Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon

SUMMER STORM

 

Filmed in the south part of Sweden.

Surfers: Pontus Hallin, Freddie Meadows, Max Riton, Chris Edghill and others.

Music: Crazy (Gnarls Barkley Cover) - Ray Lamontagne
Film & edit by: maxlarsson.com
Produced by: huskymotion.com

 

Kelly Slater and Sally Fitzgibbons Win Nike US Open of Surfing

 

HUNTINGTON BEACH, California / USA (Sunday, August 7, 2011) – Reigning 10-Time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (Cocoa Beach, FL), 39, has won the 2011 ASP PRIME Nike US Open of Surfing for the first time since 1996, defeating Yadin Nicol (AUS), 26, in a dominant final in two-to-four foot (1 metre) waves at the [...]

 

Killing Yourself to Live

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A summer day in the south of Sweden that will not be forgotten for a long time to come. Waves with howling offshore winds and barrels came rolling in as we all stood in awe of moder natures divine power.

Surfers: Tim Collins, Igor Bittencourt, Anders Ekstedt, Freddie Meadows & Pontus Hallin
Music: Arcade Fire - ”Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)”
Film & edit by: henrikchristoffersson.se
Produced by: blueberryvisuals.se

Full edit coming soon on

 

Smith Goes Back-to-Back at Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay, Parkinson Leads ASP World Title Race

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JEFFREYS BAY, South Africa (Sunday, July 24, 2011) – Jordy Smith (ZAF), 23, has taken out the 2011 Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay in a hard-fought Final over Mick Fanning (AUS), 30, in front of

 

 

Freddie Meadows enjoying the fruits of Scotland

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Patrick Gudauskas Keeps ASP Prime Mr Price Pro Ballito Crown in the Family

A CHAMPION WILL BE CROWNED AT THE MR PRICE PRO BALLITO TODAY

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The eight remaining surfers in this year’s ASP PRIME Mr Price Pro Ballito are gearing up for an all-important final day of competition that will see a 2011 Champion Crowned at Surfers Beach today. Clean two-meter (6 ft) surf and a light offshore breeze are on offer this morning that will see competition underway with the quarterfinals at 07h45. The quarterfinals and semifinals will be completed followed by a Legends Exhibition heat featuring the 1972 Springbok team who will take on the Ballito barrels, on single fin surfboards prior to the final. The final is scheduled for approximately 11h30. The prizegiving will take place directly after the final.

Vänteperioden för SM igång!

Publicerad onsdag 29 juni 2011 av RedaxNyheter / Sverige

 

SSA rapporterar: Vänteperioderna för båda SM tävlingarna är i full gång. Tävlinssidorna är uppe, priserna ligger och väntar på vinnarna och tävlingsarrangörerna stirrar febrilt på prognoskartorna. I år håller vi tummarna för att det går vägen. För första gången sedan surf SM arrangerades på tidigt 90-tal har vi möjlighet att köra redan under sommarveckorna. Varmare vatten och längre dagar ger möjligheter för riktigt klassiska evenemang.

 

Julian Wilson wins in Portugal

 

Saving the best for last, carrying a near-perfect final heat score of 19.37, Julian Wilson has won the Quiksilver Pro Portugal at Ribeira D’Ilhas. Facing Brazil’s Gabriel Medina, who’s been one of the most lethal competitors on the ASP Prime series as of late, Wilson tallied a 9.80 and a 9.57 to cruise to his biggest result since qualifying for the ASP World Tour — a result that will assuredly keep him on tour for the second half of the year as the mid-year cutoff looms.

”I am so happy. To put in the hard yards for this one has been unreal,” said Wilson. ”I have had a mediocre start to my year and I have been working so hard to make some heats. I came off four weeks in Brazil without a strong result and I went home to reassess and do a bit of training and got really motivated. I flew over here by myself with just the goal of winning and stayed focused so it worked out.”

And thanks to his second final in as many events, joining Wilson on tour post-cutoff may be Brazil’s Gabriel Medina. And while he couldn’t put it together in the final — or maybe it’s just that Wilson exploded so dramatically he wasn’t sure how to respond — throughout the last two events Medina has established himself as a force. In this event alone he’s had to get past vets like Cory Lopez and Jeremy Flores, which is demonstrative of his poise under pressure. And in the quarters today he posted a 9.87, the highest single wave score of the event.

”I could not find a good one in the final, but I am happy with this result. Julian got two 9′s in the final and he surfed really well, so congratulations to him. Now I head to my next event in a couple of weeks in Ballito, South Africa and I hope I can do well there like I have done here,” said Medina

And proving that the future is always close at hand, both Miguel Pupo and John Florence made the semifinals, outlasting Flores and Pat Gudauskas. Pupo’s looking like another qualifier come cutoff time, while Florence will moves up from his current standing of 79th.

”I was hoping just to make a heat,” said Florence. ”I haven’t made a heat in the last couple of contests so I am stoked to make it this far. Definitely a lot more confidence after this contest and it would have been good to make the final, but the semis is cool. It is a fun wave and stoked to be here in Portugal. Gabriel is so amazing. He is such a good surfer and is a contest machine because he is in such good form and doing the same as he did last week in Brazil.”

Up next our attention will turn back to the ASP World Tour as the Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay is coming up quickly on the calendar. Not sure anybody’s still paying attention after a two-month hiatus, but we do have an intriguing world title race setting up and it’ll be nice to shift focus to that.

Quiksilver Pro Portugal Final
Julian Wilson (AUS) 19.37 Def. Gabriel Medina (BRA) 12.83

Quiksilver Pro Portugal Semi-final Results
Heat 1: Gabriel Medina (BRA) 17.00 Def. John John Florence (HAW) 13.67
Heat 2: Julian Wilson (AUS) 17.04 Def. Miguel Pupo (BRA) 11.37

Quiksilver Pro Portugal Quarterfinal Results
Heat 1: Gabriel Medina (BRA) 18.37 Def. Jeremy Flores (FRA) 12.33
Heat 2: John John Florence (HAW) 18.03 Def. Pat Gudauskas (USA) 12.43
Heat 3: Miguel Pupo (BRA) 13.84 Def. Dion Atkinson (AUS) 10.17 Heat 4: Julian Wilson (AUS) 14.26 Def. Jay Quinn (NZL) 9.40