Just in time for the last few days of summer SPY will be sponsoring the 48th annual East Coast Surfing Championships from August 25th-29th in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Hundreds of amateur and pro surfers, including SPY’s own Ben Bourgeois, Cody Thompson, Tyler Newton, and Nick Rupp, will go head to head for East Coast surfing titles with purses totaling $30,000.
Back for another year, the SPY crew will be out in full force! Come and kick it at the SPY booth in the vendor village for some beach games, prize giveaways, and your chance to win an exclusive pair of SPY shades before they are out in stores. It will be a hot one but with all the shenanigans we have in store you won’t even notice the heat!
Be sure to check for our SPY updates on our SPY Facebook and Twitter pages.
DAY 5: TUESDAY The Transworld Surf crew came out in full force to the SPY mansion to come and hang for the day. Gorgeous sunny skies, fun waves and warm weather brought nothing but red baked faces with huge smiles all around. SPY’s Dean Morrison, Ben Bourgeois, Parker Coffin and Nick Rupp went free surfing first thing in the am then helped teach the campers how to shred it up on the neon INT surfboards!
Photo: Transworld Surf
Check out surf day coverage from Transworld Surf’s Cote’s Cube interview videos with SPY’s Parker Coffin, Dean Morrison, Ben Bourgeois, the Boot Campers and more!!! here
Morning shred!
TW Surf’s Cote pow wow with the SPY surf team
The complete quiver of shortboards.
Photo: Transworld Surf
Sean Strickland, straight from Amarillo, TX, had never been surfing before and was crushing it!
We had to convince him to get out of the water…Tasty carne and fish tacos from Cessy’s with cervezas all around from Landshark filled our aching bellies for the afternoon.
Delicious dish Harney Sushi in Oceanside hooked it up huge for a private room for us in the back for a party. The saki bombs keep a flowin’ for an entertaining evening…
Boot Camper Audrey, SPY’s Lauren, Justin and Kenneth.
SPY crew ready for a great night!
Brett diving into the goods
After a few saki bombs…
The remains
Kenneth, Audrey, SPY’s Stevie B and Trini
At the Oceanside Surf Bowl, who’s wearing shoes with no socks???
Benny B forgot them…but he’s still game!
Boot Camper Sean, Transworld Snow’s Adam Hawes and SPY’s Christine kick it in the back .
It’s that time again for the US Open of Surfing. The US’s biggest surf event. Huntington Beach is sunny and the crowds are here.
Spy surfer’s in the junior pro division are John Florence, Alana Blanchard, Evan Thompson, Tyler Newton and Nick Rupp. In the WQS event are Dean Morrison, Alana Blanchard, Ben Bourgeois, Mike Losness, John Florence, Clay Marzo and Torrey Meister.
The juniors has started the first 2 days and after some hard heats the remaining surfers are John Florence and Evan Thompson into the quarter finals.
The men WQS trials has finished and Mike Losness advanced into the main event.
There are going to be some exciting times during the next week so check back for the updates and some great pics!
Enjoy!
Benny B displaying the perfect turn.
This is why the US Open of surfing is the US's biggest surfing event.
Yeow Benny B! Congrats on taking a 2nd place finish at the 6th Annual Sweetwater Pro Am Surf Contest in his hometown of Wrightsville Beach, NC! The inconsistent chest to shoulder high waves and steamy hot weather made for yet another successful event. Both sand and ocean was jam packed with sun soakers and surf enthusiasts throughout the entire event! Despite Spy’s Mike Losness not making it to the finals on Sunday afternoon, he was out and on the jet ski afterwards towing contestants for the Red Bull Tow At Challenge huckin some dudes at some high tide surf.
The SPY crew spent a few days in Wrightsville Beach out to support Sweetwater and the SPY team riders. Between our SPY bat signal, our snow cone giveaway in the 90+ degree weather, the human corndog contest, the human water weenie contest, a Friday night dance party with DJ Lord Walrus at Red Dogs followed by some impromptu midnight body surfing. You could say we managed to keep pretty busy!
In true SPY fashion it was time to puke and rally when a SPY Saturday night jam featuring Organix at Red Dogs came knocking…SPY made sure EVERYONE walked away with sore feet and sweaty armpits as once again the house was packed and the dance floor was jumping. We can’t wait to come back next year!!!
Gorilla Marketing in Wrightsville Beach!
Benny, double fisting as usual!
SPY Surf Segment Manager John Oda is always down to share!
The SPY base camp in Wrightsville Beach, NC
Spy team rider Wade Goodall with a public service announcement!
Back lot of the surf contest
Nothing is cooler than a snow cone. Not even The Fonze!!
Mike Losness does a signing in between heats
Corn dog anyone? You know your hungry!
Corn Dogged Contestants
Benny B as the judge - voted the gal as the winner! She beat out her comp by taking an entire bottle of mustard in the face!
She earned her SPY’s!
SPY’s Nick Rupp wears the Kubrik in black
Rumor has it that Josh from Spy is really into tying guys up. Here he demonstrated his skill set.
As his suit fills up with water, he must sprint a 30 yard dash and back
Weenies!
Testing the SPY bat signal out for two solid nights of debauchery at Red Dog’s…
At Red Dog’s for Friday and Saturday night, the $50 fishbowl was THE drink of choice for people looking for a long painful morning.
Mike Losness and Paul Fisher saying what’s up
The Spy/Reef model search quickly turned into a search for open space!!
Reef Model contestant
Benny B gives the thumbs up
Inside Red Dog’s
Try getting to the bar…good luck! Benny B and Mike Losness on the back screen in their latest Reef film ‘Cancer to Capricorn.’
SPY IS ONCE AGAIN THE OFFICIAL EYEWEAR SPONSOR FOR THE 6TH ANNUAL REEF/SWEETWATER PRO-AM SURF FEST
Back for another round of calamity, SPY is the official eyewear sponsor for the 6th Annual Reef/Sweetwater Pro-Am Surf Fest July 16-18th in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. With a $20K pro prize purse at stake Oceanic Street will see 96 pro surfers from around the globe compete for the purse including SPY’s very own recent Wilmington Sports Hall of inductee Ben Bourgeois. Also competing will be SPY’s Mike Losness, Nick Rupp along with Florida wonder brothers Evan and Cody Thompson.
Get your butt down to the beach and kick it with SPY! We’ll be throwing down beach games all weekend long keep the crowd pumped in between action in the water. Stupid human tricks will abound with crowd favorites such as the human corndog and the human water weenie. Don’t miss out on the scavenger hunt—you never know what you’ll find on the beach! The 95+ degrees won’t even matter with all the fun we have in store for you. Just you wait…
Join SPY Friday night at Red Dog’s, 5 North Lumina Avenue, Wrightsville Beach. Doors open at 9pm. DJ Lord Walrus will be spinning out beats and keepin’ the bodies moving.
If you can hang like we do, Friday will really just be a warm up for Saturday! Join us again Saturday night at Red Dog’s. Doors open at 9pm with Organix with special guest Kaze.
SPY will be lighting up Wrightsville Beach both in and out of the water July 16-18…come on down and get a piece!
This is the follow up to my earlier mention of Ben Bourgeois’s 2 covers. Ben gets the cover of the July issue of Surfing Magazine. Reef’s recent movie ” Cancer to Capricorn” the path of the modern gypsy was thought of because of Ben. Ben has a secret spot that he is going to die with. It’s a incredible spot and he has the cover to prove it.
“The Daily Habit” with Ben Bourgeois and musical guest Between the Buried and Me – Thursday 5.20.10
Today we’re bringing you another epic Reef Week show; one of Florida’s top surfers, Ben Bourgeois, is here in the studio. Plus, today’s musical guest Between the Buried and Me brings their metal chaos to the Stride Sound Stage. Also, youth group leaders Jordan Morris and Jill Donnelly get lost in the mayhem at the third annual Punk Rock Picnic. Ben Bourgeois’ sponsors include: Reef, SPY+, Placebo, Dakine, Vertra and Sweetwater Surf Shop.
The Vans Pier Classic was held on March 25-28 at Huntington Beach CA. There was fun surf throughout the event and the beaches were hot and filled with spring breakers who enjoying the surfing and the great weather.
Ben Bourgeois, Mike Losness, Tyler Newton, Nick Rupp, Magnum Martinez, Cody and Evan Thompson, Nathan and Ivan Florence were the Spy team riders that came to compete in the Vans Pier Classic.
The Spy one surfer who was really inform for this event was Tyler Newton. Tyler lost in the WQS quarterfinals due to an interference call but made it up by ripping his way into the Pro Junior final where he eventually finished in 4th place.
Stay tuned for the video of this event.
Tyler Newton far left 4th place in the Pro Junior
Ben Bourgeois heat winning interview
Nick Rupp getting agro before his heat
Parker Coffin came down to support the crew
Ivan on the left and Nathan Florence on the right came to rip the wave in HB
Tyler in the red jersey per heat wax up and Dege O'Connell in the background
3Slobs.com buried one of Andrew Doheny's surfboards for someone to find under this sign
Spy Hawaii 09 is a series of video that reveals our time spent during the Vans Triple Crown. We are shooting our 2010 Spring Summer marketing images along with collecting video assets of our team riders.
This piece is the 3rd shoot using Benny B, Clay Marzo and Kanoa. This also includes Torrey Meister’s Reef Hawaiian Pro heat and Alana Blanchard winning the 1st leg of the women’s Triple Crown.
To see more Spy surf team videos click on Vimeo or You Tube.
