Well another year of professional competative surfing has finally come to a close. Now that it’s all said and done our young team kicked some butt.
Dean Morrison finished 3rd at Pipe and finished in the top 16 on the WCT.
Torrey Mesiter got 3rd in the Triple Crown of Surfing’s overall ratings and finished 48th on the WQS overall ratings.
Alana Blanchard won the Vans Pro, the 1st women’s contest of the Triple Crown.
John (John) Florence made his mark at Pipe and referred to as a young verision of Jamie OBrien at Pipe and he also at the young age of 17 finished rated #84 on the WQS.
Oh and let’s not forget about Mike Losness’s art being display during the Reef Hawaiian Pro and at the Wyland Gallery in Haleiwa.
I would say this was a great year for Spy at the Triple Crown f Surfing and congrats to all the success to everyone on the team and look forward to a great 2010!
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 6th and last marketing shoot using John Florence and his brothers Nathan and Ivan.
The Reef Hawaiian Pro is finishing today and Torrey Meister is Spy’s last surfer in this event. Torrey’s Reef Hawaiian Pro run ends at the quarterfinals which is his best WQS result this season.
To see more Spy surf team videos click on Vimeo or You Tube.
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.
The Reef surf contest is up and running again. John Florence and Clay Marzo are unfortunately eliminated but Torrey Meister advances out his heat today.
This piece is the 5th shoot using The Spy Hawaiian Bombshell winner Hannah Kealia May.
To see more Spy surf team videos click on Vimeo or You Tube.
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.
With the surf up the North Shore is full of energy. The contest is on and the surf spots are filled with surfers, even the road on Kam Hwy is congested with traffic as everyone is hurrying to get to their destination. We had a day filled with filming Torry Meister and Clay Marzo during their heats at the Reef Pro as well as shooting Dean Morrison in our small garage turned studio. You have to be here to experience it and to fully understand how chaotic this place can be when the surf is up. We had another successful day of getting the job done. Here are some quick pics of our day on Wed.
Torrey Meister with his game face on
Torrey Meister in yellow just before his heat
Torrey's father Mike is up there to see his son rip. He's under the letters "on"
Kanoa enjoying the day of class. Who wouldn't enjoy a field trip to Hawaii.
Me and my shadow, "live through our lens"
A lot of prep work goes into each shoot. These are some of the neccesities.
Cameras-lights-ready!
The crew
The style
The star. Dean Morrison in the wht tee
Being behind a camera and all eyes on you can be nerve racking. Sometimes you need to take the edge off. Only when your 21 of course!
Dean in "showtime" mode
Style
Tim capturing it in motion
Live through our lens
Part of Kaona's school was seeing the behind the scene stuff. Kanoa shot the images from Dean behind the scene shoot. Here is his signature to his work. Grade A+ Good job Kanoa!
Clay after his exciting heat win. Clay loves to win but what Clay really loves, is to surf.
In physics, for every positive force there is a negitive force. Clay won and dominated that heat. To Clay this the negative force that was caused by the positive force. Regardless, Mike from Surfline was there hear what Clay had to say about the heat
A long day of schooling can wipe you out. Kanoa lights out!
Summer maybe be over. Groms maybe back in school. The sales maybe a little down and your local surf breaks maybe a little less crowded but that doesn’t mean it’s slowing down for the surf industry.
September kicks off with ASR (ActionSports Retailer) which is where all the comapnies get together and show there new products to all the surf retailers in the US and Canada.
After that the WCT (World Championship Tour) shows up at Lower Trestles, San Clemente for stop number 6 the Hurley Pro. As I write this the event is still going on…
In between that the Surfer Polls took place. It’s kind of our Acadamy Awards. That was last night and it was blast!
Check out the pictures I have collected from what’s going on.
Secrets go on during the sales meetings. It's the huddle before ASR's "Show Time"
Sales meeting product review with our sales reps. It looks like it's going to be a good year!
Spy surfers Luke Davis in the blue watch and Torrey Meister in the blue stripped shirt hamming it up before the Billabong Still Filthy movie premiere
Spy's art director Brent Sandor in white shirt and Spy surfer Wade Goodall in blue plaid shirt
Still Filthy star line up
Wade Goodall drinking in a Monster cup and Torrey Meister drinking and screaming. The boys are living it up!
A lot of the guys on the WCT are extremely focused on doing well. Some times it can drive them crazy thinking about contest results and who they are surfing against. Dean found a healthy distraction in golf. He's been playing for 6 months now and loves the change scenery.
Torrey Meister trail blazing to check out the WCT, hopefully the next step in his career.
Lower Trestles viewing from the VIP area
There are other perks by being in the VIP area besides keeping away from the blazing sun. Here Torrey indulges while viewing wearing the Haymakers
Dean Morrison with the headphones checking the waves just before his heat.
To see more Spy surf team videos click on Vimeo or You Tube.
Dean Morrison may have lost his round 3 heat but he continues to win the hearts of the surfing fans. Here he;s taking a break for some autographs
Welcome to the Surfer Poll Awards
left Spy's Alana Blanchard and friend right Monyca Byrne-Wickey. Wow!
Spy's super grom Kanoa Igarashi looking, learning and hoping one day he will be a part of the surfer Poll Awards
SK filmer extraordinaire and Spy's Craig Anderson had so much fun they can only hand guesture their joy.
right Alana Blanchard and good friend Camille on the left celebrate Alana's 5th place in the women's Surfer Poll Awards
Check out thiis edited down verison of the Daily Habit featuring Spy’s Torrey Meister, along with fellow Billabong team riders Granger Larsen and Sterling Spencer promoting Billabong’s new upcoming surf flick “Still Filthy” Spy’s Wade Goodall also has a staring role in this movie which comes out this September.
For more Spy surf team surfing you can go to our You Tube Spy surf site. Search for the SpySurfTeam page.
Nate Tyler, Torrey Meister (far left) and musical guest Big Pooh
Featured On “The Daily Habit” Monday, June 1, 2009
Airing Monday, June 1, at 9:00 pm Eastern Time (6:00 pm Pacific Time) and telecast three additional times Nate Tyler, Torrey Meister and musical guest Big Pooh will appear on “The Daily Habit.”
Yeehaw!! Guest host Keir Dillon is on The Habit today and joining him are the winners of Volcom’s VQS Hillbilly Stomp, pro surfers Nate Tyler and Torrey Meister. And they’re joined by Volcom’s Contest Directors Troy Powell, Liam Perry and Carl Holm and they’re going full-hillbilly just for us. Plus, North Carolina rapper Big Pooh drops a beat on the Snickers Sound Stage. Also, correspondent Cheyenne goes to the Wolverine press premiere and tries to gets her paws on the claws himself, Hugh Jackman.
