The ASP Grade-1 Vans Pro Junior kicked off today at San Sebastian in the Basque country with two to three foot (0.5 to 1 meter) waves greeting first rounds for an action-packed first day of competition where no less than twenty-nine heats were wrapped-up.
From event low seeds to late-entry favorites, some of Europe’s best Under-21 male surfers displayed another stunning show for the numerous summer crowds at one of San Sebastian’s most popular beaches, Playa Gros.
With the wind switching from light off-shore to fare on-shore direction throughout the day, all competitors had to …Â Details
The most casual observers can tell when a surfing legend arrives.
Usually the crowd swells, cameras flash and adoring fans trail your every move.
Kelly Slater did little Friday to drown that attention, posting scores of 9.87 and 8.93 to advance to the men’s quarterfinals in the U.S. Open of Surfing at Huntington Beach.
Slater, a nine-time world champion, amassed a tournament-best 18.80 after an uncharacteristically slow start in his first two waves (1.00 and 1.73).
“I was a little out of sync, trying to figure out if I was going to go for the big waves or just go for a few smaller ones that were open,†he told The Times.
He broke his board on the second wave …Â Details
Honolulu — California businessman Jay Longley Jr., founder of Rainbow Sandals out of San Clemente, demonstrated that aloha comes from the Mainland, too, when he made financial and product donations to two worthy Hawai’i charities today: the Moloka’i Community Service Council and Na Kama Kai.
Longley is in Hawaii for Sunday’s 32-mile Rainbow Sandals Moloka’i to O’ahu Paddleboard Race, presented by Honolua. The race is the unofficial world championship for paddleboarders and is a world class event that Longley is both sponsoring and racing in, teaming up with legendary Hawaii surfer Gerry Lopez on standup paddleboards.
The traditional Hawaiian island of Moloka’i has long supported …Â Details
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San Juan Capistrano, Ca — Surfing America, the National Governing Body for surfing in the USA, is pleased to announce that a new series of events, called Surfing America Prime, will blanket the nation in the 2009/2010 competition season.Â
What was PacSun WSA Prime presented by Got Milk?-an incredibly successful series of events for “under 18” surfers on the West Coast this past year-will expand its footprint across the country under the Surfing America banner. The Surfing America Prime series will be made up of ten (10) events in total: six contests on the West Coast, three contests on the East Coast, and one in Texas. Â
The series kicks off at DMJ’s on Camp Pendleton on August 22-23 and offers a high standard of competion for aspiring surfers in the following age divisions:Â Â …Â Details