The Girls Just Wanna Be Pro Surfers

by The Editors on April 26, 2010

What’s better than a documentary about a trio of surfer girls making a charge at the pro ranks?

Nikki’s 14 and is sponsored by Rip Curl. With serious power in her turns this pint size ripper is tipped to be the leader of the next generation of female surfers. A charger in the water and a charmer on land, India surfs for Billabong, and has been competing against Nikki since she was 9 years old. While Roxy’s Jess has been taking out titles left right and centre despite battling chronic fatigue for the last 4½ years. And to top it off she’s just been beached for 6-12 months with a shoulder reco.

Rhetorical question. . . and no, there is no punchline.

[Link: First Love]

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Vipe Desai: TWS’s New Senior Marketing Director

by The Editors on April 26, 2010

Picture-120Vipe Desai has deep roots in core action sports and after a short recent stint at Monster Energy Drink he’s landed at Transworld Media as their new Senior Marketing Director, according to a press release posted on Transworld Business.

With over 18 years of experience in the action sports industry, including retail, non-profit, youth brand consulting, and marketing, Vipe brings TransWorld Media a wealth of talent . . Vipe most recently served as the Director of Marketing for Monster Energy Drink. . . Prior to Monster, Vipe owned and operated H20 Surf and Snowboard Shop in Orange County, CA, for nearly eight years and also founded and managed Propaganda, a youth brand-consulting agency since 2000.

This seems like a perfect fit for everyone involved. For the rest of the release click the link.

[Link: Transworld Business]

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Steph Gilmore Wins Beachley Classic

by The Editors on April 26, 2010

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The way things are going on the women’s tour it’s a surprise if Stephanie Gilmore doesn’t win. So, no surprise at the Commonwealth Bank Beachley Classic at Dee Why.

“It’s incredible how good this feels,” said Gilmore. “Competing in Australia is one of my favourite things to do. I feel comfortable in these waters and have won this event a few times. I guess I’m on a roll and I’m feeling good.” . . . “The conditions were really deteriorating throughout the day so I’m glad we got the final finished relatively early,” said Gilmore. “I was pretty nervous throughout the final. Sally (Fitzgibbons) has been on fire all week and she really has a good local support base in Sydney. She’s so hungry for a win. But it was all about patience and I just had to sit there and wait for a wave of consequence.”

For the official ASP word and results follow the jump.
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Is Big Money Killing Snowboarding?

by The Editors on April 25, 2010

Olympians Obama 0421Time Magazine asks the age old action sports question: Is Snowboarding Getting Spoiled by Big Money, and Big Risks? Writer Christina Crapanzano then dives into the now cliché story of Shaun White vs. Kevin Pearce. It’s the over-simplified story of one snowboarder who risks everything learning a new trick and goes on to become a huge celebrity and the other who took the same risk and ended up in the hospital with a traumatic brain injury.

As the money and risks rise, the loss for snowboarding could be the very things that draw so many to the sport — its accessibility, esprit de corps and sheer pleasure. “I really believe that it will never lose that — it can’t lose that primarily because snowboarding is really fun,” Rice says. “That’s the base of it. It’s as simple as that.”

We have to agree with Travis. Forget all the Olympic hoopla, the media, the big dollar sponsorship and go hike a hill. It’s still fun. And they can never take that away. Not even in the pages of Time Magazine.

[Link: Time.com]

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Snowboarder Dies After Hood Meadows Injury

by The Editors on April 25, 2010

A 19-year-old snowboarder died Saturday, April 24, 2009 from injuries he sustained while reportedly attempting and inverted air in the Park Place terrain park, according to a story on Fox 12.

Deputies released very few details about the incident, but they said the snowboarder was wearing a helmet. . . Ski patrol crews from Mount Hood Meadows responded to the terrain park and an ambulance soon took the man to Hood River Providence Medical Center. From there, an ambulance took him to a Portland-area hospital, but he died while en route, deputies said.

Our thoughts are with the snowboarder’s family and friends.

[Link: Fox 12 Oregon]

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Jon Rose Makes A Second Impression

by The Editors on April 25, 2010

As Surf Rose Fin Filter 800-300X191When we first heard about Jon Rose’s iPhone app Code Red, we thought it was just one more notch in the misogynist surf industry gun. That’s kind of what Cleveland Plains Dealer columnist Connie Schultz thought, too. Then she gave Jon Rose another shot:

I sat down at my keyboard poised to write a primer on foreplay. You know, take out the garbage, look at us and not the score when we talk to you, don’t tell us we look “fine” after we’ve spent three hours getting ready. The usual. . . Then I checked out the so-called humanitarian behind this stunt. . . That’s when I found wavesforwater.org, which Rose founded “for surfers and surf travelers to help bring clean drinking water to villages all over the world.”

She also discovered that all the money Rose makes from Code Red goes to wavesforwater.org. That’s when she decided that Mr. Rose was okay, after all. Even if he is responsible for an iPhone app that tracks women’s menstrual cycles for cluelss dudes.

[Link: Cleveland Plains Dealer]

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Billabong Pro Santa Catarina Round 2

by The Editors on April 25, 2010

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(9:00 AM PST) Round 2 of the Billabong Pro at Praia Da Vila, Santa Catarina, Brazil wrapped up Round 2 today in medium-sized inconsistent surf. Here’s how Round 2 ended up:

Heat 1: Taj Burrow 15.66 def. Tanio Barreto (BRA) 8.84
Heat 2: Mick Fanning (AUS) 13.83 def. Ricardo dos Santos (BRA) 8.83
Heat 3: Kelly Slater (USA) 14.84 def. Messias Felix (BRA) 8.17
Heat 4: Adriano de Souza (BRA) 12.84 def. Blake Thornton (AUS) 10.90
Heat 5: Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 10.26 def. Marco Polo (BRA) 9.57
Heat 6: Travis Logie (ZAF)12.63 def. Kai Otton (AUS) 12.16.
Heat 7: Adrian Buchan (AUS) 13.50 def. Nate Yeomans (USA) 9.34
Heat 8: Kieren Perrow (AUS) 13.47 def. Jay Thompson (AUS) 12.50
Heat 9: Chris Davidson (AUS) 13.33 def. Adam Melling (AUS) 12.50
Heat 10: Luke Munro (AUS) 9.07 def. Luke Stedman (AUS) 8.96
Heat 11: Ben Dunn (AUS) 13.33 def. Andy Irons (HAW) 12.90
Heat 12: Daniel Ross (AUS) 16.93 def. Brett Simpson (USA) 7.63
Heat 13: Michel Bourez (PYF) 14.50 def. Dusty Payne (HAW) 13.46
Heat 14: Jadson Andre (BRA) 14.17 def. Drew Courtney (AUS) 12.47
Heat 15: Roy Powers (HAW) 13.60 def. Mick Campbell (AUS) 10.40
Heat 16: Kekoa Bacalso (HAW) 16.00 def. Dean Morrison (AUS) 10.06

Follow the jump for the ASP professional perspective on the day’s events and for round 3 match ups.

[Link: Billabong Pro Santa Catarina]
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2010 Billabong XXL Award Winners

by The Editors on April 23, 2010

Xxl TwiggyOn Friday night (April 23, 2010) big wave surfing’s finest (and those who love them) packed into Anaheim, California’s The Grove for the 2010 Billabong XXL Awards. We didn’t attend but Mavsurfer.com’s Frank Quirarte did (click here to check out all his photos) and we’ll cut right to the results:

Ride Of The Year
1: Grant Baker (Durban, South Africa) at Maverick’s, California on February 13, 2010. (Video by Noel Robinson) (Surfer prize $50,000 – Video prize $5,000)
2: Ramon Navarro (Pichilemu, Chile) at Waimea Bay, Hawaii on December 8, 2009. (Surfer prize $5,000)
3: Shane Dorian (Kona, Kauai, Hawaii) Maverick’s, California on February 13, 2010. (Surfer prize $1,500)
4: Raimana Van Bastolaer (Tahiti, French Polynesia) at Teahupoo, Tahiti on March 17, 2010. (Surfer prize $1,500)
5: Mark Healey/Shane Dorian (Sunset Beach & Kona, Hawaii, USA) at Waimea Bay, Hawaii on December 7, 2009. (Surfer prize $1,500)

Biggest Wave
Sebastian Steudtner (Nuremburg, Germany) at Jaws, Maui on December 7th, 2009. (Photo by Batel Shimi) (Surfer prize $15,000 and a Honda Aquatrax watercraft with HSA sled – Photo/video prize $4,000)

Paddle In
Shawn Dollar (Santa Cruz, California, USA) at Mavericks, California on February 13th, 2010 (Photo by Fred Pompermayer) (Surfer prize $15,000 – Photo/video prize $4,000)

Biggest Tube
Raimana Van Bastolaer (Tahiti, French Polynesia) at Teahupoo, Tahiti on March 17th, 2010. (Photo by Ben Thouard) (Surfer prize $5,000 – Photography prize $2,000)

Best Overall Male Performance
Shane Dorian (Kona, Hawaii) (Surfer prize $5,000)

Best Overall Girls Performance
Maya Gabeira (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) (Surfer prize $5,000)

Wipeout
Brook Phillips Shipsterns Bluff, Tasmania, Australia on October 19th, 2009.

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Phil Frost Saturday Night At Known

by The Editors on April 23, 2010

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Yes, Phil Frost is worth a big ol’ graphic in the middle of this page. See him Saturday night, April 24, 2010 at Known Gallery 441 North Fairfax Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90036. Come to think of it, we’ve had a hankering for turkey dinner at Cantor’s for a while now. . . this could be the chance for a perfect evening in LA.

[Link: Known Gallery]

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We Don’t Condone Baby Racing, But. . .

by The Editors on April 23, 2010

Alright parents. . . here’s a 1.3 year old Ava Marie shredding Mammoth’s Canyon Lodge (we still call it The Hut) earlier this month. Who can go even younger? Huck your babies. Maybe they’ll get sponsored.

[Link via @jaredsouney]

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