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<description>Jon is from New Jersey and continues to reside there with his wife and dog&#151;which means occasional empty barrels and the occasional session in the snow.The state isn't as dirty as people might think, but he'll let them keep believing that.</description>
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<description><![CDATA[The Triple Crown is chalk full of local wildcards, namely because over the years the Hawaiians have asserted that when it comes to competing in local waters, they're very much capable of dismantling the world's best surfers. It's a topic that's been hotly debated over recent years, but it's hard to argue against the thesis when local boys like Joel Centeio step up their game and handily dispatch a distinguished international field."Of course you want to win it," said Roy Powers after coming up short...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:46:19 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[After a long slog through the doldrums, the North Shore has finally sprung to life. Yesterday a solid northwest swell filled in, and while it was by no means perfect, it definitely was well received. The Reef Hawaiian Pro fired through a full day of competition."It's kind of tricky out there, but it's nice to get this done in some surf," said World Tour hopeful Tanner Gudauskas, who snuck through his Round of 32 heat. "I need a good result here in Hawaii, and it's cool to be in a position where it's...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:51:50 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Had it not been for an unwanted Christmas present, 24-year-old Dion Agius might have ended up a professional boogie boarder. When he was a kid the young Tasmanian was already earning shots in bodyboard mags, but watching his son ride prone was a sight Dion's father just couldn't abide. So one Christmas the old man presented his son with a brand spanking new surfboard-the last thing the teenager wanted. What he really wanted was a new bodyboard. "I was bummed," Dion says now.Read More]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:48:28 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Fox Surf and Turf]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[If there's one thing outside of sport of kings that Hawaiians love, it's dirtbikes (well - that, Spam, trips to Las Vegas, and the San Diego Chargers.) But the 50th state, and its surfers in particular, are very much into the surfing/moto crossover. From Sunny Garcia to Natalie Eichner, there is a long history of waveriders getting dirty up in the Island hills. Of course, the Islands' best dirt riders can also surf better than you. What better place for Fox to hold it's Surf and Turf event than...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:22:50 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[You'll have to excuse how out of focus the above photo is. I was out on the beach at Off The Wall today with my handy G10 when I noticed this abnormally sized boogie board and figured it was definitely worth documenting and sharing. I tried to zoom in for you, but this is what I got. And what exactly is it you may ask? Boogie boarding's version of an island gun? An experimental stand-up boogie board? Or just an oversized kitchen sponge? For the life of me I can't figure it out. Regardless, it's ridiculous...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:59:19 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Nor'Ida. Those folks at the Weather Channel are pretty clever. That's what they decided to call the hybrid system of once Tropical Storm Ida, as it morphed into a disastrous nor'easter off the Outer Banks. Wish I though of that. Beaches from North Carolina to Maine are strewn with debris this week - beach fence, parts of boats, siding, cedar posts and staircases. Plus, I saw some flip flops and condoms. Why is it whenever there is a large pile of flotsam and jetsam, there's always flip flops...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:15:18 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[While the North Shore's been relatively flat, and the Northeast's been pumping, the Sunshine State's lucked into a few good days of it's own. "Got really good for Florida yesterday in Saint Augustine," wrote filmer Dustin Miller in an email last week. "Zander Morton, Eric Taylor and Chris Ropero were on it. Really fun Florida tubes, we had no idea it was going to get like that."]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:22:56 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA["I slept the whole day the other day," said Kai Barger, "I don't know, it might have been yesterday?"Forgive the kid for forgetting what day he pulled a Rip Van Winkle, it's been a slow couple of days here on the North Shore. But of course, you can't expect everybody to sleep through the doldrums. On Saturday evening Jack Johnson played host to a fairly sizable affair on the other side of the island. I told myself I would try not to and make any comparisons between Jack's hair style and Ron Burgundy,...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:41:19 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Wilbur Kookmeyer on the web]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[When I first started reading Surfer Magazine back in the late 1980s, one of the first sections I would flip to was Wilbur Kookmeyer. Back then, Surfer held undisputed claim as the Bible of the Sport, and there were sections of editorial that you just couldn't wait to check out. Extra (still the last page of content) was always a hysterical photo. You could learn what Sunny Garcia ate for lunch and what bands he liked in Human Touch. And there was plenty of Pottz coverage.And Wilbur, the work of San...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:52:19 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[For your amusement, I offer up my first 48 hours on The Rock:"It's nice to be getting here when it's kind of small," I say to Cory Lopez in the Enterprise Rent-A-Car office on Wednesday. Attempting to make small talk, I continue,"You know, kind of ease into things.""I don't know, I wouldn't mind getting off the plane and jumping right into 10-foot Pipe," he says.Of course, I mean, yeah, me too. I love 10-foot Pipe. No prob. Maybe I'll ride my Bonzer?Come Thursday I'm so busy catching up on work I...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:03:07 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[While Mr. Jake Howard is sucking back Mai Tai's out in Hawaii, I've got a little weather to report here in the northeast. This is one of the most brutal storms I can ever remember.Last night, I left the barrier Island where I live and was on the way to eat Chinese food at a friend's house. They live in the woods, and on the way a 75-foot pine tree actually blew over, falling into the road in front of me. Me, the dog, and the pickup truck skidded and stopped a few feet from it. Three seconds later...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:27:36 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[It's official, the Hawaiian surf season is now underway. Today, in marginal three to four-foot surf, the Reef Hawaiian Pro got underway at Haleiwa, and while it's way too early to really say much of anything, it is definitely a day worth noting."I didn't surf today, but I went down there to see who's going to be the threat," said Roy Powers this afternoon. "It's that time of year again, and things are just getting started."And speaking of just getting started, or should I say, restarted, today I...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:23:13 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Fifteen years. There's an awful lot of history in an event that's fifteen years old. CJ, Hewey, Kyle Garson, JJ, Morcom, and Mr. Slater are just a few of the East Coast Kings to have worn Quik's crown. Though this contest is open to everyone, it's won by a Floridian year in and year out.This year, a new name was added to the King's Court - a true changing of the royal guard, a new generation winning on new generation moves. Sebastian Inlet is nothing short of a training ground for World Champions....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:44:14 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Bobbing around in the water with a friend last week we got on the subject of the health of our industry. He asked if I thought things were turning around, if we'd finally seen the bottom. Based on nothing but gut, I told him I thought the worst was probably behind us. Admittedly, I'm not much of a numbers man, so I explained the sense that at least it didn't feel like we were going headlong off a cliff anymore. It seemed like some budgets were opening up, and finally the end of 2009 was in sight.Then...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:59:57 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Pretty in Pipe]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[I'm not going to lie to you. Some of the sights on the beach at Pipe are as amazing as those in the water. During the season, there are few places in the world where you encounter so many gorgeous, interesting, and healthy ladies enjoying the sun and sand.But today's video is something even better, a couple of Oahu females fixtures who aren't just lounging in the sun. They're out there charging ten-foot Pipe and Backdoor. These bikinis top any of the groupies hanging out in front of the Volcom house.Here,...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 9 Nov 2009 10:00:11 PST</pubDate>
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