2010 Stand Up World Tour begins - Sunset Beach Pro -5th-14th Feb

[watermanleague]

The world’s best stand up paddlesurfers will compete at Oahu's Sunset Beach this Feb.

Competitors include: Bonga Perkins (HW), Garrett Mc Namara(US), Chuck Patterson (US), Jamie Mitchell(AUS), Ekolu Kalama(HW), Robby Naish(HW), Brian Keaulana(HW), Peyo Lizarazu(FR) and more.

For more information visit www.watermanleague.com

If you are interested in entering the trials, email entry@watermanleague.com

[Reid SUP'd]

Which rider got the most votes at Teahupoo??

[watermanleague]

Reid, we have just announced it at www.watermanleague.com!

[Shawn]

Trials start in the morning. If your near Sunset.... Your are gonna see some fun.

[southwesterly]

Is the contest on now?
I just checked the Surfline Sunset Beach cam. The waves look overhead and clean and I don't see any crowds, just a few Stand-up guys out.
That must mean something.

[PonoBill]

Go Slater!

[venice mace]

looked fun out there.. 2x overhead

[J.Riggs]

Congratulations to Slater Trout! I heard Slater caught the first wave of the contest and went on to win 1st place in the trials. Very impressive since he's never surfed Sunset before today.

[corran]

VERY cool event. Bravo and well done to Waterman League.... it was an awesome trials day... many surfers we expected to move on did, others expected didn't for whatever reason. 20 min heats meant that anyone trapped in the impact zone at all was done as in 20 mins no time to get stuck inside, and get back out, and get your waves. Some ripping riders didn't even get one wave, with sets not that consistent, or stuck inside, and other reasons. Others got only one or two (myself included) but then there were some that got 5 or 6 waves. The sport is evolving quickly, as are boards and skills. Overall it was a super event and the level of riding was awesome... more to come.

Conditions were smaller than they have been: about half as high as Wiamea the other day and only about 2/3 of what Sunset was Friday night, but it was really good conditions.

Again... bravo Waterman League... what a fun event.

Here is a shot of me from today (on my only wave... sigh... that's life ;-) ...)

Corran

[Blane Chambers]

Well, Slater has surfed Sunset before but this is the first time he got to surf REAL Sunset and he did great!        I made him a 10-6 Gun/Ripper for exactly this and he stuck to the game plan.     15 years old...   1st Place in the Trials...   Impressive...    Lot's more to come on this and it was a day of young stand outs.    

[PonoBill]

Big year for Slater, second in the elite division of the BOP and now this. Couldn't happen to a better kid or a finer family. Congratulations to all the Trouts and Slater.

[Tom English]

Epic day.  Slater charged.  Riggs Napolean Charged and made the main event.  Great day for Stand Up.
Aloha,
Tom English

[J.Riggs]

Wow! Thanks for the pics. Congrats to Slater and Riggs!

[stoneaxe]

Great pics Tom....way to rip Slater.

[surfpainter]

Beautiful conditions out there, looks very enticing from the frozen tundra sand of The East Coast. Glad young Trout is killing it, maybe now those people who think SUP is for old guys will have more reason to look again.