 Hurry Up and Wait at the 2013 Billabong Rio Pro
Extended Flat Spell has Competitors, Spectators, and Webcast Fans Worried
Brazil’s Gabriel Medina stays loose on the lay days in Rio.
Although the first round of the
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 Chumash Casino Offers Up Classic Rock Concerts
By L. Paul Mann
The Chumash Casino Resort wound down its 2012 season with concerts by some of the biggest names in classic rock—Toto, Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull and
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 First Half of UCSB Season Showcase Big Shows
By L. Paul Mann
The 2012-13 season of the University of Santa Barbara’s Arts and Lectures series started in grand style with a sold out show featuring Elvis Costello at the
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 Surfinwest Serving Simi Valley
By Shawn Tracht
Surfing is not a sport; it is a lifestyle. It is refreshing to walk into a surf shop and actually feel welcome. If you think, breathe, and sleep the waves (no matter how
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 Giving Back
By Derek Dodds
At some point when I was a kid I discovered a place that would be mine for the rest of my life—the mysterious ocean. Yet, sometimes I struggle with both—the ocean and my life—as they
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 Save The Waves Film Fest
By Kara Petersen
On November 2, legends of the surfing and environmental communities came out to support the Save the Waves Coalition at the first Santa Barbara appearance of the third annual Save
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 Strokes and Stroke
By Ryan A. Smith
An accomplished surfer, skilled artist, and former firefighter for the Los Padres National Forest and “Hotshots” crewmember, Vince Felix respects the roots of his passions with an eye
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 Long May You Run
Craig Comen
Neil Young sings it best, but our own stories are the real example. We have each had our share of vehicles, and they have taken us to places we could only dream of. From the childhood tricycle
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 Comeback Kid: The American Hero Story
By Shawn Tracht
The comeback is what the American is all about. The story, the conflict, the rising action, and the climatic moment when our favorite character rises from the depths
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 White Owl Surfboards “Santa Barbara Stubbie”
By Shawn Tracht
I don’t f^@#ing make fun boards, Shawn!” said one of my new good friends, Gregg Tally, when I asked him about how my new 6’7” Santa Barbara
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 Aleska Fjordlands
By Michael Kew
TWENTY-EIGHT: Feet, length of the black Lincoln Town Car limousine in which Daniel Jones, Nico Manos, Trevor Gordon, and I are driven for three hours, starting at 3 a.m., from the seedy
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 Escape To Baja
By Chuck Graham
A recent graduate of Brooks Institute of Photography with an emphasis in commercial photography, the 34-year-old Feinblatt never strays too far from coastal California, and especially Baja.
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 Wisdor Beyond Her Waves
By Glenn Dubock
A ruler edged wave is running off the top of the point at C Street, well out of greedy reach of the hungry pack waiting for it to round the corner at Pipes and bend into the section
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 Special Happenings
Organic Trophies: All finalists will receive 2013 Quiksilver Rincon Classic Belt buckles as trophies, with first-place finishers taking home a Lanikai Ukulele with custom RC 13 artwork solar carved into
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 What You Get:
All contestants receive the following with their $75 entry fee.
• Official 2013 Quiksilver Rincon Classic organic T-shirt
• 30th annual Rincon Classic re-usable bag by Surf Happens
• Quiksilver or Roxy
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Demos 16 May 2013, 19.00 ocho Rincon Classic 2013  Demos
Quiksilver & Roxy Wetsuit Demos: Featuring free wetsuit demos for competitors, spectators, and noncompetitors. Try out the warmest, most flexible suits on the market. If the suit fits, wear it! (10 a.m. – 4 p.m. all
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 Rincon Classic Event Highlights
• Live Commentating & Computerized Scores: For the third year running, we have teamed up with Beach Byte to provide computerized scoring to give contestants and spectators instant feedback
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Brett Jordan 16 May 2013, 18.57 Glenn Dubock Rincon Classic 2013  Brett Jordan
By Glenn Dubock
Brett William Jordan started his life 46 years ago in the motor city of Detroit. Lucky for him, his parents transplanted the family to the shores of
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 Eithan Osborne
By Glenn Dubock
The Rincon Classic is the annual showcase for top surfers in the Tri-County area. All of the divisions are very competitive, but everyone loves to watch the future unfold, and that is what
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 SIMA Classic Sunday RC 13 Awards Ceremony
Schedule and Highlights
Music by Spencer the Gardener, 6:30 - 7:15 p.m.
Dinner By Wahoo’s, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Slideshow & Video Highlights, 6:30 - 7:15 p.m.
Silent Auction &
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 David Pu’u, the Man Behind the Lens
David Pu’u, 56, was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but has long moved on from his oceanless birthplace and now is a fixture behind the lens. Pu’u is a world-renowned photographer,
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 Be Green to the Queen
Our goal at the 30th annual Rincon Classic is to preserve and protect the beauty of Rincon Point for current and future generations to enjoy. The mission is to leave her cleaner than we found her and
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 Hail To The Queen
By Chuck Graham
It was the fall of 1981. I was a stoked, 17-years-old surfer with long, bleach-blonde hair always in my eyes. I’d heard about the Rincon Classic the year before and was disappointed that
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 Special Award Recipients
2013 Jeff White Aloha Award: Roger Nance
On behalf of generations of local surfers, we are honored to present the 2013 30th annual Rincon Classic Jeff White Aloha Award to Roger Nance. Roger, aka
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 Welcome to the 2013 Rincon Classic
By Chris Keet, Contest Director
There is no greater gift in this world than sharing love, life experience, and passion with others. To me that is what community is all about. I will always
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 Chasing Honesty
By Dan Hamlin
The small, rural town of Orcutt sits about 10 miles inland from the ocean and has produced some talented surfers over the years, Kilian Garland and Nathan Winkles being the most notable. But
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 Paddling From Santa Cruz to Santa Barbara
By Chadd Konig
As soon as I decided to embark on this coastal paddle adventure, the Chumash and their words came to me. The Chumash are natives from the Santa Barbara region who
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 Bobby Martinez:What Never Should Have Been
By Glenn Dubock
For all sociological, physical and rational reasons, Bobby Martinez never should have taken up surfing, much less become one of the best in the world.
He
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Checking It 16 May 2013, 18.12 Nicole De Leon Ladies Room  Checking It
By Nicole De Leon
You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other
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 People Are People
By Michael Kew
My people come from many people,” said a white-robed man sitting on the steps of the harborside mosque. He was one of the rare Comorians who spoke English. “But we are one, you see?
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