Round 1 of the Hurley Pro Trestles is on this morning with the world’s best surfers tackling the two-to-three foot (1 metre) waves on offer this morning at Lower Trestles.

The Hurley Pro Trestles, Event No. 6 of 10 on the 2009 ASP World Tour, is just days from commencing and the Southern California air is electric with the arrival of the world’s best surfers at one of the world’s most high-performance waves.

With $100,000 on the line, the Hurley Pro has the full attention of the ASP World Tour surfers. Here's a photo gallery from Wednesday Sept. 9th featuring some of the world's best getting geared up for the biggest paycheck in World Championship Tour history...photos and video of all the action.

Hurley today announced a $100,000 first place prize and a global record $400,000 overall purse for the upcoming ASP World Tour event; the Hurley Pro, Sept. 13 to 19 at Lower Trestles.

Peep this clip of Lowers regulars Chris Ward and Kolohe Andino, along with South African Jordy Smith, reaping the benefits of summertime in SoCal at Lower Trestles.

How can they charge for that lot? Is it right? Let us know your opinion...

"This is a very big development for Surfing America and the sport of surfing in the United States," said Surfing America's Mike Gerard. We couldn't agree more...

South swell in the water and a free bagged lunch at Lowers? Can you say awesome?

Lower Trestles plays host to the USA's top amateurs at the 2009 NSSA Nationals. To catch all the action live go to www.nssalive.com!

You know those rail things that are on the side of your surfboard? In this exclusive video, Taylor Knox shows you how to use them...

Anyone who's ever surfed Lower Trestles has had the same experience as our buddy and ASP World Tour surfer Damien Hobgood is having here...

A nicely groomed south swell greets the hordes of recently-released kids and old farts alike. From Malibu to Lowers we were on it!

The nation’s best are getting their work in before they square off for NSSA Nationals in prime south swell season at Lowers. Luckily for them, they’ll be surfing it with only five others in just a few days.

California saw a good run of swell there for about two weeks. Now in the middle of a lull, Jamie Parkhurst reminds us how good Lowers was. Check out the video, and the huge air reverse he bags.

Dusty Payne goes nuts, Tanner G blows up, and Adriano De Souza looks like a serious contender as the Nike 6.0 Lowers Pro goes into the final day with a stacked lineup...