Maui's Granger Larsen has been looking rugged in those Billabong lumberjack-themed flannel ads. Here he chops down the lip of a waste-high wedge. |
Could anything be better than an enormous Billabong tour bus, its belly stuffed with bright white boards and its destination firing waves? Could anything be better? Nothing could. |
Jockeys have stables, surfers have board racks. |
Clay Marzo picks a peak to destroy. Hmmm...that one. Clay has a spot in the Quarterfinals. |
Santa Cruz's Nat Young finds his inner Fanning, which is scary. Nat also is still in contention. |
Gabriel Medina's 19.57 lit the event on fire in Round 3. This kid is showing that a few big heats can a surf star make. Kids: Anything's possible. Just do three airs per wave in front of the right people. |
Medina post-heat, flashing logos and a smile after his Perfect 10. |
Chris "Davo" Davidson posted up to watch the juniors explode, and to make crazy eyes at the camera. |
Event favorite, classically handsome, tanned and fit. An eligible bachelor is Owen Wright. Too bad he lost in Round 4. |
Owen was sort of surfing down a division in the WJC. Having conquered Dane and Kelly twice each in 2009, and prepping for the World Tour this spring, this contest would have been a nice final feather in his junior cap. |
Laura Enever recently went along for SURFING's "US vs. Them" feature in the Telo Islands, where she squared off against Alana Blanchard. It was hot in every sense of hotness. |
Granger Larsen and Billabong Hawaii's Rainos Hayes talk tactics on the beach. Coaches are like opinions: Everybody's got one. They're also like Facebooks in that regard. |
Jadson Andre can do these tail-whips in his sleep. More importantly, though, he can do them in his heats. Finding the launch section. |
Sucking the front knee up. |
Projecting big while grabbing for control. |
Front hand down as a fulcrum. Tail way overhead |
???!!!??? |
Surely about to fall. |
Tail is gonna dig. |
He should have safety surfed it |
Wait, you're kidding. You get right out of town. |
What a showoff. |
Laura and brother Chris Enever on the beach. |
The lonely German, Nicolau Von Rupp. He probably just saw Jadson's fin huck and is fighting the urge to run away. Run, Rupp, Run! |