Get a good mix of what the Jack’s Surfboards Team is in this video. Jack’s Girl Erica Hosseini interviews the Gudauskas brothers, Dane, Pat, and Tanner while on the Gold Coast.
Erica Hosseini:
“I recently found out the Gudauskas boys were staying right next door to me on the Gold Coast this entire time, so I had to go see what they were up to and ask them a few questions. Little did I know the BBQ feast they were about to embark on me.”
Check out Jack’s Girl Erica Hosseini in part 2 of “Where Is Erica”. In this episode Erica battles through some Gold Coast weather and enjoys a few fun waves.
Erica Hosseini:
“What do you do all day when it pours all day on the Goldy??? We make the best of it! Check out the happs in video!”
2010 ARNETTE ALL-DAY ANTICS SURF SERIES
2010 TOUR EVENT
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Entry Fee: FREE
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DATE LOCATION CHECK-IN TIME
February 27th (New Date: March 20th) PB Drive, Pacific Beach 6:30 am
March 6th Blackies, Newport Pier 6:30 am
May 29th 9th Street, Huntington Beach 6:30 am
July 11th Kewalos, Honolulu 6:30am
July 16th Steamer Lane, Santa Cruz 6:30am
DIVISIONS:
Mini Groms (10 and Under) Boys (14 and Under) Juniors (18 and Under)
WAIVER AND RELEASE - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY AND SIGN BELOW
In applying to this surfing competition, I promise to inspect the contest site, and assure myself that the area is safe for surfing, and further agree that I will
not surf in the contest, unless I am satisfied that the area and conditions are safe for surfing purposes. In exchange for the event promoters (including
Luxottica Group S.P.A. and its affiliates and subsidiaries) accepting my entry form, I voluntarily agree to assume all risks incident to the sport of surfing. I
fully understand and comprehend the dangers of surfing created by the sharp edges and fins along with the natural buoyancy of a surfboard when they are
acted upon the powerful forces of the ocean and ocean waves. With full acknowledgement, comprehension and understanding of these dangers, I voluntarily
accept and assume all risks involved in the spirit of competitive surfing. I will further read and comply with all event rules and regulations, and do agree
that, noting existing weather conditions, I voluntarily assume all risks arising from conditions related to use of the contest site by myself and others. I give
the event promoters permission to arrange to telecast, show, or print and publish any and/or all pictures taken of me (movie, video, or still) in conjunction
with said event. In consideration of your acceptance of my entry, I intend to be legally bound, hereby, for myself, my heirs, executors and administrators,
hold harmless and release and forever discharge the event promoters, the city, county and state where the event is located, any and all sponsors, co-sponsors,
named or not, members, agents and any and all officials connected with this competition, from all liabilities for injuries and damages whatsoever, arising
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acknowledge that I have read and understand all of the above. My signature below indicates I will abide by all competition rules; I will not enter the
competition area unless competing and I will not demonstrate any unsportsmanlike conduct. Any violation of the above will be cause for disqualification.
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Jack’s Girl Erica Hosseini has embarked on an adventurous trip down to Australia. She will be checking in with blogs and video like the one below. So if your interested in what this girl is up to, make sure to check back here or check out whereserica.com for all the updates and videos.
Erica Hosseini:
“Well after a 14 hour flight (in a middle seat), an awful kosher meal, a three hour layover and an interesting car rental experience I made it to Aus! My mom filmed EVERYTHING and I put together a little somethin somethin with my digi cam and my home grown imovie skills. Hope you like it.”
Chris Waring tangles with Timmy Reyes, Micah Byrne and Jesse Merle-Jones in
the PRO Final of the Surf Ride $100,000 Pro-Am by Vans
Fresh off of his recent win at the Katin Team Challenge, Chris Waring of
Seal Beach continued his competitive surge with a huge win over a stellar
field at the Surf Ride $100,000 Freedom Pro-Am Surf Series by Vans.
“I’m so stoked to surf in a local California contest with a lot of my
friends and top pros like Timmy and the boys. I had a really good time
today, the groms were ripping and the vibe was all around perfect, I’m
excited about this series!”
Chris wasn’t the only competitor loving life however as the Freedom Series
also featured “Family Divisions” where Groms, Women and Masters duked it out
for huge prizes.
Nine year old competitor Dagan Stagg from Carlsbad was so excited to be
surfing with his hero Timmy Reyes, that he almost missed his heat while the
two were “hanging out”.
“I really enjoy surfing with the pros- I can’t believe how good they surf.
Watching them got me really excited to surf my heat!” said Dagan.
The surf was solid for the Ocean Beach Pier event and although bumpy it
provided plenty of scoring opportunities for the competitors.
Pro Finalist Micah Byrne shared his take on the quality of surfing at the
event: “The waves did look a bit mixed up at times from shore but once in
the heat there was definitely some clean sections. I can’t remember an
event with so many solid scores from an ASP trained panel of judges.
Everyone was absolutely ripping on the pro side.”
The event featured a family style barbecue compliments of the fine crew at
Vans and everyone gobbled to their hearts content. “There’s nothing more
American than the Freedom surf comp and a delicious hot dog right off the
grill” commented Masters Division winner Bryan Jennings as he partook of an
extra crispy dog.
“The vision for the event and the entire Surf Ride Pro-Am series is to
provide a great California surf contest where Pros and Family competitors
can come together and share a day of surf while providing for a worthy
cause. The event raised $1000 for the Camp Pendelton Kids Military Surf
Club, so we feel it was an all around great day.” Chris Williams Executive
Director
Surf Ride would like to thank all our generous sponsors: Vans, Dakine, XS
Energy, Dragon, Watermans Applied Science, Billabong Camps, Trans World Surf
and Bubblegum Surf Wax.
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., Jan. 15, 2010) - Local surfer Chris Waring (Seal Beach, CA), 22, ousted fellow local Brad Ettinger (Huntington Beach, CA), 25, in an action packed Final to win the Katin Pro/Am Team Challenge presented by Primo for himself and Team Reef. Ettinger’s Team Hurley, last year’s reigning Team Champion, claimed the runner-up position.
The historic Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Specialty Event has a unique camaraderie-driven team-based format, with 20 four-man teams competing in an open-draw format. Team results were determined by the placement of individual surfers who received points in each heat (4 points for 1st, 3 points for 2nd, 2 points for 3rd and 1 points for 4th place). More than $28,500 in cash and prizes was awarded.
Waring battled back to claim his first Katin Pro/Am Team Challenge victory after Ettinger posted the event’s only perfect 10-point ride with a lengthy barrel into the pier. Waring found a barrel of his own to earn a 9.53 out of 10, and quickly followed up with a 6.50 to overtake the goofy-footer, holding on for the win despite a valiant effort by Ettinger to bounce back.
“I just can’t believe it,” Waring said. “I don’t even know what to think right now. Brad (Ettinger) started off with that 10, so to come back and win is amazing. This is a special event for Huntington Beach, and it has such a great history. Now my name is going to be up there with all of the great surfers who have won this event in the past.”
In addition to taking out the personal victory, Waring’s standout performance carried Team Reef to victory over last year’s winner, Team Hurley, who finished second this year.
“I’m stoked that my team was able to win,” Waring said. “Getting the win on top of it for Reef, it just couldn’t have gone any better.”
For event highlights log on to www.katinproam.com.
2010 FINAL RESULTS
Team
1st: Reef (45 points) - Two-page spread in Surfing Magazine
2nd: Hurley (39 points) - Page ad in Surfing Magazine
3rd Surfline (37 points) - Online package in surfingthemag.com
4th: Surfing America (31 points) - Online package in surfingthemag.com
Pro/Am
1st: Chris Waring (Reef) — $4,000 and Kicker Car Stereo System
2nd: Brad Ettinger (Hurley) — $2,000
3rd: Nathaniel Curran (Surfline) — $1,500
4th: Evan Thompson (Surfing America) — $1,000
5th: Andrew Doheny (Surfing America) — $500
6th: Michael Dunphy (Hurley) — $500
Equal 7th: Adam Lambert (Rip Curl), Anthony Petruso (Rusty) — $250
Mike Morgan “Most Futuristic Maneuver”
Andrew Doheny — $500
Kicker Stereo System for High Heat Total
Day 1: Micah Byrne
Day 2: Chris Waring
For complete results, highlights and images log on to www.katinproam.com.
Special thanks to event sponsors: Katin USA, Primo, Jack’s, Surfing Magazine (surfingmagazine.com), Hook-up Wireless, Cushe Footwear, Future Fins, Power Balance, Thumbwrestle Communications, Oceanaire Sportswear, Shorebreak Hotel, Fred’s Mexican Cafe, Wahoo’s, Faction Surfboards, Toyota of Orange, Kicker and official event forecaster Surfline.
About Katin
Kanvas by Katin was founded in 1959 by Nancy Katin in Surfside, Calif., when she and her husband Walter transformed a canvas boat cover business into one of the nation’s first surfwear brands, specializing in high quality surf trunks. Currently a core surf company, today the Katin brand is carried in surf shops and specialty stores throughout the U.S. and worldwide. More information is available at.
About ASP
The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) is the governing body of professional surfing. Crowning surfing’s undisputed world champions since 1976, the ASP sanctions the following tours: the ASP World Tour, the ASP Women’s World Tour, the World Qualifying Series (WQS) and the World Longboarding, Junior and Masters Championships. The ASP is dedicated to showcasing the world’s best surfing talent in a variety of progressive formats and has revolutionized the way the world watches surfing via their webcasts. The organization is divided into seven different regions: Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, Hawaii, North America, and South America.
About SURFING
Founded in 1964, SURFING Magazine is the global leader in coverage of progressive surfing. SURFING is the official magazine of the National Scholastic Surfing Association and the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing. The magazine’s unique properties include International Surfing Day, Shaper of the Year, Art of Surfing, Heat, Surfing TV, and Surfing’s Annual Swimsuit Issue. The magazine is published 12 times a year by Source Interlink Media’s Action Sports Group (ASG), the dominant force in the action sports and adventure sports arenas, reaching more than 2 million active sports enthusiasts through an integrated network of magazines, online properties, events and television programming
BIG SCORES AND LEGENDARY APPEARANCES IN PUMPING CONDITIONS ON OPENING DAY OF KATIN PRO/AM TEAM CHALLENGE PRESENTED BY PRIMO
Event Concludes Tomorrow on the North Side of the Huntington Beach Pier
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., Jan. 14, 2010 – The opening day of the Katin Pro/Am Team Challenge presented by Primo, an Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) North America Specialty event, was graced with pumping six-to-eight foot surf at North Huntington Beach Pier today and saw Nick Rozsa (Oxnard, CA), 22, lead the front for Team Reef who finished the day in first.
The Katin Pro/Am Team Challenge offers a unique camaraderie-driven team-based format, with four-man teams out to compile their best results in their quest to claim both individual and team results. More than $28,500 in cash and prizes is up for grabs, not to mention bragging rights.
Rozsa, who was a former standout on the ASP North America Pro Junior Series, hasn’t been focusing his time on competition, but seemed to easily find his feet in today’s competition and posted the day’s highest single wave score of a 9.63 out of 10 while helping the Reef team launch out to an early lead.
“I don’t know, that thing just came out of nowhere,” Rozsa said. “There’s a ton of current and it’s pretty scary out there once you get close to the pier. It’s just fun to surf in a team event. It takes the pressure off of you since we all have to do well to win the contest.”
Micah Byrne (Huntington Beach, CA), 28, opted for a change in equipment to negotiate the strong current pushing into Huntington Pier and his choice for a bigger board paid off while he nabbed the second-highest single wave score of the day, a near perfect 9.60 out of 10 with three powerful frontside gouges on a thundering righthander. The Huntington Beach regular-footer tagged another solid score into his score line while clinching the day’s highest heat total as well, a 17.43 out of 20, earning him a Kicker Digital Stereo System.
“There is so much water moving out there with the high tide,” Byrne said. “I rode a bigger board, a 6’3”, and the board still felt small out there. The paddle out is brutal, but I was able to get a couple of good scores.”
Byrne, surfing for Team Matix, is also taking some time to enjoy the long-running Huntington Beach event and the unique team format, which is a rarity in professional surfing.
“This is a fun event with the team format,” Byrne said. “There is a lot of talent in this event and it’s pretty much the same as doing an ASP 3-Star, but even if we’re not on the same team we’re all just cheering each other on.”
Tom Curren (Santa Barbara, CA), 45, who is a three-time ASP World Champion and two-time Katin Pro/Am Team Challenge winner (1982, 1987), found himself back in a jersey for Team Rip Curl at this year’s event and convincingly won his opening round heat more than 27 years after he first won the contest.
“This event brings back a lot of memories, a lot of good ones,” Curren said. “Back in the 80s, this was our (Californians) only chance to surf with all of the professional surfers. It’s nice to be back surfing in the event again.”
After today’s completion of Round 1, Team Reef leads with 16 points, followed by Team Surfline with 15 points, Team Fox with 14 points, Team Body Glove with 13 points, and last year’s reigning champion, Team Hurley with 12 pts.
The Katin Pro/Am Team Challenge presented by Primo will be back on tomorrow morning, January 15, 2010 beginning at 7:30 a.m. local time. A team and individual champion will be crowned by day’s end. The Awards ceremony will occur immediately following competition at approximately 3 p.m. at the Shorebreak Hotel.
For all of the LIVE action log on to www.katinproam.com . To keep up on all of the latest forecast and event information, text “KATIN” to 53137, follow on Twitter twitter.com/KatinProAm or Facebook facebook.com/KatinUSA .
Special thanks to event sponsors: Katin USA, Primo, Jack’s, Surfing Magazine (surfingthemag.com), Hook-up Wireless, Cushe Footwear, Future Fins, Power Balance, Thumbwrestle Communications, Oceanaire Sportswear, Shorebreak Hotel, Fred’s Mexican Café, Wahoo’s, Faction Surfboards, Toyota of Orange, Kicker and official event forecaster Surfline.
Forecast Powered by Surfline:
On Friday the swell will be fading, but there will still be plenty of good size surf showing in the 4-7+ foot range through the morning hours, with a slow decreasing trend over the afternoon. Conditions look excellent: light offshore flow in the morning will turn light/variable in the afternoon and we expect clean conditions all day.”
The Katin Pro-Am Team Challenge Round 1 Results:
Heat1: Brad Ettinger (USA) 10.84, Evan Thompson (USA) 10.50, Drew Snyder (USA) 8.20, Bobby Morris (USA) 6.38
Heat 2: Teddy Navarro (USA) 11.83, Jeff Lukasik (USA) 6.97, Ryan Simmons (USA) 5.83, Brandon Guilmette (USA) 2.43
Heat 3: Dane Gudauskas (USA) 11.00, Quinn McCrystal (USA), Andrew Gahan (USA), Paul Pugliesi (USA)
Heat 4: Jason Harris (USA) 8.17, Adam Lambert (USA) 6.13, Mike Hoisington (USA) 5.07, Dave Lovato (USA) 1.86
Heat 5: Ricky Whitlock (USA) 9.00, Jesse Evans (USA) 8.50, Kalani Jabour (HAW) 7.50, Danny Misken (USA) 3.70
Heat 6: Micah Byrne (USA) 17.43, Bruno Rodrigues (USA) 8.06, Nate Winkels (USA) 6.27, Tom Rezvan (USA) 0.77
Heat 7: Matt Mohagen (USA) 10.10, Jeremy Hansen (USA) 9.00, Ryan Carlson (USA) 7.66, Whatt Simmons (USA) 10.10
Heat 8: Adam Virs (USA) 10.50, Matt Taylor (USA) 9.30, Jake Halstead (USA) 5.17, Jake Halstead (USA) 5.17
Heat 9: Gabe Garcia (USA) 10.33, Pascal Stansfield (USA) 9.50, Timmy Reyes (USA) 6.17, Jimmy Rotherham (USA) 3.04
Heat 10: Chris Waring (USA) 11.84, Anthony Petruso (USA) 6.70, Jake Halstead (USA) 5.17, Shaun Ward (USA) 2.44
Heat 11: Evan Geiselman (USA) 9.10, Derrick Peters (USA) 5.24, Jimmy Harrick (USA) 4.50, Jack Boyes (USA) 4.06
Heat 12: Bright Yves (USA) 8.60, Matt Pagan (USA) 6.70, Riley Metcalf (USA) 3.83, Bobby Okvist (USA) 3.00
Heat 13: Michael Dunphy (USA) 10.50, Justin Rogge (USA) 7.43, Rick Downs (USA) 5.13, Gabe Kling (USA) 2.37
Heat 14: Nick Rozsa (USA) 13.30, Shaw Kobayashi (USA) 6.74, Shayne nelson (USA) 5.23, Sean Taylor (USA) 4.16
Heat 15: Nathaniel Curran (USA) 13.67, Andrew Gesler (USA) 5.60, Evan Kane (USA) 2.57, Brandon Tipton (USA) 1.93
Heat 16: Shaun Burrell (USA) 14.93, Christian Saenz (USA) 8.14, Eddie Elles (USA) 8.00, Pete Mussio (USA) 6.24
Heat 17: Tom Curren (USA) 12.50, Terek Kashoggi (USA) 9.93, Kyle Knox (USA) 5.60, Roberto Mealomo (USA) 0.67
Heat 18: Jesse Merle-Jones (USA) 13.26, Andrew Doheny (USA) 12.17, Jeff Deffenbaugh (USA) 8.10, Duane O’Toole (USA) 2.10
Heat 19: Sean Marceron (USA) 8.73, Che Stang (USA) 3.57, Victor Done (USA) 2.80, Chris Love (USA) 2.16
Heat 20: Damien Fahrenfort (USA) 11.33, Porter HOgen (USA) 6.66, Tyler Stanaland (USA) 4.50, Willie Safreed (USA) 4.33
About Katin
Kanvas by Katin was founded in 1959 by Nancy Katin in Surfside, Calif., when she and her husband Walter transformed a canvas boat cover business into one of the nation’s first surfwear brands, specializing in high quality surf trunks. Currently a core surf company, today the Katin brand is carried in surf shops and specialty stores throughout the U.S. and worldwide. More information is available at www.katinusa.com .
About ASP
The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) is the governing body of professional surfing. Crowning surfing’s undisputed world champions since 1976, the ASP sanctions the following tours: the ASP World Tour, the ASP Women’s World Tour, the World Qualifying Series (WQS) and the World Longboarding, Junior and Masters Championships. The ASP is dedicated to showcasing the world’s best surfing talent in a variety of progressive formats and has revolutionized the way the world watches surfing via their webcasts. The organization is divided into seven different regions: Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, Hawaii, North America, and South America.
