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.
DAY 3: SUNDAY “fun day” entailed kickin’ it poolside at the Boot Camp mansion, shreddin’ on bright colored INT Surfboards, cruisin’ on Electra beach cruisers, thrillin’ and grillin’ chefs Kevin and Trini during the daytime launched off into the official SPY Welcome Luau for SPY athletes, media and sponsors. Delicious grinds from Dakines, grass skirts and plenty of tasty cold ones from Landshark lead to one epic pool party! Be sure to check out more coverage from Transworld Business here.
SPY Boot Camp mansion.
The backyard.
INT Surfboards getting prepped to be shredded on!
SPY tanning lounge.
Trini grillin’ up a storm.
Got chicken?
The setup.
Enjoying the luau atmosphere— complete with leis!
A gorgeous So Cal sunset in Carlsbad.
Trini and Brent chillin’ barside.
Live thru our lens…
Jam packed.
Boot Camper online winner Sean takes a dip in the spa wearing the TRON.
Haney, Boot Camp consumer winner Sean Strickland, Hendo and Transworld Surf’s Checkwood kickin’ it in the glass spa.
The Landshark Margarillas out in full force at the luau!
The vibe.
DaKines Hawaiian grinds…mmmm good.
Kevin takes the lead and
SPY’s Lauren, TJ and Richard from Zero Motorcycles.
SPY’s Keith hangin’ with the ladies of SPY.
SPY’s Surf TM John draws a ‘hang loose’ on the Boot Camp 8 canvas.
We caught SPY’s Torrey Meister, Parker Coffin, John and Ryan diving into the treats.
Beer pong…Stevie B claiming he just made the shot!
Boot Campers Kenneth and Brett think otherwise…
DJ Episode kept the jams crankin’.
Bianca, Davin and Rob from VAS, Val, Boot Camper Audrey and Justin, Trini and Stevie…all smiles.
Kirk from Pala Raceway, Hendo and Josh saying hi.
Boot Campers Colin, Sara and Amanda C. smile for the camera.
Boot Camper Audrey, SPY’s Stevie B and Amanda C. pose with their leis.
If your not familiar with surfing, Taylor Steele is the godfather of making surf movies. He’s help build many careers in the past since the beginning of 1990. Well, Taylor has a new project called Innersection, http://innersection.tv/ This is a web based contest where surfers submit a max 3 min surf video that showcases their surfing ability and the online viewers vote for their favorite video. There are 2 stages for voting. The 1st stage is making it into the top 10 selections. The 2nd stage of voting is making it into the top 5 selections. The top 5 videos will be put into the Innersection DVD for sale. There are 4 submission times. July 1 was the 3rd one and Sept 1 is the final time.
We have 4 surfers, Dean Morrison, Clay Marzo, John Florence and Torrey Meister in this round. We need your support and votes to help get them through into the top 5 selection of this round.
To vote for our surfers you need to join and you can really help by rating them. Once you log in there will be stars on the right side of their section. Don’t be scared to rate them at 10 stars and throw out a positive comment. You can help make the difference for our surfer so please take the time and vote for them.
Here are the links to the Spy surfers so you can see how hard they rip.
This is the 2nd video from a 4 part series from the Nike 6.0 Lowers Pro. This is day 2 and 3. These days were about the WQS 6* Prime round 128 and round 96. The surfers in this video are John Florence, Torrey Meister and Dean Morrison. Enjoy!
To see more Spy surf team videos click on Vimeo or You Tube.
May 4-8, 2010 was the Nike 6.0 Lowers Pro WQS 6* Prime event held in San Clemente CA at Lower Trestles. Along with this contest there was also a grade 2 Oakley Pro Junior event.
The Spy surfers at this event were Dean Morrison, John Florence and Torrey Meister. In the Juniors event there were Tyler Newton, Nick Rupp, Evan Thompson.
The standout Spy surfer during this event was John Florence. He surfed this event like he was freesurfing. During this event he beat Dane Reynolds and Andy Irons along with many other creditable surfers. Look out for big thing from John Florence.
In the Junior Pro event the Spy surfer that stoodout was Tyler Newton. Tyler was ripping throughout the contest. In the finals he never really got the waves to showcase his talent but a 4th palce in this international event was not a bad showing. Newts is leading the Hawaiian Pro Junior ranking. Good surfng Newts!
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.
