Duke's Ocean Festival

Queen's Surf, Waikiki
August 24 - 28, 2010

Perfect day to remember Duke Paoa Kahanamoku

If you've ridden your fair share of waves, then you know Duke Kahanamoku's story: a full-blooded Hawaiian born on August 24, 1890, and raised in Waikiki, with a natural affinity for the ocean. Olympic gold medal swimmer, accomplished bodysurfer, board rider, diver, sailor and outrigger canoe paddler. The father of modern day surfing and a Hawaiian legend whose spirit endures all waves and time.

Billabong Pro Tahiti

ASP World Tour Men's event #5
Teahupo’o, Tahiti
August 23 - September 3 2010

Live Coverage  |  Results/Photos/Videos etc

The greatest assemblage of surfing talent in history is converging upon the idyllic South Pacific island of Tahiti, home of the world’s heaviest wave, Teahupoo, for Stop No. 5 of 10 on the 2010 ASP World Tour, the Billabong Pro Tahiti.

MEET THE MAN WHO INVENTED THE THURSTER! SIMON ANDERSON WILL BE AT HAWAIIAN SOUTH SHORE IN PERSON MONDAY AUGUST 23 FROM 5:00 PM TO 7:00 PM. DON’T MISS OUT ON THIS RARE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET ONE OF SURFINGS GREATEST SHAPERS. ORDER A CUSTOM SURFBOARD FROM SIMON HIMSELF! OR HAVE HIM PICK OUT A BOARD FOR YOU FROM OUR STOCK OF SIMONS!

Carissa Moore (Honolulu, HI), 17, won the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) 6-Star Women’s US Open of Surfing presented by Hurley and Nike 6.0 in a wave-starved Final over Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), 19, at South Huntington Beach Pier to take out $50,000, the richest first place prize purse in women’s surfing history. Sage Erickson (Ventura, CA), 19, also donated a standout performance today when she claimed the ASP Grade-2 Pro Junior in a stacked Final.

Panama ISA World Masters Surfing Championship

International Surfing Association
Santa Catalina, Panama
August 29 - September 5 2010


Showing that he´s really looking forward to an even more historical record breaking world title, the two times Masters World Champion, Juan Ashton of Puerto Rico, spent a week in Santa Catalina training for the Panama ISA World Masters Surfing Championship.

Opening night reception feature free beer, the sounds of Dr. Zaius and food from Da Spot; festival pass buyers can win a Wade Tokoro board

WHAT: Third Annual Surf Film Festival
WHERE: Doris Duke Theatre
WHEN: July 9-31
HOW MUCH: $55 for festival pass; $12 for opening night; $8 for individual screenings
INFO (publishable): 808-532-8700; www.honoluluacademy.org

HONOLULU, HAWAII (JUNE 17, 2010)—The Doris Duke Theatre’s popular Surf Film Festival is back for the third year, this time with 13 films, 11 of them never before screened in Hawaii. The lineup even includes the world premiere of The Oxbow Watermen Experience about last year’s epic day at Peahi off Maui.