Saturday May 2nd 2009, Surf Diva in La Jolla had a launch Party for Hinano Tahiti's Spring/Summer 09’ Line. The party consisted of raffles and giveaways provided by Block Surf, Hinano Tahiti Clothing and Surf Diva. The event was catered by Ishiki Plate Lunches of Huntington Beach and included an authentic Tahitian show, provided by Kaleo Onalani of San Diego, which set the tone for the afternoon
The New Jersey Regional Championships, the sixth stop of the 2009 Red Bull Riders Cup season, took place this week in a cold tail end of the East Coast winter in Ocean City, New Jersey.
New tour dates have been announced for A Fly In The Champagne tour. Plus watch for the DVD to hit surf shops everywhere on May 18th.
Father-son surfers Charles and Andrew Lindop were out to enjoy the waves at a beach in Sydney in February, when an 8-foot shark came to the beach looking for breakfast. Dad, Charles, heard his 15-year old son screaming, and when he looked up, saw about the worst thing any parent could imagine: a shark dragging his son off the board, and blood in the water.
Orange County native Timmy Reyes (Huntington Beach, CA), 26, was the only American surfer to advance from the sudden-death elimination round to advance through to Round 2.
Multi-platinum rock act Switchfoot presents 5th annual charity surf contest and concert utilizing enviro-friendly sound and staging to benefit StandUp For Kids
The 2009 season will now host a slightly different format in qualifying for the coveted event. Since the North American team finished fifth overall at last year’s ASP World Junior Championships, the region is allotted five spaces to represent the nation. In previous years, ASP North America would send their top four surfers from the ASP North America Pro Junior series, plus the top seed on the ASP WQS.
Now in its third year, the Nixon WTA is a winner-takes-all event which awards custom, limited edition Nixon timepieces at four stops along the ASP World Tour. The first WTA will be awarded for heaviest wave in Teahupoo, Tahiti.
Billabong Destin and Ride On Surf School are teaming up to host the 1st annual Billabong Grom Comp on Saturday, May 16th at the Pompano Joe’s Beach Park in Miramar Beach from 9:00 a.m. on.
Competing in the first annual Quiksilver Ceremonial Punta de Lobos on Monday, XXL Biggest Wave of the Year award-winner Grant "Twiggy" Baker charged 15-foot surf and heinous currents on his way to first place.
Pak up yur kids, goats, cousins, chickens, and leave your hollar behind, an getcha hide onto Volcom.com’s live webcast from May 8th-10th for the VQS Hillbilly Stomp. Volcoms gunna be tossin out a whoppin $50,000! in greenbacks to be divided up tween the Bootleggers (Pro-Am), Night Crawlers (Juniors), Porch Babies (Groms), Mountain Mommas (Girls) and Grasshoppers (Air).
Check out the Surfrider Foundation fundraiser at the Belly Up Friday, May 8th. Reggae Nights
The circus rolls into Tahiti this week, and we've got you covered on what to watch for. Plus the Cote brothers will be posted up in the channel to give you the most exhilarating backstage pass in the world of surfing.
Taylor Steele's latest film, Days of the Strange, will make its California debut on Friday, May 8th at the Encinitas Community Center in Encinitas, CA, to benefit the Kona-California Scholarship Fund. The $15 per ticket event is a fundraiser for the Kona-California Scholarship and an opportunity to get together with cool people to watch good surfing and groove to good music.
With one wildcard spot up for grabs for next weeks Billabong Pro Tahiti, 32 international surfers have matched up against 32 Tahitians on day one of the Air Tahiti Nui VonZipper Trials at Teahupoo.
