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2.2.10
Contest Wire
Todos Santos Big Wave Event Waiting Period Has Begun
The waiting period (February 1st to 28th) for the 2010 Todos Santos Big Wave Event has begun! The Heats have been drawn and the surfers are on standby for the event. This one day event will take place on the island of Todos Santos, Ensenada, Baja Mexico during the biggest / best day – 30 [...]
2.1.10
Contest Wire
Brett Barley Charges to Semifinals Finish at ASP 5-Star Volcom Pipeline Pro
HUNTINGTON BEACH, California (Monday, February 1, 2010) – Brett Barley (Buxton, NC), 20, posted a bold statement at one of the world’s most infamous waves by fearlessly charging past some of the world’s most well known pipe specialist and big wave chargers to finish equal 7th at the ASP 5-Star Volcom Pipeline Pro. Barley, who [...]
2.1.10
Contest Wire
O'Brien Wins Volcom Pipeline Pro, Aussies Walsh & Mathews 2nd, 3rd, Fuller 4th
O'Brien, 26, clinched his third Pipeline Pro title today to take home $16,000 and 2,000 ASP World Qualifying Series ratings points. Surf for the final day was in the range of 10-15-foot wave face heights.
2.1.10
Contest Wire
Rip Curl Pro Search Will Relocate Somewhere In the Caribbean in 2010
Monday, 1 February 2010 (Torquay, Australia): Rip Curl International has today revealed that the Rip Curl Pro Search – the ASP World Tour’s only globally-mobile surfing tournament – will call “somewhere in the Caribbean” home this year, from October 30 to November 10. The announcement comes on the eve of this season’s first ASP World [...]
1.31.10
Contest Wire
Volcom Pipeline Pro is On in 15-Foot Surf
Pipeline, North Shore, Oahu, HI – (Jan. 31, 2010) – The Volcom Pipeline Pro is back on today in solid surf. Wave face heights are in the 15-foot-plus range. The event will run through to the quarter finals today, likely leaving semi-finals and the final for tomorrow morning, conditions pending. The Round of 32 this-morning [...]
1.30.10
Contest Wire
Quiksilver Ku Ikaika Presented by C4 Waterman NO GO for Sunday
(Makaha, HI) – January 30, 2010 — Organizers of the third annual Quiksilver Ku Ikaika Challenge, presented by C4 Waterman, have issued a NO GO for competition at Makaha tomorrow, Sunday 31, 2010. The approaching swell from the north-west is not expected to meet the required 15 feet minimum. The event has until February 28, [...]
1.30.10
Contest Wire
No Competition for Volcom Pipeline Pro Saturday; New Swell Sunday
Pipeline, North Shore, Oahu, HI – (Jan. 30, 2010) – Competitors will sit Saturday out at the Volcom PIpeline Pro, awaiting the onset of the next episode of swell that is forecast to kick in overnight. Surfline.com, official forecasters to the event, expect serious Pipeline surf in the double-overhead range, possibly higher, tomorrow. After calling [...]
1.30.10
Contest Wire
Unknown Kid from North Carolina Steals the Show at Volcom Pipeline Pro
BRETT “BACKDOOR” BARLEY? Unknown Kid From North Carolina Steals the Volcom Show Pipeline, North Shore, Oahu, HI – (Jan. 29, 2010) – Nobody at the world’s most venerated surfing spot, the Banzai Pipeline, expected a young kid from North Carolina to show up in the middle of a record big-wave winter and steal the show. [...]
1.29.10
Contest Wire
Perfect Conditions Again on Day Two of Volcom Pipeline Pro
Pipeline, North Shore, Oahu, HI – (Jan. 29, 2010) – It’s a pristine Pipeline morning with buttery smooth conditions, hollow 8-foot barrels, and an epic second day is in store for the Volcom Pipeline Pro. Hitting the water today will be top seeds including Roy Powers (Haw), Bruce Irons (Haw), Mark Mathews (Aus), Sunny Garcia [...]
1.29.10
Contest Wire
Timeless Pipe Turns On for Volcom Pipeline Pro
Pipeline, North Shore, Oahu, HI – (Jan. 28, 2010) – Surfers live for days like today in Hawaii, and over 150,000 online internet spectators live to watch them. Images of Oahu’s famous North Shore and thrilling Pipeline surf were webcast in high-definition around the world today and the Volcom Pipeline Pro became one of the [...]
