The Surf Blog Spot

Check out all the surfing action live at Ocean Beach(San Francisco, CA). Watch Slater chase down his history making 11th ASP World Title.

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Rip Curl Pro Search 2011

The 10 time ASP World Champion and now 5 time Hurley Pro at Trestles Champion wins it again. Kelly Slater came from behind and beat the Ozzie, Owen Wright, in the final seconds. This was the 3rd straight final for Slater vs. Wright. Check out the rest of the story HERE

HURLEY PRO AT TRESTLES FINAL RESULT:
1 – Kelly Slater (USA) 17.50
2 – Owen Wright (AUS) 16.74

ASP World Tour Rankings after 7 events

Retired FDNY firefighter, Brennan Savage, commissioned a surfboard to commemorate the firefighters who lost their lives on 9/11. Check out the other pictures.

Brennan worked with Iron Cross Surfboards of Encinitas to create a surfboard honoring the 343 firefighters who gave their lives.

Photo By Eduardo Contreras

Check out this “surfer,” Tom Gregg, who is filing a lawsuit against Channel Island Surfboards. Gregg suffered a “deep gash” on his right leg when he wiped out off the coast of France in 2009 and is now filing a lawsuit. “The surfboard, fins and their component parts were unsafe for their intended use,” Gregg said in the lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court.

I hope this guy is landlocked somewhere far, far away from any of our waves.

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Some of the biggest surf EVER for the annual event is taking place right now. Click here to go directly to the event!

Check out the 2011 US Open of Surfing here!!

Live coverage!

Check out this Florida surfer and watch what the video catches jumping over him.

Check out this hilarious video of Occy on the Australian Dancing with the Stars show. Doesn’t the dancer in the video remind you of the little Occy in the movie, North Shore?? Haha, he’s just as bad on Dancing with the Stars as Rick Kane was in the Arizona wave pool! Don’t shred so bad brah, you break your stick. Really, props to the movie North Shore. That was and still is a classic surf movie. It’s a “must have” in your surf movie vault.

North Shore Surfers, photo by Chad Thurman

Nike 6.0 Lowers Pro 2011

The Nike 6.0 Lowers Pro kicked off today in San Clemente, CA. The surfers will be competing for a total purse of $250,000.

Watch the contest LIVE

Directions to the event

Location: Lower Trestles, San Clemente California
Holding Period: May 3-7, 2011
Event duration: 5 Day Contest

Men:
Rating: ASP Men’s Prime Event
Prize Purse: $250,000 prize purse
Field of competition: 96

Junior:
Rating: 5-Star Pro Junior
Prize Purse: $25,000
Field of competition: 32

Coco Ho has partnered with Gatorade’s newest product line, G Series FIT. Coco will be a part of a group of athlete ambassadors that will compose the G FIT Team!

G Series Fit is designed to help fitness athletes get the most out of their bodies. G Series FIT is a new line of products that includes G Series FIT 01 Prime, G Series FIT 02 Perform and G Series FIT 03 Recover.  It was developed scientifically for fitness-minded individuals to provide fuel, fluid and nutrients before, during and after a workout, training session or surf competition.

Watch the behind-the-scenes video on how Coco trains for her surf competitions

Follow the Gatorade G FIT athletes on Facebook

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Get up to the minute updates via G Series FIT Twitter

Gatorade G Series FIT website

The inspiring true surfing story of Bethany Hamilton. The movie opens up Friday, April 8th!

Watch the trailer

Find movie show times and movie locations: Fandango.com

Soul Surfer the Movie

Bethany Hamilton’s official website: www.bethanyhamilton.com

Watch the first ever video recording of a surfer successfully completing a kickflip. Like the kickflip used in skateboarding. Volcom setup this kickflip contest in November 2007 and offered $10,000 to the lucky winner.
Zoltan Torkos, of Santa Cruz, California, won the contest. On March 4, Torkos landed the move on video. On March 8, Volcom disqualified his video because his board flip was not completed “above the lip,” free of backwash and chop hops. Volcom, after seeing how much attention the contest and the kickflip was getting across the web, they decided to reverse their decision and award Zoltan the $10,000. Volcom still wants to see an “above the lip” kickflip.
Now, Volcom is offering $20,000 for the first kickflip “above the lip.” No backwash, No chop hops, or anything in the flats or below the lip of the wave. This means NO tow-ats, step-offs, jet-skis, boats, dinghys, winches, canoes, oars, helicopters, dolphins or assistance of any kind. Volcom’s NEW kickflip website.

Ozzie Wright $10,000 Volcom Commercial

My thoughts and sympathy go out to the people of Japan. Learn more about the devastating earthquake and tsunami that rolled across Japan on March 11, 2011.

A tsunami is a series of ocean waves generated by sudden displacements in the sea floor, landslides, or volcanic activity. In the deep ocean, the tsunami wave may only be a few inches high. The tsunami wave may come gently ashore or may increase in height to become a fast moving wall of turbulent water several meters high (NOAA official tsunami website).

Tsunami Event March 11, 2011 = The Honshu tsunami was generated by a Mw 8.9 earthquake (38.322°N, 142.369°E ), at 05:46 UTC, 130 km (80 miles) E of Sendai, Honshu, Japan (according to the USGS). In approximately 25 minutes, the tsunami was first recorded at DART® buoy 21418. Forecast results shown below were created with the NOAA forecast method using MOST model with the tsunami source inferred from DART® data.

Tsunami Energy Plot

Tsunami basics

How does a Tsunami Warning System work?

Kelly Slater Wins the 2011 Quiksilver Pro! This is his 46th ASP tour event victory. Not bad for an “old” guy!
I hope you had him on your fantasy surf team this year!! I know I did. He was my first pick.

More on his world tour event victory at the Quiksilver Pro

The Memorial Eddia Aikau is under way on the North Shore at Waimea Bay. The surf contest will have another meaning this year due to the tragic loss of Andy Irons. The event has surfing contest dates from December 1-February 28, 2011.

Quiksilver Eddie Aikau

Check out the Eddie Aikau event live

See the 2010/2011 Surf Riders

Kelly Slater made surfing history by clinching his 10th ASP World Title! What a surfing machine! Slater is 38 years young, has been surfing on the ASP World Tour for 20 years and scored “a perfect 10″ championship at Puerto Rico’s Rip Curl Pro Search. What a nice round number for his number of world titles. Congrats Slater (again)!

Slater advanced out of the Quarterfinals today over Brazilian, Adriano de Souza. This advancement allowed Slater to lock in his 10th world title. Jordy Smith, the 2nd place surfer on the tour, can no longer catch Slats! Will he go for an 11th title?

Slater’s 2010 ASP World Tour results:
Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast: 9th
Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach: WIN
Billabong Santa Catarina Pro: Runner-UP
Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay: 17th
Billabong Pro Tahiti: 3rd
Hurley Pro at Trestles: WIN
Quiksilver Pro France: Runner-Up
Rip Curl Pro Portugal: WIN
Rip Curl Pro Search Puerto Rico: TBD
Billabong Pipeline Masters: TBD

ASP World Tour Rankings: 2010 ASP Rankings

Andy Irons, a 3 time ASP World Champion, died today in his Dallas hotel room. He became seriously ill from reportedly, dengue fever, which he contracted at the previous surfing contest held in Portugal. He pulled out of the Rip Curl Search Pro in Puerto Rico because of his illness. Andy won the ASP World Surfing Tour Title 3 years in a row and he was the only ASP surfer to win at every ASP tour stop.

Andy leaves behind his pregnant wife, Lyndie, and his younger brother, Bruce. Lyndie is due to give birth to their first child, a son, this December. This is totally sad and so devastating to his family, friends and fellow surfers.

We will miss you Andy and the entire surfing world will mourn your loss.

Andy Irons surfing bio

Kelly Slater, 38 years young, and current ASP World Tour leader wins the Rip Curl Pro Portugal at Supertubos.

This is event 8 of 10 and the ASP World Title race  moves onto Somewhere, Puerto Rico. Look for Slater to try and clinch his 10th world title in the next event. Imagine the pressure as Slater flies into the 9th event with only one more event left to lock up his unprecedented 10th world title.

RIP CURL PRO PORTUGAL MEN’S FINAL RESULTS:
1 – Kelly Slater (USA) 13.33
2 – Jordy Smith (ZAF) 11.43

RIP CURL PRO PORTUGAL MEN’S SEMIFINAL RESULTS:
SF 1: Kelly Slater (USA) 16.03 def. Chris Davidson (AUS) 12.20
SF 2: Jordy Smith (ZAF) 14.00 def. Jeremy Flores (FRA) 10.57

Check up on the most recent ASP standings

Check the 2010 ASP Events