The Surf Blog Spot

Get your fantasy surfer picks in for the upcoming Billabong Rio Pro! I have a great Fantasy league going with some other surfer friends. It’s a great way to talk smack with your friends and follow the top ASP surfers. Make your picks now!

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Billabong Rio Pro 2012

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

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

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

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

This truly is a nice rack. I was anxiously awaiting my Nice Rack surfboard rack while checking the surf report. The next thing I know there was a knock at the door and a package with The Nice Rack shipping label on it. I knew the surfboard racks had arrived and my wife was interested to see The Nice Rack. We opened it together and we were both stoked on The Nice Rack. It was almost as fun as opening a wooden crate marked “Fra-gi-le” and finding a leg lamp!

Order your Nice Rack

The Nice Rack definitely installs wherever you want it. Install this rack in your home, garage, bedroom, board shops, shaping rooms, or merchandising displays. These racks are a great addition to any board riding enthusiast! You can fit a surfboard, wakeboard and snowboard all on one rack. Where else would you store all those boards? I know I will get great use with this rack.

Store all 3 boards

I received the Surfboard Wall Rack Single 1 Set and I look forward to adding more of the racks (and new surfboards to those racks) haha. That’s the great thing with The Nice Rack. You can easily add extra surfboard racks to your existing rack. Rack expansion has endless possibilities. All you do is snap in the new rack. “It’s a snap!”

The Nice Rack in a snap

Watch a DEMO on how to install the surfboard rack.

The other cool thing about The Nice Rack is they are a green company. So you know you are going green when you ORDER!

• Nice Racks are made of 100% recycled ABS plastic

• All packaging and shipping waste are recycled

• Packaging Materials used for shipping are re-used materials

Check out this cool new surfing technique trainer! This is the No H2O surfing technique trainer.

NOHO is a new and innovative surf balance trainer. In seconds, the NOHO Surf Trainer transforms any surfboard into a training platform. This balance trainer enables a surfer to practice the techniques of turning, cross-stepping, noseriding, switch-stance surfing, and style development, all while experiencing the rail-to-rail motion of riding a surfboard on water.

Buy a No H2O NOW

Check out the most up to date surfers and their ASP World Tour surfer ranking.

See who is in first place: ASP World Tour Rankings

Check out the next event: ASP World Surfing Tour

Up next, Billabong Pro at Jeffrey’s Bay-South Africa

Liquid Lifestyles is a series of 10 episodes following the surfing action in the world’s most spectacular destinations.  Champion surfers work the waves and give their ‘take’ on reading the surf along with in-depth stories from the local viewpoint.  Learn about different cultures, cuisines and people in this energetic television series.  Unlike most travel documentaries, this series is a surfer’s view of the world. Surfing is not just about the water and the adrenalin-rush of catching the big waves. It’s about knowledge, skill, cultural curiosity, and an affinity with nature.  This surfing documentary series portrays the strengths of man and nature. It puts a human face on the sport, delving behind the images of magnificent wave riding – sharing the expert surfer’s knowledge of the craft, and the instincts and attitudes of the local surfing culture.  It is also filmed in some of the most spectacular destinations on Earth.

The series is made to explain all one needs to know before setting off for their next exciting surf travel adventure.  Think of this series as a television travel show based around surfing and not a television surf show based around travel.  This in itself gives Liquid Lifestyles more marketability and value for money.

Check out the Liquid Lifestyles website: www.liquidlifestyles.com.au



Surfing’s new wave of aerial surfers video posted on the New York Times!

Find out how to become a better surfer with this training website and video.

Total Surfing Fitness is your complete functional training guide to help get your body in the best physical condition to hit the surf.

Find out more about Total Surfing Fitness by going to their website.

Check out the new 2009 ASP surfer rankings after the first ASP tour event.

 Guess which surfer is in first place??

More ASP rankings

Read this crazy news about a French surfer attacked and killed by multiple sharks while surfing in French Pacific territory island of New Caledonia.

Click here for the rest of the story

Wow!  The California Coastal Commission, NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association), and the MBNMS (Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary)  finally made their decision this past week.  They made a decision that will likely disappoint a lot of surfers and a lot of people involved in the surfing industry.  Personal Water Craft (or PWC) use is now restricted in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.  This means PWC surfing for Ghost Tree and Moss Landing are off limits.  The ban will take place in early 2009 in all areas of the sanctuary, with the exception of 4 pre-existing zones near boat harbors, as well as a seasonal fifth zone designated specifically for tow-in surfing at Mavericks.  Read more…

I think this ban will only keep out the honest weekend warriors, but will not keep out the pro tow-in surfer teams.  I found the current punishment for violating the ban pretty interesting.  The current penalty for PWCs breaking the MBNMS law is only $500 for first-time offenders and a higher amount for repeat offenders.  This is just pocket change for any pro-surfer or any other surfer making the cover of SURFER Mag or Surfing Mag.  Think about it……$500 fine vs. +$50,000 for making the SURFER mag cover, XXL biggest wave competition check, potential sponsorship.  I think the advantages definitely outweigh the disadvantages of paying a fine for your shot at an epic Ghost Tree swell.

Ghost Tree is located off of Pescadero Point along the famous Pebble Beach 17-mile drive.  Pebble Beach is located on the western side of the Monterey Bay Peninsula.

Ghost Tree Monterey Bay Peninsula

More information:

http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/jointplan/

http://documents.coastal.ca.gov/reports/2007/8/F4c-8-2007.pdf

Have you made your Holiday plans yet?

Want to stay Christmas Eve and Christmas Morning in THE A Christmas Story House?

Yes, stay in THE A Christmas Story House from THE movie, “A Christmas Story”. I found this once in a lifetime auction on Ebay and figured any surfer or anyone else who has seen the classic movie will definitely bid on this auction.

This is my favorite movie of all time! I can’t wait for the TNT 24-hour tv marathon!  Don’t shoot your eye out if you win the auction!

The auction is only good for 10 days and starts today (11/17/08 ). Get your bids in now!!!

Now is your chance to stay in the A Christmas Story house located in Cleveland, OH. Sleep where Ralphie and the Parkers used to sleep!! Get a VIP experience for 4 people, airfare, hotel, and your meals included. You may even get to turn on THE A Christmas Story House’s leg lamp.

100% of the final auction price will benefit the Wounded Warrior Project.

Happy Halloween!

Enjoy a safe and happy Halloween all you surfers and everybody else in the world.

I would also like to say Happy Birthday to my wonderful and beautiful girlfriend.  Happy Birthday Special!

I think this surfer should be sponsored since he sounds just like a pro surfer and lives in The OC.