Jadson Andre (BRA), 19, boosts on his way to the quarters.
Sadly, we missed out on the earlier rounds of The Billabong World Junior Championships from North Narrabeen, Australia, but last night as Nat Young and Granger Larson made it into the quarter finals and Owen Wright got knocked out by Maxime Huscenot, it kind of got our attention.
If conditions improve, today just might just be the day for the finals, or as announcer Nick Carroll calls it Super Saturday. The call will be made at 7 AM local time (Noon PT Friday)
Here’s who will be surfing if the contest runs:
Women’s Semi Finals
SF 1: Laura Enever (AUS) vs. Joanne Defay (FRA)
SF 2: Alessa Cuizon (HAW) vs. Pauline Ado (FRA)
Men’s Quarter Finals
QF 1: Gabriel Medina (BRA) vs. Clay Marzo (HAW)
QF 2: Stuart Kennedy (AUS) vs. Jadson Andre (BRA)
QF 3: Maxime Huscenot (REU) vs. Nat Young (USA)
QF 4: Alejo Muniz (BRA) vs. Granger Larsen (HAW)
Follow the jump for the rest of the story, or click here to watch the event live when it begins today at [click to continue…]
Surf’s Up journals 40 years of Art Brewer’s surfing photography as he’s documented surfing, chasing the world’s best surfer and waves around the globe. He will share his perspective from the line up in the surf and on the beach. . . Brewer’s photographs are known for speaking with penetrating truth, enlivened with an edgy wit. His unique colloquial voice is capable of a restrained grandeur evoking an iconic sense of “witnessing” that brings us to the forefront of our attention, alerted to something transcendent in each captured moment…
Wish someone would have told us about this before it was sold out.
ESPN Action Sports‘ Ric Bucher has written a great overview of all the problems facing the Mavericks surf contest, Mavericks Surf Ventures, and what has happened since event founder Jeff Clark was ousted as contest director last summer.
While there is not a whole lot new in the story, it is a good overview for those who may not have been following along. Check it out.
Willmington, North Carolina skate and surf shop Doublewide at 24 Front St. will have to close for 60-90 days thanks to the building being ruled “unsafe” by an engineering firm, according to the Star News Online.
Jimmy Ellington, owner of Doublewide Skate & Surf Shop, said his business will remain closed until repairs are complete. . . “Hopefully we’ll only be closed or shut down for a 60 to 90 day period,” he said. . . Ellington said closing temporarily during the winter months would cost the company less than it would to move to a new building. The company also has a second location at 14921 U.S. 17 in Hampstead.
How’s that for a glitch in the 2010 revenue model. Good thing they have a great online store and are part of Berrics Unified. That ought to get them through.
Josh Buran, 26, nephew of Joey Buran, was out surfing La Jolla, California’s Black Beach on yesterday afternoon (Tuesday, January 12, 2010) when other surfers noticed that he was acting strangely after getting hit in the chin with his board, according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Fellow surfers. . . recommended he go to shore, but Buran kept surfing, said San Diego lifeguard Lt. Andy Lerum. . . About an hour later, a friend found him face down in the water with part of his body still on the board. CPR was performed in the water, he was brought to shore and 911 was called, Lerum said. . . Buran was taken to the hospital to be treated for a head injury and hypothermia, said Maurice Luque, spokesman for the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.
We hope Josh is doing well today. We know there will be a lot of people praying for him.
Maui waterman Archie Kalepa reportedly “seriously injured his left knee when he was slammed by a 40-foot wave while tow-in surfing with partner Buzzy Kerbox” on Monday January 11, 2010 according to a story in the Honolulu Advertiser.
“I was too deep, too far behind the peak, and there was no place for me to go,” said Kalepa, who also is the county’s ocean safety supervisor. “It broke in front of me and I tried to outrun it as much as I could but the whitewater caught up with me.”
After watching the Christmas Day footage it’s amazing more people aren’t hurt surfing Pe’ahi.
Users will be able to download a free trial of the magazine when they download one of the Apps from apples iTunes App store. They will then be push notified when new magazines and offers are available allowing them to purchase individual magazines or subscriptions, as well as back issues. . . The App comes with interactive page flipping, where pages follow your fingers and a zoom feature, which overcomes the inherent problem of reading magazines on the mobile devices.
The magazine apps were created in partnership with Pixel Mags. We’re found most magazine apps to be almost unuseable and annoying for all kinds of reasons, but maybe Pixel Mags has done these right. Follow the jump for all the details. [click to continue…]
Photographer Steve Sherman (photo editor of Surfer Magazine) will be taking his best photos on the road in Southern California this month and not only that, he’s going to share a little knowledge on how to get great photos. The tour begins Thursday January 7, 2010 at Surfride in Solana Beach. Don’t miss this.
