“I’m excited to be competing in the Search for the second year in a row,” said Perillo, “especially since this year it’s in California—my home state—which makes me even more excited to surf my hardest and try to take down a few of the world’s best surfers.”
Brady even gets to face Kelly Slater in Round 1.
The waiting period for the Rip Curl Pro Search begins Tuesday, November 1, 2011. Which reminds us, the paddle outs are going to be half the show. Follow the jump for the official word from Rip Curl. [click to continue…]
Kelly Slater appeared on the somnambulant CBS Sunday Morning news show on October 23, 2011. The six minute clip has all the now-cliche comparisons to Tiger Wood and Michael Jordan.
“He’s won so many times not even he can believe it,” the host says. And Slater replies: “It’s almost like it happened to someone else. I sort of hear it and it’s baffling to me.”
The interesting part is the piece is a sneak peek into the Kelly Slater Wave Company where Kelly is lending his name to another quixotic search for the perfect fake wave. Watch the clip to see.
Bobby Gumm, 41, was surfing with friends at Newport, Oregon’s South Beach on Thursday morning , October 20, 2011, when the water beneath them began churning, according to a story on KHON2.com.
The group was out for about an hour when Ron Clifford says he saw the water boil beneath them. . . “I saw the water churning up like there was a bunch of piranhas,” said Clifford. “All of a sudden I saw a dorsal fin that was at least two foot in length high and as I saw it the frenzy and stuff I saw the shark actually lift my friend up with the board and everything, it looked like an old geyser or something just lifted him out of the water about 10 feet.”
Gumm, who lost 23 inches of his surfboard to the shark, reportedly made it back to shore uninjured. “”He’s a great short boarder and he said he didn’t want to surf again and he was very blessed that he could see his kids now,” said Clifford.” We can understand why.
The surfboard, made of white fiberglass and sporting a blue wave design covered with sponsor stickers throughout, is currently on view in the museum’s first-floor Artifact Walls. It has a rubber pad at the back of the board for traction and three removable fins along the bottom. . . “Over the past 20 years, his approach to surfing as a professional and dedicated philanthropist has changed how people surf and view the sport,” said Jane Rogers, curator, at the museum.
That means in a way both Al Merrick and Jake Burton are in that museum as well. It’s a Smithsonian trifecta.
The Vans Triple Crown of Surfing website just launched which means it’s the perfect time to begin planning your holiday trip to the North Shore. There is no better time to visit than during at least one (maybe two ) of Hawaii’s best surf events. Follow the jump for all the details on the 2011 Triple Crown of Surfing. [click to continue…]
While out at Manly, Australia’s Shore Club, Volcom sponsored surfer David Vlug was injured in the left eye on October 7, 2011, when one of the club’s bouncers reportedly kicked in the door of a stall in the club’s restroom, according to a story in the Manly Daily.
“There were a couple of guys in there before us and it was obvious they had been using cocaine,” Vlug said. “We were laughing and joking about it and we stepped in (to the cubicle) to look at the empty bag. . . “We had to shut the door to look at it because it was on the toilet roll and we were all standing around when the bouncer banged on the door and screamed for us to open it.”
Without delving into the ramifications of three dudes in one stall, the door was then kicked in reportedly hitting Vlug in the face causing “irreparably damage” to his left eye. The bouncers then threw him out on the street without even calling an ambulance. We’re hoping for a full recovery although it doesn’t sound that like is going to happen.
When it came to the final between Kelly Slater and Adriano de Souza in the 2011 Rip Curl Pro Portugal it almost seemed like the ocean had already given Slater all the waves she had for him on this day. As Slater smoked through the Round 4 with two 9s, the Quarterfinals with two 9s, and the semi against Taj Burrow with a 9.5 and a perfect 10 it seemed as if nothing would stop him. But in the finals the ocean shut down for the 10 time world champion. When a good wave came, de Souza capitalized.
“It’s been an amazing event,” Slater said. “I can’t remember a time when we’ve had so many 9s and high 8s and we’ve all just got barreled off our heads for three days straight. It’s been pretty amazing. Unfortunately, there was really only that one good one in the Final and I made a priority mistake and let Adriano (de Souza) have it. It’s obviously a good result for me and it makes things harder on everyone else. Let’s hope for good conditions in San Francisco.”
He may not have won, but the Rip Curl Pro Portugal made Slater’s grip on number 11 that much tighter, so at least there’s that. For de Souza it was one more chance to prove that he is not going anywhere and that Brazil is coming into its own on the tour.
“Kelly (Slater) has been my hero since I ever heard about surfing,” De Souza said on the podium. “He is a living legend and to be competing against him at this level is more than a dream come true. He has pushed me more than any other surfer and I owe him a lot. The waves have been incredible for this event. Thanks to Rip Curl for bringing us here and thanks to all the Portuguese who have supported me throughout the event.”
After surfer Charly Martin, 21, was last month convicted of carrying a knife in public during the Cold Water Classic in Scotland Nike has reportedly dropped the Caribbean surfer from sponsorship, according to a story on the BBC.
Nike confirmed to the BBC Scotland news website that Martin had been dropped. . . In a statement, a spokesman said: “Nike has ended its sponsorship of Charles Martin as a result of his recent conviction. . . “We have no further comment.”
ASP Dream Tour surfers worked overtime today as the Rip Curl Pro Portugal barreled through 21 heats of surfing today (October 17, 2011). The only heat that could be called upsets of the day were when John John Florence got by Ace Buchan in Round 2 Heat 6, when Fred Patacchia took out Jordy Smith 15.06 to 14.90 in Round 3 Heat 7 and finally when Bede Durbidge landed the perfect 10 barrel to send Mick Fanning home in Round 3 Heat 8.
Florence was having nothing but fun in the heaving barrels of Supertubos. “It’s unreal out there this morning,” Florence said. “It reminds me a lot of Backdoor and Pipe but with a sandy bottom. I was having so much fun. I just kept taking off on everything that came through.”
The contest will likely continue tomorrow morning with the last four heads of Round 3 where John John Florence will face Owen Wright in Heat 12. Follow the jump for the official word from the ASP. [click to continue…]
