In the round of 48 the US Open of Surfing has finally entered the portion of the contest where we begin recognizing some names. And yes, that makes watching the heats more enjoyable.
Earlier, in the round of 96, Dane Reynolds busted out the highest score of the contest so far in a heat against Nathan Hedge, Rodrigo Dornelles, and David Weare.
Apparently, Dane’s “inverted frontside 360 air on a closeout section, earning a near-perfect 9.87 out of 10 for the single maneuver.” Can’t complain about that.
“I’m feeling pretty good,” Reynolds said. “I just rode this board for the first time yesterday and had a fun session on it so I was a little more confident than normal out there. When the first set came through and I didn’t get anything I was kind of worried. It was so grey out there I couldn’t see anything. I was on that wave and thought I was going to do turns but then I saw it was closing out, so it was kind of a hail Mary.”
Watch all this and more from the largest surfing event in the world as the US Open of Surfing continues in Huntington Beach, California all weekend long.
There is a lot of skate action going down this week that isn’t The Street League. What better time for Rob Dyrdek to kick down all the details on The Street League? And yeah, he’s pretty convincing.
It seems that having an iPhone app has now become one of the check-off items for every well run event. Many, like the US Open of Surfing, are discovering that simply having the app doesn’t mean that the proper info is being distributed on the right channels.
On the surface the free US Open of Surfing app (click here to download it) has everything that an event app should. The opening screen features the following menu: Live, Schedule, News, Videos, Photos, Results, Media, and Shop. Under each of those is another slew of sub menus.
The Converse Coastal Carnage mini park at Huntington Beach is looking pretty smooth, no? Almost makes us want to fill the thing with water and start blowing up our raft. . .
Apparently, Trouble Andrew can’t walk because he’s ingested sixteen beers and he can’t talk because he has smoked fifteen marijuana cigarettes. Now it appears he needs a ride home, girl.
Trouble’s new video sounds like a fantasy date come true. Nice to see Mr. Andrew knows his demo so well. . . he’s rebellious.
Whomever is responsible for staging the Maloof Money Cup and the US Open of Surfing on the same weekend, in the same county of the same state, during the same summer should seriously get their event planning heads examined. Skateboarding is fractionalized enough already without forcing people to make the daily run from Converse’s Coastal Carnage bowl on the beach at Huntington to the Maloof Street course at the Orange County Fair Grounds in Newport Beach.
But do it we must because the Maloof Money Cup starts today (watch it live on Fuel.tv beginning Friday) and Coastal Carnage starts Friday. We’re guessing none of this would have happened if Converse Skateboarding had simply sponsored the Maloof Money Cup. Maybe next year they can all get their dates in order.
Camerabag.tv profiles skate photographer/videographer Patrick O’Dell of EpicallyLaterd and gets the straight up story on the man behind the lens. Don’t miss it.
Alexander Baer, a 17-year-old skateboarder from McHenry County, Illinois, died last Thursday, July 29, 2010 from head injuries he sustained from a fall while reportedly towing on his skateboard behind a car according to the Chicago Sun Times.
An autopsy on Saturday found Baer died of craniocerebral injuries from a fall from a skateboard and his death was ruled an accident, the medical examiner’s office said. . . Baer was near his home Tuesday at 3:50 p.m. on a skateboard being pulled by some type of rope attached to a vehicle, according to a release from the McHenry County Sheriff’s office.
Towing continues to kill unrestrained. . . and yet skate video continue to feature it. Strange, huh?
This really is more of a personal reminder to ourselves than to anyone else (we’re getting pretty forgetful these days), but tomorrow the Agenda Trade Show kicks off its two-day run at Huntington Beach, California’s Hyatt Regency Hotel. As if you don’t have enough going on this week. . .
