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Vans World Cup of Surfing 2013 Preview – Sunset Beach, Hawaii

This is one of the oldest running contests in Professional Surfing. Actually it predates the professional tour. Another fact worth mentioning is that South Africans have always done well at Sunset, ever since a young Gavin Rudolph pitched up at the Smirnoff in the 70’s and blew everyone out the water to win it. What we need now is for one of the young crop to do the same thing. My pick must be Dale Staples. He had a great show of form through Haleiwa and was in my opinion very unlucky to get knocked out in the Round of 32. He is a power surfer, loves his forehand and has shown he is not scared to take on the World Tour guys. If Sunset is big and open walled, I would like to see Ducky go all the way!

The Forecasts are looking good with swell arriving today on the North Shore, so hopefully Sunset makes up for a very lacklustre first event and we see some incredible bravery and massive turns at bowling 10-12ft Sunset Beach. One thing is for sure, winning Sunset will put you in the race for the Triple Crown and will make your name!

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Wave of the Winter Teaser 2013-14

The North Shore season is upon us and once again Surfline are running their “Wave of the Winter” video competition for the best ride over the whole Winter Season. A couple of South Africans had entries last year for the big $25’000 first prize, including Josh Redman. This year there are a couple of Saffas on the Shore, so it will be interesting to see if anyone can lay claim to the prize? Check out the teaser video and then when you have some time the full movie of all last year’s entries.

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Get ready for the North Shore!

All eyes turn to the North Shore of Hawaii next week as the Triple Crown of Surfing begins and the World Tour of surfing descends on Oahu. Outside of the winning the World Title, the Triple Crown is probably the most prestigious trophy in surfing and has been won by the best of the best. With 3 events spanning a month long period, it will put surfers to the test, from high performance Haleiwa, to monster outside Sunset and of course the caverns of Pipeline and Backdoor. Defending Triple Crown Champ, Sebastien Ziets will be wanting to defend his title for Hawaii, but annual stars like Joel Parkinson, Mick Fanning and Jordy Smith will be looking for that title, as well as the World Title. All the players and scenarios are in place for an epic showdown. Follow all the drama – http://www.vanstriplecrownofsurfing.com/

On the back of this, the invites for the Quiksilver in memory of Eddia Aiku Big Wave contest have gone out and Grant Twig Baker is on that prestigious list! With the waiting period stretching over the whole North Shore winter we can only hope that this year the spirit of Eddie will arrive and we can once again watch the beautiful chaos that is the Bay! Follow the mayhem – http://quiksilverlive.com/eddieaikau/2014/