Thursday, July 24th, 2008
The highest seeded surfers saw action for the first time today in the 3rd round of the U.S. Open of Surfing presented by Honda in Huntington Beach. With 2 – 3 foot waves, it gave the marquee surfers to show when they have for the 6-Star event. Cory Lopez of ...
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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
The Honda U.S. Open of Surfing presented by O'Neill continued today in Huntington Beach California with the remaining 144 surfers going at it. Although the event takes place on U.S. soil, it was the international talent who received the highest point total today. The best showing of the day was a head to ...
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Sunday, July 20th, 2008
Saturday 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 ...
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
Kelly 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 ...
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
Round 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 ...
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Day 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 ...
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
The Billabong Pro J-Bay is underway in South Africa with the trials going into round one action. While nothing too exciting is expected to happen (after all, anyone knocked out in round one will get a second chance in round two), it looks as though there will be plenty ...
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Sunday, July 6th, 2008
Aussie Chris Davidson and Brazilian Silvana Lima were the big winners at the Mr. Price Pro this weekend in South Africa. Davidson's victory came over hometown favorite Travis Logie, 16.10 to 12.90, and propelled him to 7th on the WQS rankings.
Lima's victory came against the 2006 European Junior Champion Pauline ...
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Friday, July 4th, 2008
It was the local surfers who stood out at the Association if Surfing Professionals World Qualifying Series 6-Star Mr. Price Pro in Durban South Africa. The elite group of five South Africans made it on to the next round but also scored the highest as well. Number 4 ASP ranked ...
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
It was an unexpected day as an East South swell and on shore breeze drove an uncharacteristic left over the sand bank at the ASP World Qualifying 6-Star Mr. Price Pro in Durham South Africa today. Of the overwhelming contingent of 18 South African Surfers, only six of them remained ...
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