Maybe it’s the hardwood floors. Or the wood-framed photographs of surf images from around the world, blown up large, stretched and framed in driftwood, hung neatly for display.
Maybe it’s the low-tempo surf videos that sometimes play in the corner, or maybe it’s Rob Gilley himself – intelligent, calm Rob Gilley in his button-down shirt and bare feet, the kind of guy who reminds you what’s good about surfing.
Whatever it is, the Pacific Surf Gallery in Cardiff is seriously peaceful, exuding a kind of refined beach ease that makes a surfer want to stay a bit.
Ostensibly, the gallery is a small rectangular retail space, wedged between a Starbucks and a gym, a place that Gilley started in 2002 with his wife, then sold in 2005, then bought back, redesigned and reopened last month, selling fine, arresting surf photographs and paintings.
More than that, though, the gallery’s iteration will see…Â Details
South Huntington Beach Pier is set to host an massive international field of up-and-coming competitive surfing talent at the famed Hurley U.S. Open of Surfing which hosts both Men’s and Women’s Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 6- Star events. Running in conjunction with the premier contest will be the U.S. Open of Surfing Nike 6.0 Pro Junior, which includes Men’s ASP Grade-2 and Women’s ASP Grade-4 divisions.
Surfers competing in the ASP 6-Star event are looking to capture their share of the ample ratings points available towards qualification for the 2010 ASP Dream Tour while surfers on the ASP North America Pro Junior Series are out to finish within the top three on the regional series in order to qualify for the Billabong ASP World Junior Championships held in Narrabeen, Australia each January…Â Details
This past Saturday July 11, Hawaii’s best youth came out to Kewalo Basin in hopes of Rip Curl GromSearch glory and an invite to the National Finals at Salt Creek. With rippable surf gracing the line-up, the light-footed surfing of Kain Daly, Keala Naihe, Kaulana Apo and more had the beach buzzing.
Oahu local boy Isaiah Moniz stepped up to the challenge and laid down the committed surfing the judges wanted to see. Isaiah grabbed the $250 and the loot in the 14/under, but fell short to Kylen Yamakawa in the dying moments of the 16/under final to put a stop to Isaiah’s dominant run.
“I look at the GromSearch as such a great opportunity,†said Isaiah. “I just wanted to come out and do my best. I surf at Kewalos all the time so I have been pumped up for the event and just happy I got into both finals.â€Â … Details & Results
Round 1 and the opening two heats of Round 2 of the Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay were completed today in clean three-to-five foot (1.5 metre) waves at the legendary South African pointbreak, with the world’s best surfers reveling in the opening day of competition.
Event No. 5 of 10 on the 2009 ASP World Tour, the Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay opted to make the most of the conditions on offer today, opting to run the new competition format of man-on-man elimination matches from the outset, completing 18 heats of competition, highlighted with some incendiary performances.
Sean Holmes (ZAF), 31, wildcard at the Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay, has a storied history at the event, competing seven times prior, finishing as high as …Â Details