Surfing America, the National Governing Body (NGB) for Surfing in the United States, announced today that Ian Cairns has been appointed as Head Coach of the PacSun USA Surf Team.

Cairns appointment comes after the resignation of former Coach Joey Buran who held the position for the past two years. Buran left the position in good standing to pursue a worldwide tour and ministry for his new documentary film Beyond the Dream: the Joey Buran Story.

“Ian Cairns is a powerhouse coach and Surfing America is extremely fortunate to have someone of his caliber step into the role,” said Mike Gerard, Surfing America’s executive director. “Not only does Ian bring a wealth of experience to the position, but he also has some incredible new ideas and concepts that will surely help lift the USA Team program to new heights. I expect we’ll see some tremendous developments in the very near future.”

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“Dark Fall is all of us. It is a representation of NJ surfing, the lives we lead, the friendships we make, and the brotherhood that bonds us to our coastline. New Jersey is but a spec on the map of the surfing world and this film is our outlet, it is a voice that’s going to travel across the globe and explain our story.”

Last week Alex kicked off his first fundraiser for the film. He threw a party up in Seaside Heights where he showed an extended “teaser” for his movie, and raffled off a ton of product provided by Lost, Ezekiel, Smith, Nixon, OAM, Dakine, Sanuk, Ocean Minded, Ergophobia, Movement, and more.. Local Jersey shaper Brian Heritage put a brand new surfboard with his latest “Over Drive System” design. Jumpship played a set including the song they’ve written for the movie that had all the boyz chanting the chorus on stage. Trevor Moran brought his studio set-up and built a photo booth that captured some of the weirdest and most classic moments of the night! The event wrapped on the dance floor with DJ Lugghead spinning beats.

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