Polls Are Now Open For The 40th Annual SURFER Poll
POLLS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE 40TH ANNUAL SURFER POLL
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., Aug. 16, 2010 – Voting for SURFER Magazine’s SURFER Poll Awards is now officially open. Celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2010 with a relocation to surfing’s spiritual home, this year’s historic event will be one for the record books. Now is the time for surfing fans the world over to pick their Top 10 male and Top 5 female surfers by voting at Surferpoll.com.
After collecting votes for the next several months, the winners will be announced at the SURFER Poll awards ceremony, held for the first time at the Turtle Bay Resort on Oahu’s North Shore on Dec. 6, 2010, during the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing.
The question this year, as it has been for more than a decade, will be whether 15-time Poll winner Kelly Slater can top the charts for yet another year. His reign has been challenged in the past by the likes of Andy Irons—who stole the top spot in 2003 and 2004—Mick Fanning, Joel Parkinson, and Taj Burrow. And in recent years, an onslaught of new young talent, including big names like Dane Reynolds and Jordy Smith, has also been lighting up the Poll.
On the women’s side, it’s anyone’s game. In the Top 5, last year’s winner, Stephanie Gilmore, was joined by two-time Surfer Poll champ Sofia Mulanovich, as well as young up-and-comers Carissa Moore, Coco Ho, and Alana Blanchard. No doubt the youth uprising will continue knocking at the door this year.
Once again, Surferpoll.com is the place where fans can help decide surfing’s future and solidify history by voting. Then come Dec. 6, we can all sit back, relax, and watch the LIVE webcast to see which surfers will add their names to the exclusive list of world’s best, which includes Kelly Slater, Andy Irons, Stephanie Gilmore, Tom Curren, and Lisa Andersen, just to name a few.
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About SURFER
In 1960, SURFER Magazine began as the original. After a long history of delivering provocative and insightful editorial features, revealing interviews and award winning state-of-the-art photography, SURFER remains the authoritative voice of the surfing world and thus earned the moniker “the bible of the sport.” The SURFER brand has also grown to include Surfermag.com, Fantasy Surfer, The Hot 100, My SURFER Cover and a myriad of SURFER message boards. All of these assets combine to make the SURFER network the most current and reliable channel of information to the surf community. The magazine is published by Source Interlink’s Action Sports Group (ASG), which reaches more than 2 million active sports enthusiasts through an integrated network of magazines, online properties, events and television programming. www.surfermag.com
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Comments
February 12, 2011 2:39 pm
Kelly Slater finished no. 1 16 times in Surfer poll
February 1, 2011 8:48 am
KS finished #1 in the Surfer Poll 16 times