Sunday 12/06 was a typical day at the Banzai Pipeline: Tanned bunnies strutting their stuff on the beach, a heavy dose of ripping from the world's best, and to top it off, a scuffle on the beach.

Currently sitting at the #2 position on the World Qualifying Series ratings, San Clemente's Pat Gudauskas is virtually guaranteed a spot on the 2010 Dream Tour. We caught up with him for a recap of his whirlwind year on "The Grind"...

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.

Patrick Gudauskas, 23, nearly claimed the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) WQS 6- Star Local Motion Guaruja Surf Pro...

Join Vans team riders Tanner, Pat, and Dane Gudauskas in Australia as they rip their way through one of surfing's iconic destinations...

Instead of saying, “How does second place warrant an article?” let’s go with, “If there are any guys in the USA who are ready for the big leagues, it’s San Clemente’s Pat Gudauskas." Glass is half full today kids...

After his victory in the Maldives at the WQS 6-Star Prime SriLankan Airlines Pro, Australia’s Owen Wright is almost guaranteed a spot on the 2010 World Championship Tour—congrats Owen!

Safe surfing in heats in no longer allowed…way to go Pat!

Jordy Smith, Timmy Reyes, Roy Powers, Pat Gudauskas enjoy the big rights found at Bells and some other nearby spots in Victoria, Australia... Jordy Smith's alley-oop at the end is worth the price of admission alone!

There's more to Mexico than cartels an killings—there's epic surf as evidenced by this video of the Vans team at an undisclosed location in Mainland Mexico. Featuring Josh Mulcoy, Dylan Graves, and Pat and Dane Gudauskas.

As the surf world focuses on other zones, the Gudauskas bros and Nate Yeomans score an early season, fun-sized swell at Teahupoo. Inside is a unique view of small wave surfing at what is generally thought of as the world's heaviest wave.

The Vans Surf team has been busy this winter (yes, only two more weeks left of official winter). Check out what Nathan Fletcher, the Gudauskas brothers, Dylan Graves, Josh Mullcoy, and Joel Tudor have all been up to on their worldly travels.

The Vans surf team scores an under-the-radar south swell at an undisclosed Mexican beach break while the rest of California waits out a flat spell/frost advisory combo. The highlight of the trip was an amazing flip pulled off by Pat Gudauskas. Check the sequence for proof...Viva Mexico!

It was a day of hope and patience at San Juan but the conditions never improved throughout the day. Surfers and officials eventually decided to give San Juan another chance and come back tomorrow Friday, October 17 at 7:30 a.m. (GMT+1) to possibly get Round 2 started.

The second day of the ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS) 6-Star Prime Santa Surf Pro saw Round 1 come to completion in decreasing wind-blown two foot (0.5 meter) waves at San Juan with seven heats only being held. With the forecast showing the arrival of a new swell from Friday with a good chance of seeing its first pulses from tomorrow afternoon, officials decided not to get Round 2 started and wait for better conditions to send the world's best qualifiers in the water.