Joel Parkinson wins the 2009 O’Neill World Cup of Surfing
Joel Parkinson took home the win on Sunday at Sunset Beach on the final day of the 2009 O’Neill World Cup of Surfing, the second event in the 2009 Vans Triple Crown of Surfing. Though, the win doesn’t put him any closer to winning his much deserved World Title, it does put him in a [...]
Where do we go from here?
Classic Tom Curren footage! With all the hype going around right now about Kelly Slater winning the Pipeline Masters on a 5′11″ surfboard, and what that means for new surfboard designs. It was kind of strange to see this footage of Tom Curren charging the same exact wave on what seems a 10 foot surfboard in [...]
Sunny Garcia Is Out!
With a total shocker of a losing heat, Sunny Garcia was eliminated today from the O’Neill World Cup of Surfing in nearly perfect Sunset Beach. Out as well are his dreams of qualifying for the tour again. Sunny had a nine point ride early on but couldn’t find the needed 2.5 in the dying minutes [...]
O’Neill World Cup - finals recap
In what turned into an amazing final, complete with broken boards, lost boards, near drownings, huge closeout sets and spectacular wave riding, 2001 World Champ, CJ Hobgood went above and beyond, and pulled out a big win at the O’Neill World Cup of Surfing at Sunset Beach.
CJ was on fire today, taking down a sea [...]
O’Neill World Cup of Surfing - Thursday morning live!
The WQS 2008 O’Neill World Cup of Surfing will resume this morning in another day of huge surf at Sunset Beach. Beggining with Round 5, the event is expected to run through the finals, wrapping up this afternoon.
The results of this event, the last event on the 2008 World Qualifying Series and the second [...]
Two Outta Three Gudauskas Brothers Ain’t Bad
It was good to be a Gudauskas brother on Tuesday… if you were one of the twins that is. Twin brothers, Patrick and Dane Gudauskas went huge on Tuesday at the O’Neill World Cup of Surfing at Sunset Beach. This California duo managed to take home the biggest wave of the day (Dane) and highest [...]
Roxy Pro 2008 finals
For your viewing pleasure, I give you the final heat of the 2008 Roxy Pro at Sunset Beach. As you can tell by the video, Sunset dropped considerably on Monday, compared to its massive size over the weekend. The significant drop in size made for very contestable waves for the ladies where snaps and top [...]
WQS Tuesday Update - Who’s in and who’s out after Round 4
What an exciting day of action Tuesday at the O’Neill World Cup of Surfing provided for those following the 2009 World Tour hopefuls. In some cases 2009 hopefuls have kept their dreams alive, while in others, an early exit will see them back on the WQS next year, surfing another season in the minor leagues.
Keeping [...]
O’Neill World Cup - Tuesday recap
The O’Neill World Cup of surfing resumed on Tuesday in gigantic Sunset, completing all of Round 4. As I mentioned earlier, this Round of 64 was one of the big ones, a maker and breaker of dreams. 32 Surfers advanced on Tuesday, while 32 surfers were sent packing.
Advancing through their Round 4 heats today were [...]
O’Neill World Cup is live at Sunset on Tuesday!
The WQS 6 Star Prime O’Neill World Cup of surfing has just resumed on Tuesday morning at Sunset Beach, where the north shore is being pounded by huge perfect surf. Picking up with Round 4, the Round of 64, the top World Tour surfers and top WQS guys will have their crack at competing against [...]
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