PacSun USA Surf Team: Week Long Trials Culminate With Words From Legends Bob Mcknight And Pete Carroll
Ryan Brower
- February 13 2009
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Making the PacSun USA Surf Team is no cake walk. There are literally thousands of rippers from coast to coast hitting up Coach Joey Buran every day, pleading for a chance to be invited to the trials; no easy task to turn away exuberant teenagers for the sophomore coach. “There’s tons of kids who would be grateful to be in your position,” Buran constantly reminds his 2009 team of 30, which he widdled down to those sixteen (twelve starters, three alternates) dexterous youngsters to travel to compete in the 2009 ISA World Surfing Junior Championships in Ecuador this late March (March 28 - April 5 to be exact).
All photos: Carl Steinder
This past week, the PacSun USA Surf Team has been at it from sunup to sundown (in wet and wild conditions, to clean and rippable, to blustery and meager). Each day of the training week in Huntington Beach saw a different task, tougher heats, and continuous indispensable lessons from Coach Buran. Their days’ of the week looked like this: ‘Statement Monday’, ‘Movement Tuesday’, ‘Separation Wednesday’, and ‘Selection Thursday’ (On Friday the sixteen listed below will experience Championship Friday, which by the way, includes a pep talk from USC Football Coach Pete Carroll)
For these sixteen who will represent USA overseas in a month and a half, they have earned their ‘Championship Friday’ when they will battle it out amongst each other for trial position, and know they have earned themselves a true honor. The final preparation stretch for Ecuador starts with these selections, and as Coach Buran expressed to his team, “Enjoy the moment, but don’t be satisfied.” -Ryan Brower
We’ll have a meet-and-greet look at the squad, and Coach Buran’s thoughts on this 2009 PacSun USA Surf Team tomorrow, so stay tuned…
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February 13th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
fuck!!luke davis is not going? that sucks
February 14th, 2009 at 7:38 pm
the guy in slide 29 is taylor clark
February 14th, 2009 at 7:44 pm
the who dat is macy mullen
February 14th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
does the usa team consist of only kolohe andino? he surf for 4 people in all 3 divisions?
February 14th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
I hope that Brother kid’s pro career pans out…
February 15th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
“Last year’s selection camp I made it all come down to one day,” Coach Buran noted. “The problem with that is, one day can all go bad. So this year I decided on a week long training process.”
Why is the team selected on only one week? Why doesn’t the coach look at the bigger picture and review each kids’ success’s over a two-three year period and the training camp?
February 16th, 2009 at 1:27 am
These gifted young surfers on the USA Surf Team are very fortunate to have Joey Buran as their coach. Joey is a very kind and patient coach who genuinely cares about helping these teenagers enhance their opportunities in the sport of surfing. Joey selects the best of them to represent our country. There never could have been a better selection of a champion and veteran surfer to be the coach of the USA Surf Team.
February 16th, 2009 at 11:49 am
CL, they’ve had numerous training camps this year where coach buran has been able to see what these kids can do. he was just saying that last year instead of a final week camp he made it a final day camp
February 16th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Thanks for the reply. I still think that the team should not only be picked because of their performance at the training camps, but also their consistent successes over the past couple years.
February 16th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
I’d have to agree with CL. And what happened to Luke Davis? He’s not only not listed under the Boys 16, but he’s not even listed as an alternate. Luke is just one example.
Hopefully the USA Surf Team will do well. I have heard nothing but great things about Joey Buran.
February 24th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
These young kids are going to streched to new levels and they are already amazing. I am looking forward to following our hometown Nat Young. Knowing Joeys life story these young people will learn much more than surfing their best.
August 22nd, 2009 at 6:09 pm
what happened to Luke Davis?