The Quiksilver Pro and Roxy Pro Gold Coast events are on for the day (March 8, 2011). Men’s Round 4 is over and the Roxy Pro quarter finals are in the water.
After the women finish their event, the men’s Round 5 will take to the water at Snapper.
QUIKSILVER PRO GOLD COAST ROUND 4 RESULTS:
Heat 1: Dusty Payne (HAW) 14.07, Adrian Buchan (AUS) 11.83, Tiago Pires (PRT) 11.80
Heat 2: Matt Wilkinson (AUS) 13.53, Michel Bourez (PYF)11.14, Kelly Slater (USA) 11.06
Heat 3: Brett Simpson (USA) 16.60, Adriano de Souza (BRA) 15.63, Jordy Smith (ZAF) 13.87
Heat 4: Alejo Muniz (BRA) 15.23, Joel Parkinson (AUS) 12.76, Taj Burrow (AUS) 11.56
ROXY PRO GOLD COAST QUARTERFINAL MATCH-UPS:
QF 1: Silvana Lima (BRA) vs. Tyler Wright (AUS)
QF 2: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) vs. Laura Enever (AUS)
QF 3: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) vs. Coco Ho (HAW)
QF 4: Chelsea Hedges (AUS) vs. Carissa Moore (HAW)
Hola. It’s SIMA Surf Summit time again. This year the dates are May 11-14, 2011 at the Hola Grand Faro Resort (formerly the Crowne Plaza Resort & Spa) in San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico. All SIMA and BRA members are invited to the 14th running of this industry surf fest (hard to believe). If you don’t know what any of this means, just skip the rest. If you do, follow the jump for all the details. [click to continue…]
There is no doubt that many male surfing fans have been finding themselves paying more attention to the 2011 Roxy Pro Gold Coast and as much as we’d like to think it is due to the massive advances in women’s performance surfing, there is a chance that at least some of this new focus has more do with all that rocket ass bobbing in the lineup at Snapper.
This seems to have gotten the Courier Mail wondering if the whole “sexy surfer girl” thing isn’t going too far.
At the Roxy Pro, at Snapper Rocks, many of the young males interviewed by The Sunday Mail admitted they were watching the heats for the women, rather than for the surfing tips. . . Manu Maier, 20, said he believed it was impossible for beauty not to be a factor in judging the heats. . . “They look great, don’t they? I heard about this surfing competition. I said to myself that I had to get here,” Maier said, as a female competitor turned her back on the right-hand break, her small bikini shrinking to a G-string.
Follow the jump to see what wisdom Rabbit Bartholomew had to add to the discussion.
It really felt like the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast just got started in Round 3. Sure, there were some waves the day before in Round 2 (waves that no one was happy about surfing) and a couple two weeks ago for Round 1, but only on Monday, March 6, 2011 did things really get started.
Dusty Payne took out Mick Fanning by .77 of a point in Heat one. Matt Wilkinson (pictured above) nearly landed a Rodeo flip, and Kelly Slater reportedly had a shark in the line-up during his Heat 6 match against wildcard Matty Banting (maybe that was the real reason he came in after three waves to “switch boards). Then in the following heat Jordy Smith reminded everyone that he did nothing but improve his game during the Christmas break.
At the Roxy Pro, the women danced on through Round 4 and are set for a quarterfinal that pits surfing’s new wave against a couple World Champions.
Alana Blanchard turned 21 yesterday and apparently Laura Enever, Coco Ho, and the girls did a little warm up. And we thought they tore it up in the waves. . .
There have been a few claims at the elusive surf kickflip, but if this video is real (and it appears to be) then on Friday morning, March 4, 2011, Zoltan Torkos did it. Which is good, because he’s been trying them for a while now.
Current ASP Women’s World Longboarding champ Cori Schumacher says she’ll boycott the 2011 tour, according to a story on Surfer Magazine’s website.
“I have deep political and personal reservations with being a part of any sort of benefit to a country that actively engages in human rights violations,” Schumacher said. . . The current schedule for the Women’s Longboard Tour includes two stops, one in France and the other in China. Schumacher has stated that she will not surf in either event.
. . . an up-close look at one of surfing’s most energetic personalities. Kerrazy Kronicles follows Kerr and mates as they seek out surf and all kinds of adventure around the globe. The film also marks Josh’s first starring role and the debut for his company, Kerrazy Productions.
The show begins at 8 PM. After party with Flock of 80s at the Blue Beet. The Lido Theatre is located at 3459 Via Lido, Newport Beach, CA. Follow the jump for where to get tickets and all the other details. [click to continue…]
Laguna Beach, Calfironia’s 210 AR4T Space is hosting an artist reception for their show Futureland on Saturday night, March 5, 2011.
The show features a collection of posters from the future by some of action sports’ finest working graphic designers.
Their art works for FUTURELAND are provocative, witty, sarcastic, and just plain fun to look at. They’ll get your brain moving in new directions. Which, when we look at it in focus, is what makes them so perfectly suited for their day time talent – keeping the world awake.
Featured designers include Michael Jager, Sherwin Yumul, Greg Stenson, Jay Floyd, Blake Gantz, Thomas Bradley, Ryan Davis,Brian Nally, Shoam Thomas, Jeff Bartel, Peter Stow, Carl E. Smith, Patrick Carrie, John Antoski, and Corey Smith.
The event was poised to run on January 20 this year as thousands of spectators joined competitors at Waimea’s hallowed shoreline, but inconsistent 20-foot surf resulted in a “No Go”. That call drew overwhelming support of the event’s uncompromising standards. ‘The Eddie’ was last held in December of 2009. Since its inception in the winter of 1984/85, it has only been held eight times.
Guess 2010-11 was not the winter for big wave contests (The Jay at Mavericks window closed today as well). Next Eddy opening ceremony: December 1, 2011.
