Jordy Smith surfs so tough. Damn.
It was an overcast day of perfect waves and brain-scrambling surfing for round three and four of the 2010 Hurley Pro at Trestles.
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Dane Reynolds apparently used the first heat of round one at the Hurley Pro at Trestles to get all the jitters out of his system by taking would may have been the most waves of any surfer in one heat. He just kept going and going and going and didn’t score anything over a second. All that changed in round 2 when he went heat-to-head against local grom hero Kolohe Andino apparently.
“I was nervous going up against him (Andino),” Reynolds said. “I hate surfing against younger kids. If I surf against someone like Davo (Chris Davidson) I know what to expect, I know how he’s going to surf. Kolohe (Andino) can do huge moves and that’s usually my deal that I can pull out against other guys, so I was a little nervous going out there, but I got my bearings straight and got a couple of sets. I felt like every time a set came I was on the second one and it had a nice wall.”
For the rest of the day 1 wrap up follow the jump.
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Dane Reynolds, Luke Munro, and Chris Davidson kicked off the 2010 Hurley Pro at a little after 8 AM today (September 12, 2010) at Trestles for Southern California’s only ASP Elite Tour stop. The waiting period runs through Sunday, September 18, 2010. Watch it live here, or follow the jump for the word from the ASP.
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That may be the “no duh” headline of the week. But we’re just reminding ourselves to get ready for the Hurley Pro. The ASP is pretty excited about this event because it will be the first elite stop with the all-new format and 34 man tour. Lone San Clemente, California elite tour member Patrick “The Last” Gudauskas is apparently stoked:
“Everyone on tour surfs so well that it’s really anyone’s game at trestles,” Gudauskas said. “Surfers I’ll be looking forward to seeing surf are for sure Dane (Reynolds) and Jordy (Smith). I’m also psyched to see Brett Simpson out there along with Dusty (Payne). I think the young crew’s going to be flairing. I can’t wait to bring the heat. I think for myself, the local knowledge will just give me extra comfort to go big. I grew up surfing it, and have a lot of passion to do well at home in front of my friends and family. It’s kind of like everyone coming to your stadium to play the Superbowl. You want to give the home crowd something to froth on, kind of like Simpo (Brett Simpson) at HB.”
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The surfing the river (Eisbach) in Munich Germany’s English Garden is finally legal, according to a story on Deutsche Welle.
Up until this summer, surfing in the English Garden was forbidden – at least officially. . . “There were times when we really had problems with the police,” said 42-year-old veteran surfer Carsten Kurmis. “We lost the joy of surfing because we’d have to keep one eye on the wave and one eye on the street in case an officer came.” . . Calls to better enforce the surfing ban increased in 2007 after an Australian student drowned while surfing in the river. But Munich’s mayor Christian Ude personally intervened to make sure qualified people could still ride the waves. . . Now around 200 experienced river riders have registered for access to the city’s so-called Eisbach, or “icy brook.”
Sounds like Munich has a pretty cool mayor.
[Link: Deutsche Welle]
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There may never a more important, life-changing win for any pro surfer as Andy Irons’ today (September 3, 2010) at the Billabong Pro Teahupoo against CJ Hobgood. We all know how important contest surfing is to Andy and his psyche and it’s honestly a relief to see his energy channeled in the winning direction because it could have easily gone the other way.
Wave after wave Andy grabbed his rail and laid back into the arms of Teahupoo and he was rewarded. He edged Kelly Slater in the semi’s and then outscored CJ Hobgood 14.67 to 8.33 in head-high surf.
“This is all dedicated 100 percent to my wife. I want to thank the whole world right now. I really, really, really like competing because I love to win,” an rightfully amped AI said following the heat. Regarding the finals he was a little more mellow. “I just kind of played it safe. CJ was going so deep I knew he was either going to get 10s or 2s and luckily he got 2s.”
CJ was visibly shaken with his second place finish. “I’ve been in four finals here and I never remember the second place finishes,” he said. “I have no one to blame but myself. I had good waves that I could have gotten a score on. . . I wanted to pack them harder than I should have. I didn’t have any breakout heats on my way here. My feeling was my that this was my heat and I’m going to pack the 9s. I was trying to get deeper on my waves and I got too deep. . . if I would have come out of one of those it would have been a different story.
Andy is back. “I’m back. I never went anywhere. It feels so good to be back,” he said. “Without that year off I’d never be here right now. I think I have 19 CT wins this makes 20. Anytime you get your name on the trophy it feels amazing.”
We just hope Andy can let this win keep him pointed in the right direction because Trestles in coming.
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Volusia Country Florida, the shark bite capital of the world, logged two more bites this weekend as two surfers felt the teeth at New Smyrna’s Inlet, according to My Fox Orlando.
One surfer was bitten in the hand by a shark while he was paddling out south of the Inlet. The second shark bite was also a surfer who was bitten on his left thigh. . . Both men were taken to Bert Fish hospital for stitches to close up those bite wounds, lifeguards say were caused by sharks.
Lifeguards reportedly flew the purple flag, which in Florida “indications hazardous marine life.” We never knew.
[Link: My Fox Orlando]
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Billabong may not have been able to bring a monster swell to Teahupoo this year for the Billabong Pro, but they’re apparently doing their best to bring quality surfing to Apple’s iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad with the release this fall of the game Billabong Surf Trip.
Billabong Surf Trip [is] an arcade-simulation surfing game for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Set throughout the world’s best surfing destinations, the game features Billabong A-Team Professional Surfers including Andy Irons, Taj Burrows, Joel Parkinson and Tiago Pires sharing helpful tips on how to shred and barrel through waves for maximum performance. . . The adrenaline rush of paddling out and executing over 20 trick combinations including snaps and cut backs, along with catching air and maneuvering through ground swells and tube waves will really excite gamers seeking fast-paced fun at their fingertips
We haven’t played it yet, but we’re looking forward to slaying some waves as AI. Follow the jump for all the details.
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There was a lot of talk about the big cuts coming to the ASP Elite Tour come the Billabong Pro at Teahupoo. The former Top 48 was getting cut to 32 and everyone seemed very worried about it. Now that it has happened everyone realizes that it really wasn’t that big a deal and just the people we would have bet on to get cut were cut. Here is the list:
Drew Courtney (AUS), 31
Neco Padaratz (BRA), 34
Tanner Gudauskas (USA), 22
Mick Campbell (AUS), 34
Kieren Perrow (AUS), 33
Tom Whitaker (AUS), 30
Kekoa Bacalso (HAW), 25
Blake Thornton (AUS), 25
Dean Morrison (AUS), 29
Jay Thompson (AUS), 28
Nate Yeomans (USA), 29
Ben Dunn (AUS), 24
Marco Polo (BRA), 29
Exactly. What was good to see was that one of the Gudauskas (Patrick the rodeo flipper, pictured above) is still elite. His parents must be at least half happy. Follow the jump for the official word from the ASP.
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Not really sure what’s been going on at the Surf Industry Manufacturers’ Association lately, but it seems their Boot Camps have been oddly relevant. On September 22, 2010 SIMA will tackle “New Media.”
The first panel discussion of the morning, Media vs. New Media: Tracking the Transition, will showcase a discussion with the surf industry’s leading media experts on the transition to new media, its benefits and advantages, and specific learnings from the interactive endeavors of these media outlets. Moderated by Doug Palladini, the panelists will include: Rob Campbell / Editorial Director, TransWorld Media; Norb Garrett / Senior Vice President, Group Publisher, ASG; Ross Garrett / Director of Operations and Development, The Surfer’s Journal; Gene Pao / Vice President of New Media and International Development, FUEL TV; and Jonno Wells / CEO, Surfline.
It’s always entertaining to see what corporate executives from the established action media have to say about “new” media, isn’t it?
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