19-year-old Now Leads Women’s Vans Triple Crown Series Ratings Haleiwa, HI – (Thur. Nov. 19, 2009) – Hawaii’s Alana Blanchard (Kauai) hit a career high today, defeating reigning world champion Stephanie Gilmore (Australia) to post a win in the Vans Hawaiian Pro, the first stop of the $1,000,000 Vans Triple Crown of Surfing. Blanchard... [Read the rest of this post]

Garcia & Marzo Style Clash at Reef Hawaiian Pro Haleiwa, HI (Nov. 18, 2009) – Sunny Garcia, 39, was once quoted as saying that “tricks are for kids”. Twenty years deep in the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing presented by Rock Star Energy Drink, Garcia’s power surfing looked to be pulling rank again today. In the second-to-last... [Read the rest of this post]

The 25th ANNIVERSARY QUIKSILVER IN MEMORY OF EDDIE AIKAU FUELED BY MONSTER ENERGY Quiksilver.com/Eddie Launches With Announcement of Invitees & Alternates Waimea Bay, HAWAII, November 17, 2009 – Quiksilver.com/Eddie launches today with the announcement of the 28 coveted Invitees and 24 Alternates to this year’s 25th Anniversary celebration... [Read the rest of this post]

The New Wave Primary School Champs took place at Gisborne last weekend with pumping waves on offer at Pipe. Young local surfers dominated the event with Korbin Hutchings (Gis) taking out the boys title. Surf ranged from 1.0m – 1.5m with excellent but challenging conditions for New Zealand’s best young surfers. Hutchings was impressive all weekend... [Read the rest of this post]

World Title Possibilities Heading into Vans Triple Crown COOLANGATTA, Australia (Thursday, November 17, 2009) – With the 2009 ASP Women’s World Tour coming into the business end of the season in Hawaii, all eyes are on the race for the ASP Women’s World Title. At present, six surfers remain in contention for the crown: 1 – Stephanie Gilmore... [Read the rest of this post]