2014 Supergirl Pro

Felicity Palmateer

Oceanside Pier once again hosted the Supergirl Pro, the largest women’s surf contest in ASP history and the only ASP 6-Star competition in North America. The 3 day competition, held August 8-10, saw over 100 female surfers battling for the $40,000 in prize money.

Zoe McDougall

Shea Hodges

Suelen Naraisa
PAUL MITCHELL SUPERGIRL PRO FINAL RESULT: 

1 – Sage Erickson (USA) 12.00

 2 – Tatiana Weston-Webb (HAW) 10.50 

 PAUL MITCHELL SUPERGIRL PRO SEMIFINALS RESULTS: SF 

1: Sage Erickson (USA) 9.00 def. Silvana Lima (BRA) 5.54 SF 

2: Tatiana Weston-Webb (HAW) 14.00 def. Coco Ho (HAW) 10.64 

 PAUL MITCHELL SUPERGIRL PRO QUARTERFINALS RESULTS: QF 

1: Silvana Lima (BRA) 17.34 def. Nikki Van Dijk (AUS) 10.76 QF 

2: Sage Erickson (USA) 12.16 def. Malia Manuel (HAW) 10.80 QF 

3: Coco Ho (HAW) 14.83 def. Keely Andrew (AUS) 10.67 QF 

4: Tatiana Weston-Webb (HAW) 12.16 def. Brisa Hennessy (HAW) 7.90 

Honolua Blomfield


Chelsea Roett

Bailey Nagy


Carly Wilson


Codie Klein


Frankie Seely

Darsha Pigford

Danielle Ciminero

Nikki Viesin


Ellie Jean Coffey


Brittney Hickey



Holly Sue Coffey

Sayuri Hashimoto

Kirra Pinkerton

Samantha Lamirand

Leilani McGonagle & Isabella Nichols



For more photos, there are hundreds for this year's, and from 2013, check out the full galleries below:

R.I.P. Jay Adams

The Original Seed, the most influential figure in skateboarding, Jay Adams has passed away. If you're reading this blog, you pretty much know who Jay is. Only 53 years old, Jay was down in Mexico with his wife and kids, surfing everyday, when he suffered a heart attack last night.

“In contests, Jay was simply the most exciting skater to watch. He never skated the same run the same way twice. His routines were wickedly random yet exceedingly tight and beautiful to watch: he even invented tricks during his runs. I’ve never seen any skater destroy convention and expectation better. Watching him skate was something new every second– he was “skate and destroy” personified.” –Stacy Peralta




“I was a P.O.P. local from birth. The ORIGINAL MASCOT. My dad rented surfboards under the Northside of the pier. All the guards at the park used to let me in for free. FUCK Disneyland, I had P.O.P., surf and all. I surfed the cove with Mickey Dora before leashes were invented.” –Jay Adams
“He (Jay Adams) didn’t give a shit about money, and I don’t think that’s why he did it to begin with. He never was interested in any of the material rewards that came from skateboarding. I think that he just basically had a total Fuck You approach to the whole commercialism of skateboarding.” –Tony Alva .

Shooting The Pier: Part 2

Another collection of shots of surfers captured shooting the pier at Venice Beach.

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For more surfing the pier photos: Shooting the Pier: Part 1

US Open Of Surfing "Lifestyle" Photos

No coverage of the US Open Of Surfing is complete with the "Lifestyle" photos. Due to last year's riots, Vans scaled down the event this year. No more music stage and less vendors than the past year's event. The event focused more on being a surfing contest instead of being a three-ring circus like the previous years.

Smaller, quieter crowd this year, even on the last day.





Fiat water cars putting on a demo.
Thiago Camarao before his heat.









Click here for more US Open Of Surfing "Lifestyle" photos.

Plus there are over 400 photos of the 2014 US Open Of Surfing from various days, check out these galleries: