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 [...]

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 [...]

Cain Kilcullen - killing it Irish style

In recent years, Cain Kilcullen has repeatedly been called the best surfer from Ireland. Take a quick look at one of his surf videos and you’ll quickly understand why. The 22 year old Cain comes from Enniscrone, County Sligo, midway between Counties Donegal and Galway on the west Irish coast. Though he [...]

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 [...]

Introducing Sonia Garcia - the world’s hottest competitive surfer?

Plenty of magazines and online sites (Dailystoke included) have written articles about this or that up and coming hot professional surfing chick.  Up-and-coming stars like Bruna Schmitz (hot), Alana Blanchard (hot), Kassia Meador (hot) and Erica Hosseini (hot) are names that you will frequently hear associated with surfing hotness.  There are a few notable others, [...]

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 [...]

Two out of Three Gudauskas ain’t bad

Following up on my 2010 World Tour qualifiers report from earlier this week, we can now officially welcom two out of three of the Gudauskas brothers to next year’s tour.
Following his successful run at the O’Neill World Cup of Surfing at Sunset Beach last week, Tanner Gudauskas, the youngest of the Gudauskas clan, will be [...]

Kelly Slater’s Rebel Tour back on? So says the interweb…

Just when you thought it was dead in the water… our friends at Surfers Village picked up on a bit of gossip from Australian Surfing Life - Kelly Slater’s “Rebel Tour”, AKA the breakaway tour, AKA the Champions Surf Tour, is alive and kicking.
“According to those rumours, the CST has signed a slew of surfers [...]

Final WQS ranking following the O’Neill World Cup of Surfing – Who’s in and who’s out? – The Final 15, plus one

The grind is over, the results are in, and 15 World Qualifying Series surfers are on their way to the 2010 World Tour. As it stands, we’re seeing the addition of 7 Australians, 4 Americans, 2 Brazilians, 1 Hawaiian and 1 South African. And, should Jay Thompson manage to bump up a few [...]

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 [...]