WQS/WCT Review & Preview

Filed under: Issue 54

What: Feature

Start Date: Tue, Jan 29 | 10:56am

By: Collin Wicker

The 2007 WCT season saw the WCT status quo shift, and 2008 promises to be one of the most exciting years on tour in ages. Kelly and Andy’s dominance is waning, opening the door for new conten...

Pat Gudauskas

Filed under: Who to Watch in ‘08

What: Feature

Start Date: Fri, Jan 25 | 11:32am

By: Evan Fontaine

If you’re an ASP junkie and ratings watcher you already know the bitter truth looming in the year ahead: In 2008 a Californian won’t qualify for the WCT. But Pat Gudauskas could be 2008...

Nat Young

Filed under: Who to Watch in ‘08

What: Feature

Start Date: Fri, Jan 25 | 11:31am

By: Evan Fontaine

There are wins and then there are statements. There are busts and then, well, there are talents like Nat Young. Young’s Oakley Pro Junior win at this year’s Coldwater Classic wasn&rsquo...

Matuse

Filed under: Who to Watch in ‘08

What: Feature

Start Date: Fri, Jan 25 | 11:30am

By: Evan Fontaine

This wetsuit company from SD created a buzz for itself in ’07 and is officially on the radar as the up and comer to watch for next year. No flashy ads. No busted claims. Just a good product &...

Dane Reynolds

Filed under: Who to Watch in ‘08

What: Feature

Start Date: Fri, Jan 25 | 11:30am

By: Evan Fontaine

The one question staring Dane Reynolds in the face in 2008 is can he live up to the hype? Already regarded as the world’s best free surfer, people want to see if the kid from Ventura, who sur...

O’Neill

Filed under: Who to Watch in ‘08

What: Feature

Start Date: Fri, Jan 25 | 11:29am

By: Evan Fontaine

O’Neill is the company to watch in 2008 for one reason -- his name is Jordy Smith. In a bidding war that would have made George Steinbrenner proud, O’Neill locked up Smith, Surfer Poll&...

Who to Watch in ‘08

Filed under: Issue 53

What: Feature

Start Date: Fri, Jan 25 | 11:28am

By: SurfShot Crew

25. Rusty Preisendorfer, Surfing Magazine 2008 Shaper of the Year

Filed under: The New Influence

What: Feature

Start Date: Fri, Jan 25 | 11:18am

By: Patrick Zabrocki

It is very difficult to be a surfer and not know who Rusty Preisendorfer is. He has been shaping surfboards for over 30 years and has grown from shaping in a converted chicken coup to an ICON who h...

24. Brian Conley, Filmmaker Extraordinaire

Filed under: The New Influence

What: Feature

Start Date: Fri, Jan 25 | 11:17am

By: Collin Wicker

Over the past few years Brian Conley has been a man on a mission: To capture the best inside the barrel footage ever seen. And he’s accomplished that mission time and time again. In 2006 he w...

21. Vestal, SIMA Breathrough Brand of the Year

Filed under: The New Influence

What: Feature

Start Date: Fri, Jan 25 | 11:14am

By: Emily Vizzo

Vestal Watch got its invitation to the Big Boys Club this year with a win for Breakthrough Brand of the Year at the SIMA Surf Summit, beating out nominees Firewire Surfboards, Insight, Mada and San...

20. Fernando and Santiago Aguerre, Liquid Nation Ball

Filed under: The New Influence

What: Feature

Start Date: Fri, Jan 25 | 11:13am

By: Evan Fontaine

Good ideas are hard to come by, that is, unless if you’re one of the Aguerre brothers. In 2004 Fernando and Santiago Aguerre, the co-founders of Reef, parlayed surfing’s fun-loving atti...

19. The Malloy Brothers, California’s First Family of Surfing

Filed under: The New Influence

What: Feature

Start Date: Fri, Jan 25 | 11:12am

By: Zach Plopper

California’s surfing family, the Malloys, have been all over the surfing spectrum. Competition heathens, career film makers, high amplitude video segments, big wave hell-men, cold water voyag...

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