Ian Walsh’s Menehune Mayhem scored contestable 4-to 8-foot wave face heights at Hookipa Beach Park. This was the seventh anniversary for this surf contest where kids compete for free. Ian Walsh, 26, learned to ride waves at Hookipa Beach Park and this event is a way to repay the Maui surf community. “I’m just happy to give back to the place that’s given me everything I have,†says Walsh
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Sacred Craft
Variety, culture & Yater tribute highlight Sacred Craft Ventura
Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 1 April, 2010 : – – The widest category range of surfboard designs ever assembled will be on display at the Sacred Craft Consumer Surf Expo in Ventura, Ca. Long, short, no fin, 5 -fin, wide, narrow, thick, thin, old, new, wood, foam, carbon, hand shaped, molded, standup, kneeboard, handplane, you name it, the surfboard is front and center at Sacred Craft. J7, Tomo, Cooperfish, Danny Hess, Fineline, and Wegener are among the many talented craftsman, manufacturers and designers exhibiting at the expo … Details Â
Nine-time ASP World Champion, Kelly Slater, 38 years, will quit surfing after the 2010 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, in Australia.
The surfing legend from Cocoa Beach, Florida, USA, has decided to dedicate his full-time schedule to professional golfing.
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The 2010 East Coast Scholastic Surfing Championships concluded today in 3-5’ surf at New Smyrna Beach Inlet with Jeremy Johnston taking the Open Shortboard title and UNCW taking home the Tag Team title.
Facing a solid contingent of East Coast’s finest, “JJ†pulled out a close heat win to claim the $1,250 first place Open Shortboard prize. Facing Liam Michelbrink, Michael Powell and Sebastian Moreno in the final, Jeremy demonstrated his local knowledge of the peaky conditions with two solid scores to secure another East Coast win … Details