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Burger King HASA champs crowned in great Bowls surf

Burger King HASA Championship
Hawaiian Amateur Surfing Association
Ala Moana Bowl, Oahu
June 4 - 6, 2008

June 7, 2008 - Honolulu -- Whopper size waves treated finalists to some action at the Ala Moana Bowl as the double over head surf took competitors by surprise for the final day of competition. From 7:00 A.M. surf started to build and by 10:00 A.M., eight foot faces kept surfers scratching to the channel in the biggest surf of the young summer season.

Day 2 of Burger King State Champs scores 6-foot Bowls

Hawaiian Amateur Surfing Association
Ala Moana Bowl, Oahu
June 4 - 6 , 2008

June 6, 2008 - Honolulu -- The second day of competition for the BURGER KING® State Championships saw some prime surf conditions for statewide contestants as wave heights reached six foot faces at the Ala Moana Bowls surf break.

Australia wins Quiksilver ISA WJSC third time in a row

Champion Groms

Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship
May 31st, 2008
Plage du Penon, Seignosse, France

The Australian surfing team has won the most prestigious tournament on the planet for surfers under the age of 18, the Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship, for the third consecutive time. This historic deed was achieved in the perfect waves of Le Penon beach. They provided the best conditions of the entire event, with large and perfect four to six foot faces.

Team Hawaii Ripping

Kelly Slater defeats CJ Hobgood to claim Globe Pro Fiji

Slater for the win.

June 3, 2008 : - - Tavarua, Fiji -- Eight-time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA) has won his third event on the 2008 ASP World Tour after eliminating C.J. Hobgood in the final of the Globe Pro Fiji held in six foot (two metre) waves at Cloudbreak. Slater remains the only member of the ASP Top 45 to win an event this year – the last ASP World Tour event held in Tahiti was won by a wildcard.

Local Motion Surf Into Summer presented by Billabong

The Local Motion Surf Into Summer presented by Billabong finished off the three day holiday weekend at the Ala Moana Bowl with head high surf, tons of prizes and burgers on the beach for all the contestants in wrapping up the biggest amateur contest in Hawaii.