ASP PRESS RELEASE: Monday 26 June, 2006. Boca Barranca, Costa Rica 7:00am

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ASP PRESS RELEASE: Monday 26 June, 2006. Boca Barranca, Costa Rica 7:00am

UPDATE: We are moving down the road to Playa Hermosa and will be back in the water this morning! We packed up all our equipment and computers and all the surfers for the ASP World Longboard Championships and the Rabbit Kekai International Longboard Classic and we are going to be running the Pros and Amateurs today from of the Hermosa Palms Development at Playa Hermosa. First heat is scheduled to go off at 8:00am.

Late yesterday the Guy Takayama Professional Noseriding Championships concluded in fairly good 2’ to 4’ surf. All the competitors ware excited to be able to run their last 3 rounds in good surf. Noseriding requires the surfer to be surfing and standing on the front 24’ of their surfboard. This is one of the most difficult and yet graceful maneuvers in the longboarding repertoire and the Longboard surfers all look forward to this climatic event . The winners were C.J. Nelson from USA winning with an accumulated tip time of over 32 seconds! Second place was Elliot Dudley from UK, Third place went to Jamie Viudes from BRZ, with Brent Russell from USA in fourth place. Congratulations to all the noseriding competitors! And congratulations to Guy Takayama and his judges and crew for all their great efforts.

ASP PRESS RELEASE: Saturday 24 June, 2006. Boca Barranca, Costa Rica 3:00pm

UPDATE: Due to declining conditions, surf is 1’ to 3’ and inconsistent, we have postponed the 2006 ASP Men’s World Longboard Championships competition until further notice. We are hoping to resume the competition tomorrow morning, Sunday, 25 June.

Today a scouting crew of ASP officals and contest organizers traveled south to Playa Hermosa to secure an alternate site. To give the best longboarders in the world the opportunity to showcase their talents in more challenging conditions. The final decision whether to move or not will be made tomorrow morning after evaluating the conditions here at the Boca Barranca. Right now conditions at Playa Hermosa are 4’ to 6’ “A” frames, while the conditions at the Boca are remaining smaller with less push from the current swell. Excitement for potentially bigger and better surf was apparent from the surfers as word spread of the decision for a potential move. The Hermosa Palms Resort is a perfect place to relocate the contest site. Stay tuned for further updates as information changes.

Today we ran 13 heats for the 29 and under amateurs of the Rabbit Kekai Longboard Classic. This brought the amateur competition all the way up to the finals. After 3 rounds of competition, including the semi-finals, 4 surfers remain. They are Cole Robbins from USA, Demi Arauzu from FRA, J.T. Roberts from USA and Jonas Lima from BRZ.

Thank you.



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