Snowboard
by O'neill Europe
9 January 2011
Canada’s Sebastien Toutant was on fire on the slopestyle course and won the finals with a Cab double cork 1260 to a backside boardslide to underflip out on his final run. Fellow Canadian, Mark McMorris was able to put down a Cab double cork 1260 to frontside tailslide to 450 out after a hard slam on his first run to take second place. And, American rider, Eric Willet, who has been making a name for himself over the past two seasons in the contest scene took third place with a switch backside...
O’Neill Evolution 2011 - Highlights Slopestyle Men
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Snowboard
by O'neill Europe
8 January 2011
The Women’s event saw a different show with Kelly Clark dominating throughout – and the crowd gathered at the bottom of the Jakobshorn loving every move.
The 27 year old American continues to push women’s riding, her second run consisting of a Frontside 900, Backside 540 Mute, Frontside 720, Indy and Cab 720 Mute. Behind her was the 19 year old Slovenian rider Cilka Sadar in second and the Norwegian rider Kjersti Ostgaard Buaas in third.
O'Neill Evolution 2011 – Highlights Halfpipe Women
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Snowboard
by O'neill Europe
7 January 2011
From January 2nd until the 8th expect to be mesmerised as some of the best snowboarding talent in the world pushes the limits and take to the skies from the halfpipe and slopestyle sitting at the base of the Jakobshorn, in Davos, Switzerland. The spectacular ice sculptures on the Slopestyle course are always a highlight at the O'Neill Evolution. Have a look at how snow is transformed into art!
Watch it live: www.oneill.com/live
O'Neill Evolution 2011 - The Ice Sculptures
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Snowboard
by O'neill Europe
7 January 2011
From January 2nd until the 8th expect to be mesmerised as some of the best snowboarding talent in the world pushes the limits and take to the skies from the halfpipe and slopestyle sitting at the base of the Jakobshorn, in Davos, Switzerland. The 6 star Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour event is once again pushing new boundaries. The first TTR event of 2011 now holds a 6 star TTR rating for both the women’s Slopestyle as well as the Halfpipe. Have a look at this year’s spectacular halfpipe! The...
O'Neill Evolution 2011 - The Halfpipe
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Snowboard
by O'neill Europe
7 January 2011
From January 2nd until the 8th expect to be mesmerised as some of the best snowboarding talent in the world pushes the limits and take to the skies from the halfpipe and slopestyle sitting at the base of the Jakobshorn, in Davos, Switzerland. There is always something new and exciting at this event. It’s called Evolution after all! There are radical changes for the Slopestyle this year following feedbacks from riders. There is less but more challenging features, and a mix of day and night rid...
O'Neill Evolution 2011 - The Slopestyle
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Snowboard
by O'neill Europe
7 January 2011
The 6 star Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour event is once again pushing new boundaries. This year’s event now holds a 6 star TTR rating for both the women’s Slopestyle as well as the Halfpipe. And this year also sees the 6 star rating for men extended to the 2-hit Slopestyle course for the first time. According to Slopestyle designer and head shaper Max Henault the course will suits all styles of riding: After 4 days of shaping the course offers a new level of riding to the O'Neill Evolution....
O'Neill Evolution 2011 - Slopestyle Session
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Snowboard
by O'neill Europe
7 January 2011
Sebastien Toutant aka Seb Toots has become a veritable freestyle snowboarding phenomenon. The French Canadian teenager exploded onto snowboarding's global stage for the first time in 2006, coming from nowhere as a 13-year-old amateur to win the Empire Shakedown contest on home soil. Since then, Toots has been busy travelling the globe and cementing his reputation as one of professional snowboarding's brightest young talents. The 18-year old from Canada is currently Number three in the Swatch...
O’Neill Evolution 2011 - Sebastien Toutant
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Surfing
by O'neill Europe
25 October 2010
22-year old Matt Wilkinson (AUS) wins the O'Neill Cold Water Classic California ahead of Tonino Benson (HAW) in an action packed day. This is Matt's first ever victory at a QS event!
Matt had earlier disappointed local crowds who were braving the afternoon rain to support their local hero, Nat Young, by defeating him in the semi finals.
Nat Young has three titles in a row here at this event: once CWC winner, and twice junior winner. But this year it was not to be.
In an emotional morning, Sh...
O'Neill Cold Water Classic California 2010 - Highlights Finals
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Surfing
by O'neill Europe
25 October 2010
The 5th day of the O'Neill Cold Water Classic California was full of drama, drama, drama!
It started in heat 2 in the round of 48. With Jordy Smith (ZAF), Shaun Cansdell (AUS), Raoni Monteiro (BRA) and Roy Powers (HAW) together in one heat, it was definitely one to watch! Jordy Smith however had rolled his ankle at a charity event last night and as a precautionary measure ahead of Puerto Rico, pulled out of the heat.
Raoni and Roy finished ahead of current CWC Series leader Shaun Cansdell and...
O'Neill Cold Water Classic California 2010 - Highlights Day 5
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Surfing
by O'neill Europe
25 October 2010
The swell rolled into Steamer Lane, Santa Cruz today for the O'Neill Cold Water Classic California. The top names in surfing got into the water and put on a spectacular show for the gathering crowds. Jordy Smith (ZAF) and Nat Young (USA) - both previous winners at this competition - were battling it out at first light. In the first heat of the day local boy Nat took the victory. Jordy Smith, current ASP World Number Two, finished second.
The standout of the day was Australian Dayyan Neve scor...
O'Neill Cold Water Classic California 2010 - Highlights Day 4
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Surfing
by O'neill Europe
22 October 2010
The 2nd day of competition was cancelled due to heavy fog and small swell.
The contest took advantage of an unexpected small push in swell this morning to finish off the Round of 128 in clean 2-to-3 foot conditions at Steamer Lane.
And it was once again the local brigade that stole the show. Big wave surfer and Santa Cruz local, Peter Mel, posted the highest heat score of the competition so far with a 14.80.
With the Round of 128 completed, the contest went on hold until midday when it was de...
O'Neill Cold Water Classic California 2010 - Highlights Day 3
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Surfing
by O'neill Europe
21 October 2010
j.k. livin artist Mishka performs live in Santa Cruz during the Cold Water Classic California. j.k. livin is the label of actor Matthew McConaughey.
Mishka recently joined the O'Neill team as the ECO'Neill collection ambassador, and will be holding two concerts at the O'Neill Cold Water Classic Series this year in both Tofino and Santa Cruz for the final event of the 2010 series.
Mishka's biography has an almost cinematic sweep. He spent most of his early life on a boat in the Caribbean, sail...
O'Neill Cold Water Classic California 2010 - Mishka live in concert
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Surfing
by O'neill Europe
21 October 2010
After a second year of exploring the globe for remote world-class waves, following four events on four different continents, the O'Neill Cold Water Classic Series 2010 comes down to this iconic event.
In the birthplace of O'Neill and still the home of Jack O'Neill and his family, the Santa Cruz final is the perfect place to crown the Overall Series Winner 2010.
With the swell decreasing from today’s 2-3 foot conditions, before picking up again towards the end of the week, contest organizers...
O'Neill Cold Water Classic California 2010 - Highlights Day 1
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Surfing
by O'neill Europe
16 October 2010
During the Cold Water Classic Canada 2010 – the coldest surf competition in the world in Tofino, Vancouver Island a wild bear found its way into town as well! He probably wanted to see the surfing action which went down there with his own eyes... During the week he was terrorising the people of Tofino and scared the shit out of all the surfers there!
Bear Attack at O'Neill Cold Water Classic Canada 2010!!!
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Surfing
by O'neill Europe
16 October 2010
26-year old Australian Josh Kerr wins the O'Neill Cold Water Classic Canada 2010 - the coldest surf competition in the world!!
The final heat was between Josh Kerr (AUS) and Eric Geiselman (USA), with Josh claiming the victory and winning the legendary paddle! Unfortunately last year's surprise winner and local hero Peter Devries couldn’t repeat his victory and was defeated in the Round of 16 by eventual winner Josh Kerr.
After the most southern, the most northern, the wildest and the coldes...
O'Neill Cold Water Classic Canada 2010 - All Highlights
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Surfing
by O'neill Europe
16 October 2010
The final 16 surfers at the O'Neill Cold Water Classic Canada were decided today. There were perfect conditions with sunshine, offshore winds and pulsing swell.
Local Peter Devries made it to the final 16, but fellow local Sepp Bruhwiler couldn't pass Shaun Cansdell (AUS) and Nathaniel Curran (USA) and is out.
The battle for the $50.000 prize money awarded to the O'Neill Cold Water Classic Series winner continues. Stuart Kennedy (AUS) – currently leading the rankings – was on the beach watchi...
O'Neill Cold Water Classic Canada 2010 - Highlights Day 5
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Surfing
by O'neill Europe
14 October 2010
The two local boys put on an impressive show today. Sepp Bruhwiler made it into the round of the round of 24 as well as Peter Devries, his form today being reminiscent of his victory last year.
But former World Tour competitor Kekoa Bacalso (HAW) as well as CWC Tasmania winner and current frontrunner in the CWC Series rankings, Stuart Kennedy (AUS) are already out of the competition! Joining them was another former World Tour surfer, Tim Reyes (USA), as well as Yadin Nicol (AUS), Dion Atkinso...
O'Neill Cold Water Classic Canada 2010 - Highlights Day 4
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Surfing
by O'neill Europe
13 October 2010
Neither surging tides nor torrential rain could stop the third day of the O’Neill Cold Water Classic Canada.
Storming through 16 heats in the Round of 96, it was Glenn Hall (AUS) who was the standout of the day, as the mobile competition returned once again to North Chestermans beach in Tofino.
Despite the relentless rain, the locals flocked to the beach on this Canadian Thanksgiving day to watch one of the local heroes Noah Cohen take to the water and narrowly miss out on advancing to the n...
O’Neill Cold Water Classic Canada 2010 - Highlights Day 3
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Surfing
by O'neill Europe
13 October 2010
The first competition day of the O’Neill Cold Water Classic Canada 2010 had to be cancelled due to wild storms. But due to the high tide which covered the entire beach, they just got through to heat 4 today.
Australian former World Tour surfer, Jarrad Howse got things going in the first heat, posting the highest wave score, 8.17, and highest heat total of the day.
Last year’s CWC Canada winner and Tofino local, Peter gave the crowds on the beach a little bit of a fright as he looked set to b...
O'Neill Cold Water Classic Canada 2010 - Highlights Day 2
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Surfing
by O'neill Europe
13 October 2010
Jack O’Neill single-handedly revolutionised surfing in the 1950s.
Without him surfing in cold water would simply not be possible for any length of time, if it wasn’t for his invention of the wetsuit in early 50’s. This ingenious garment single-handedly broke down the barriers allowing dedicated surfers to enjoy waves in the planets coldest conditions.
Jack O’Neill was in San Francisco at that time, where it gets quite cold and drops down below 50 degrees Fahrenheit. He wanted to work on somet...
O'Neill Cold Water Classic California 2010 - Jack O'Neill & The History of the Wetsuit
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