The SPY crew headed to Virginia Beach, Va., Aug. 22-28, for the 49th Annual East Coast Surfing Championships. Impending Hurricane Irene sped things along for all involved, forcing heats to run from sun-up through sundown.
While the SPY crew held it down in the sand, our surf team held it down in the water. Cody Thompson and 2011 NSSA/Surfing American National Champion Parker Coffin, 15, surfed their ways into the quarterfinals of the WQS 4-Star-rated event, with Evan Thompson making it into the semi-finals of the Pro Junior!
SPY once again proved to be the crowd pleaser with giveaways and a shooting gallery that attracted thousands of spectators scrambling to get their hands on some SPY booty.
In spite of a looming storm threat, our posse decided to hold-off evacuation plans and, instead, partnered with a local watering hole, The Boxx, on a pre-hurricane, over-21 shindig.
Cody, aka DJ Code Red, kept the party moving and the shoes shuffling with a body-rocking DJ set that thumped well into the early morning hours.
Last call at the Boxx heralded a shift of venues, kicking-off an after-hours soiree where the only rules were no cameras, no stories and no hard feelings.
With the final days of the competition canceled due to the hurricane, SPY took the high road (which paralleled the prescribed evacuation route) with heads held high and stomachs turning from the previous night that officially didn’t happen.
There’s no doubt that the SPY crew helped out ol’ Irene by doing a little damage of its own…
The US Open of Surfing day 1 and 2 have passed by and so far it’s been amazing. Saturday began the early rounds of the Pro Jr’s and Sunday continues into the round of 32 where we saw how SPY’s John John Florence ripped small waves making it into the quarter finals which will run on mid day on Monday. On Sunday they also ran the Men’s trial heat where the top 4 surfers get placed in the the ASP Prime event. Amongst the top 4 was SPY’’s Torrey Meister. There was a lot of action with the SPY surf team in the water but there was some SPY action up on the corner of PCH and Main Street at HSS at noon. SPY had it’s 1st signing which featured the surf team riders, Parker Coffin, Evan Thompson, Mike Losness and the hottest surfer on the planet Alana Blanchard. There were games, autographs, SPY hats, koozies, lanyards, stickers and even a hilarious cartooned backdrop for Facebook photos to enjoy. Day 1 and 2 were a blast with 7 more days of fun in the sun left!
John John walking up from the beach into the competitor area
video screen grab of John John's Pro Jr heat
Video screen grab of Torrey flaring in the testing conditions of HB during the Men’s trials
Parker Coffin living la vida loca along with the rest of the team; Evan Thompson, Mike Losness and Alana Blanchard
The surf picked up today and it was fun for most of the day. Evan Thompson won his heat advancing into round 3 avoiding round 2. Tyler Newton is surfing tomorrow in the elimination round 2 in a man on man heat.
Here are some photos from the openning day yesterday.
Enjoy!
Tyler Newton after a meal trying to figure out the echange rate. What's 100,000 Rupiah's worth?
Fishing in Bali requires a lot of safety gear
The openning ceremony dinner was entertained with some Baliense culture.
These guys were throwing flaming coconuts at eachother and getting hit with them. This was a battle was over who got the girl.
The regular Pro Junior season has ended and now the Campionship series has begun. The first stop is Bali Oct 2-14. The contest only takes 4 days to run and the rest of the time is the waiting period for the best condition for these invited top 48 junior men and 18 junior women. Here are some shot of the event. Look for updates on the Spy surfers Tyler Newton and Evan Thompson.
And it’s official the ASP North America has announced its top 6 junior who qualified to surf in the World Pro Junior Championships. Evan Thompson qualified by placing 4th in the top 4 spots in the ASP North American Junior ratings. There are 2 championship events the 1st being in Bali this Oct and the final event is in Jan of next year in Australia.
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.
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 event was held on June 5-6 2010 at 54th street Newport Beach CA. The Spy surfers in this contests were Tyler Newton, Nick Rupp, Evan Thompson, Nathan Florence and John Florence. The best result from them was Evan Thompson placing 3rd in the semi finals.
To see more Spy surf team videos click on Vimeo or You Tube.
This is the 5th and final day at the Nike 6.0 Lowers Pro. This day was about the Pro Junior semifinals and the finals for the Spy surfers The surfers in this video are Evan Thompson and Tyler Newton.
To see more Spy surf team videos click on Vimeo or You Tube.
This is the 1st video from a 4 part series from the Nike 6.0 Lowers Pro. This is day 1 which is the Pro Junior round of 32 and the quarterfinals. The Spy surfer in this are Tyler Newton, NIck Rupp and Evan Thompson. Enjoy!
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