The London Surf / Film Festival is proud to announce Finisterre as partners for the 2012 event.
The London Surf / Film Festival is proud to announce Finisterre as partners for the 2012 event.
Despite a ferocious start by Jamie O’Brien, 19-year old John John Florence rallies from behind in the dying minutes of the final to win his second Volcom Pipe Pro in row.
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]]>When…Err, Where Will Kelly Slater Win His 11th World Title?
Barring a monumental meltdown, Kelly Slater will be the 2011 ASP World Champion—and this year he is making the Quiksilver marketing department’s job easy.
Ke11y’s 11th title in 2011. How convenient. So well planned.
The hats and T’s are certainly being printed, and the champagne is surely on ice.
With a ninth place finish at next month’s Rip Curl Pro Search in San Francisco, the title is his—no matter where closest rivals Owen Wright and Adriano De Souza finish. To accomplish that, Slater needs only to make the fourth round. For some, that might pose a challenge. But this is King Kelly we’re talking about—he’s finished 5th or better in every event this year except the Billabong Pro Rio where he lost in Round 3 to Bobby Martinez. (And J-Bay, where he simply didn’t show up)
In all likelihood, this party is over. Turn out the lights.
Or, is it? For just a moment, lets play devil’s advocate.
If this was any other event on the ASP schedule (Kelly’s won them all) it’d be hard to envision an early exit—but in San Francisco, at Ocean Beach, and without the use of Jet Ski assistance of any sort, the playing field may be leveled to the point that an early Slater loss is not entirely out of the question. Long shot, yes, but still possible. Man versus (hopefully) large Ocean Beach peaks might just make things interesting.
Now, that’s not saying we at TransWorld SURF don’t want Kelly to win, because he certainly deserves his 11th crown, just that for our own selfish purposes we’d love to see this title race extended one more event. To Pipeline. The wave every world title race should culminate at.
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Bede Durbidge (AUS), 28, matched his best result of the season today, besting John John Florence (HAW), 19, and Joel Parkinson (AUS), 30, en route to his Equal 3rd place finish.
Despite having his run halted by De Souza in the Semifinals, today's result moves Durbidge from 18th to 15th on the ASP World Title rankings and that much closer to cracking the Top 10.
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One month away before the festival starts and here's what you can look forward to:
LONDON SURF / FILM FESTIVAL 2011 TRAILER from London Surf Film Festival
For more information visit: www.londonsurffilmfestival.com
]]>Kelly Slater has won his fifth Hurley Pro at Trestles title, defeating Owen Wright in a hard-fought Final that saw the iconic Floridian overtake the young Australian in a last-minute exchange with a final score of 17.50 to 16.74.
The Final went absolutely down to the wire with both Owen and Kelly taking waves in the final 90 seconds, and posting the highest scores each for the heat. Both surfers were on dry land waiting for the scores to be tabulated by the judges. Owen briefly took the lead as his score dropped first, but ultimately the judges gave the win to Kelly in a controversial decision.
Amazingly, the final four waves caught were the waves that mattered: Owen racking up 7.87 and 8.87, while Kelly was scored 8.5 and 9.0. But that wasn't the only controversy of the final day. Earlier Owen made it through his Semi Final against Julian Wilson when the young Coolum rookie was deemed to have interfered on the first wave of the heat, dramatically affecting his ability to beat the World Number 2.
Slater and Wright’s third consecutive Final bout marks a first in ASP history, as no two competitors have faced off in three successive Dream Tour Finals – a noteworthy statistic in sparking this new rivalry in the battle for the World Title. Slater roared to life on the Final day, unloading the highest heat-total of competition, 18.40 out of 20 in the Semifinals, and maintained his lethal form throughout the day’s entirety with a consistent display of new-school airs and patented carves to clinch his unprecedented 48th elite World Tour victory and third of the season.
“Owen is tough and he’s been surfing great,” Slater said. “There really are no weak points to his surfing and he’s going to be a standout in every spot. A lot of the guys tried to get him this week and I got lucky in that last exchange. I was taking the first wave of the set under his priority and once I got priority I wanted to wait. It almost looked like there wasn’t a wave after Owen’s. It’s been fun surfing against Owen and surfing Lowers. It’s been a great week and thanks everyone for the crazy support, it’s been wonderful.”
Wright, current No. 2 on the World Title rankings, has continued to build momentum throughout his sophomore year amongst the Top 34 and dispatched of a rampaging Mick Fanning and rookie prodigy Julian Wilson en route to his rematch against Slater, but was unable to solidify the victory over the veteran in the Final.
“I’ve been enjoying the rivalry,” Wright said. “We’ve had some great heats and the last three finals have been great. I’m glad the sets came through at the end. It was a bit of a dud final but I’m glad that last exchange came though at the end. It made it exciting.”
Julian Wilson was a standout throughout the Hurley Pro at Trestles, earning the highest single-wave score of 9.80 as well as the second-highest heat-total of 18.23 in his Quarterfinals win over Joel Parkinson and consistently unloaded some of the most progressive maneuvers of the contest. “I had a bit of fire after yesterday, not against Joel, but just to show that I could beat him,” Wilson said after his Quarterfinal win. “I’ve dreamed about surfing against Joel and Mick my whole life and yesterday gave me a lot of confidence to go against him today.”
The young Australian got off to a slow start in his Semifinals matchup versus Owen Wright after an interference and was unable to rebound, finishing equal 3rd overall. Wilson now sits at No. 11 on the World Title Rankings.
Heitor Alves who finished equal 5th in New York, continued his giant killing spree at the Hurley Pro Trestles, defeating Taj Burrow and Adriano de Souza before falling to Slater in the Semifinals to earn his career best result of an equal 3rd place finish.
“Thanks God for everything in my life,” Alves said. “This is a good result for me. Adriano is a good surfer, he rips this wave and surfs very well. This is a great event for me and I enjoy this wave.” Alves’ performance moves him from No. 20 to 14 on the World Title Rankings.
It sure was a memorable last day that is sure to get surf fans talking.
HURLEY PRO AT TRESTLES FINAL RESULT: 1 – Kelly Slater (USA) 17.50
2 – Owen Wright (AUS) 16.74
HURLEY PRO AT TRESTLES SEMIFINALS RESULTS: SF 1: Kelly Slater (USA) 18.40 def. Heitor Alves (BRA) 16.57
SF 2: Owen Wright (AUS) 14.74 def. Julian Wilson (AUS) 10.04
HURLEY PRO AT TRESTLES QUARTERFINALS RESULTS: QF 1: Heitor Alves (BRA) 12.77 def. Adriano de Souza (BRA) 12.50
QF 2: Kelly Slater (USA) 17.60 def. Josh Kerr (AUS) 11.07
QF 3: Owen Wright (AUS) 15.67 def. Mick Fanning (AUS) 15.67
QF 4: Julian Wilson (AUS) 18.23 def. Joel Parkinson (AUS) 14.93
HURLEY PRO AT TRESTLES ROUND 5 RESULTS: Heat 1: Heitor Alves (BRA) 12.74 def. Taj Burrow (AUS) 9.80
Heat 2: Josh Kerr (AUS) 15.27 def. Jeremy Flores (FRA) 12.97
Heat 3: Mick Fanning (AUS) 18.23 def. Damien Hobgood (USA) 10.27
Heat 4: Julian Wilson (AUS) 15.67 def. Adrian Buchan (AUS) 12.37
CURRENT ASP WORLD TITLE TOP 10 (After Hurley Pro at Trestles): 1 – Kelly Slater (USA) 44,950 pts.
2 – Owen Wright (AUS) 39,900
3 – Joel Parkinson (AUS) 35,400
4 – Adriano de Souza (BRA)31950
5 – Josh Kerr (AUS)30,800
6 – Taj Burrow (AUS) 29,250
7 – Mick Fanning (AUS)28,200
8 – Jordy Smith (ZAF)27,500
9 – Jeremy Flores (FRA)23,700
10 – Michel Bourez (PYF) 22,250
Source SurfingLife.com.au
The London Surf / Film Festival is stoked to announce that tickets are now on sale for the first annual event.
Hosted at the iconic Riverside Studios, 13-15 October 2011, The London Surf / Film Festival brings to the capital three nights of international surfing’s hottest releases, independent features and award-winning films from waveriding’s most exciting creatives in a celebration of the cream of contemporary surf culture.
Tickets are on sale now through the Riverside Studios Box Office priced from £7.50 www.riversidestudios.co.uk
FULL FESTIVAL LINE UP
THURSDAY 13th OCTOBER
UK Premiere: Splinters, Directed by Adam Pesce: USA, 2011, 94 mins
Following the screening Director ADAM PESCE, talks to VINCE MEDEIROS, producer of Rio Breaks, about the art of documentary filmmaking.
UK Premiere: The Still Point, Directed by Taki Bibelas: FR, 2010, 52 mins
FRIDAY 14th OCTOBER
UK Premiere: Stoked and Broke, Directed by Cyrus Sutton: USA, 20110, 56 mins
UK Premiere: Dark Fall, Directed by Alex DePhillipo: USA, 2010, 72 mins
UK Premiere: Lost Atlas, Directed by Kai Neville: AUS, 2011, 45 mins
Lost Atlas is part of a double-bill screened with Runman
POV Shorts: Runman, Directed by Tyler Manson, USA, 2011, 12 mins
SATURDAY 15th OCTOBER
UK Premiere: First Love, Directed by Claire Gorman: AUS, 2010, 58 mins
UK Premiere: Finnsurf, Directed by Aleksi Raij: FIN, 2011, 48 mins
European Premiere: Come Hell or High Water, Directed by Keith Malloy: USA, 2011, 35 mins
Followed by a Q+A with Director Keith Malloy
UK Premiere: Sight | Sound, Directed by Mikey DeTemple: USA, 2011, 42 mins
Sight | Sound is part of a double bill screened with Bruce Brown
POV Shorts: Bruce Brown Directed by Chris Malloy: USA, 2011, 14 mins
For full details about the event, the full feature line up and trailers please go to www.londonsurffilmfestival.com
Photo credit @ Chris Burkhard
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