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TSJ | POV – “Dan Malloy & Dane Reynolds Board Swap” from The Surfer’s Journal on Vimeo.

Ride shotgun with Dan Malloy and Dane Reynolds as they cruise from their Ventura homes to Emma Wood State Beach for a quiver swap. This insider look at their modes of surfing comes to a head as they trade—and ride—everything from homemade hunks to foiled Fryes.

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TSJ | POV – “Terry Martin and the perfect 40-minute board” from The Surfer’s Journal on Vimeo.

Having started with wood as a lad in ’50s San Diego, on through to shaping sleek Phil Edwards Models, to the now – where he finds himself an in-demand builder of boards of all denominations for Hobie- Terry Martin is the consummate craftsman. In this episode of TSJ/POV Shorts, Terry shapes a perfect traditional noserider, talking us through his philosphy and technique as he works.

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TSJ | POV – “Richard Kenvin behind the polyester curtain” from The Surfer’s Journal on Vimeo.

Ripping La Jolla surfer, RK, walks us through his absolute obsession with the dynamic planing hulls of Bob Simmons, and the multitude of designs and shapers they inspired. In hallmark Journal fashion, the history of surfing isn’t an artifact; it’s a base to be built upon. Kenvin brings it all current with velocity and some beautiful surfing at Windansea. While the original boards are ancient, the current versions are stunningly modern.

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JEFFREYS BAY, South Africa (Thursday, July 9, 2009) – A lay day has been called for the Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay, with only small two-to-three foot (1 metre) surf coming in through the fabled pointbreak.

Stop No. 5 of 10 on the 2009 ASP World Tour, the Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay may have called a lay day for the opening day of the waiting period, but between requalification campaigns, ASP World Title races, free surfs and format decisions, there is plenty going on around the event site today.

“We’ve called Billabong Pro J-Bay competition off for the day and we’re on hold until 10:30am for a possible 11am start for the VonZipper Trials,” Mike Parsons, Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay Contest Director, said. “We’re expecting some swell late Sunday and Monday/Tuesday look promising. At present, the competition format is still undecided. We’ll be back tomorrow morning at 7am to assess the conditions.

The Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay has the option to run either the traditional or new competition formats, as well as utilize the overlapping heats tem for either. Event organizers will determine which format they will use in accordance with the conditions.

Surfline, official surf foreer for the Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay, are calling for the current SW groundswell to dissipate throughout the day before a smaller scale WSW to SW swell settles in over the coming days.

Regardless of the conditions, the world’s best surfers have got their respective game faces on as they prepare two do battle at Jeffreys.

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FLORIANOPOLIS, Santa Catarina (Wednesday, July 8, 2009) – International surfers ripped into the second day of ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS) 6-Star Maresia Surf International at Mole Beach. In clean waves of two feet (0.5 metre) and a beatiful sunny day in Florianopolis. The Australian crew commanded the show and surpassed the record of Brazilian Diego Rosa from the first day.

Australian Adam Melling, who hasalready assumed the second place in ASP WQS ratings, had a spectacular debut in the first heat of the Round 96. He received a 9.17 points (out a possible of 10) in a excellent wave and a 7.67 score to finish with 16.84 points (out a possible of 20), the best presentation so far in two days of competition. The Australian surfers won nine of the 18 heats held today in the capital of Santa Catarina State.

“I feel pretty good,” Melling said. “I found good waves, especially my high score (9.17 out of 10). This is my first time here at Mole, and seems like to be a pretty fun beachbreak. I’d like to do well here and try to get back on top, my goal for this year is win the ASP WQS Tour and be on the ASP World Tour next year”.

In the second heat of the Round 96 of the Maresia Surf International, the only Hawaiian in the contest Dusty Payne, won his heat against Brazilians Alejo Muniz (4th), Beto Mariano (2nd) and the surfer from Puerto Rico Brian Toth (3rd).

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