Taylor Jensen (USA) successfully defended his title at the Noosa Festival of Surfing today, crushing the hopes of local favourite Josh Constable (Noosa) to walk away with his second consecutive Golden Breed Mens Pro LQS title.
Riding his lucky Laguna Bay surfboard that took him to victory here in 2009, Jensen was selective about his wave choice today, securing an early heat lead off a 7.75 (out of ten) and backed it up with a 6.65 (out of ten) to edge out Constable who placed second, with Christian Wach (USA) and Jackson Close (QLd) in third and fourth places respectively …Â Details
Tamaroa McComb (Tahiti) has earned what seemed rightfully his, securing a fairytale victory at the TNS Rangiroa Pro Junior in Taumoto, Tahiti today.
McComb defeated Australian Mitch Crews, posting a perfect ten-point ride in the final to with the heat with 15.50 two-wave heat total to Crews’s 14.25 (both out of 20.00).
“I am so happy!†said McComb. “This is the best thing ever, it is the biggest contest I’ve won in Tahiti for sure!†… Details
The first surf contest to be held at Europe’s only artificial surf reef has got under way despite fears there would not be enough swell.
Organisers of the Sorted Surf Festival are expecting up to 60 surfers and bodyboarders to attend to test out the new reef in Boscombe, Dorset.
Competitors are being judged on their manoeuvres over a series of heats.
Some surfers said … Details
In case you didn’t know what ‘Pearl’ meant, Corky explains
Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 19 March, 2010 : – – Yep, it’s another exciting adventure into surf lingo. But fret not loyal readers, I am soon coming to the end of the alphabet and this longer-than-I-ever-thought-it-was-gonna-be series will be over. Â
Then we can get back to the normal rantings that you have come to expect and read, if for no other reason than to see what stupid stuff I came up with for yet another week. Today we pick up at the end of the letter ‘O.’Â Â Â …Â Details