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Archive for the ‘Surf’ CategoryAction Underway at O’Neill U.S. Open of SurfingSunday, July 20th, 2008Saturday brought the second day of action for the O'Neill U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach. A number of other events are going on as well, including the O’Neill U.S. Open Pro Junior, S3 Supergirl Pro Junior and the O’Neill U.S. Open of Longboarding. Keep reading for all the ... Knox Gets Nixon WTA Honors at J-BayThursday, July 17th, 2008Taylor Knox may not have advanced past the third round in the Billabong Pro J-Bay, but he did have the highest heat score for the competition, a 19.73 in the first round. For his effort Knox will take home a custom Nixon 51-30 tide watch valued at over $10,000, Check out the ... Kelly Slater Wins J-Bay; One Step Closer to World Title NineThursday, July 17th, 2008Kelly Slater has won the Billabong Pro J-Bay, putting him one step closer to winning his record ninth ASP World Tour title. Slater absolutely dominated last year's defending world champ Mick Fanning in the final, 16.73 to 9.40. Slater had two 8.0+ waves (8.50, 8.23) while Fanning coudln't score more ... Oakley Present “Uniquely” TeaserThursday, July 17th, 2008For those of you that are baking in the sun and are in need of a real snowboard fix (not me) then you should check out this snowboard teaser presented by Oakley entitled “Uniquely”. With a name like that, I’m sure they have a lot of cinematic surprises with so ... Surfing Shark?Wednesday, July 16th, 2008There are plenty of shark attacks that come up and sometimes we bring them up if it's a compelling story. But it's not very often we get to see a picture of a shark hanging out on a wave at the same time as a surfer. That's why you've got to ... Occy, Hobgood and Reynolds Out at Billabong Pro J-BayFriday, July 11th, 2008Round two of the Billabong Pro J-Bay went down today and there were a few exits of note as Joel Parkinson dispatched wildcard Mark Occhilupo and Aussie Mick Campbell knocked out Damien Hobgood. Andy Irons and Bobby Martinez also advanced into Round Three, with Martinez nabbing the second perfect 10.0 ... The ESPY’s Nominate Some Of Our Favorite Athletes…Thursday, July 10th, 2008Actually some of my favorite athletes aren’t even mentioned at this year’s ESPY Awards. Hold on; give me a second while I go onto Wikipedia.org to find out what ESPY even means. ESPY means Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Awards. I thought that it might have meant ESPN’s Sporty Prize ... Day 1 At The Billabong Pro Jeffreys BayThursday, July 10th, 2008Day 1 of the Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay began today in South Africa with plenty of standout surfers but it was Taylor Knox of the United States who stood out utilizing the four to six foot waves to the best of his ability. Knox scored near perfect back-to-back scores ... Ex-Tennis Star Cheats Death While SurfingThursday, July 10th, 2008Not everybody can be like Bo Jackson. Remember the Nike Campaign from the early 90’s? “Bo knows baseball”, “Bo knows football”. There’s even a part in that spot where John McEnroe says “ Bo knows tennis?” Now how ironic that ex-tennis star, Mark Philippousis from Australia tried to pull a ... More Airport Hassles: The Evan Slater StoryThursday, July 10th, 2008If you have done any traveling recently, you probably have noticed that the stress with dealing with the airports has risen in the passing months. Thanks to higher fuel prices, a crumbling economy, and so-called “terrorism”, traveling to our favorite destinations have been dampened by a long list of frustrating ...
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