Santa Barbara's Sports News and Information
Hello Everyone!! I hope you guys are having a great Spring and getting ready for an even greater SUMMER!!!My life has been pretty busy since February of this year. I have been doing contest after contest but now I am back home and I have a little bit of a break before I go to France in June. The past four months have been some of the best times of my life for so many different reasons.Yes, the surfing has been amazing, but I'm talking about also having the opportunity to give … [Read more...]
TARANAKI, New Zealand – The TSB Bank NZ Surf Festival featuring the Dow AgroSciences Pro ran in excellent surf at Taranaki today. With four-to-five foot (2 meter) surf groomed by clean off-shore winds, the competitors were thrilled with the quality of surf on offer for a full day of competition.Stop No. 3 of 7 on the 2012 ASP Women’s World Championship Tour, the Dow AgroSciences Pro is pivotal in the chase for the prestigious ASP Women’s World Title. In making the most of the epic … [Read more...]
Hello everyone!! Hope all is well with you guys, and that y’all had a Happy Easter!I am over in Australia still. However, I did have the chance to go home for about 10 days after my last contest, which was really nice to get a little break and hang out with friends and family! The ten days went fast, but it was well worth it.I came back over to Australia for the last three world tour events in the Southern Hemisphere. First stop was Bells Beach just outside of Melbourne. Bells is … [Read more...]
The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) 4-Star Vans Pier Classic and Vans Pro Junior presented by Jack’s Surfboards and hydrated by Vitaminwater saw ideal four-to-six foot waves deliver throughout the day at Huntington Beach and ASP Pro Junior surfers were responsible for the highest scores.Santa Barbara's Conner Coffin advanced in both competitions on Friday. Coffin won his heat in the main draw Round of 64 over notables Evan Geiselman and Ian Crane. He also placed second behind … [Read more...]
Hello everyone!Hope y’all are doing well. Sorry I have not written in a while. I have had a lot on my mind lately.Right now I am in Australia, I have been here for about a month. I have contests over here until the end of April, so I'm not going to be home for a while!I started off my trip with a QS at Manly Beach right outside of Sydney. It was pretty crazy because I learned to surf at Manly Surf School when I was 5 years old, and now I am competing in one of the biggest … [Read more...]
Santa Barbara's Conner Coffin, 18, has won the inaugural NorthShore Surf Shop Pipe Pro Junior, besting a talented field of top junior surfers from Hawaii, South Africa, Japan and Europe in tricky overhead surf.The first ever pro junior at Pipeline was an official ASP 2 Star rated event held over one day during the two week holding period of the SeaHawaii Women’s Pro at Pipeline.A three to five foot Northeast swell provided some of the world’s top juniors with consistent waves at … [Read more...]
HUNTINGTON BEACH – The 2012 ASP World Championship Tour season opening Quiksilver and Roxy Pro Gold Coast presented by Land Rover wrapped up over the weekend and reigning 11-Time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (Cocoa Beach, FL), 40, and Californian Courtney Conlogue (Santa Ana, CA), 19, led the American charge, each taking equal fifth-place finishes respectively.Lakey Peterson (Santa Barbara, CA), 17, who finished equal 3rd at last year’s US Open of Surfing as a wildcard, made her ASP … [Read more...]
BURLEIGH HEADS, Queensland/Australia – The opening day of the Billabong World Junior Championships Gold Coast was treated to 2 - 3 foot (1.5 meter) surf rolling through the Burleigh Heads rock break. Competitors were reviling in the super clean conditions that offered a mix of long walls, ramps for airs and even a couple of tube sections.Santa Barbara's Conner Coffin opened the day with a solid heat win, showing the rest of the competitors the way the section of Burleigh known as 'rockies' … [Read more...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
