1. GULF OIL SPILL: REACTIONS AND THREATS

As public awareness growsregarding a major oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon rig well on a lease owned by British Petroleum (BP), the thousands of people that participated in the Hands Across the...

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2. THE NEW ASP WORLD RANKINGS - EXPLAINED

THE BACKSTORY In mid-2009, the first inklings of the Kelly Tour began to surface and these rumors caused seismic shakes throughout the ASP system. For years there had been ongoing rumblings from...

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3. ANASTASIA ASHLEY WINS PIPE ^Featured

After 13 days of flat-to-dismal surf at Pipeline, the only women's event at the world's most respected wave went down on Monday in blustery, tradewind-tattered peaks. Former Hawaiian local...

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4. NORTH SHORE COMES TO NORCAL?

Last October, I saw Twiggy Baker and Greg Long in the parking lot at Ocean Beach, San Francisco on a fine, six-foot offshore day. They had a pair of big white Ford vans ("I bought Greg's old...

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5. ONE-WORLD RANKING

The ASP just came out with the below press release -- check back next week for an in-depth examination of the new ASP World Order -- and what it means for pro surfing. With two events done and...

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6. IN HONOR OF MIKE MARSHALL

SoCal shaper and surf historian Mike 'Red' Marshall passed away on Saturday, February 6th at home in Costa Mesa. His memorial paddle-out was held last week north of the Newport Pier, with scores of...

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7. ROYDEN BRYSON WINS O'NEILL CWC SCOTLAND

CONDITIONS: Cold. Snowy. Icy. And damn fine, six-foot surf coming through at Thurso East, if you had the rubber. Stop two of five in O'Neill's Cold Water Classic series braved the brisk waters of the...

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