Category: Surfing News Archive 2005-2014

Jensen Wins Golden Breed Pro While Williams Takes Banana Boat Pro in Epic Noosa

NOOSA HEADS, Australia (Saturday, March 21, 2009) – With perfect 1.25 metre surf pouring through the idyllic pointbreaks at Noosa Heads today, USA surfer Taylor Jensen (San Diego) and Australia’s Chelsea Williams (Tweed Heads/NSW) won high-scoring finals of the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Longboard Qualifying Series (LQS) events, the Golden Breed Pro and Banana Boat Women’s Pro.

It was Taylor Jensen’s first Final at Noosa despite traveling to this event for the past five years and the former three-time USA Longboard Champion won the Final in convincing fashion posting three outstanding 9-point plus rides , finishing on a Final score tally on his top two rides of 18.70 to Australia’s Josh Constable on 17.15 (out of a possible 20).“The waves out there today were unbelievable, just about as good as it possibly gets for surfing longboards and I pretty much knew before the Final started that the winner would need to score a pair of 9-point plus rides,” Jensen said.… Read the rest

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Kauai’s Manuel wins U.S. Open of Surfing
14-year-old becomes prestigious event’s youngest champion
Advertiser Staff

A glimpse into the future of women’s surfing was on display yesterday at Huntington Beach, Calif.

Thanks to 14-year-old Malia Manuel and 17-year-old Coco Ho, Hawai’i appears to be at the forefront.

Manuel won the Women’s Honda U.S. Open of Surfing contest yesterday, becoming the youngest champion in the 27-year history of the event.

Manuel, who will turn 15 next month, is a sophomore-to-be at Kapa’a High.

She beat Ho in the one-on-one final held yesterday in 1- to 3-foot waves. Ho is 17 and a senior-to-be at Elite Element Academy.

“I’m so stoked right now,” said Manuel, who is from Wailua, Kaua’i. “My sponsors gave me the wildcard into this event and I was just happy to be here. To get to surf against some of my heroes and to be in the final with my friend Coco is just something I would never have dreamed of.”… Read the rest

Copa Las Americas del Surf, Third Stage
The Diego and Guillermo Cadena Dynasty triumphs – the best!
Judy 25, 26 and 27th, 2008

A true spectacle of festivities and adrenaline made up the third stage of the First Professional Circuit of the Americas Pro AM Surfing Cup…A total of 48 of the best surfers competed in the Free Short Board and Free Body Board categories at Playa Arroyo Costa Azul, in San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur, this past 25, 26 and 27th of July (2008), during three days of intense surfing in waves that reached heights of a little more than 1 ½ meters.

The event included Hip Hop and Rap competitions, skateboarding and the ever-present bikini contest.RESULTS:

TABLA CORTA LIBRE TABLA DE CUERPO LIBRE

1.- DIEGO CADENA 1.- DANNY WARLEY

2.- HERIBERTO RAMIREZ 2.- SERGIO LOPEZ

3.- DYLAN SOUTHWORTH 3.-… Read the rest

Sharks suddenly more conspicuous at Hawaii’s beaches
There’s no clear reason for increased sightings and attack, experts say

Photo: Shark attack survivor – Todd Murashige shows the size of the shark’s head, which he says was between 18 inches and 2 feet wide.

Advertiser Staff Writer

Sharks seem to be coming close to shore a lot lately.

For the past week, up to 15 large tiger sharks have lingered along five miles of the Big Island’s Kohala Coast, near the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, coming within 20 yards of shore.

Several beaches have been closed on O’ahu in the past two weeks because of sightings.

And a shark attacked a surfer Tuesday at a popular Ka’a’awa surf spot called Crouching Lion.There is no definitive reason why there are more sharks near shore, though experts suggest explanations ranging from shark mating season to clearer water — which increases shark sightings, even if there are no more sharks than usual.… Read the rest