Happy to just help out behind the scenes, Jess Grimwood came through to steal the spotlight with a win in the final of the Brian Hilton RA Girls Surf Show. The event was held at Copacabana Beach on the Central Coast of Australia over the weekend of the 15th and 16th of January 2011.
Organiser’s Rebecca Woods and Amee Donohoe had to convince the 22 year old Grimwood to compete in the event in which she managed to take out the highly competitive field of international surfers in the Open Pro division. “I wasn’t thinking about competing- I was just happy to help out with odd jobs†she said. “So I was pretty shocked … More
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Alberto Contador intends to fight a proposed doping suspension, saying he is a victim of a flawed system and insists it’s a “question of honor” to prove he did not cheat to win the Tour de France.
An emotional Contador promised to defend his innocence “until the end” as he spoke publicly for the time since learning of the proposed one-year ban from the Spanish cycling federation for a positive clenbuterol test that could cost him his Tour title.
“In the next 10 days I’m going to  … More
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2010 ASP World number #2 surfer Jordy Smith and his sponsor O’Neill will be hosting the Jordy Smith Psycho Surf Day on Saturday the 12th of February 2011 at Durban’s North Beach. The event, which is open to all young surfers, will offer participants the chance to meet and surf with Smith ahead of his departure for Sydney (Australia) for the first event of the 2011 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT).
The Jordy Smith Psycho Surf Day will kick off with a two hour session between  … More
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