Worldcups-The latest sports feeds (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
BURLEIGH Heads surfer Jay `Bottle’ Thompson secured his ticket for the 2010 World Tour after finishing third at the Reef Hawaiian Pro at Haleiwa yesterday. Thompson finished third in the final of the six-star prime-rated World Qualifying Series event pushing him from 14th in the ratings to sixth overall, well within the cut for next year’s [...]
Outposts (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Local knowledge and a Houdini-like performance on an eight-foot barrel helped propel Joel Centeio to victory in the Reef Hawaiian Pro surf contest at Haleiwa on Oahu's North Shore. Centeio, 26, a Haleiwa resident, prevailed in the four-man final largely...
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
The Vans Triple Crown of Surfing — one of surfing's most prestigious contest series — began Thursday in Haleiwa, Hawaii, on the North Shore of Oahu.
Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
... the December 8-20 Pipeline Masters, determined to defend his Triple Crown title which has begun at Haleiwa and continues at Sunset before the finale.It's a risky decision by Parkinson, given doctors warned him to skip the lead-up events to Pipeline so he doesn't aggravate the ankle injury which may yet require surgery."The doctor the other day recommended I should probably pull out of Haleiwa,...
The Age (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
... the December 8-20 Pipeline Masters, determined to defend his Triple Crown title which has begun at Haleiwa and continues at Sunset before the finale.It's a risky decision by Parkinson, given doctors warned him to skip the lead-up events to Pipeline so he doesn't aggravate the ankle injury which may yet require surgery."The doctor the other day recommended I should probably pull out of Haleiwa,...
Outposts (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
... of Surfing , which is underway on Oahu's North Shore with a an ASP women's specialty event at Haleiwa. Mathematically, six surfers are in contention for the title. But it's Gilmore's to win or lose. If she wins at Sunset, Brazil's Silvana Lima would need to finish second to stay in the race, and the others would be eliminated. If Gilmore finishes second, Lima needs to finish at least third,...
Outposts (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
The Vans Triple Crown of Surfing remains in a holding pattern as organizers and competitors await more swell on Oahu's North Shore. Above is a video featuring Rob Machado, recalling his early memories of a magical stretch of Hawaiian coastline referred to by some as "the seven-mile miracle." The Cardiff, Calif., surfer is shown ripping, of course, but he also shares his views on Haleiwa's special...
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
The men's series includes the Reef Hawaiian Pro (today through Nov. 23) at Haleiwa, the O'Neill World Cup of Surfing (Nov. 24-Dec. 6) at Sunset Beach, and the Billabong Pipeline Masters (Dec. 8-20) at the fabled Banzai Pipeline. The former two are ASP World Qualifying Series contests. The latter is a World Tour event that will decide who wins the 2009 world championship.
extremehorizon blog (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
The Vans Triple Crown of Surfing presented by Rockstar Energy Drink made history today, announcing the TRIPLE CROWN - TRIPLE THREAT bonus purse that makes this prestigious Hawaiian series the first $1,000,000 stop on the Association of Surfing Professionals Dream Tour. More than 150 surfers from 17 nations have a crack at the loot as the series kicks off this Thursday, November 12, at Haleiwa...
Outposts (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
... up for WQS surfers is the ASP 6-Star PRIME Reef Hawaiian Pro beginning as early as Thursday at Haleiwa on Oahu's North Shore. That event marks the beginning of the prestigious Vans Triple Crown of Surfing . -- Pete Thomas Photo: Pat Gudauskas in action at the Canary Islands. Credit: ASP Europe
