Surfing Video – O’Neill Cold Water Classic 2010 California – Santa Cruz – Where it all began
Santa Cruz is the birthplace of cold water surfing and home of the inventor of the wetsuit Jack O’Neill making this an appropriate destination for the final stop of the O’Neill Cold Water Classic series. This well documented city has long since been a hot spot for skateboarders, surfers and hippies alike.Â
Long before ‘Dogtown And Z-Boys’, Santa Cruz was the place to skate and Kevin Reed was doing huge frontside airs at Soquel skatepark before anyone was doing airs. There are … Details
Today was another excellent day of training for competitors before the big winds forecast for tomorrow.Â
We saw Sebastien Salerno from France improve on his best personal time ever with 44.5 knots. New Zealander Gavin Broadbent had an excellent day again with top speeds of 44.3 recorded over 500m average. Rob Douglas from USA had the 3rd top speed of 43.9.
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Professional bodyboarding will be entering a new era. Terry McKenna, general manager of the International Bodyboarding Association, has announced that the IBA World Tour is taking a “quantum leap forward”, after closing a deal with a group of investors to have a company managing the 2011 tour.
“The current team has … Details