Sunset Beach
With today’s emphasis on above-the-lip surfing, spins, and grabs, power surfing—the kind where you turn so hard your fins beg for mercy—has become a missing component in many repertoires. Bonus Power Surfing Photo Gallery And Sweet Gear Giveaway!
The comprehensive guide to everything you need to know about the 2009 Vans Triple Crown of Surfing—event previews, schedules, and of course our picks for this year's Triple Crown winners. North Shore season has begun...
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.
As yet another high surf advisory is issued for Oahu's North Shore, the $845,000 Vans Triple Crown of Surfing, presented by Rockstar Energy Drink, is revving up for next week's Thursday start. Wave face heights reached 25 feet over the weekend and provided surfers with the ultimate warm-up session.
Unruly rogue sets, broken boards, two-wave hold downs, and shattered egos. Welcome to Sunset Beach on a big day.
Pancho Sullivan, Shane Beschen, Daniel Jones, Sean Moody, Myles Padaca, Charlie Carroll, Danny Fuller, and 2009 Xcel Pro Champion Hank Gaskell power through 8-foot Sunset on the final day of the Xcel Pro.
TWS' North Shore correspondent Flynn Novak reports from Sunset Beach where Hank Gaskell wins the Xcel Pro Sunset Beach. Plus Flynn and the boys cave dive Shark's Cove before the swell...
Pancho Sullivan powers through the field at Sunset Beach to lead the charge into the semifinals. Photos and video here!
The 26th annual Xcel Pro Sunset Beach presented by Honolua has a waiting period from October 30-November 10 and is the kickoff to the North Shore competitive surf season.
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.
Thirty-five years ago, Hawaii's Laura Blears single-handedly took on an all-male field at Sunset Beach in the Smirnoff Pro, firmly planting the flag for women's professional surfing.
In a final that saw Tom Whitaker, Jordy Smith, and Marcus Hickman, CJ Hobgood prevailed. CJ is the first goofyfooter to take Sunset since Michael Rommelse took the honor in 1997. CJ's task was no easy one either, seeing as how Sunset was churning out sets in the 15 foot+ range.
With Sunset currently receiving 8-10ft swell with clean conditions, the O'Neill World Cup Of Surfing has resumed today. Picking up in the heat 4 of the round of 32, World Tour dreams are sure to be made or broken today.
