With South African Brandon Robert’s win in this 7th date of the Circuit Nacional de Surf DayStar Quiksilver, Luis Vindas of Jaco needed to wait until the last minute for the 5-star points to be tallied to find out that he had indeed won the National Championship Title at La Curva in Playa Hermosa near Jaco.
Both Carlos Muñoz of Esterillos and Gilbert Brown of Puerto Viejo, who were mathematically eligible to win if they won the date, managed to only put themselves in the finals of the event and come in 2nd—Muñoz—and 4th—Brown. The Champion Vindas was the most consistent surfer of the season and for that he became #1 in Costa Rica … Details
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LAGUNA, Santa Catarina/Brazil (Thursday, June 24, 2010) – A strong offshore wind blew all night and the waves went dead flat in all Santa Marta Cape beaches, so a call was set for 10 am. At 11 o’clock, the contest restarted at Cigana Beach located just a few miles south of the main site, but small waves and strong winds allowed for just two heats to be run. The next call will be 7:30am tomorrow morning.
“We got everything ready to go after the best conditions, but the waves today are too bad everywhere due to the winds,” said the Contest Director Mark Pulls. “We tried to finish the second round but with winds reaching the 25 knots and very small surf, we had to … Details
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Pumping surf upped the ante at the 2010 Surfing America USA Championships on Friday and Sunday (Saturday was a lay day) from Lower Trestles in San Clemente, CA.
Top seeds Kolohe “Brother†Andino, Evan Geiselman, Andrew “Droid†Doheny and Conner Coffin dominated their Round 2 Boys U18 heats Friday, taking the lead with big maneuvers right out of the gate and forcing competitors to chase down their high scores.
Conner went so far as to claim his heat as the best he’s ever surfed at Lowers … Details
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