The real ASP ratings post Reef Hawaiian Pro

It was hardly pretty, but the Reef Hawaiian Pro did manage to produce some solid surfing on Wednesday as the waves finally became contestable. While Taj Burrow stole the headlines with his win, the battle for 2012 qualification was the major subplot to this week’s story, and there was indeed some...

Taj Burrow wins Reef Hawaiian Pro

Taj Burrow has claimed the Reef Hawaiian Pro over Adam Melling, Adriano De Souza, and Nat Young. Ross Williams also celebrated a victory today, the legends expression session over Shane Dorian, Kalani Robb and Robert Machado. Taj’s win puts him in the pole position for the Triple Crown, and gives the...

Tavarua Double-Date Part 3

Here it is. The finale. The climax. Part 3 of 3 in Riley Blakeway’s sordid Fijian Vignette series. Taj, Kelly, with their ladies in tow, and Jay Davies and Chippa Wilson with nothing but each other. In this last gasp, it’s Taj and Jay that tear into a righthand reef pass, dodging sharks in the...

Champion to be crowned Wednesday at the Reef Hawaiian Pro Haleiwa

UPDATE: the final day of the Reef Hawaiian Pro is underway in Hawaii. Watch it live by clicking here. If you were to compare Tuesday’s action to the first week or so of this year’s waiting period, it was absolutely firing. If you were to compare today to your average 6 star WQS event, the waves...

Reef Hawaiian Pro gets underway in small but contestable surf

With only three days left in the waiting period contest organizers were left with no choice but to run the contest in small but contestable surf. Reducing the heats from 30 minutes to 20 minutes in order to run the contest before Thanksgiving, the surfers were forced to adjust. Kauai’s Roy Powers, the...

Squid Mystery Solved

While shorter days and colder weather move many of us to hunker under the covers, researchers who spent their summers in fieldwork are more likely to be hunched over microscopes and curled over keyboards, scrutinizing samples and crunching data from their summer’s labors. One such researcher is marine...