The most intense surf contest series just raised the stakes for this year. Vans brings the total prize purse for their Triple Crown of Surfing to a fresh million bones. It's going to be nuts on the North Shore with all that loot up for grabs, as well as the ASP crown.

Yeomans killed it in the 6-star Prime WQS event at Steamers Lane in Santa Cruz on Sunday in solid overhead northwest swell.

San Clemente native Patrick Gudauskas, 23, officially qualified for the 2010 ASP Dream Tour when he finished third at the Islas Canarias Santa Pro in the Canary Islands.

Conditions have improved considerably and forecaster Mark Sponsler from stormsurf.com is predicting increasing swell with solid contestable conditions throughout the remainder of the contest window this Sunday, Nov. 8.

With Round 3 wrapping-up by the day’s end after an exciting series of 3-Man battles, things are set for an intense finish when the first Man-on-man match-ups hit the water tomorrow.

The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Grade-3 Oakley Pro Junior North America Championships has been placed on HOLD this morning due to small surf and an incoming tide at Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz, California. Event officials will reconvene at 1 pm for an updated call and have decided to call the ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS) 6-Star PRIME O'Neill Cold Water Classic California competition off for today.



The Oakley Pro Junior ASP North America Championships’ ASP Grade-3 status plays a crucial role in all surfers’ quests towards qualification for the Billabong ASP World Junior Championships held in Narrabeen, Australia each January, with all top campaigners looking to compile their best four results on the regional series to finish within the top three on the ratings to qualify for the prestigious event.

The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series 6-Star PRIME O’Neill Cold Water Classic California will see some of the world’s best up-and-coming surfers battle for the crucial ratings points available towards the 2010 ASP World Tour from November 2 through 8, 2009 at Santa Cruz’s prized pointbreak of Steamer Lane.

Things get whittled down to a remaining 24 in Tofino at the O'Neill Cold Water Classic Canada. Not to mention some local Tofino talent going bonkers. Check out all the photos and video highlights from "The Coldest Surf Contest On Earth."

Nat Young (Santa Cruz, CA), 18, grabbed the highest single wave score of the event, a 9.77 out of 10, with jaw-ping backside surfing on a long Tofino righthander.

The O’Neill Cold Water Classic Santa Cruz represents the final event on the 2009 O’Neill Cold Water Series and has been upgraded to an ASP 6-Star PRIME, attracting some of the world’s finest competitive surfers to Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz, California from November 2 through 8.

The O’Neill Cold Water Classic is pleased to announce the Santa Cruz Dream Inn and Aquarius restaurant as the official hotel for the conclusion of the 2009 O’Neill Cold Water Classic in Santa Cruz.

The North Shore's winter season is likely to get underway within the next few days, as the 2009 Xcel Pro Presented By Honolua returns to Sunset Beach with competition-worthy conditions forecast for Friday, the event's first holding period day.

Day two video highlights and wrap-up from "The Coldest Surf Contest On The Planet." Stuart Kennedy and Canadian ripper Peter Devries stick out it in a pretty good little clip.

The inaugural O’Neill Cold Water Classic Canada has now narrowed the competitive field down from 144 to 96, with all surfers out to claim the valuable ratings points on offer at the ASP 6-Star event towards qualification for the 2010 ASP World Tour.