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Kekoa Uemura wins the Sahara Longboard Pro Kitaizumi

 Sahara Sun's Pro Longboard Kitaizumi

ASP Japan WLT 2 Star Event
Kitaizumi Beach Fukushima, Japan
September 16,17 2007

September 17, 2007 - The weather at Kitaizumi today had slight rain but the swell had picked up to 3 feet.The improved conditions made for a beautiful final day. A big number of fans were at the beach today along with the huge number of internet access users watching todays action which started with the 5th heat of round of 32. This event also concludes the ASP Japan Longboard Series.

Steinlager Shaka Longboard Series #5 goes off at Kuhio

Steinlager Shaka Longboard Series Event #5
Presented by Honolua Surf Company

Kuhio Beach Waikiki Hawaii
September 7 2007

September 12, 2007 - The final event on the Steinlager Shaka Longboard series wrapped up over the weekend at Kuhio Beach in Waikiki with shoulder high surf coming through the Queen's surf break.

Although not the wave heights competitors were hoping for, there were definitely enough to go around throughout the weekend and a wrap up to the summer long series which actually started on the north shore of Oahu at Sunset Beach and made it's way through the south shore breaks of Fly's in Kaakako, Queen's and Ala Moana.

In the Menehune division, Nelson Ahina took top honors and along the way won the over all title. Geodee Clark in the Junior Wahine did the same with smooth traditional surfing mixed in with some progressive turns and maneuvers.

The pro competition had Hawaii's top longboards doing battle and although the number one and two rated surfers, Isaac Kaneshiro and Duane DeSoto went head to head for the overall title, it was Keegan Edwards from Honolulu winning the event. Desoto however ended up second, and took the top overall honors with a slim margin over Kaneshiro (third) who lead the division since day one. Ned Snow rounded out the field in fourth place.

As for the Steinlager Shaka Longboard Series, Queen's was a fitting end to a long summer season. Shaka to Steinlager.

Alana Blanchard wins the Rip Curl Girls Pro Junior Spain

 Rip Curl Girls Pro Junior

ASP 2 Star Junior Women's Event
Santander Liencres Spain
1 - 4 September 2007

September 2, 2007 - Hawaiian Alana Blanchard (Kauai) outclassed a quality field of young European surfers today to win the Rip Curl Girls Pro Junior in small 1-3ft (0.5-1m) waves at Liencres Beach in Spain.

The 17-year-old also wins a Wildcard entry into Round 1 of the Rip Curl Girls World Tour contest - Stop 4 of 7 on this year's ASP Women's World Tour - due to start this Tuesday, September 4. It will be her first appearance in a World Tour event and valuable experience as she looks ahead to the 2008 ASP World Qualifying Series.

Blanchard faced French trio Pauline Ado, Laetitia Sudre and Lea Mengual in the final, eventually finishing in first with a two-wave heat score of 14.16 points out of 20.00.

Vierra and Yoshida win in first WTT

September 8, 2007

Kaua‘i’s Kalani Vierra and Blanche Yoshida were crowned No. 1 in the world yesterday at the International Tandem Surfing Association championships in Santander Liencres, Spain.

Vierra, 41, and Yoshida, 54, officially became the first champions of the newly formed World Tandem Tour series.

They won their semifinal heat early in the morning and returned nearly four hours later to surf in the final.

They defeated Brian Keaulana and Kathy Tejada of Makaha, Chuck Inman and Tiffany Rabacal of Honolulu and a Rico Leroy and Sarah Burrell of France in yesterday’s finals.

Jeremy Flores wins 2007 Buondi Billabong Pro Portugal

 Buondi Billabong Pro

ASP 6 Star Men's Event
ASP Grade 2 Pro Junior Event
Ribeira D'ilhas Ericeira, Portugal
27 Agosto - 2 Setembro 2007

September 1, 2007 - Crowned after a marathon day and five heats in a row, Jeremy Flores (Fra) seized his maiden 6 Star World Qualifying Series event, defeating Josh Kerr (Aus) in the last heat of the day. Surfing in clean but small 2 ft waves at the beachbreak of Sao Juliao, Flores dominated the event getting the third best heat-score with 17.00 pts and the third best single wave score with a 9.33 finding his way up to the man-on-man final.

Facing fellow Foster’s ASP World Tour surfer Josh Kerr (AUS) in the decisive thirty-minute decider, Flores waited ten minutes before catching his first ride and fired an impressive 8.33 out of possible 10. Backing up his ride with a solid 6 pointer, Flores left Kerr away from the crown, the aussie leaving the water exhausted two minutes before the hooter.

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