LOCALS RULE AT 6TH ANNUAL REEF/SWEETWATER PRO
Posted on July 20, 2010
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Once again, Wrightsville Beach served up some fun summertime Atlantic surf, ample sunshine and a packed beach of thousands this past weekend for the 6th Annual Reef/Sweetwater Pro. Hometown hero’s, Michael Powell and Ben Bourgeois, didn’t disappoint either coming in first and second place respectively.
The heat of the day was Semi-Final One where the surf pulsed at its best and 21-year old goofy footer, Michael Powell, put on an impressive display for his hometown crowd. A series of vicious front side snaps and cut back combinations easily moved Powell into the final along with WCT veteran and local legend, Ben Bourgeois.
Professional Division
First Place: Michael Powell of Wilmington; $5,000 Purse
Second Place: Ben Bourgeois of Wilmington; $3,000 Purse
Third Place: Heath Walker of Australia; $2,000 Purse
Fourth Place: Dylan Goodale of Hawaii; $1,500
Women’s Open Long board
First Place: Kate Easton of Virginia Beach
Second Place: Kayleigh Winslow of Wrightsville Beach
Third Place: Leldon McCleary of South Carolina
Fourth Place: Carleigh Sion of South Carolina
Women’s Open Short board
First Place: Emily Ruppert of Florida
Second Place: Haley Watson of Florida
Third Place: Julia Barrett
Fourth Place: Jo Pickett of Wilmington
Men’s Open Long board
First Place: Tony Silvagni of Kure Beach
Second Place: Bradley Rose of Carolina Beach
Third Place: Steve Mangiacarre of Wilmington
Fourth Place: Weston Williams of Wilmington
Guys 14 and Under
First Place: Cam Richards of South Carolina
Second Place: Noah Sweizer of Florida
Third Place: Luke Marks of Florida
Fourth Place: Luke Gordon of South Carolina
Guys 15 and Over
First Place: Cam Richards of South Carolina
Second Place: Hunter Heaverly of Emerald Isle, North Carolina
Third Place: Shane Burns of Wilmington, North Carolina
Fourth Place: Keto Burns of New York
THE STAGE IS SET FOR THE 6th ANNUAL REEF/SWEETWATER PRO-AM SURF FEST
Posted on July 15, 2010
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The countdown has begun and the pros are en route to Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina for the 6th Annual Reef/Sweetwater Pro-Am Surf Fest July 16th-July 18th. Thousands of spectators are expected to fill the beaches around Oceanic Street to catch a glimpse of their favorite pros battling it out for their piece of a $20,000 prize purse. Fans unable to attend the event can watch the action unfold in real time via live webcast courtesy of Wblivesurf.com.
With 96 of the top American professional surfers descending upon Oceanic Street for the surf fest for the past six years now, The Reef/Sweetwater Pro-Am has cemented itself as one of the largest events on the East Coast. Local hero, former ASP Championship tour standout and longtime Reef teamrider, Ben Bourgeois, will return to his hometown event along with fellow Reef teamriders, Mike Losness, Paul Fisher, Chris Waring, Dylan Goodale, Heath “Nutty” Walker and Tonino Benson.
Event Organizer, and Reef Sales Rep, Brad Beach commented, “We’re excited about the level of talent competing this year, and optimistic for some fun surf! I just checked the reports and it looks like things will bump up towards the end of the week, just in time for the event.”
A 7:00am heat this Friday will kick off the three-day event that will include an Amateur Division for 15 & up, and 14 & under, a Guys Open Longboard, Girls Open, and the Girls Open longboard. In addition, the always-entertaining tow-at session will resume, as well as the crowd favorite Guppy Division for groms to showcase their emerging talents. Today, Monday July 12th is the deadline to enter into the Reef/Sweetwater Pro-Am. For more information, visit www.wblivesurf.com.
A special thanks to the following sponsors for their continued support of the Reef/Sweetwater Pro-Am: Action Sports Now, Sweetwater Surf Shop, WBlivesurf.com, Red Bull, Spy, Dakine, JS Surfboards, Futures Fins, Eastern Surf and Skate Supply, WB Surf Camp, Tower 7, Café Del Mar, King Neptune, Sunbelt Rentals, Sage Island, Board Retailers Association, Red Dogs, A&M Screenprinting, Frank Williams Building Company and Eastern Surf Magazine.
MISS REEF BIKINI CONTEST, SURF AWARDS PRESENTATION, AND ROCK AND ROLL CONCLUDE REEF BALI PRO 2010 AT KUTA BEACH, BALI
Posted on June 30, 2010
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After 6 days of searing surfing action on Halfway Beach, the Reef Bali Pro had to end on a wet note as a rainstorm rolled in on Saturday evening June 26 to give the Miss Reef Bikini finalists, live bands, competitors and spectators a quick cooling off before sending them home from one of the hottest events Kuta Beach has seen in years.
The surfing action began on Tuesday morning with the Women’s Division surfers taking to the water to battle it out for a finals berth, then for the next three days the crowded beach was treated to watching 64 of Indonesia’s top pro surfers going all out to impress the judges in hopes of winning this 6-star Coca-Cola ISC sanctioned contest.
On Friday night the Hard Rock’s Center Stage was packed to the rafters with people checking out the premiere of Cancer to Capricorn and then moving over to the Hard Rock Café to cheer on the 10 Miss Reef Bikini semifinal candidates. It was an amazing evening, so crowded that the entry line trailed out the door and onto the busy Kuta street. Read more
Reef Indonesia Presents Reef Bali Pro 2010
Posted on June 23, 2010
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Reef Indonesia Presents Reef Bali Pro 2010, a 6-Star ISC Tour Event on June 21-26 – with Cancer to Capricorn Movie Premiere and Miss Reef Bikini Competition
9 June 2010, Kuta-Bali: Reef Indonesia is delighted to announce the Reef Bali Pro 2010, a 6-Star Coca-Cola Indonesian Surfing Championship Tour event that will take place at Padma Beach just north of Kuta Beach in Legian over a 6-day period from the 21st to the 26th of June.
During the competition surfing period, spectators will not only be treated to seeing Indonesia’s top surfers going mental at Padma Beach in hopes of nabbing the top spot on the podium on Saturday afternoon and coming home with the first place prize money of Rp 12,500,000 (USD 1,350), there will also be expression sessions by Reef International pro surfers including Jay “Bottle” Thompson, Nick Rosza, Ross Williams, Mike Losness, Paul Fisher, and Adam Bennetts during each day of competition. Read more
Cancer to Capricorn Featured in Surfing Magazine’s Lightbox
Posted on June 22, 2010
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Cancer to Capricorn: Get Your Copy Now!!
Posted on June 21, 2010
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Surfing Magazine’s new issue is trickling into subscriber’s mailboxes and onto news stands now. Along with each issue, get a FREE copy of Reef’s New movie, Cancer to Capricorn. Also, you can download it at surfline.com
Check out the micro-site at www.reef.com/cancertocapricorn
Mick Short Gives You the View w/ Board Cam
Posted on June 15, 2010
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“Reef’s ‘Cancer to Capricorn’ World Premiere featured at Newport Film Festival.”
Posted on April 27, 2010
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Reef’s latest surf flick Cancer To Capricorn: The Path of the Modern Gypsy premiered this past Saturday night, April 24th at the Lido Theater in Newport Beach, CA. Being part of the Newport Beach Film Festival, Reef obviously knows how to throw a party. The entire Reef team was on hand (including Alana Blanchard, Rob Machado, Ross Williams, Tonino Benson, Stephen Koehne, Sean Moody, Ben Bourgeois, Nick Rozsa, Chris Waring and Brazil’s Thiago Camarao), FUEL TV was doing their blue carpet gig (and even gave the infamous Paul Fisher a microphone), and a huge rager went down afterwards (sorry, no cameras were allowed). Oh, almost forgot to mention that the Reef Girls were also on hand showing off their stuff and making every guy drool. All-in-all a good night to have been in Newport.
There will be a further US tour for the Reef film “Cancer to Capricorn” which will tour Texas, Virginia Beach, Florida, Puerto Rico, Santa Cruz, Hawaii and will end up in San Diego for the final stop. Dates for the tour will be from May 9th to 21st. Hawaii’s premiere will be a little later on June 5th along with Santa Cruz premiering on June 12th. Reef team riders Jay “Bottle” Thompson, Ben Bourgeois, Paul Fisher, Mike Losness and Hawaii’s Stephen Koehne will be traveling the US promoting the film. Be sure to check the listings on Reef.com or www.reef.com/cancertocapricorn.com to see to nearest showing close to your town.
Happy Birthday Mr Goodale: Reef’s Dylan Goodale Wins Vans Pier Pro.
Posted on March 29, 2010
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Dylan Goodale woke up on his nineteenth birthday in the state of California awaiting a quarterfinals match-up with elders Asher Nolan, Teddy Navarro, and Anthony Petruso. A distinct difference from his shores of Kauai—shores which lie past the Island of Catalina, which was clear as a bell this Sunday in Huntington Beach for the final day of the Vans Pier Classic.
The dirty-blonde Kauai regularfoot came out swinging for the fences from the start of the event. When others were conservatively putting their boards on rail for safe turns, Goodale was trouncing them by consistently sticking blow-tails and air reverses with a determination. “My main focus was the Pro Junior event,” Dylan said. “So in the ‘QS event I was just trying to get as far as I could and have fun.”
On Saturday Dylan had lost out in the Ezekiel Pro Junior, leaving his focus solely on the ‘QS side of things. “After that I just thought ‘go big,’ that’s what the judges were rewarding,” Dylan remarked. And go big he did—from the Round of 64 on he won every single heat he surfed in the ‘QS event. Not an easy feat for anyone, let alone a kid trying to get his seeding on the map in the Pro Junior Series.
Another kid who went big this weekend was San Clemente’s Kolohe Andino in the Ezekiel Pro Junior event. In his three heats on Sunday he didn’t have a total heat score under 16.40. He continually posted 8’s and above with his knifey carves, clean air reverses, and speedy snaps. The capper for Andino came in the bar-raising final against Andrew Doheny, Tyler Newton, and newly signed Reef footwear rider Luke Davis.
Reef’s Luke Davis had started the heat off like a madman, and though it was still early, it appeared to be his to lose. Kolohe answered back on an ankle high wave with as clean of an air reverse one could ever pull, racking in an 8.65, and then following it up with a 7.25 to take the lead. Luke sounded right back though with his own air reverse, more elevated and with more speed, but it only garnered an 8.40.
Reef’s Luke Davis had started the heat off like a madman, and though it was still early, it appeared to be his to lose. Kolohe answered back on an ankle high wave with as clean of an air reverse one could ever pull, racking in an 8.65, and then following it up with a 7.25 to take the lead. Luke sounded right back though with his own air reverse, more elevated and with more speed, but it only garnered an 8.40.Doheny also got into the mix with the highest score of the final: a 9.5 in which he threw three full-rail turns, the most powerful turns of the final. With Kolohe looking for a score to steal the lead back from Luke he paddled towards Machado’s peak and roped one in. He started with another lightning quick air reverse on the outside (stuck cleanly), and check turned his way to the inside reform where he unloaded another flawless air 3 followed by a fist pump of gratification. The score came in at 9.3 and gave Kolohe his first ASP Pro Junior victory. “It feels good to get that monkey off my back,” he stated.
Goodale also dropped the monkey that has been on his back the last four years, this being his first win since he was fifteen. But it didn’t come easy for him in the final against seasoned veterans Micah Byrne, Peter Mel, and Jason ‘Ratboy’ Collins. Though Dylan jumped out to a quick lead racking in a 7.75 with one big air reverse, local HB boy and 2007 Vans Pier Classic champ Micah Byrne put up the biggest score of the entire event with three distinct power turns and a blast of the end section for a 9.65.Goodale also dropped the monkey that has been on his back the last four years, this being his first win since he was fifteen. But it didn’t come easy for him in the final against seasoned veterans Micah Byrne, Peter Mel, and Jason ‘Ratboy’ Collins. Though Dylan jumped out to a quick lead racking in a 7.75 with one big air reverse, local HB boy and 2007 Vans Pier Classic champ Micah Byrne put up the biggest score of the entire event with three distinct power turns and a blast of the end section for a 9.65.
Around the 10-minute mark Dylan Goodale got his opportunity to take the lead back though. He started off with two smooth snaps and capped it with quite possibly the biggest air reverse of the entire event. The result: an 8.55 and a snatching of the lead from HB local boy MB. With two minutes left and no waves of high scoring value having come in since Dylan’s 8.55, the Kauai camp in the competitors’ area began stirring. As the hooter sounded the Smith brothers (Alex and Koa) met their island brother at the water’s edge and carted him to his rightful spot on the podium.
I (Nutty) talked to Dylan just after his quarterfinal and I could see his level was really solid and his confidence was sky high. I told him to work on a win and remember that is why he is there and there too win. He agreed in a very humble way and just said in his little dude voice “”Uncle Nut I’m on it””.I (Nutty) talked to Dylan just after his quarterfinal and I could see his level was really solid and his confidence was sky high. I told him to work on a win and remember that is why he is there and there too win. He agreed in a very humble way and just said in his little dude voice “”Uncle Nut I’m on it””. The Reef team has owned the Van’s Pier Pro for the last two years now with Mike Losness taking the title in 2009. Lets hope we can keep the momentum going for the up coming US Open in July.
Once again well done Dylan from all the crew at Reef.Props to the killer crew from TransworldSurf for covering this event and all the sick images from legend photographer Jack English.
“Machado’s ‘The Drifter’ Takes Home X-Dance Award”
Posted on February 18, 2010
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Salt Lake City, UT–The 10th annual X-Dance Action Sports Film Festival was held January 21-26th in Salt Lake City, Utah. Action sports industry leaders, athletes, celebrities, enthusiasts, and filmmakers gathered to celebrate the culture, and view the world’s best action sports films. Audiences enjoyed Q&A’s with filmmakers and featured athletes, along with open-forum panels on cinematography, distribution and piracy issues that were streamed live on the internet. 33 features and nine short films screened over five days at X-Dance Headquarters (Off Broadway Theater on Main Street in downtown Salt Lake). Over 6000 people attended screenings, sponsor events, and the opening and closing party.
The festival’s opening party in conjunction with Outdoor Retailer featured Collective Soul, three other bands, street scene painters and several thousand people attending. After five days of screenings, X-Dance 2010 culminated at Club Elevate where the awards ceremony was hosted by the ever-savvy Olympic snowboard commentator and Fuel TV’s “Daily Habit” producer/host Pat Parnell. Award presenters included soul surfer Rob Machado, epic snowboarders Erin Comstock, Tina Basich, Mike Basich, and Tara Dakides, wakeboard maverick Parks Bonifay, extreme skiers Scot Schmidt and Jeremy Nobis, Mt. Everest’s Apa Sherpa, moto Hellion and star of “Mind of the Demon” Larry Linkogle, Oakland-based hip hop artists Del: tha Funkee Homosapien, A plus, and Bukue, A-list commercial director Chris Woods, the GM of VAS Entertainment Danny Grant and Hotelier Chris Minnes from 968 Green Hotel. Every winner received a GO Pro camera and chest mount for their outstanding work. Read more
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