World Quailfying Series

With Haleiwa all but flat, competitors elect to surf the left at Avalanches in the first stop of the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing

It could have been the final. Four of the best in womens surfing, duking it out in peaky Haleiwa. (Yeah, due to lack of swell, the powerhouse righthander was demeaned into a peak yesterday.)

"Get out of the water! Get out of the water!" repeated the bullhorn coming from a small Cessna aircraft bouncing back and forth from Backyards to Haleiwa.

Toby Martin won the O'Neill Cold Water Classic presented by Jeep today in pumping overhead surf at Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz, California.

As the final event of both the ASP North America season and the Macy's California Trifecta Surf Series, the opening day O'Neill Cold Water Classic saw local surfers dominate the competition at the infamous righthander.

Nate Yeomans took out the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) two-star Newport Beach Pro presented by Jeep today and secured his first ASP victory of the 2006 season.

Conditions continued to improve as the top seeds hit the water for day three of the Newport Beach Pro presented by Jeep.

Ventura flyboy Adam Virs sniffed out a frothy, long backhand barrel to lock in the highest single-wave score of the event, a 9.00 out of a possible 10.

Newport Beach welcomes some of professional surfing's brightest stars to the Newport Pro presented by Jeep.

The cold crack of metal pierces the air. Four men clad in chain mail, with swords drawn in full battle mode hit the sand near the water’s edge. The beach surrounding them is littered with scantily clad maidens drenching themselves in the medieval sunshine.