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Perrow Wins Billabong Pipe Masters, Florence Takes Vans Triple Crown Kieren Perrow (AUS), 34, has won his inaugural ASP World Tour event, taking out the Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons over fellow countrymen Joel Parkinson (AUS), 30, in four-to-six foot waves.... -
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Taj Burrow Wins 1st Ever Reef Hawaiian Pro West Australia's Taj Burrow, a virtual veteran of pro surfing at 33 years of age, has claimed his first Reef Hawaiian Pro title in Hawaii to pocket $25,000 and take an early lead on the Vans Triple Crown... -
Reef Hawaiian Pro - Day 1 Australian Jack Freestone, 19, the reigning ASP World Junior Champion, set a high-flying pace at the Reef Hawaiian Pro today. The event finally got underway in head-high surf after nine days ...
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World Champ Joy Monahan captures Roxy Jam Honolulu
Roxy Jam HonoluluPresented by Schick Quattro for Women
ASP WLT 3 Star Women's Event
Queen's Oahu Hawaii
August 20 - 23, 2008
August 22, 2008 - Honolulu - - Newly crowned women's world longboarding champion Joy Monahan (Honolulu) capped off the summer of her life by winning the Roxy Jam Honolulu presented by Schick® Quattro for Women® today.
The event was held at Waikiki Beach as part of the Duke's OceanFest. Monahan, 22, surfed to a convincing win over a stellar local lineup in the final and earned $2,000 for her result. The Roxy Jam Honolulu is a three-star Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) contest, now in its second year.
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August 15, 2008- U.S. Sen. Barack Obama bodysurfed today at Sandy Beach today, a place he frequented as a teen-ager growing up in Honolulu. The presidential candidate was photographed shaking hands with bodyboarders, catching a few waves and paying homage to his late mother whose ashes were scattered off East Oahu.
HONOLULU – Celebrating a water sports tradition inspired by Duke
Paoa Kahanamoku, a Hawaii icon, the Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku
Foundation (ODKF) is presenting the 7th Annual Duke’s OceanFest, taking
place at Waikiki Beach, August 17-24, 2008.
Duke's OceanFest
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Long Live the Queen
FREESURF: It seemed like you just took off on a roll this year. Granted there was some talk of a rivalry between you and Sally [Fitzgibbons], but it seemed like it was more of a matter of when, not if, you would secure your title this year. Was there a point this year when you felt like, “yeah, I can win a title this year”?
Carissa Moore: I think every woman on tour wants and believes that they can win a world title, otherwise they wouldn’t be competing at this level. Dad and I talked about the title a few times, but never more than using it as motivation. Sally was nipping at my heels the whole year and there was a placement shift halfway through where I was nipping at hers. It was so close that I never really could let my guard down, just had to keep my head focused and take everything one step at a time. When the seconds started counting down in the Steph-Sally semi in France and Steph was ahead, I think that was finally the moment that I let it all go. Read more...
An All-Star Crew Descends On Perfect Cloudbreak
Kohl Christenson, underground in more ways than one.
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Billabong Team Manager/Mentor to Keanu Asing
Freesurf: What was your life like before you became a team manager?
Rainos Hayes: Well, I grew up on the North Shore pretty much in the same place that I live now, kind of by Sunset Beach. I was a pro for a while and rode for Quiksilver from about 15 to 25 years old and had a limited amount of success.
