After six long days of waiting the Quiksilver Pro fired back up again on Saturday (Australia) with a two-event day: morning at Duranbah, afternoon at Snapper Rocks.
Bede Durbidge and Joel Parkinson advanced, Danny Wills retired, and Dane Reynolds scored the first 10 of the content.
Looks like the surf is up for round three today. More after the jump or click here for Surfing Magazine coverage.
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Yes, we all watched it live online three months ago, but watching surfing on the web can make you forget what it looks like in high-definition. As a little reminder Fuel TV will be airing the 2008 Billabong Pipeline Masters starting Monday, March 9, 2009 and many more times during the month.
Follow the jump for all the details.
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Entrepreneur.com, not exactly known for its hard hitting business journalism, just profiled RVCA and founder PM Tenore. And despite the fashion industry chaos going on all around him, Tenore and his Costa Mesa fashion house seem to be doing just fine.
Its footprint may be growing, but it’s not seeking to grow out of its niche. “I like where we are right now: not too big and not too small. But we also want to try to be everywhere,” Tenore says. As part of its growth strategy, no additional accounts will be added to RVCA’s distribution in 2009. At present, the brand is sold in 600 accounts in the U.S. and distributed in 28 countries world wide.
We’ve from several small brands who are doing well. Guess its nice when the big guys are taking all the hits.
[Link: Entrepreneur.com]
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Thanks to tropical cyclone Hamish, Quiksilver Pro contest director Rod Broks is planning a possible venue move to Kirra, according to a story on Goldcoast.com.au.
Contest director Rod Brooks said plans were under way to move the primary contest site from Snapper Rocks to nearby Kirra should the massive swell eventuate. “If we are lucky and the swell comes the way (contest surf forecasters) expect it might, then we will be ready for it,” Brooks said yesterday. “It will be the first time back at Kirra for 12 years. The prospect is amazing, but I don’t want people’s expectations too built up. “At this stage it is a 50-50 chance.”
There are only five days left in the Quiksilver and Roxy Pro waiting periods. Come on, waves.
[Link: Goldcoast.com.au]
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A 19-year-old French surfer was reportedly paddling back to his boat when he was hit by a shark in the waters of New Caledonia in the south Pacific, according to a story on the Associated Press.
Police commander Alain Bouedo says the 19-year-old surfer was swimming back to his boat early Friday when the shark sank its jaws into his arm and leg, causing fatal injuries. . . . The young man was dead by the time doctors arrived.
A report in The Austrialian says:
The 19-year-old student’s arm was ripped off and his leg bitten when he was attacked “apparently by several sharks” while trying to get back onto a boat with his friend on Friday, police said.
[Link: Associated Press and The Australian]
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Craig Elmer “Owl” Chapman didn’t like his profile in The Surfer’s Journal so he sued. Now a federal court in Honolulu has decided that The Surfer’s Journal profile written by Jeff Johnson was not libelous, according to a story in Pacific Business News.
After a six-day trial in U.S. District Court, the eight jurors ruled in favor of the magazine and found that neither the publisher, Steve Pezman, or the article’s author, Jeff Johnson, made false statements in the 13-page magazine spread on Chapman. . . “It’s a complete victory for the defendants and a strong affirmation of the media’s right to write about public figures,” said Jeffrey Portnoy, managing partner of Honolulu law firm Cades Schutte, which represented The Surfer’s Journal. “We’re tremendously excited. There aren’t too many jury verdicts, especially in Hawaii, and this one is one of the few.”
Looks like the truth is a savage taskmaster. Thanks to Steve Pezman for fighting to good fight for writers and publisher everywhere.
[Link: Pacific Business News]
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The Roxy Pro from Duranbah gets back online today at 1:30 PM PT with rounds 2 and 3. Coming up in heat one: Sofia Mulanovich (PER), Jacqueline Silva (BRA), Ashleigh Smith (AUS).
[Link: Roxy Pro]
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Looks like the bad economy wasn’t the only thing causing problems in the financial world of former Billabong CEO Matthew Perrin. The Sydney Morning Herald is now reporting that Perrin had at least $1.7 million AUS in gambling debts last year before everything went down.
The debts of the former high-flying Billabong chief executive include $800,000 to the Centrebet boss, Con Kafataris, $300,000 to Flemington bookie Frank Hudson and $160,000 to one of Victoria’s biggest bookmakers, Alan Eskander.
What do they say? You have to bet big to win big?
[Link: Sydney Morning Herald]
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Their lead investor for the past three years may have declared bankruptcy this week, but Firewire Surfboards would like everyone to know that Matthew Perrin’s financial woe’s have nothing to do with them, according to a press release posted on Surfline.com.
Firewire was saddened to learn that Matthew Perrin, one of the companies lead investors over the past 3 years, had filed for bankruptcy protection in Australia due to real estate and other business dealings unrelated to Firewire. . . . “Matthew’s commitment was one of the foundations on which Firewire was built”, said Firewire CEO Mark Price, “and he along with our other lead investors, combined with our innovative product and Taj’s success, have allowed Firewire to develop into a globally recognized surfboard brand in a relatively short space of time.”
Having one of your lead investors run out of money doesn’t seem like a good thing for the business, does it?
[Link: Surfline.com]
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