Nate is a classic original, a surfer with timeless West Coast style and a knack for lofty front-side punts and blowing minds in the water. The Foundation line is coming out in ‘12, taking the SPY brand back to its roots at the beach through core shops nationwide, and a team of undeniably authentic, talented personalities is championing the cause. Perfect timing. Nate rips, he has incredible depth of character, his style is his unparalleled, and there’s not a better ambassador for The Foundation line as SPY reaffirms its heritage.
Tyler joins the current elite SPY surf roster that includes Wade Goodall, Parker Coffin, Mike Losness and John John Florence. Between road trips and boat odysseys, the Central Coaster will be updating fans on his weblog, www.simonsmoothballs.com, administered from his off-the-grid yurt in Templeton, Calif. To see Nate, stop by Encinitas, CA and check-out his billboard at the intersection of Encinitas Blvd and the PCH.
Congratulations to SPY® team rider John John Florence for coming of World Championship age on the ASP: He was officially welcomed this past week to join the title chase on the back-half of the 2011 ASP World Championship Tour. John John made it to Surfing’s main stage by sheer force and in the wake of sad misfortune for Yadin Nicol, who broke his fibula free-surfing in Japan in late August. For more information go here.
NEW ASP TOP 34:
1. Kelly Slater (USA) 2. Jordy Smith (ZAF) 3. Mick Fanning (AUS) 4. Owen Wright (AUS) 5. Taj Burrow (AUS) 6. Jeremy Flores (FRA) 7. Joel Parkinson (AUS) 8. Adrian Buchan (AUS) 9. Bede Durbidge (AUS) 10. Michel Bourez (PYF) 11. Adriano de Souza (BRA) 12. Julian Wilson (AUS) 13. Damien Hobgood (USA) 14. Josh Kerr (AUS) 15. Alejo Muniz (BRA) 16. Gabriel Medina (BRA) 17. Kieren Perrow (AUS) 18. Raoni Monteiro (BRA) 19. Matt Wilkinson (AUS) 20. Jadson Andre (BRA) 21. Heitor Alves (BRA) 22. Chris Davidson (AUS) 23. Brett Simpson (USA) 24. Dane Reynolds (USA) 25. Patrick Gudauskas (USA) 26. Daniel Ross (AUS) 27. Miguel Pupo (BRA) 28. Dusty Payne (HAW) 29. Kai Otton (AUS) 30. Taylor Knox (USA) 31. Tiago Pires (PRT) 32. Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 33. Travis Logie (ZAF) 34: John John Florence (HAW)
left to right: John John, Kolohe, Felipe and Conner
Sat Aug 6 2010
John John had a busy day of surfing today in the ASP Prime event and the Pro Junior division. Today ended John John’s run in the ASP Prime event where he lost to Kolohe Andino in a 30 minute display of next level surfing.
Shortly after John John surfed in the pro juniors semi finals dominating his way into the finals, where he met up with Kolohe Andino, Conner Coffin and Felipe Toledo.
The 25 minute final was a crowd pleaser. From rail surfing to airs the pro juniors were destroying the wind blown afternoon surf of Huntington Beach. It was Felipe Toledo from Brazil who won the judges scores with a 15.17 heat total. From there it was 2nd place Kolohe, 3rd place John John and 4th place Conner Coffin.
With only 2 days left in the US Open, Spy’s John John Florence has been and continued to be one of the most dominant surfers at the US Open. John John is scheduled to surf in the Men’s round 5 (8-10:03am) and heat 3 against Kolohe, a battle of the new generation. Following that is the Pro Junior semi finals (12:59-1:40pm), heat 2 against Kolohe, Dylan Goodale and Colin Moran.
To see all the action live via webcast and to get more info and photo check US Open of Surfing.
Here is a few words that I grabed from the ASP press release today:
John John Florence (Oahu, HI), 17, was another young Hawaiian to ignite the high-performance peaks on offer at Huntington Beach to take his Round of 24 heat over Brazilian talent Miguel Pupo, 19.
“I was super-stoked to get through that Round of 24 heat because Miguel (Pupo) is so gnarly,” Florence said. “I was definitely pretty nervous going into that heat, but I just got lucky. There are so many fun waves out there.”
Florence, who is also on the verge of qualification for the ASP World Title Series at the midway mark in the season, is hoping to maintain his form at the Nike US Open of Surfing to continue to climb the ASP World Ranking.
“That was a big heat for me to get through to try and qualify,” Florence said. “That’s my goal to get to the World Tour, I’d be so stoked, I’ve put in a lot of hard work and so far it looks pretty good.”
Some other recent Spy doing during the US Open have been a signing that went off on Thursday at Jack Surfboards on the corner of Maint St and PCH. Alana Blanchard, Ben Bourgeois, Torrey Meister and Parker Coffin were there signing and making it a good time. We had screaming matches and a dance off for Spy product and a ol time in HB.
Friday morning we all met up down the way at Golden West St and welcomed our Boot Camp winner to a day at the beach. They got to hang out and surf with the same crew of surfers from the Jack Surfboards promo, Alana Blanchard, Ben Bourgeois, Torrey Meister and Parker Coffin. Good times on the beach teaching the Boot Camp winners how to surf. They all stood up for their 1st time and the smiles were brighter than the sun.
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
Win a chance for you and a friend to get VIP access to TransWorld Surf’s latest surf film, Surprise Excitement Party, premiering Wednesday, August 3 at the Lido Theater in Newport Beach! You and a friend will meet and hang with two of the films stars, SPY’s own Parker Coffin and John John Florence before the movie and get VIP access for the premiere. The winner will also receive a SPY prize pack to make sure they’re repping hard at the premiere! Head over to the SPY Facebook page and post “Parker” or “John John” in the comments section of the contest post for your chance to win! Winners will be notified Monday, August 1st and winners must be in attendance to win.
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TransWorld Surf’s latest surf flick, Surprise Excitement Party, featuring SPY’s John John Florence and Parker Coffin is here! Check out the premiere on Wednesday, August 3 at the Lido in Newport Beach, CA. Free admission so don’t miss out!
SPY’s John John Florence pulled off a two-wave heat total of 16.27 in round 3 of the ASP Prime Quiksilver PRO Portugal, one of the highest of the day.
“I was super stoked and it was a good wave and I got lucky because you are sitting way up the point now and you can’t tell which ones are going to close out or which ones are going to run through with a bit of a wall. Then when you do get a good one you have to ride it all the way in and then paddle all the way back out again. It is a fun right point and these are the best waves I have had in competition for a while.”
His score moves him into round 4 of the competition which begins Saturday, June 18th. For live webcast, results, videos, daily highlights and photos of the event tune in HERE.
