Damien and CJ Hobgood have a triplet in Hollywood

We’re all familiar with Florida’s most famous set of surfing twins, but who knew that they were actually triplets? I sure as shit didn’t.
A while back, I stumbled across the fellow in the photo below, Ryan Kwanten, who plays one of the main characters, Jason Stackhouse on HBO’s uber-popular show, True Blood. Yeah… I [...]

Mine! — World Tour priority rules, part two

Mine!  –  World Tour priority rules, part two - the man on man edition
The man on man heat makes up the large majority of heats on the ASP World Tour.  Round 1 in a given contest begins with a three man heat, winners move directly to the man on man heats of Round 3 and losers go to Round [...]

Mine! — World Tour priority rules, part one

In an ASP World Tour event, who has the right of way in a three man heat?  Once again, I turn to my trusty ASP Rulebook.  Though the man on man heats following Round 1 of a given World Tour competition have a completely different set of rules governing a surfer’s right to a wave, the [...]

A look at the “One Ranking” system - decoding CJ Hobgood’s lead

With the “one ranking” system slowly creeping up on us, CJ Hobgood has taken down the first major event of 2010, and has shot to first in the world under the coming system.  But what does it all mean?  Let’s take a look.
****** It’s all in the Stars ******
CJ’s win in the 6 Star Prime [...]

Rip Curl Pro Search heading to the Caribbean

You read it right. The 2010 Rip Curl Pro Search is heading for an island near you!
We know the region, but where exactly will the event be held? We’ll just have to play a little wait and see.
While the Caribbean plays host to a variety of islands and land masses, my money is on Barbados. [...]

Forever number two - Cheyne Horan

While Rabbit Bartholomew and Mark Richards were Bustin’ down door and winning World Titles, fellow Australian, Cheyne Horan was busy coming in second place.  Cheyne was runner-up to the crown a record four times, 1978, 1979, 1981 and 1982.  While others on tour were moving from a single fin to twin fins and then to [...]

Erica Hosseini is perfect (other than the fact that she’s goofy foot)

She’s from Newport Beach, California, she surfs way better than you, and… oh yeah… she’s pretty friggin hot too.  If there is any imperfection in this otherwise perfect human, it’s the fact that she’s goofyfoot.  We’ll let her slide on that for now.

Need to see more proof?  Check out her personal website, which is oozing [...]

Cruisin’ with Rob Machado

I’ve been a huge fan of Rob Machado for years. Like his legion of followers, I’ve watched him mature from his OP Pro Junior win back in 1991, to his tense World Tour runner-up finish in 1995, to his heartbreaking 2001 season and beyond. I even had the good fortune of seeing Rob completely [...]

Dane Reynolds’ perfect zero ride!

Now known as the best surfed zero point wave in a pro contest, many of us fans still feel burned by the call of interference against Dane on what would have been his heat winning wave. Down by 3.5 points, Dane took a end of heat left that may very well have been a 10.0 [...]

NRG Team rider Blake Thornton is ready for the big leagues

Maroubra’s own Blake Thornton was one of the talented 15 who pushed the envelope on the 2009 World Qualifying Series to qualify for the 2010 World Tour.  We’re stoked on Blake’s performance and green with envy.
His sponsor, NRG surf wear, have been kind enough to share this bit of press with us:
NRG surf wear is [...]