If you can’t get down to the event, there will be live streaming frm their website or on Facebook.

Here’s more from the announcement:

Following an epic Hurley U.S. Open of Surfing, the Hurley Pro moves from the stadium to the stage, where the world’s best will be competing at the ultimate high-performance event.

Stop number six (6) on the ASP’s elite grand prix circuit, the Hurley Pro at Lower Trestles pushes the top surfers to redefine the possibilities on a perfect, head-high wave.   The Hurley Pro comes at a critical point on the year-long tour where world title contenders either finish the job or lose steam…and virtually every minute of it will be available online for the world to see.

The state-of-the-art Hurley Pro webcast, produced by Echo Entertainment, will feature unprecedented content for consumers including multiple videos and photos, heats on demand and pre-produced “broadcast-quality” segments.  The extensive content also will be made available to print and broadcast media, free of charge.  Press outlets can access the daily coverage via myriad sources including the web, ftp and satellite feeds on all five days that the event is slated to run (details forthcoming).

“Echo Entertainment is thrilled to be involved with this amazing event yet again,” said Echo’s Director of Production, Phil Smith.  “The surfers, crowd, sponsors and city all go to great efforts to make this a premier stop on the ASP World Tour and we strive to bring innovative coverage of the event to the web and to television.  Eight high definition cameras will capture the excitement of the Hurley Pro like never before and we have a few new ideas for the webcast to enhance the viewing experience.”

Leaving no cobblestone unturned, Hurley has lined up a world-class team of hosts, reporters, color commentators and special guests.  Hosts include Dave Stanfield, Mark Fewell and Mitchell Ross.  Pat O’Connell, Evan Slater, Brock Little and Saxon Boucher headline the color commentators and beach reporters are led by Jodie Nelson, Rosie O’Laskey and Peter King.

In addition to “yet to be named” celebrities, Hurley Pro guest commentators include Bob Hurley, Sean Collins, Rob Machado, Peter Townend, Ian Cairns and San Clemente locals Tanner Gudauskas, Pat Gudauskas, Dino Andino, Mike Parsons and the Hurley Sliders.

Along with all the great content, Hurley will be giving the fans a voice with the Hurley Expression Session powered by Facebook.  “We wanted to give the online audience an opportunity to really be involved,” said Hurley Pro Contest Director, Pat O’Connell.  “Everyone thinks they’re a good judge — now they have their chance.  In the early rounds of the event, we will be holding an expression session with the world’s best surfers.  At the end of the heat, the online audience votes for the winner on our facebook page.

Part of the philosophy in creating this elevated webcast is to allow surf fans across the globe to enjoy the Hurley Pro from the comfort of their laptop (and not drive to Trestles).  With this in mind, Hurley is embracing Save the Waves’ World Surfing Reserve initiative and is implementing a comprehensive program to lessen the environmental impact on Trestles.  The World Surfing Reserve initiative is designed to bring awareness to the world’s most pristine and valued surf spots.

“We understand that Trestles is a fragile ecosystem and want to do everything we can to minimize our impact on this world-class wave,” said Hurley’s Evan Slater.  “Of course, we have all intentions of leaving the beach cleaner than we found it.”

The $340,000 Hurley Pro, September 13 to 19, 2009 at Lower Trestles, San Clemente, is Hurley’s first as the sole sponsor of an ASP World Tour event.  Lined with cobblestones, Trestles is California’s premier point/reef break and a world-class showcase for high performance surfing.  The five day competition, held during a weeklong window, features the ASP’s top 45 surfers (Kelly Slater, Joel Parkinson, C.J. Hobgood, etc.) and three wildcards (Brett Simpson, Rob Machado and World Junior Champion Kai Barger).

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Here’s more from Team MKM about the Hurley Pro event, the only World Tour event held on the Mainland U.S.:

The $340,000 Hurley Pro, September 13 to 19, 2009 at Lower Trestles, San Clemente, is Hurley’s first as the sole sponsor of an ASP World Tour event.  Lined with cobblestones, Trestles is California’s premier point/reef break and a world-class showcase for high performance surfing.  The four-day competition, held during a week-long window, features the ASP’s top 45 surfers (Kelly Slater, Joel Parkinson, C.J. Hobgood, etc.) and three wildcards (Brett Simpson, Rob Machado and World Junior Champion Kai Barger).

“Every event has its own trademark, and Trestles is the place for high performance surfing in California,” Hurley’s Pat O’Connell said.  “Each year, the world’s best surfers come with a free surf mentality and the desire to make their mark on one of the most rippable waves in the world.  Hurley believes in true performance, innovation and free expression, so to have a World Tour event bearing our name on the world’s best surfing canvas is a perfect connection.”

The Hurley Pro marks the only North America appearance of the ASP’s elite Grand Prix circuit and has been won by Slater three of the past four years (’08, ’07 and ’05).  Although Parkinson (Australia) has opened a sizeable lead over Floridian Hobgood and Brazilian Adriana de Souza in the 2009 World Title chase, nine-time world and defending event champ Slater (Florida) remains within striking distance, and Trestles may well be his launching pad to a once unfathomable 10th title.

After defeating former world champion Mick Fanning to win the six-star-rated Hurley U.S. Open, the 24 year-old Simpson moved to 5th place on the World Qualifying Series (WQS), well within striking distance of qualifying for the 2010 ASP World Tour.  His performance this September against the world’s elite surfers at North America’s premier “high performance” wave may offer a glimpse at America’s pro surfing future.

“Winning the Hurley Pro Trials at Huntington was huge for me,” says Simpson.  “I always look forward to competing at Lowers, and I’m excited to make an impact.  There’s nothing I enjoy better than competing against the best surfers in the world.”

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Q.  I heard about the bodysurfer getting killed at the Wedge this summer.  Do you think that place is really too dangerous when the swell is big and that the city should close it when it gets like that?

A.  That was a sad thing.  But the Wedge is what it is,  and if people are crazy enough to want to put it all on the line for the thrill that is their choice.  Just like surfing giant waves in Hawaii or other places around the world.  It would not be fair to the great surfers who do that to be denied the chance just on the merit that it is very dangerous.  It would be nice if there was some sort of qualification method to determine if somebody is actually skilled enough to attempt some of these challenges, but there isn’t.  So, in my opinion NO.  I don’t think that the city should not allow people to take the risk if they want to do that.

Q.  If you had to pick one place on Earth that would be the ideal location for a surfer, where would that be?

A.  Wow, that all depends on the person.  If it was totally based on surfing and nothing else, I would probably say some island in the South Pacific where there were no people and just perfect surf.  But life is more than just surfing to most people.  We like a social structure, too.  With that in mind I would have to say that right here in Orange County is pretty darn good.

Q.  Where do you surf most of the time?  I used to see you at Cotton’s Point all the time.

A.  I loved Cotton’s and that was my main spot for most of my life really.  But recently I spend more time at spots that don’t require walking far.  I have become lazy in that aspect.  I like Huntington Beach and San Onofre.  Also I spend a lot of time in Mainland Mexico, especially when it’s cold here in the OC.

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In less than a month the sixth stop of the ASP World Championship Tour will be making a stop at the famous point break.

The Hurley Pro formerly known as the Boost Mobile Pro contest will bring out the best 45 surfers from around the globe along with a couple of wildcards.

Currently sitting in the lead in the WCT ratings is Aussie Joel Parkinson followed by Florida’s CJ Hobgood who’s in second place.

It looks like 9-time World Champion Kelly Slater will be in attendance at Lowers this year.  Slater was off to a bad start at the beginning of 2009 with three 17ths, a win and a ninth place finish.  He’s now moved up into 8th place in the ratings and is looking for a tenth world title.

The Hurley Pro official waiting period begins on Sunday September 13 and runs through Wednesday September 19. Watch the live webcast here.

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Here’s what he wrote:

Because of California’s budget crunch and state parks’ efforts to raise revenue, San Onofre State Beach will soon begin charging $10 a day to park cars in Trestles’ 84-space public lot at El Camino Real and Cristianitos Road.

Read the entire story here.

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There’s about 800 juniors competing in the contest, and many surfers who have won national titles move on to become world champions. Local standout surfer Kolohe Andino is featured in the video.

Check out a slideshow of the NSSA contest last week.

Details about the contest:

When: June 23-27.

Where: Lower Trestles, San Clemente.

Admission: Free, except for parking fees ($10 per car) charged by San Onofre State Beach.

Find out more about the upcoming NSSA contest.

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Dodgeball on the Beach

When: Saturday, noon to 4 p.m.

Where: 19th street, Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach

60s surf contest at Doho

When: Saturday, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Where: Doheny State Beach, near the river mouth

Arnette All Day Antics Pro Junior hits Newport

When: Saturday, June 6 and Sunday, June 7

Where: 54th and 56th street in Newport Beach

Newport Harbor represents OC at Red Bull Riders Cup

When: June 6 - 7.

Where: Upper Trestles, San Clemente

And if you get the itch to shop, here’s a sample sale this weekend:

Modern Amusement sample sale

When: Friday June 5, 10 a.m to 5 p.m. and Saturday June 6, 9 a.m to 3 p.m.

Where: Modern Amusement Headquarters, 853 West 17th Street, Costa Mesa.

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A couple hundred of the best amateur surfers from all over the United States will be battling it out at the prestigious contest.  Some of the top talent from Orange County representing the Men’s division include Huntington Beach’s Christian Saenz and San Clemente’s Riley Metcalf.

Some of the standout Junior contenders are Newport Beach twins Jared and Taylor Thorne and San Clemente’s Kolohe Andino. One of the hottest Women surfers is Santa Ana’s Courtney Conlogue and holding it down in the Boy’s is Huntington Beach’s Kanoa Igarashi.

When and where: The big event runs from June 17-20 at Salt Creek and then continues down to Lower Trestles June 23-27.  You can watch all the live action the final three days of competition at nssalive.com.

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The contest runs June 6 - 7. The National Championships bring together eight Regional Championship teams to surf it out to see whose high school team has bragging rights as the best in the country.

Check out the slideshow or click on the image to the right to see photos of the Newport surfers advance a few weeks ago in Huntington Beach.

Here’s a list of teams participating in the event:

Aptos High School, winner of the Santa Cruz Regional Championship
Malibu High School, winner of the Golden State Regional Championship
Satellite High School, winner of the Central Florida Regional Championship
Mira Costa High School, winner of the South Bay Regional Championship
New Smyrna High School, winner of the North Florida Regional Championship
Ocean City High School, winner of the New Jersey Regional Championship
Newport Harbor High School, winner of the Orange County Regional Championship
San Dieguito Academy, winner of the San Diego Regional Championship

The contest is unique - changing the normal individual format of surf competitions and making it a team event. Two teams compete against each other, only one team in the water at a time, three periods, timeouts, coaches, referees and substitutes.

When: June 6 - 7.

Where: Upper Trestles, San Clemente

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Gudauskas launched into the No. 17 seat on The Grind, finding himself just outside of the qualification bubble for the 2010 ASP World Tour at this point in the season.

Now the motivated Orange County native is ready to get back on his competitive horse after the brief sabbatical and is hungry for his first ASP WQS win and a ticket to the ASP Dream Tour.

“I am super pumped coming off of a good result at home,” Gudauskas said. “That was a big contest for me. I want to go out there now and prove to myself that I can win one of the big events and put it in the end zone. I think that my brothers and I have been feeding off of each other for the past years and now we are ready to fire it up for the ASP World Tour.”

Since there has been more than a month between the 6.0 Lowers Pro and the next major contest, the SriLanken Airlines Pro at the ideal location of Pasta Point in the Maldives, Gudauskas has been enjoying his down-time while relaxing with friends and family and keeping himself busy by working on his golf game.

“It’s been great to have a break from the comps for a little while,” Gudauskas said. “It’s like a ying and yang combo that works perfectly for the life of a WQS surfer. Sometimes you just crave jersey time and getting the score at the end of the heats and other times you just want to go surf and have fun with friends and family back in San Clemente and I’ve been playing golf. The surf has been flat so we have been playing a lot of golf. We are still hacking it up, but the course in San Clemente is really fun and more geared towards beginner golf. Now we are back and frothed for Maldives, running little mock heats with the brothers and Nathan Yeomans and just getting the twitch back for Maldives.”

The youngest of the Gudauskas trio is able to utilize the unique support group of his older twin brothers and fulltime travel partners Patrick and Dane to keep on his toes and stay mentally poised for the next event. Traveling with his family also helps Tanner bring a few of the comforts of home along with him while he battles it out on the ASP WQS.

“It’s a great traveling team,” Gudauskas said. “Sometimes it’s the difference of two months on the road and not being burned out, or just an easy two week travel and having a blast. Either way, we just try to have a good time wherever we go with the situations that we find ourselves in. It’s easy now because we all have things that get on each other’s nerves, so we just know when it’s coming and try to avoid it.”

The prodigious talent is out to continue his hunt for a spot on the ASP Dream Tour at the SriLanken Airlines Pro, where he hopes to take advantage of the roping lefthanders on offer at Pasta Point to blast another keeper result in to his 2009 score line.

“I couldn’t be happier about going back to the Maldives,” Gudauskas said. “I have been there twice for the contest and once for a free-surf trip. For myself, I couldn’t think of a more fun wave.  Goofy-foots love going frontside and it’s a machine with how perfect it is. You can do any maneuver you can think of and it’s a super-fun contest to be a part of and watch because everyone is pushing their own limits. I can’t wait. We take off in about a week and I know the boys and I from here in town are ready to put it in the ring and leave it all on the floor.”

You can follow Tanner Gudauskas throughout The SriLanken Airlines Pro when the even runs from June 8-14, 2009.  Log on to www.aspworldtour.com to catch all of the action.

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