The folks over at Ruse Entertainment created this hilarious and savvy video introducing the newest way to roll: Tarp Surfing. Santa Cruz surfers Homer Henard and Nic Lamb, with special assistance from Omar Etcheverry, show the world how to Tarp Surf with style. The perfect way to get barreled during the summer doldrums, when surf is either too small, blown out, or just pure crap.
New On The Extreme Scene
International Surfing Day
Note: This story is a special contribution from Nugable. Go to his website for hilarious, insightful and honest surfing revelations.
International Surfing Day came and went like a dream that is forgotten after a second cup of coffee. The day proceeding the first day of summer was not exactly memorable, although the water was warm. Warm like a lightly toasted hot dog bun on Independence Day. Or a sweaty pair of September thighs. The June gloom hung around like a hobo smoking a hand-rolled cigarette, waiting for a train going Anywhere But Here.
Action Sports Web Traffic Report
Each week Whenever we get around to it we here at T.E.S. will provide you with a look at the web traffic numbers* for most of the action sports industry’s websites (huge changes since our last report, including unprecedented traffic increases for Go211 and GrindTV, and expected drops in snowboarding sites due to seasonal change). If we missed a site, please leave a comment below and we’ll be sure to include it in the following week’s report. The numbers are based on daily unique visitors to each site, taken from a monthly average. The number in parentheses represents a change from the previous week. Websites are listed in order from highest amount of visitors to least amount of visitors.
A Surfer’s Guide to the World Cup and Beyond
Note: This story is a special contribution from Nugable. Go to his website for hilarious, insightful and honest surfing revelations.
The online surfing world has been stagnant lately. Well, that’s not completely true. Surfline posted its 47th “How Good Was California This Week?” photo gallery this month. I did enjoy that. Kurungabaa posted the complete works of Dostoyevsky (in Russian). Transworld, (God bless them) ran a Vimeo video of something. And Boardistan (perhaps my personal favorite) kept a tidy tally on its Google news alert with the keywords “Surf, Skate and Snow.” Copy and paste carpel tunnel is no laughing matter gentlemen.
…and so it goes.
Huntington Beach High Wins NSL High School Cup National Title
The best high school surf teams in the nation gathered this past weekend at Upper Trestles for the 5th annual National Surf League (NSL) High School Cup National Championship featuring the “Game” format. With a new south swell delivering 3-4 foot sets all day and glassy conditions, the Huntington Beach High Oilers took home their first ever NSL High School Cup national title by out dueling the San Dieguito Academy Mustangs in a display of some of the most progressive and innovative surfing ever seen in amateur competition as judged by a highly qualified judging crew of professional surfers.
Surfing Through the Oily Gulf Muck
Sooner or later, the massive amount of oil leaking from BP’s oil well in the Gulf of Mexico was going to cross paths with surfers. Two different video accounts show graphic descriptions and first-hand accounts of the tar balls hitting Florida’s Pensacola Beach area of the Gulf Coast.
Stephen Colbert, Defender of All Things Wakeboarding
Within every tragic story exists a silver lining. In the case of the recent Nashville, TN floods, the silver lining came from an individual who decided to use the flooded city streets for a wakeboarding session. Political satirist and comedian Stephen Colbert not only showed strong support for the wakeboarding exhibitionist, but went on to reveal a picture of himself in all his wakeboarding glory.
ASP Women’s World Tour Continues to Damage their Credibility
The Moviestar Peru Classic, the fifth stop of the ASP Women’s World Tour, was postponed for a day when Head Judge Dave Shipley decided last week not that the waves were too small, but rather that the waves were too big. Shipley’s decision further eroded the professional credibility of the ASP Women’s World Tour.
Upper Trestles set for 2010 NSL High School Cup Championship
The best high school surf teams in the country will meet at Upper Trestles, CA this weekend June 12-13 for the National Surf League (NSL) High School Cup Championships.
Sunset Beach Community Tries to Deny Annexation by Huntington Beach
The Sunset Beach community, realizing how pathetic it is that Huntington Beach still calls itself Surf City even though it only sees a few good days of surf each year, has decided to make an attempt at denying being annexed by Huntington Beach, preferring to become its own city.
New Audio Interviews
T.E.S. Revisited: Andy Irons
Former three-time ASP World Champion Andy Irons joined Cyrus & Steve on January 9th, 2004 and January 11th, 2005 following both his second and third ASP World Championships to talk about his rivalry with Kelly Slater, and the way he's portrayed in the media.
30:40 minutes (28.07 MB)
T.E.S. Revisited: Chuck Liddell and Chris Sanford
UFC superstar Chuck Liddell joined Cyrus & Steve on January 17th, 2005 to talk about owning and bouncing the same bars that Cyrus & Steve used to frequent during their college days in San Luis Obispo, how he became one of the top fighters in the world, and brought along The Ultimate Fighter participant Chris Sanford.
11:14 minutes (10.28 MB)
T.E.S. Revisited: Greg Noll
One of the pioneers of surfing, Greg Noll joined Cyrus & Steve in-person on July 16th, 2004 to talk about starring in Riding Giants, how surfing has changed over the years, and the rumored 100-foot wave Noll surfed in Hawaii.
33:54 minutes (31.03 MB)
T.E.S. Revisited: Torah Bright
Snowboarding and Roxy beauty Torah Bright joined The Extreme Scene on March 10th, 2008 to talk about how an Aussie can be the top female snowboarder in the world.
23:18 minutes (21.34 MB)
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