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September 16, 2010 at 8:57 pm | Spongercity Australia, Contests News
WA riders check this out:
IBA Australasia Rebel Sports Pro Tour Event # 5, The EBB Pro.
Yallingup, South-West WA. Event waiting period (Thurs 16th – Sunday 19th September 2010)
The EBB Pro Proudly Supported by Elit’ Bodyboards, SunSmart, and Surfing Western Australia.
The Australasian Rebel Sport Bodyboard Pro Tour is heading west for what is anticipated to be the biggest bodyboarding event the state has ever seen. The 2010 EBB Pro is returning to Yallingup in the South-West corner of WA for a four day competition, which will combine the final event of the WA State Bodyboard Series.
The EBB Pro is the fifth stop of the Australasian Bodyboarding Pro Tour which has thus far travelled to New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia . The event will see a bumper field of up to fifty professional bodyboarders from across WA, East Coast Australia and even South Africa travel to the beautiful Cape Naturaliste area in Yallingup for what is shaping up to be a simply electrifying four days of action.
The EBB Pro is proudly celebrating its fifth birthday and after a slow start in the opening years with the event running in the metro beach breaks of Perth, the event has broken free of those shackles and is now a permanent fixture on the IBA Australasian events calendar. Since its humble beginnings the EBB Pro now boasts a four day waiting period in one of the countries most surf rich locations, along with this the 2010 EBB Pro is proud to carry a massive four star rating and a total prize pool of $5, 000.
The EBB Pro is lucky to be run in one of the most iconic surf locations in the world, and with a total of six possible locations booked the riders should benefit with officials only running the Pro divisions in the best waves and conditions possible.
“Its important for the competitors to have simply the best waves on offer, it’s a long way to come to WA to only surf a dribbly beachies so we’re happy to have to ability to move the event to some of Yallingup’s biggest and thickest waves.” Said Surfing WA Events Manager Justin Majeks.
The EBB Pro has provided a huge opportunity for WA’s up and coming bodyboarders to see their idols first hand and continue the sports development into the future. WA has long been renowned as a breeding ground of unbelievable bodyboard talent, and with the likes of Ryan Hardy, Sean Virtue, Brad Hughes, Chad Jackson and Chris White all at the forefront of the pushing the sport into the mainstream.
Combining the Pro event with the State Bodyboard Series provides an opportunity for the next generation of talent to see the stars of the sport with their own two eyes. For the likes of Alex Halsey (Woodvale), Lewy Finnegan (Ocean Reef), and Mandurah duo Davis Blackwell and George Humphrys the opportunity to see professional bodyboard action live, has resulted in some impressive performances from the ‘new school’ of WA bodyboarding.
The EBB Pro has always been a crucial event on the Aussie Tour, with many winners of the event going on to claim the Rebel Sport Australasian Pro Championship. Such was the case with defending Champion Corey Maclean (Miami Beach, QLD) who went from strength to strength after his inspiring win in the west in 2009.
Maclean will be leading the list of defending champions returning to WA, along with 2008 winner Michael Novy (Avoca, NSW) in an attempt to become the first rider in the events history to claim back to back titles. The EBB Pro has been lucky to secure a window with no clashes amid World Tour Events in Europe so event officials are hopeful for more big names signing up for the event in the next few days.
“Each year we have drawn some of the world’s best bodyboarders to the event including Dave Winchester, Ryan Hardy, Brad Hughes, Chad Jackson, Tom Rigby and Jake Stone. I think the quality of the field is testament to the event and also the great waves that the South-West can produce”, said Justin Majeks.
Entries are still open with positions available and will close on Wednesday September 15th. Competitors can still enter online via the Surfing WA website http://www.surfingaustralia.com/wa/event.php?id=183
If you didn’t get a chance to check out the EBB Pro in 2009, be sure to check out the awesome highlight package here http://vimeo.com/6832667
For more information regarding the EBB Pro be sure to check out www.surfingwa.com.au, www.ibaaustralasia.com/site and www.ebb.net.au for all event updates and results.
The 2010 EBB Pro is proudly supported by EBB, Elit’ Bodyboards, SunSmart, and Surfing Western Australia.
September 4, 2010 at 11:37 pm | Spongercity Contests, Europe News
Jake Stone just won the Ferrol Event in Spain. Congrats Jake! Conditions were good and the last day of contest looked pretty fun from what we saw/read on the IBA site.
For more about Jake’s victory and a quick recap of the day make sure to check the IBA site: http://www.ibaworldtour.com/news/461-jake-stone-wins-ferrol
August 29, 2010 at 5:58 pm | Spongercity Contests, Europe, International News
Amaury just won the Sintra Contest in Portugal and is now the new World Champ for 2010. Amaury is crowned before the end the 2010 tour, his rating being so high that he’s now untouchable in the world title race! Congrats Amaury! What a great year with a Pipeline victory, a sintra victory and now a world title. Yewwwwww. Massive congrats Monsieur Lavernhe!
August 23, 2010 at 12:36 am | Spongercity Contests, Europe News
Guilherme Tamega wins Sopelana. Super small conditions unfortunately for the first stop of the European leg of the world tour (there are 3 stops in Europe). GT beats Yaray Martinez, Pierre-Louis Costes and Dave Hubbard. Congrats GT ! Tow more contests to go in Europe now… let’s hope the swell delivers more!
1. Guilherme Tamega
2. Yaray Martinez
3. Pierre-Louis Costes
4. Dave Hubbard
All detailed info and news about the Sopelana event can be found here on the IBA website: http://www.ibaworldtour.com/news/450-sopelana-bbk-pro-tamega-wins
August 14, 2010 at 11:17 am | Spongercity Australia, Contests News
Ryan Hardy wins the Shark Island Challenge ! Congrats Ryan ! Yewwww
1st Ryan Hardy
2nd Ben Player
3rd Damien King
4th Shaun Pyne
August 2, 2010 at 11:00 pm | Spongercity Australia, Contests News
DKS Sundowner Tiona 2010 – presented by Turbo and Bluntcut Fins
Recap from the TIONA Comp from the cool cats at DKS:
Newcastles Rob Richards has emerged out of nowhere to take out the 2010 DKS Sundowner Tiona contest infront of Central Coast’s Grant Molony. South Boomerang Beach was the venue with some classy 3ft waves all day which seen some of the world’s best DK riders battle it out.
“We decided to try a different format this year running the 2 first rounds as 4 man heats and then it was man-on-man format from there on in right to the final” organiser Clayton Pickworth said. “It gave the riders more of an opportunity in the water to prove what they can do and showcase their skills” he said. “Rob surfed consistantly all day after a shakey first round heat but he cut loose with some awesome tail snaps and big floaters which impressed the crowd”. Grant Molony was left without a solid wave in the final which Richards had control of from the first 10 minutes with some great moves off the right handers.
In the 3rd and 4th place surf off, Central Coast’s Mat Klimowicz was victorious over Victorian rider Justin Welsh who rounded out the top 4 places. Organiser Clayton Pickworth couldn’t have been more happy with how the contest went, “Mate i’m stoked that we get the best riders here every year regardless of what else is going on around the world and it showed this weekend with another new name becoming a winner here at DKS”. “These contests are doing what it set out to and that’s creating opportunity for exposure for any DK rider from any region and Rob has certainly stepped up to the plate and beat some of the best on his way”.
This weekend will see the second DKS event take place in Port Macquarie at the best break on the day. You can catch all the action on the DKS website www.dksessions.com and follow the links.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/DK-Sessions/147038805309602?ref=sgm
www.surfphotos.com.au
www.throwtail.com
Thanks to our event sponsors
Sundowner Holidays
Turbo Bodyboards
Bluntcut Fins
No Clones
Liquid Malisha
Digital Signs and Printing
Welsh Designs
Surfphotos.com.au
Matt Brockie.com
Ossix Swimwear
June 16, 2010 at 5:55 pm | Spongercity Australia, Contests News
LWe’re a little late on this one, the Trials just finished and here are the Trials resuslts:
Brett young Memorial Trials – 1. Daniel Worsely 2. Sam Strachan 3. Shaun Petersen 4. Tom Smith (More details here on FLUIDZONE)
The main event is now about to start as soon as the waves hit the Shark Island break in Cronulla, NSW Australia. Here’s the heat draw already:
Heat 1
Adam Smith
John Showell
Ryan Hardy
Andrew Lester
Heat 2
Jason Finlay
Dave Winchester
Jared Houston
Damian King
Heat 3
Sam Strachen
Shaun Pyne
Nick Ormerod
Brenden Newton
Heat 4
Glen Sullivan
Daniel Worsely
Ben Player
Thomas Robinson
Stay tuned, we’ll keep you updated of all major happenings and in the main time you can read/watch/learn more about the event on FLUIDZONE.com
May 30, 2010 at 10:14 pm | Spongercity America, Contests, International News
Yeah Pierre ! Pierre Louis Costes nails it and finishes first in a french final against Amaury Lavernhe. Congrats guys ! and congrats Pierre !
Don’t miss the video here with the final day of the event and PLC’s monster backflip. The biggest we’ve seen on video and probably the biggest ever completed since Tom Morey started boogieboarding decades ago…
PLC and Amaury are the best watermen France has ever had, that’s for sure, whatever the water/wave sport is. No one freesurfs and competes in France at this level whether it is on a boogieboard, surf, SUP, kite… whatever water/wave sports you mention.
Peru Inka Challenge results are as follows
1st Pierre Louis Costes France 1st 1000 points
2nd Amaury Lavernhe Reunion 2nd 860 points
3rd Jared Houston Sth Africa 3rd 730 points
3rd Jeff Hubbard Hawaii 3rd 730 points
May 26, 2010 at 7:37 pm | Spongercity America, Contests News
The tour is now in Peru. The PERU INKA CHALLENGE is the 5th stop on the tour and should certainly be an interesting one to watch & follow ! We’ll keep you updated as it goes.
May 24, 2010 at 8:13 pm | Spongercity America, Contests, Moving Pictures News
Winny won the Arica Challenge yesterday in good solid waves and nailed a 9.75 and a 10 in his heat to beat french hell man Amaury Lavernhe. Congrats Winny !
The contest was once again a great one to watch and the level of the riders was unbelievable. Ben Player, Winny, Hubb, Plc, Amaury… everyone shredding the El Gringo reef harder than ever.
You can watch the final day of competition right here: http://vimeo.com/11993514
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