by The Editors on September 28, 2010
The whole game with online marketing is trying to figure out how much to give away in exchange for user’s personal information. Quiksilver has apparently decided that a working email address is enough. They’ve partnered with YouRiding Games to create a virtual version of the Quiksilver Pro France 2010.
The game allows. . . you to play the contest waves through two different game modes: SOLO Mode allows players to become ”Master of the Spot” by completing a series of challenges that get harder and harder. Lots of prizes offered by Quiksilver, in particular a package including board and wetsuit, are to be won by drawing via this game mode: MULTI Mode offers a chance to challenge his own Facebook friends in head-to-head contest by creating yourself your own challenges.
We’d play the game and review it, but we’re not up for trading an email for it right now. Check it out if you are. You could win a board and a wetsuit and probably get better waves that the ASP Top 32 who had another lay-day last night.
[Link: Quiksilver You Ride]
by The Editors on September 26, 2010
Caleb Kauchak, 18, was surfing Sandbridge in Virginia beach on Friday, September 24, 2010, when he got hit by a shark, not once, but twice according to a story on WITN.com
Kauchak says the shark grabbed his ankle and he felt it thrashing. Kauchak jumped on his surf board to escape and says he was bitten again on the knee. . . Rescue crews say Kauchak was attacked by a shark, but officials aren’t sure what kind of shark was involved.
The nibbles left Kauchak with 51 stitches for his trouble.
[Link: WITN.com]
by The Editors on September 26, 2010
Mick Fanning (AUS), 29, reigning ASP World Champion and current ASP World No. 5, was a standout on Day 1 of the Quiksilver Pro France. Credit:© ASP / CESTARI
It was a stormy surf night (in North America) for those nutty enough to stay up watching round one of the Quiksilver Pro France. The time zone shift makes watch the entire event a little out of the question, but for those stumbling home at 2 AM, it is a perfect way to jump down off the party train.
In round one there were at least one. Kelly Slater got bumped into third place in his head against Pat Gudauskas and Maxime Huscenot in Heat 6. Jeremy Flores edged Bede Durbidge in Heat 1, and Kai Otton squeaked in a strong wave on Bobby Martinez in the last 26 seconds of Heat 12. But as we’re slowly beginning to figure out, none of this really matters because everyone is still in it.
That didn’t mean that Gudauskas was any less hyped on beating Kelly.
The young Californian began his campaign in spectacular fashion, threading a deep forehand barrel before executed a lofty double-grab aerial. . . “I was really fortunate to get that one and it definitely won me the heat,” Gudauskas said. “I was battling for position with Kelly (Slater) and he took the first one which was smaller and I got the second one. I actually misjudged the wave and barely made the takeoff and when I pulled under the lip I could see the barrel just breathing and, when it let me out, there was a ramp section so it was just automatic to go for the air.”
Follow the jump for all the results and the official word from the ASP.
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by The Editors on September 21, 2010
Last summer Stoked Mentoring got some funding from Nike 6.0 and brought 12 students from inner-city Los Angeles to Huntington Beach each week of the summer. While there they learned to surf and collaborated on a magazine called STOKED.
The 16 page mag reflects their personal stories and how Stoked has helped transform their lives. Besides an introduction to journalism and photography, the students surfed with Nike 6.0 athletes, scored VIP treatment at the US Open and broadcasted the story of Stoked to the world via the event webcast.
Isn’t it nice how Nike 6.0 gets us to post their stuff by doing something cool for Stoked Mentoring? We fall for it every time. Then again, if they were really preparing the kids for the future wouldn’t they have worked together to build a website rather than a magazine?
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by The Editors on September 18, 2010
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He may not have landed that inverted huck in the finals against Australian Bede Durbidge, but pretty much everything else Kelly Slater did today (September 18, 2010) was spot on (including his free ride into the quarters thanks to a “sick” Chris Davidson). When Kelly is on there is very little anyone else can do to stop him.
“What can I say? What a week,” Slater said. “We looked at the swell forecast and Pat (O’Connell) and I were talking, going ‘look what we’re going to get this week.’ I told Pat that I’d let 105 people punch me in the face to surf Trestles like this and they’re paying me.”
Bede put in the hard charge, but had some trouble with consistency in the final. Kelly pulled in $105,000 which is reportedly the largest prize purse in surfing history, won his 43 elite tour victory, and moved into the lead in the ASP ratings. Not bad for a Saturday at Lowers.
Click here for the UPDATED photo gallery, read Jed Smith’s Stab Mag coverage or Jake Howard’s ESPN post, or follow the jump for the results and official words from the ASP.
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by The Editors on September 17, 2010
by The Editors on September 12, 2010
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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by The Editors on September 12, 2010
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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by The Editors on September 7, 2010
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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by The Editors on September 6, 2010
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]
