009, 4:37 pm by Laylan Connelly, staff writerThe first contest of the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing got underway today, with a few OC surfers advancing through their heats.
Huntington Beach’s Brad Ettinger placed 2nd in his heat earlier today. HB’s Shaun Ward advanced earlier in the day, and will go up against fellow Huntington Beach local Tim Reyes in heat 14 of round of 96.
It didn’t go so well for San Clemente’s Dane Gudauskas, who came in third after only pulling in a 8.93.
However, his bro Tanner just killed it during his heat about 3:30 p.m., placing first with a 15.0 score. These events are crucial for Tanner, who is on the cusp of qualifying for the World Tour. He is in 17th place on the WQS rankings.
“I was excited, that’s the sort of surfing we want to see,” said one of the announcers.
San Clemente’s Nate Yeomans just posted first place in his heat, with a total heat score of 11.17. He sits on the 8th spot of the tour, and will likely have a spot on next year’s World Tour to surf against the best surfers in the world.
Huntington’s Brett Simpson is up duing the round of 64, as is the last Gudauskas bro, Patrick (likely to run tomorrow).
The event - to run through Nov. 24 - is a 6-star prime, meaning major points for those on ASP’s World Qualifying Series. There’s a lot of money on the line during the Triple Crown, with a total prize purse of $1,000,000.
Bring more cash if surfing Huntington Beach
November 18th, 2009, 2:44 pm by Laylan Connelly, staff writerIf you don’t have an annual pass already and usually park at Huntington’s city lot, the city just increased its parking rates at beach parking lots from $12 to $15.
OC Register’s Jaimee Lynn Fletcher just did a story about the city’s decision last night.
This comes after the State Parks bumped up their lots from $10 to $15 recently at state run beaches like Bolsa Chica, Huntington State Beach and San Clemente State Beach.
Remember when it cost like $3 to park at the lots? Oh, the good ol’ days…
Team Reef wins Jim Beam Surftag contest in Huntington
November 18th, 2009, 12:16 pm by Laylan Connelly, staff writerA different kind of contest found its way to Orange County last weekend, the first time the Australian contest – which started in 2001 – has made its way to the United States.
Overseas, there are about 70 teams that compete in the Jim Beam SurfTag event – and organizers are hoping the Cali event will one day be as prestigious as the one Down Under, where surfers such as Mick Fanning, Joel Parkinson and Taj Burrow join the event
The contest is a team format, with five surfers per team who each have an hour to try to get three stellar waves for points. As soon as the third wave is caught, the teammate runs up on the sand to slap hands with the next surfer.
CHECK OUT A SLIDESHOW FROM THE EVENT.
Donny Wilson knew his second wave had to be a good one.
The waves weren’t anything special, 2-3 foot on the south side of the Huntington Pier on Friday, the first of the two-day Jim Beam SurfTag contest.
With his teammates holding their breath on the sand, Wilson crouched down into a wave, and suddenly found himself getting barreled.
His teammates cheered from the sand. The second wave out of three the surfers had to catch – called a “power wave” – is worth double the points.
“Where did he find that wave?” an announcer asked over the loudspeaker.
Surfer Wayne Kelly, on team “Safety” from Santa Cruz, stacked up major points for his team after pulling off an aerial maneuver.
“I find myself rooting for my guys, and really wanting my friends to do well,” he said. “Usually during competitions, I want them to go down.”
In the end, Carlsbad’s Team Reef took the win and now holds the title of “Best Surf Team in California.”
NSSA contest coming to Newport Beach
November 18th, 2009, 7:27 am by Jeff Malanca, contributing writerIt’s time for Southern California’s best 18 and under amateur surfers to do their thing. The 6th stop of the National Scholastic Surfing Association Southwest Conference Open Season event is happening in Newport Beach this weekend.
This NSSA event is single A rated, but will have a special Airshow division which is always exciting to watch. And sometimes there’s even some cash up for grabs for the surfer who can pull off the most radical aerial.
Some of the other divisions that will be taking to the water this weekend include: Boys, Juniors, Longboard, Mens, Mini-Grom and Womens.
As always there’s a lot of top talent from Orange County that will be competing. They include: Huntington Beach’s Kanoa Igarashi and Christian Saenz, Capistrano Beach’s Luke Davis, Costa Mesa’s Colin Moran, Newport Beach’s Tyler Gunter and Kaleigh Gilchrist.
The two day competition starts about 7:30 a.m each day and wraps up about 5 p.m. For more info. and heat times, check out nssa.org.
When: Saturday, November 21st and Sunday, November 22nd
Where: 54th Street, Newport Beach
High school surfers compete at Trestles
November 17th, 2009, 6:02 pm by Laylan Connelly, staff writerOC Register’s Fred Swegles was down at Trestles Tuesday morning, and got some great snapshots of surfers from Newport to San Clemente competing. Here’s a bit of what he wrote:
“Even when the surf is virtually flat at most beaches, as it was this morning, you can usually count on finding something surfable at Trestles.
And so it was with day one of the 2009 South Coast League Surfing Finals today at Upper Trestles, a popular surf break that tends to squeeze the most out of any swell…”
Read more and see a photo slideshow here.
Surf warehouse sales: O’Neill, Hurley and RVCA coming up
November 17th, 2009, 4:52 pm by Laylan Connelly, staff writerThere’s a few surf companies holding warehouse sales this week, where you can score some really sweet deals on stuff for the holidays (or yourself, of course). Here’s the latest:
Hurley Warehouse Sale:
Hurley extended its sale and will continue offering 50 to 70 percent off at its Irvine warehouse starting Wednesday through the weekend. I stopped in last weekend and shot these photos of what people can expect to find. There were really good deals - T-shirts for $10, wetsuits for $10, hoodies for $25, etc.
So if you want to check it out, the sale doors open about noon and close at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Saturday it runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Address: 2323 Main Street
Irvine, California 92614
(Corner of Main St & Von Karman)
O’Neill Lost Rusty Metal Mulisha Warehouse Sale:
This one kicks off at 11 a.m. on Thursday and runs to about 7 p.m. at the O’Neill/Lost headquarters in Irvine. Same hours on Friday, doors open at 9 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday, and closes about 5 p.m.
Address: 17 Pasteur
Irvine CA 92618
Body Glove Warehouse Sale
If you don’t mind heading out of town, Body Glove will have a warehouse sale in Torrance starting Wednesday (for VIP), and open to the public through the weekend. They’ll have reduced prices on Body Glove’s watersports clothing and accessories. Click here for more info or call (310) 320-7873.
RVCA Holiday Warehouse Sale
This is a bit further out, but check out the RVCA sale on Dec. 4 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Costa Mesa.
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