Surfing
from O'neill Europe
12 October 2010
Jarrad Howse (Australia) was so close to winning last year’s Cold Water Classic Series! He only needed to qualify to the next round to beat fellow Australian Blake Thornton to the prize! This win would have been the pinnacle of Jarrad Howse’s career!
But all his dreams were smashed by Puerto Rican surfer Dylan Graves. His score beat Jarrad’s by only two- hundredths of a point! But that was enough to smash the Australian’s dream of becoming the Overall Champion.
Who is going to take home the t...
O’Neill Cold Water Classic California 2010 - Last Year’s Drama
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Surfing
from O'neill Europe
24 March 2011
Top seeds dominated proceedings on day two of The O’Neill Cold Water Classic Series 2011 with Australian Nic Mushcroft, American Nat Young and Spanish surfer Gony Zubizarreta dominating proceedings as the event moved into the early stages of the Round of 96.
Conditions remained unruly on day two of the event with a persistent onshore wind that continued to hamper the quality of the solid 2.0m south swell that is hitting the Gisborne Region.
Nic Mushcroft (AUS) was explosive in his performanc...
O’Neill Cold Water Classic 2011 - New Zealand - Highlights of Day 2
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Surfing
from O'neill Europe
8 October 2010
On the West Coast of Vancouver Island the First Nation Group is the Nuu-chah-nulth tribe. There is evidence that some villages are 10.000 years old. Before contact there were more than 10.000 people of one tribe living just one that peninsula, but due to the epidemic they were reduced to just 129 people by 1929! Nuu-chah-nulth literally means people of the mountain and the sea. The two are very interconnected within their culture and beliefs. For them everything is connected, everything is on...
O’Neill Cold Water Classic 2010 Canada - First Nation Tribe
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Surfing
from O'neill Europe
6 October 2010
From its inception in 2009, the Cold Water Classic Series was never going to be a conventional surf contest. With its fourth stage and after events in Tasmania, Scotland and South Africa, the 2010 edition of the series will again guest at Tofino, Vancouver Island where it was the first professional surf contest to hit the Canadian shores last year. Freezing water and air temperatures, bears on the ground, whales in the water and even the chance of snow awaits 144 professional surfers from aro...
O'Neill Cold Water Classic 2010 Canada - Trailer
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Surfing
from O'neill Europe
12 October 2010
The west coast of Vancouver Island defines the phrase ‘an area of outstanding beauty’. From the majestic ice capped mountains to the untouched cedar-lined coasts - eco-systems thrive almost undisturbed
This is one of the last places on the Northwest coast, where there is coastal temperate rain forest – the old growth forest.
A lot of the natural habitat hasn’t been destroyed and is still intact, there is so much biodiversity.
The Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve is a 350.000 hectare chunk of...
O’Neill Cold Water Classic Canada 2010 – Nature of Vancouver Island
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Surfing
from O'neill Europe
12 October 2010
Even though Tofino can get up to 127 inches of rainfall every year and suffer grueling winters - one local surfer manages to retain a year-round sunny disposition... his name is Noah Cohen. Who would better be suited than him as the event ambassador for this year’s Cold Water Classic Canada event.
21-year old Noah Cohen is a Tofino local, professional surfer and team rider for O’Neill.
No snowstorm, of which there are many in Tofino along the West Coast of Canada, will keep Noah from punting...
Surfing
from 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!
Surfing
from O'neill Europe
6 October 2010
From its inception in 2009, the Cold Water Classic Series was never going to be a conventional surf contest. With its fourth stage and after events in Tasmania, Scotland and South Africa, the 2010 edition of the series will again guest at Tofino, Vancouver Island where it was the first professional surf contest to hit the Canadian shores last year. Freezing water and air temperatures, bears on the ground, whales in the water and even the chance of snow awaits 144 professional surfers from aro...
O'Neill Cold Water Classic 2010 Canada - Trailer
1 283 Views |
1
Surfing
from O'neill Europe
8 October 2010
On the West Coast of Vancouver Island the First Nation Group is the Nuu-chah-nulth tribe. There is evidence that some villages are 10.000 years old. Before contact there were more than 10.000 people of one tribe living just one that peninsula, but due to the epidemic they were reduced to just 129 people by 1929! Nuu-chah-nulth literally means people of the mountain and the sea. The two are very interconnected within their culture and beliefs. For them everything is connected, everything is on...
O’Neill Cold Water Classic 2010 Canada - First Nation Tribe
76 Views
Surfing
from O'neill Europe
12 October 2010
The west coast of Vancouver Island defines the phrase ‘an area of outstanding beauty’. From the majestic ice capped mountains to the untouched cedar-lined coasts - eco-systems thrive almost undisturbed
This is one of the last places on the Northwest coast, where there is coastal temperate rain forest – the old growth forest.
A lot of the natural habitat hasn’t been destroyed and is still intact, there is so much biodiversity.
The Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve is a 350.000 hectare chunk of...
O’Neill Cold Water Classic Canada 2010 – Nature of Vancouver Island
85 Views
Surfing
from O'neill Europe
12 October 2010
Even though Tofino can get up to 127 inches of rainfall every year and suffer grueling winters - one local surfer manages to retain a year-round sunny disposition... his name is Noah Cohen. Who would better be suited than him as the event ambassador for this year’s Cold Water Classic Canada event.
21-year old Noah Cohen is a Tofino local, professional surfer and team rider for O’Neill.
No snowstorm, of which there are many in Tofino along the West Coast of Canada, will keep Noah from punting...
Surfing
from 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!
Surfing
from O'neill Europe
29 March 2011
A delayed start was forced on the competitors due to small conditions. But then spectators were treated to the most innovative surfing in New Zealand as the world’s elite surfers attacked the Gisborne waves on the 5th day of competition.
Honours were split between Australia and Brazil who each had three surfers progress through to the quarterfinals along with a surfer each from Spain and France.
The Australian’s applied the pressure early with calculated approaches, both Tom Whitaker and Adam...
Surfing
from O'neill Europe
24 March 2011
Top seeds dominated proceedings on day two of The O’Neill Cold Water Classic Series 2011 with Australian Nic Mushcroft, American Nat Young and Spanish surfer Gony Zubizarreta dominating proceedings as the event moved into the early stages of the Round of 96.
Conditions remained unruly on day two of the event with a persistent onshore wind that continued to hamper the quality of the solid 2.0m south swell that is hitting the Gisborne Region.
Nic Mushcroft (AUS) was explosive in his performanc...
Surfing
from O'neill Europe
23 March 2011
The O’Neill Cold Water Classis Series 2011 opened on Tuesday (22nd March) with a passion filled powhiri at the Maori Battalion Marae located at Manutuke, just south of Gisborne. The Kaumatua (elders) of the local Iwi (tribe) Rongowhakata welcomed Manuhiri (guests) to their land and ocean blessing the event and wishing all the entrants well with their efforts.
The O’Neill Cold Water Classic Series 2011 was greeted head-on with the first big southerly storm of the year to hit Gisborne. Despite...
Surfing
from O'neill Europe
23 March 2011
The O’Neill Cold Water Classic Series 2011 continues with its promise to push boundaries to find new remote waves around the world in which to host a world-class surfing competition series.
For 2011, the O’Neill CWC Series brings a 6 Star ASP World Tour event to Gisborne, on the North Island of New Zealand for the first time ever!
Gisborne is one place in the world that is all too familiar with “firsts”. It is the first city in the world to greet the sun every morning. And it was the first ar...
Surfing
from O'neill Europe
23 March 2011
The O’Neill Cold Water Classic Series 2011 continues with its promise to push boundaries to find new remote waves around the world in which to host a world-class surfing competition series.
Four exceptional surf events held in the most isolated places of three continents… Four challenging waves that have to be ridden under the most extreme and cold conditions… Four events of the ASP Tour, all surrounded by unique landscapes – that’s the Cold Water Classic Series 2011.
Following the resoundin...
Surfing
from 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...
