Looks like the Rip Curl Women’s Pro Bells Beach is going to wrap up before the men even get starts. Guess they’re following the time-honored Australian custom of ladies first. . . follow the jump for the rest.
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This year when the surf world meets at The Grove Theatre in Anaheim, California on April 23, 2010 for the Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards a whole slew of people are going to win (some of the entries have as many as seven photographers and three videographers included in the nomination. Awards will be given in the following categories:
• Ride of the Year
• Biggest Wave
• Biggest Paddle-in Wave
• Biggest Tube
Follow the jump for all the nominations.
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Apparently the girls ripped it up in some chopped up small waves in round three of the Rip Curl Women’s Pro Bell Beach today. For the official details, follow the jump.
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Anastasia Ashley and Gretchen Bleiler are looking for a couple sweet smelling dudes to go on some Old Spice adventures with. Apparently, they’re the BO bait.
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“And then I just snapped it back around and threw buckets in Andy’s face. . . he hated it.” Guess the only thing to do on another lay day is stand around in a logo T, talk story, and pose for photos. . . follow the jump for all the details.
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Surfer Marlon Lipke has decided that he’s going to prove to everyone that “with a little time and creativity, you can score waves in Europe any time of the year.”
Lipke’s first stop? The Italian island of Sardinia with European Pro Junior Champ Marc Lacomare. And from the looks of it this whole European surf mission looks like it’s going to be a little more trouble than it’s worth.
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While describing a surfboard as a “sacred craft” may lean a little to the hyperbole end of the spectrum there is no doubt that to those who hand-shape boards and the surfers who ride them it is a completely true statement.
Few are better at explaining and promoting the relationship between surfers and shapers than Sacred Craft Expo founder Scott Bass. Transworld Surf’s Justin Cote interviewed Bass to get the backstory on sacred crafts and the reason people need to get together to share shaping knowledge.
Surfing culture is sort of broken down into regions, into communities. You know like San Clemente, Encinitas, La Jolla, etc. And all the different regions have their regional shapers, which are the fabric of the surf culture in their communities. I think if you lose that, then we’re losing a real sense of self, and identity, and our culture. So my concept is look, lets bring all the surfboards in front of all of the public. Get some insight, meet these people, and recognize them by face.
As much as we love the immediate thrill of buying boards off the rack and putting them directly in the water, we really can’t really argue Bass’ point. Click the link for the rest of the interview.
[Link: Transworld Surf and Sacred Craft]
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While we were more stoked about Claire Bevilacqua getting her head together and winning a heat in the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach 2010 (yes, the judges to like to see fins), the ASP was more interested in discussing the lengths to which Chelsea Hedges was shredding.
Chelsea Hedges (AUS), 26, former ASP Women’s World Champion (2005), was the form surfer of the day, lighting up the lumpy afternoon righthanders with precision and speed on her backhand, collecting the day’s high heat total of a 17.20 out of a possible 20. . . . “It was good fun,” Hedges said. “Rincon when the tide comes off a bit it can be pretty fun, backside you can hook it a bit more. I just watched Silvana’s heat before and she helped me out you know – she surfed so fast, so it was good to watch her before I went out.”
For all the details and results from day one, follow the jump.
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Dave Duncan will be on the mic as Tony Hawk, Andy Macdonald, Bucky Lasek, Pierre Luc Gagnon, and many more slay the Krause Family Bike & Skate Park/Mission Valley YMCA in San Diego, CA for Pac Sun’s Clash at Clairemont 4.
The 2010 Vans Pier Classic at Huntington Beach is going on all weekend (click here to watch it live).
All the shred girls (and their fans) will be at Mammoth Mountain for the Roxy Chicken Jam.
To the North all the old snow dogs will be at Donner Ski Ranch for the Legends Of Tahoe snowboard gathering (click here for coverage of last year’s event).
We’re kind of wishing we could be at all four places at once. . . guess we should fire of that global army of interns. . . anyone?
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We’ve been wondering for a while how the whole Stab Magazine Tales of A Fucking Jew Mick Fanning story came about. Today the writer Charlie Smith was kind enough to recount his side on the Stab Magazine site.
The events of Saturday night, December 12, have taken on an apocryphal glow. I had been invited to Mick Fanning’s celebration at the Rip Curl house by Rip Curl’s international media manager Dane Sharp. I was introduced to surfing journalist Tim Baker. Tim and I talked for some time. He explained to me that he did not enjoy what I did. Said that it was too negative and the point of surfing is a positive communal experience. He also did not like that I had written that Mick Fanning was boring and asked if I had ever met Mick. I answered no. He told me that Mick is a great guy and I should meet him. Mick was standing near and alone. Tim went over and I followed. Mick was angry and called me a fucking Jew. I was dragged out of the house by security.
This is only the first paragraph. If you believe you have an opinion on the topic, please read the rest.
[Link: Stab Magazine]
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