Category: Surfing News Archive 2005-2014

[i]Sunday 6 November, 2005
Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil

NOVA SCHIN FESTIVAL PRESENTED BY BILLABONG
(31 October – 9 November)

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In rising one metre (three foot) and choppy conditions it was great day for the locals in the Nova Schin Festival presented by Billabong held at Imbituba, Florianopolis Brazil.

Ousting big names including world number five Trent Munro (AUS), Hawaiian hot shot and 11th ranked Bruce Irons, former Foster’s ASP Men’s World Tour number three Danny Wills (AUS) and currently 17th ranked Tom Whitaker (AUS), Brazilians Guilherme Ferreira, Heitor Alves, Flavio Costa and Odirlei Coutinho are holding their heads high and will move through to round three.
[/i]After a long wait for swell to arrive to the Florianopolis coastline, competitors in the last four heats of round one were sent out in fairly small conditions to begin with, but as the tide filled in the waves quickly rose to meet the occasion.… Read the rest

[i]Monday 7 November, 2005
Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil

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Organisers have blown the starting hooter for surfers in round two, heat seven of the Nova Schin Festival presented by Billabong in Brazil, with the intention of completing as many as 20 heats today. This will take the event to heat 10 of round three.

All going to plan this will mean that the highly anticipated heats including Kelly Slater (USA) (heat eight, round three) and Andy Irons (HAW) (heat nine, round three) will hit the water around 5pm this afternoon. Their opposition in those heats has yet to be decided.[/i]Competitors in the 10th event on the Foster’s ASP Men’s World Tour will have to face smallish onshore conditions, but there is enough push in the swell to allow the surfers to execute some satisfactory turns.… Read the rest