While the Rip Curl Pro Search was getting blasted off the beach at Supertubes, this is what it looked like at Mundaka. Meaty. . .
[Link: Stab Mag]
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Former OC Register surf writer and current The Faster Times surf columnist Shawn Price goes over all the Slater Tour/ASP Tour upgrades detritus one more time in his column: Dodging A Pro Surfing Civil War, Part Two.
The Assn. of Surfing Professionals, having voted in sweeping changes last week that effectively killed the so-called Champions Surf Tour, gets back to regular business and wraps up the European leg of the World Tour this week with the Rip Curl Pro Search in Portugal.
Click the link for the entire blow-by-blow recap of the last year in pro surfing politics.
[Link: The Faster Times]
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At 1:30 PM local time Rip Curl Pro Search Portugal officials called another lay day for Wednesday, October 21, 2009. But no one is blaming them. Especially after seeing video on Surfling LIfe of what the contest site looks like after getting slammed with one of the biggest storms to ever hit an ASP WCT tour event.
Locals are saying the overnight swell at Supertubes was the biggest to hit Portugal in 30 years. . . . Event organisers will need at least a day to repair the Supertubes venue.
Check it out.
[Link: Surfing Life and Syndey Morning Herald]
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We know at least a few people (some competitors) who will be happy to hear that Ricky Irons is leaving the publishing world and moving over to the fashion industry as global brand manager of Dragon Alliance. With the state of action media in general it seems like a pretty smart move on Iron’s part.
Irons is leaving Surfer Magazine after 15 years as publisher. The only person to hold that job longer was Steve Pezman (1970-1991). His last issue as publisher will be the 50th Anniversary Issue. Not a bad way to exit, really.
“Dragon is a great fit for me because they are the real deal,” said Irons. “They have always been true to their roots and have supported the core athletes, retailers, and customers since day one. Their team of athletes is unmatched, the product is better than ever, and they have a great vision for the future of the brand. They are also an independently owned brand, which in this day and age is a beautiful thing. It helps them be creative, innovative, and agile in this ever changing market.”
What does this mean for Surfer and ASG? We’re guessing it means one less mouth to feed.
[Link: Global Surf News]
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Maui surfer Scott Henrich, 54 has 100 stitches in his knee after he got chomped by a 6 to 8 foot shark while surfing Maui’s Kalama Bowls just a little before sunrise, according to a story in the Honolulu Advertiser.
He had just paddled out about 300 yards around 6 a.m. and sat up on his board when the shark suddenly emerged from the water and clamped onto the surfer’s leg. Henrich said he punched the animal’s snout twice and it released its grip. . . “I thought, ‘I gotta get him off my leg,’ so I pounded him. I was just hoping he wasn’t going to chomp all the way through,” he said. . . “There was blood everywhere. I looked at the top gash and saw white meat and I knew it was bad. I was worried there might be other sharks around, and I knew I had to get it up and get out of the water quickly,” he said.
Henrich hobbled to his car “screaming the whole way” for someone to call 911. Finally a motorist stopped and called. Now Henrich is home recovering and apologizing for being the guy who caused the closure of the beaches “along the South Maui coast from Lípoa Street to Kamaole Beach Park I.” This is reportedly the third shark attack in Hawaii this year.
[Link: Honolulu Advertiser]
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The Rip Curl Pro Search from Peniche, Portugal has kicked off with two straight lay days thanks to no swell and “stormy seas and heavy rain” according to the ASP press office.
“We’re obviously off this morning with victory-at-sea conditions and heavy winds,” Damien Hardman, Rip Curl Pro Search Contest Director, said. “The winds are heavy out of the Southwest at the moment that are projected to go heavy Northwest by 10am so it is onshore all day. This is the supposed to be the worst day for weather so we’ll be back in 8am tomorrow morning to reassess conditions.”
Surfline is predicting some surf tonight and tomorrow, so stay tuned. [click to continue…]
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A 15-year-old North Carolina surfer died in the Outer Banks on Friday when his leash became tangled in the pilings of the Avon Fishing pier according to a story in the Star-News of Wilmington.
The teenage boy, Craig Marshall (pictured on the left), a student at Topsail High School in Hampstead, was surfing with a group of eight teenagers on Hatteras Island when the current dragged him into Avon Fishing Pier sometime around 11:30 a.m., said Bob Helle, the assistant chief with the Hatteras Island Rescue Squad.
Our thoughts are with Marshall’s family and friends.
[Link: Star-News of Wilmington via WRAL.com]
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For as much grief as we’ve given print magazines recently there is no arguing with the legacy that is Surfer Magazine.
When John Severson launched his magazine in 1960 (as a program for his movie Surf Fever) he basically created the action sports magazine genre and all of us have been living in his shadow ever since. Shockingly, that was 50 years ago.
To celebrate this historic milestone in surfing and media, the surf world is getting together in Oceanside, California on November 21, 2009 for the Surfer Magazine 50 Year Anniversary Tribune.
The Surfer Magazine 50 Year Anniversary Tribute will bring together generations of Surfer Magazine editors, publishers, photographers, and surf pros presenting its story in a varieity of media showcasing the rich history of the magazine and the sport.
The event begins at 8 PM Saturday, Nov. 21th at the Grace Theater, Oceanside. Tickets are $25 for members $35 for non-members. But the real party will be the exclusive VIP reception at the California Surf Museum starting at 6 PM. Click the link for all the details.
[Link: California Surf Festival Image via SurfResearch]
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It was the ASP event that we missed and somehow it doesn’t seem like we missed much as current number three in the world Adriano De Souza knocked out a wounded Kelly Slater in the semi-finals of the Billabong Pro Mundaka/Sopelana and then snagged his first tour win.
The young Brazilian dominated the crumbling lefthander of Sopelana, racking up an insurmountable 16.40 out of a possible 20 to overtake his Australian opponent, resulting in his history-making win as the first South American to take out the prestigious event win. . . “The conditions have been hard for this event but we surfed the best waves that were available to us,” De Souza said. “Davo (Chris Davidson) is such a strong surfer and he has been going after a win for so long. When he beat C.J. (Hobgood) in the Semifinals, I knew it was going to be a battle. I was able to get the better waves today and that’s why I won.”
Guess we’ll have to catch all the heat videos later. . . because the World Title hunt is getting a little more exciting now that Mick is in the driver’s seat. Follow the jump for the complete ASP press release.
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A surfer was found dead this morning drifting in the water still attached to his surfboard near Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset, England, according to a story in the Daily Mail.
A spokesman for Portland Coastguards said: ‘A member of the public had seen what they thought was a body on Kimmeridge Slipway.. . . A coastguard helicopter and rescue team were tasked to attend the scene and confirmed there was a body of a man in the water. . . ‘He was a surfer and was still attached to his board. We are unsure how long he was in the water but yesterday’s sea conditions were not very good for surfing.
There are probably much worse ways to go.
[Link: Daily Mail]
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