Video Surfing – Pataua Ice Surf – Some chilly glide time on my 1963 9’5″ Altlas Woods. Filmed 05-06-2009 on one of the few frosty mornings that we’ve had in Northland, New Zealand, As cold as it gets in ‘the winterless North’.
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Video Surfing – Hawaii State Championships – Surfing – Lucas Angulo, #1 Menehune surfer from Kauai, battles through four heats to make it to the Finals, ending up second in the State of Hawaii.
In its July 2009 Issue, on newsstands now, SURFER Magazine ranks the Top Ten Surf Towns in America. >From the famous to the obscure, the urban to the rustic; locales from around the country were considered, debated, and disqualified until only the best remained.
For a town to make the list, criteria included quality of life, variety and quality of surf, climate, cost of living, access to culture, availability of work, and even prevalence of sharks. Boiling the thousands of miles of U.S. coastline down into a select group of towns wasn’t easy, according to SURFER editors.
“List-making of this sort is a bit of a lose-lose proposition,†says Editor in Chief Joel Patterson. “Some surfers will feel their town… Details
Honolulu — The 2009 champions of the Hard Rock Cafe State Surfing Championships, presented by Surftech, were crowned today, wrapping up three days of intense competition at Ala Moana Bowls. Waves persisted in the two- to three-foot range for the final stage.
More than 200 competitors from around the state gathered at Ala Moana over the past three days. Event director Wendell Aoki spoke particularly highly of the outer-island contingent.
“We were really impressed to have so many outer island qualifiers attend,” said Aoki, “and they put in some very strong performances. Economically, this isn’t an easy time for families to be traveling and competing, so we genuinely appreciate the lengths they went to to make it. The result is a truly competitive team from Hawaii that will now move on to the national championships in California in August. We are very proud of our kids.”
The technical nature of Ala Moana Bowls – a rapid-fire left that has a distinct …Â Details