Monday, 08 February 2010

2001 ASP World Champion and current ASP Dream Tour stalwart C.J. Hobgood (USA) confirmed his status of top seed at the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) 6-Star PRIME Hang Loose Pro, winning the first ASP Prime event of the year in Fernando de Noronha, Brazil. Raoni Monteiro made his third final in a row in Cacimba do Padre waves, but as last year, didn’t find the barrels to win. “I’m stoked," Hobgood said. "Last year I put too much pressure on myself and it didn’t paid off....
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Saturday, 06 February 2010

Chris Friend (Alexandra Headland, Qld) today claimed the inaugural 2010 Grade – 3 Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Couran Cove Island Resort Pro Junior by less than one point ahead of the Gold Coast’s Mitch Crews (Currumbin, Qld). In perfect 1.5-2m waves on Queensland’s (Australia) notorious South Stradbroke Island, Friend edged out Crews in a thrilling final, which saw the lead change multiple times before Friend shut the gate with a 9.50 registering a combined two-wave...
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Tuesday, 09 February 2010

Members of the Winnebago Association of Kiteboarding will host the 21st annual Sturgeon Stampede Kiteboarding Classic on Feb. 13 and 14. The event will be held on Lake Winnebago, a quarter-mile off the shore of Fisherman's Road landing (six miles north of Highway 23 off Highway 151). This year's event will feature many of the Midwest's best kiteboarders doing their favorite tricks while competing in a variety of heats, including Speed Drags, Kitercross, Lake Crossing and Big...
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Tuesday, 09 February 2010

Riders that take part in any KPWT events, or events under the supervision of the “IKF”, will be refused entry for all future IKA sanctioned events, for a period of one year, starting with the last day of such event. IKA sanctioned events include all world and continental championships events in Course Racing and Speed, all events of the PKRA World Tour leading to the world titles in Freestyle and Wave, the Kiteboard Tour Asia, the Kiteboard Tour Europe, and any national events and...
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Sunday, 07 February 2010

Lighter winds and rain today for the final day of racing at the 2010 Oceanic & Australian Formula Windsurfing Championships at Hawks Nest which allowed the competitors one more race to bring the total to twelve races for the four-day championship. Sean O’Brien (Point-7/Gaastra) cemented his second position overall today by winning the last race by a clear 20 second margin becoming the only sailor to beat the Brazilian champion Wilhelm Schurmann (Starboard/Neilpryde) in a race this...
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Thursday, 04 February 2010

The deep sea crossing between the islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique that use to attract riders such as Albeau, Territeheau or Josh Stone until 1996 is coming back under the name Red Bull Masters of the Caribbean ! 5 days of windsurfing and endurance but also a chance of discovering the islands and meeting its inhabitants. A great happening that convinced Planchemag to become media partner. Set up by Pascal Arnaud, this raid will gather the best worldwide windsurfers for a crossing...
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Tuesday, 09 February 2010

Empire Bodyboards has announced the signing of Maui’s Jonah Romero. Get ready for the Jonah signature board arriving in early January. 1. Name: Jonah Romero 2. Nickname(s): J-Rizz 3. DOB: 5/6/1987 4. Hometown: Waiehu, Maui 5. Local Spot: Churchez, K-harbor, Ledge, OTW
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Tuesday, 09 February 2010

To kick start 2010, Pride has collected the highly lucrative signature of WA super Grom Lewy Finnegan. He joins one of the hottest young teams in the sport including Cade Sharp, Sam Bennett, Mitch Woodland, Ben Veitch, Nick Perry, Shaun Pyne and Jimmy Williamson. Before departing on another surf trip (try getting hold of him - its a nightmare), we caught up with him on the new signing and surfing:
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