The 4 Star WQS Protest Vendee Pro wrapped up in France on Sunday, with 19 year old rising French talent, Joan Duru taking home the win for France.
Duru tackled an army of European and international talent on his way to victory. Starting off seeded in Round 2, he advanced with a second place finish [...]
The 2009 4 Star WQS Protest Vendee Pro got a late start on Wednesday, running through the remaining 4 heats of Round 2 in stormy conditions, before calling it a day. Though it was an abbreviated day of competition, when the event resumes, the stage is set for Round 3.
The standout of the day [...]
The 2009 4 Star WQS Protest Vendee Pro jumped into action again of Tuesday morning at La Sauzaie in France, running through the first 12 heats of Round 2.
Standouts of the day were Hugo Savalli (REU), who dominated his heat with 16.17 out of 20; former World Tour surfer, Eric Rebiere (FRA), who handily won [...]
The 2009 4 Star WQS Protest Vendee Pro kicked off on Monday at La Sauzaie in France, running through all 8 heats of Round 1. The first round competitors duked it out in clean, chest to head high waves at the well known French break, setting the stage for Round 2.
Americans (North and South) [...]
The 4 Star WQS Protest Vendee Pro will jump into action on April 6th in Western France at La Sauzaie, marking the start of the 2009 European World Qualifying Series season.
With the Protest branding, we can expect to see the Dutch based boardwear company’s top teamriders out at the event, including Yannick De Jager of [...]
The 2009 O’Neill Sebastian Inlet Pro drew to a close on Sunday in what was the best conditions of the event. Reigning ASP World Qualifying Series champ, Nathaniel Curran, maintains his number one position at the top of the 2009 WQS, after handily defeating his opponents in a stacked final. Curran dominated the final heat [...]
The 2009 O’Neill Sebastian Inlet Pro is live Sunday morning, kicking off with Round 5, and running right through the finals this afternoon. After completing all of Round 4 on Saturday, the final day of competition finds itself in fun sized, rippable waist to head high waves, offering clean faces, crisp lips, occasional barrels and [...]
The 2009 O’Neill Sebastian Inlet Pro continued on Friday, with the knee high peaks of earlier in the competition giving way to shoulder to head high sideshorey slop on Friday. The tricky conditions made for a lot of paddling and running back up the beach between waves, but ultimately provided a better canvas for high [...]
The O’Neill Sebastian Inlet Pro resumed competition early on Thursday morning, picking up where things left off on Wednesday evening. Picking up with heat 5 of Round 2, Thursday’s day of competition saw a slight improvement early in the waves on offer, before taking a midday break to allow for a bit of a lull [...]
The 2009 O’Neill Sebastian Inlet Pro finally got in the water Wednesday, after two lay days due to uncontestable conditions. While many of the out of state and international competitors would likely still call Wednesday’s conditions uncontestable, contest organizers decided to go with the knee to waist high waves that were on tap.
The lackluster conditions [...]