Dewey Weber Longboard Classic

Doheny State Park
13 June 2009

Dewey Weber Longboard Classic to Feature Competitors from Around the World on June 13th

Dana Point — A special day of surfing is about to unfold as the annual Dewey Weber Longboard Classic kicks off on Saturday, June 13 at Doheny State Park.  The event will celebrate Dewey’s legacy and showcases highly competitive longboard surfing. Surfers from as far away as Japan will be competing at this year’s event.  A highlight will be the always fun to watch Mini Grom expression session.

Also, this year’s program is part of the Doheny State Beach Surf-A-Rama where the State Park features over 50 surf inspired vendors.  Items for sale will include surfboards, books, paintings, jewelry, and classic surf items.

The program kicks off at 6:30 a.m. at Doheny’s infamous Boneyard surfing area. This particular surf spot features both a right and left hand surf break that enables longboarders to really showcase their moves while also providing great spectator viewing.  A special Saturday night awards dinner and beach party will be the social highlight of the contest beginning at 6:30 p.m.  This evening event under the stars at Doheny will feature raffle drawings and prizes with live music by Jasso and Garcia.

Background. . . A Little Bit of History: The late 1950s found Dewey Weber christened the first “hot-dogger” of surfing and one of the world’s best surfers. Dewey began manufacturing surfboards in the early 1960s and became one of the largest surfboard manufacturers.

Since longboards were the ONLY boards known in the surfing world, Dewey’s designs and surfing style were in high demand. This “little man on wheels,” with his flamboyant style, had such an impact on surfing that Surfing Magazine proclaimed him the “father of modern surfing.” Dewey’s surfing style was an impetus to the shorter and lighter boards now seen in the short board market.

His manufacturing designs pushed the envelope of surfboard design. In the late 1960s short boards were becoming the “in thing” with the younger crowd and longboarding took a back seat.

In 1981, a growing number of people once again began ordering longboards and, because of his passion for the longboard style and attitude, Dewey decided to reunite the top competitive surfers from the heyday of longboard surfing.

These surfers from the mid-1960s were invited to take a trip down memory lane with a fun day of competition at the Manhattan Beach Pier. Hundreds of surfers and observers showed up that day in May of 1981. Dewey’s vision of a “surf reunion” was a thunderous success and helped open the door to the resurgence of longboard surfing.

Over the next five years, the Dewey Weber Longboard Classic became a premier event, attracting major sponsors and media coverage. This event was covered on live television by the major network news stations in Los Angeles. In 1982, PM Magazine San Diego did a piece for their local viewers and found it so successful they syndicated it for nationwide viewing. By the second year of the event, a full press contingent gathered on the beach which included publications as notable as People Magazine.

The event continued annually through 1986 until many constraints were put on this type of venue. The Dewey Weber Longboard Classic was shelved and resurrected in 2001, harkening back to a golden era of surfing whose glow still shines in the minds of those who lived it, and those who know it only through the stories that have been passed down.

This brings us to the 2009 Dewey Weber Longboard Classic. For more information contact Anne Weber (anne@deweyweber.com) or call (949) 366-6398.

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With less than one week until the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) PRIME 6 star rated World Qualifying Series (WQS) 2009 SriLankan Airlines Pro begins in the magnificent Maldives Islands it’s time online surf enthusiasts checked out and registered with the two online game linked to this event.

Go to the events official website at http://www.srilankanairlinespro.com and follow the links to www.fantasyprosurfing.com and www.youriding.com to access these two online games.

Both games have detailed easy to follow instructions on how to play.

Like many sporting games, fantasyprosurfer.com engages participants by choosing a team of surfers with points awarded according to performance while youriding.com tackles the SriLankan Airlines Pro from an interactive wave riding perspective.

Play either or both and you’ll at least feel a little bit like you are in paradise; picture and dream of the perfect peeling points, unbelievable 30 degree Celsius water temperatures, tropical climate where the temperature varies by barely a degree either side of 30 degrees and all set on the luxury Chaaya Island – Dhonveli.

Almost as good as being there in person, maybe!

An awesome field of 128 quality surfers from no less than 20 nations are now heading for the Maldives and expectations will be high that this year’s event can begin where last years left off in perfect 2m surf at the famous Pasta Point.

Surfers will “warm-up” at Pasta Point on Dhonveli Island and they’ll also sample the nearby perfection on offer at breaks like Sultans, Honkies, Lohefushi, Cokes and Chickens.

It’s no wonder this event is a favourite with surfers on the ASP World Qualifying Tour as this is their equivalent of the Dream Tour.

SriLankan Airlines Pro 2009 is made possible thanks to the following sponsors: SriLankan Airlines, John Keells Group, Chaaya Island – Dhonveli, Atoll Travel, Atoll Adventures, Ocean & Earth International, Dhiraagu, Maldives Tourism & Promotions Board, ASP Australasia.

ASP Australasia as the event managers will deliver a quality live Webcast along with Television News Feeds, complimentary Digital Images for newspapers and websites, Web highlight packages and a dedicated 30 minute international television program.

Follow this event live, beginning next Monday at http://www.srilankanairlinespro.com/

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Ericeira 6 Star WQS

Ericeira WQS canceled, scheduling & economy blamed

Lisbon — Considered as one of the prime surf events in Europe and according to EUROSIMA survey one of the most notorious events for the Europeans, the WQS 6 Star stage usually held at Ericeira, Portugal, will not happen in 2009.

The main reasons for canceling this event are the very difficult economic situation together with the difficulty in finding a suitable date to run the event. Originally scheduled to the mid September, between Trestles and Hossegor stages, the event was forced to move as a result of the changing date of Trestles stage, which went forward in the schedule and over Ericeira.

After several months of conversation with both ASP Officials and main sponsors of the event, the agreement was not possible and the event came to be canceled. This Prime event will return in 2010 as one of the best Europeans Surf Contest. Alfarroba would like to thank the huge support from Billabong, Buondi and Mafra City Hall, for the effort put in trying to run the event in 2009.

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