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Dos Pueblos Surfer of the Week: Tavis Boise

Friday, December 2, 2011 By 1 Comment
Dos Pueblos team surfer Tavis Boise

Last year’s Team Captain, Tavis is well respected amongst his peers as a leader and all around good guy. Being that it’s Tavis’ last year of high school, the regular-foot has one more year to compete in the toughest division of the SSS, the Mens Shortboard division in the LA-SB Counties region. Look for Tavis to boost his year-end rating for the 2011/2012 season after a middle-of-the-pack finish last year. Tavis posted an equal 9th at the first event of this season at C-Street in … [Read more...]

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Surf?? These iPhone apps are for you

Tuesday, November 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Bombora for NOAA Buoys is a locally developed iPhone App available in the App Store for$2.99.

Surfers grab your iPhones and let’s get this rolling. Here are 10 iPhone apps for surfers… Finding apps on iPhones is fun. Before I left mine in 118 degree weather at the lake, I would always be searching for new apps to come out. There’s the classic “Words with Friends” that everybody loves. However, the practical apps that are useful for everyday functions are usually the best choice.ASPtoGo…$.99; gives us access to the world’s best surfers going off in the world’s best … [Read more...]

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Dos Pueblos Surfer of the Week: Will Reichel

Tuesday, November 8, 2011 By 1 Comment
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Although he only competed in the last two events of last year’s season, DP’s Will Reichel is considered one of the teams strongest surfers in any conditions. Will is looking forward to competing in all the contests on this year’s schedule so that he can make a big jump upwards on the year-end ratings list. Will has recently used his local experience of surfing right pointbreaks to rip the epic right points of Punta Mango and Punta Roca in El Salvador.10 QUESTIONS WITH WILLWhat … [Read more...]

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Lakey’s Lines: In Hawaii with Smith Optics

Saturday, November 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Hello everyone!!! Well I must say that it was SO nice to be home for a little while, just to take a break from everything and hang out with friends and family.However, now I'm in Hawaii (not too shabby). I am doing a photo shoot for Smith Optics. I just signed with them, and they are so awesome! I am super stoked to be apart of the company.The waves have been pretty small thus far but it looks like this weekend we should get some good waves!I am only doing this photo shoot for … [Read more...]

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Dos Pueblos Surfer of the Week: Arianna Wallis

Friday, October 28, 2011 By 1 Comment
Arianna and the Dos Pueblos Surf Team start their season this Sunday.

Arianna Wallis is a double-threat for other teams competing in the SSS as she competes in Short and Longboard divisions. She finished last year’s season off strong with a1st place in the highly contested Women’s Shortboard division in Ventura and looks to continue her winning ways in the 2011/12 season. The win boosted her up to 5th place in the Womens Shortboard year-end ratings. Arianna also finished 8th place in the Womens Longboard ratings for 2011. Look for Arianna to help the the Dos … [Read more...]

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Coffin follows World Junior Tour to Brazil

Monday, October 24, 2011 By 1 Comment

ARPOADOR, Rio de Janeiro / Brasil  – The second stop on the 2011 ASP World Junior Tour, the Arnette World Pro Junior, capitalized on the clean two-to-foot waves on offer at Rio de Janeiro’s lefthand pointbreak of Arpoador to complete men’s Round 1 as well as the first four heats of Round 2 on the opening day of the waiting period.The Arnette World Pro Junior is the second of three ASP World Junior Tour events which hosts several of the finest male and female under-21 surfers as they … [Read more...]

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Sundance Beach breaks down Rip Curl Pro Portugal

Friday, October 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Adriano de Souza celebrates the victory at the ASP Billabong Pro Portugal. (All Photos ASP)

If it were not for the giant tubes at Teahupo’o last August, this event in Peniche would have been the best waves on tour all year. For three days straight, Supertubos lived up to its name and offered the world’s best surfers left and right barrels of superb quality. All the praise in the world should be given to contest director, and former 2-time World Champion, Damien Hardman as he was not afraid to pull the trigger for all-day 12 hour marathons that allowed the contest to finish in 2 and … [Read more...]

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Red tide lights up night waves for surfers

Wednesday, October 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Surfers in Orange and San Diego Counties in California have seen a return of the annual Red Tide along their beaches.The Red Tide is actually a bloom of bioluminescent protists, called Lingulodinium polyedrum, that are a type of marine plankton. They usually appear on the Southern California coastline in the late summer and early fall after temperature changes in sea water cause an explosion in their population. During the day, the sea water appears to be reddish-brown in color when the Red … [Read more...]

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Conner Coffin edged in semifinals at Bali World Pro Junior

Monday, October 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment

In an all-American semifinal, Santa Barbara's Conner Coffin lost a closely fought battle with Andrew Doheny of Newport Beach at the Oakley  ASP World Pro Junior Championship in  Bali on Monday.The heat started slow, but finished with a bang. Both surfers had similar scores and it came down to the last exchange. The heat was over and both surfers were on the sand when it was announced that Doheny got the score required to progress to the final. He scored 15.37 to Coffin’s 14.73."I'm … [Read more...]

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Random Notes: Coffin riding high in Bali

Friday, October 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Conner Coffin in Bali at the World Junior Championships (ASP Photo)

Santa Barbara’s Conner Coffin continued to tear it up on the waves of Bali at the ASP Oakley World Pro Junior on Friday in Indonesia.Coffin scored high eights (out of a possible 10 points) on two rides and easily beat Hawaii’s Tanner Hendrickson in the third round of the competition. Coffin scored 16.50 to Hendrickson’s 7.77 and advanced to a fourth-round match-up with Dale Staples of South Africa.Staples scored 14.33 points in knocking out American Jake Halstead (8.40) in the … [Read more...]

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CJ Hobgood Wins Billabong Pro Azores!

Wednesday, October 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
CJ pulled out all the stops including taking to the air more than usual. Here he punts a huge Alley-oop.

With only 3 days before the start of the ASP World Tour Quiksilver Pro France event, the ASP PRIME Billabong Pro Azores drew some of the current and former ASP Elite 34 looking for valuable points to either stay on tour, or re-qualify for 2012. Ten year ASP veteran and 2001 World Champion CJ Hobgood was one of the freshly cut World Tour surfers and used the Billabong Pro Azores to show the world that he still has what it takes to be in the big leagues.CJ surfed with reckless abandon … [Read more...]

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Conner Coffin pulls off upset at Bali World Pro Junior

Tuesday, October 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Santa Barbara's Conner Coffin is competing at the Hurley Junior Pro in Australia this week. (ASP Photo/Scholtz)

Santa Barbara’s Conner Coffin posted the highest score and upset defending champion Jack Freestone of Australia in the first round of the Oakley World Pro Junior surfing championship in Canggu Bali, Indonesia on Tuesday.In a see-saw battle, Coffin won with 16.53 points. Freestone scored 15.57.The lead went back and forth, but Coffin was given the edge with his powerhouse carves on the 3.5-foot waves at Echo Beach."I don't think I've ever had a heat against Jack (Freestone) before," … [Read more...]

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