With a team groomed in challenging, barreling conditions along the famed North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii’s team was tailor-made for the conditions at Colorado Beach at Hacienda Iguana. Surfing in well-overhead waves on the final day of competition, the Hawaiians won six individual medals at the Nicaragua ISA World Surfing Championship, and clinched the Team Gold Medal and the perpetual Eduardo Arena Trophy.
“The depth of the talent that we brought with us – Sunny [Garcia], Kaipo [Jaquias] and Rochelle [Ballard] – was a pretty big edge to begin with, and then  … More
www.stokednews.com
Playa Revolcadero, Acapulco — Tanner Hendrickson (Haiku, HI), 20, has won the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) 4-Star Quiksilver Surf Open Acapulco in challenging six foot (2 metre) waves at Playa Revolcadero over Leigh Sedley (Queensland,AUS), 28, by a score of 12.03 to 5.04 to secure his first major ASP victory.
Hendrickson relied on his fitness on the last day of competition to battle the trying close-out conditions on his way to the final. The Maui standout topped fellow Hawaiian Gavin Gillette (Kauai, HI), 26, and North Carolina’s Michael Powell (Wrightsville Beach, NC), 24, in close heats and went on to win the final in dominant fashion.
“This is the best feeling in the world right now, I can’t even believe  … More
www.stokednews.com