JEFF HUBBARD TAKES IT ALL HOME TO HAWAII (2010 SCION JENKS PRO AND US CHAMPION IN ONE SWEEP)
Tour: The Body Glove USBA National Bodyboard Tour
Event: The SCION Jenkinson’s Boardwalk Pro
Sponsors: SCION, Jenkinson’s Boardwalk,VERT Water Bottles,Plastic People Clothing, Youriding.com, Skull Candy and 3rd Ave Surf Shop
www.scion.com – www.bodyglove.com

JENKS PRO LIVE ONLINE VIDEO GAME

http://www.youriding.com/bodyboarding

Location: Jenkinson’s Inlet, Point Pleasant, New Jersey
Date: September 1st – 7th

EVENT UPDATES: JENKS PRO MEN’S DIVISION GOES OFF-WAVES AND RIDERS!

To all media and riders:

Jeff Hubbard (Kauai, Hawaii/Current World Champ) swept the SCION Jenks Pro and the US National title for the second year in a row by narrowly beating Oahu, Hawaii’s JB Hillen. They two were followed up by Guilherme Tamega (Brazil/x6 World Champ) and Matt Holtzman (Kauai) who was competing in the Pro division as an Amateur. JB Hillen was the next best thing in the line up next to Jeff Hubbard with huge air roll spins and great barrels. Jeff’s wave knowledge and big moves edged him above the field however. Title contender Guilhereme Tamega had a good chance to take out Jeff but could not get the 8.86 score he needed to win the US title by placing second in the SCION Jenks Pro.

Jeff Hubbard

There was a lot of great rides all of which will be seen in the post video edit coming out late tomorrow if you where not able to view the webcast. We at the USBA are so happy with having another year of great waves that we wish we could wake up and do it all over again.

Guilherme Tamega

A rull heat-by-heat story will be in US Bodyboard trade magazines later in the month so stand by for more media action from the USBA and the USA’s best Bodyboarders.

USBA STAFF

Stay tuned to the below sites for more info and check the gallery link to view today’s action!
WWW.USBATOUR.COM
WWW.SCION.COM
WWW.BODYGLOVE.COM

Jeff Hubbard

The USBA 2010 National Champion, Jeff Hubbard!

JENKS PRO A GO!
Drop Knee Pro Round 1 Goes Down in Great Fashion
Tour: The Body Glove USBA National Bodyboard Tour
Event: The SCION Jenkinson’s Boardwalk Pro
Sponsors: SCION, Jenkinson’s Boardwalk,VERT Water Bottles,Plastic People Clothing, Youriding.com, Skull Candy and 3rd Ave Surf Shop
www.scion.com – www.bodyglove.com

Jeff Hubbard DKing Jenks

JENKS PRO LIVE ONLINE VIDEO GAME

http://www.youriding.com/bodyboarding

Location: Jenkinson’s Inlet, Point Pleasant, New Jersey
Date: September 1st – 7th

EVENT UPDATES: SWELL HITS EARLY FOR DROP KNEE PRO

To all media and riders:

The SCION Jenks Pro kicked off with the Drop Knee Pro division today with epic 4 ft conditions. Sammy Morretino was a clear standout as the 15-year-old Kauaian dominated wave after wave with big snaps and barrels. Drop Knee Champ Brian Stoehr was knocked out by Sammy and Dan Worley narrowly. Jeff Hubbard’s backside attack kept his drop knee roll going as he just arrived from a 2nd place finish at Sintra (IBA World Tour event). Runner up to Jeff was North Carolina’s Ryan Rhodes.

Brian Stoehr

After the Drop Knee Rd1 finished the following division was an expression session in the form of the USBA Team’s Challenge. The Hawaiian team of JB Hillen, Trevor Kam, Mark Balasbas, Jeff Hubbard and David Phillips dominated with two 9’s as their top scores winning the division and bragging rights!

Sammy in the barrel!

The finals of the Drop Knee Pro will run Saturday with the men’s pro main rounds. Surf conditions are forecasted to be epic. Tomorrow will be round 1 of men’s pro with an 8am EST start time. Live webcast http://www.usbatour.com/live.html

Tentative schedule can be viewed below

Wednesday Sept 1st- Day 1 Drop Knee Pro Completed.

Thursday Sept 2nd- Day 2 Men’s Pro Round 1, 8am-11:30 AM

Friday Sept 3rd- Day 3 Possibility of competition all Pro riders on call 100% of running probability.

Saturday Sept 4th- Day 4 of possible competition all Pro riders on call 100% possibility of running competition (Amateur and Womens Divisions)
Meet and Greet with Jeff Hubbard, Jason Bitzer, Guilherme Tamega, Brian Stoehr, Spencer Skipper, and Kurt Pellegrino of the UFC.

SCION Jenks Pro Party at the Jenks Club Starting at 8pm all 21 and over welcome. VIP for Jenks Pro staff and riders (No cover).

Sunday Sept 5th- Jenks Pro Closing ceremony and awards at the scaffolding at Jenkinson’s Inlet Beach

Jeff with a snap.

The current title situation is below and it will provide a entertaining

Jeff Hubbard is currently in the lead with 1720
Guilherme Tamega and Jacob Romero have both 1610
Spencer Skipper and Dave Hubbard both have both 1130

That means:
-If Guilherme or Jacob wins there is no chance for Jeff Hubbard to win the title
-if Jeff looses in the semi finals, TAMEGA or ROMERO need at least a 3rd
-if Jeff gets a 4th, GT or ROMERO need at least a 2nd
-if Jeff gets a 3rd, GT or ROMERO need to win
-if Jeff or GT go to semi there is no chance for SKIPPER

For the Women’s Pro,Karla Costa Taylor has secured her first event USBA National Title.

Trevor Kam has also secured his first ever Open Amateur National title.

The 13-18 Amateur divisions is being dominated by JB Hilen, however there is still room for Shabaz Soaia to over take him if JB goes down in the first round at Jenks.

Amazing things are in store for this year’s event. Some of the helpful features that have been added to help traveling pros include transportation for all riders, hospitality and VIP lounges and sports massage and chiropractic throughout the event. We’re thrilled to host the flagship event that started the entire USBA tour: The SCION Jenk’s Pro.

Tour: The Body Gove USBA National Bodyboard Tour Event: The SCION Jenkinson’s Boardwalk Pro Sponsors: SCION, Jenkinson’s Boardwalk, Skull Candy and 3rd Ave Surf Shop

Location: Jenkinson’s Inlet, Point Pleasant, New Jersey

Date: September 1st – 7th

The final event on this year’s Body Glove USBA National Tour is just around the corner and the excitement for the 2010 SCION Jenk’s Pro has been building to a fever pitch. Forecasters are calling for one of the most active Atlantic hurricane seasons in recent history. The SCION Jenks Pro has been blessed with surf for seven years now, including the truly epic 6 – 10′ Ernesto swell of 2005 which provided what many say were the best contest surf for a mainland contest, ever. Even all-time great Jeff Hubbard loves the venue saying, “I can not believe how good the surf has been at Jenk’s over the past years.” We don’t want to jinx it here at the USBA, but we agree with Hubb and hope this year tops them all.

Along with the heat brewing in the Atlantic, there is also heat brewing for the USBA Open Men’s Pro Title. Below you will find the title scenarios that are still open, heading into Jenks.

Jeff Hubbard is in the current lead with 1720Guilherme Tamega and Jacob Romero have both 1610Spencer Skipper and Dave Hubbard both have both 1130

That means:-If Guilherme or Jacob wins there is no chance for Jeff Hubbard to win the title-if Jeff loose in the semi finals, TAMEGA or ROMERO need at least a 3rd-if Jeff gets a 4th, GT or ROMERO need at least a 2nd-if Jeff gets a 3rd, GT or ROMERO need to win-if Jeff or GT go to semi there is no chance for SKIPPER.

For the Women’s Pro Karla Costa Taylor has Secured her first event USBA National Title

Trevor Cam has also secured his first ever Open Amateur National title.

The 13-18 Amateur division is being dominated by JB Hillen, however there is still room for Shabaz Soaia to over take him if JB goes down in the first round at Jenks.

Amazing things are in store for this year’s event. Some of the helpful features that have been added to help traveling pros include transportation for all riders, hospitality and VIP lounges and sports massage and chiropractic throughout the event. We’re thrilled to host the flagship event that started the entire USBA tour: The SCION Jenk’s Pro.

USBA STAFF

Eunate Aguirre, 2nd Place & Karla Costa Taylor, 1st Place

DAVE HUBBARD SWEEPS IT AND TAKES BOTH DIVISIONS AND KARLA COSTA TAYLOR SCORES A PERFECT 10 IN THE FINAL WITH A MASSIVE ARS AND TAKES IT HOME.

PUERTO ESCONDIDO, OAXACA – (August 4^th, 2010) – The last day of competition was the most exciting day of all. The morning started with the DK semis with Dave Hubbard and Kim Feast, taking DUB the best out of it moving to the final. In semi 2 Micah McMullin faced current world champ Cesar Bauer. McMullin had a strong start, unfortunately his board delaminated and had to go in and get a different board. Meanwhile Bauer took advantage and score a couple of good rides taking the heat and moving to the DK final vs. Dave Hubbard.

Cesar Bauer

David Hubbard

The female semis were nothing but pure adrenaline. Eunate Aguirre was up against Maira Viana. Maira and her powerful style was taking off on the big ones trying to roll on the most critical sections, unfortunately did not landed her moves leaving the door open for Eunate who was patiently waiting for the perfect ones and finding a clean barrel to roll to take the heat. Then next semi was between Karla Costa and Ruth Parra from Venezuela. Parra was unable to find a good rhythm with the ocean and couldn’t get a good score. On the other hand Karla was hitting the lip with massive rollos and taking the heat with a comfortable lead.

David Hubbard launching high off the lip!

David Hubbard flying!

The prone division was next. Magno Oliveira vs. Dave Hubbard. Oliveira had been in fine form during the whole comp but didn’t find the rhythm to get the huge scores. Dave was patiently waiting for the rights and got a spin to barrel to ars combo taking the first spot in the final. Cesar Bauer vs. Hermano Castro was the 2^nd semi.  Bauer, also a DK finalist, had to be smart about using his energy and played safe waiting for the clean sets. A good right came his way and he busted a big invert. Hermano, waited and found the best waves of the whole heat, a sick left deep barrel coming out and hitting the last section with a roll to take the heat and move to the final.

Hermano Pereira

The first final of the day was the DK final. Cesar Bauer came in, switched boards and went back out to face the wonder kid Dave Hubbard. It was as intense as we all expected. Bauer started strong finding a great rhythm in the firsts 10 minutes of the heat but Hubbard answered back with a nine pointer with a snap to barrel to floater. Bauer immediately found a perfect right pulling in the tube and coming out of it, but was unable to finish his last move, a dk air reverse, getting an 8.5. It was really tight, but DUB took the win with a backside barrel to take hit first Puerto final.

Dubb Dking Zicatela

Karla Costa Taylor, all smiles!

The female final was next and all spectators could not get their eyes of the water. Every wave was so intense and cheered by the crowd as good as the world cup. Eunate Aguirre vs. Karla Costa Taylor. Eunate and her smooth riding style was leading the heat with a nice barrel to roll combo, but Karla answered back with a couple fo massive rollos. Costa started to gain confidence and in the last few minutes, she was able to launch a massive ARS and getting the highest scoring wave of the whole competition, a perfect 10, and taking the big bucks back home.

Karla Costa Taylor ripping it up.

The last and most exciting heat of the day was between Hermano Castro and Dave Hubbard. It was all about Dave since the beginning of the heat finding every wave and performing at his finest. With a couple of 9.6s’, a massive invert and an incredible barrel ride, Dave swept the Zicatela Pro winning both divisions, DK and Men’s Pro.

Congratulations to both Zicatela Pro 2010 Champions!  Dave Hubbard and Karla Costa Taylor!!

Zicatela Pro Results:

Prone
1st Dave Hubbard, Hawaii
2nd Hermano Pereira, Brazil
3rd Magno Oliviera, Brazil
3rd Cesar Bauer, Peru

Womens
1st Karla Costa, Hawaii
2nd Eunate Aguirre, Spain
3rd Maira Viana, Brazil
3rd Ruth Parra, Venzuela

Dropknee
1st Dave Hubbard, Hawaii
2nd Cesar Bauer, Peru
3rd Kim Feast, Australia
3rd Micah McMullin, Hawaii

For more information visit the Zicatela Pro website.

Judges Tower

DAY 3:

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE FROM MAGNO OLIVEIRA TAKING BOTH, THE HIGHEST WAVE SCORE 9.8 AND A TOTAL HEAT SCORE OF 19.20 POINTS.

PUERTO ESCONDIDO, OAXACA – (July 31st, 2010) – Zicatela Beach and all the spectators saw a lot of action from the men’s prone division. The second round was completed. All Mexican competitors advanced to the third round. Chuy Silva, Cesar Petroni, Gerardo Martinez, Jose Ramirez, Edwin Morales, Alexander Alvarez and Ulises Rodriguez.

The most exciting heat of the day had seeded number one Magno Oliveira, local Jesus Silva and Eduardo Carpinello from Chile. Magno took an early lead with a massive el Rollo and went back out straight into a perfect lefthander that would give him a 9.4 in the first five minutes. Illuminated by the gods, Magno was able to find a better score riding a double barrel wave ending with a smooth invert taking the highest score of the competition so far; a 9.8 and a total heat score of 19.20 to seal the deal. Local Jesus was in third place until the last few minutes where he found a little corner launching a clean ARS to take second place and move to the fourth round.

Bigger Waves Roll In

Waves are still picking up and it should be a great show for tomorrow morning. All round 3 will be running and all competitors are hungry for some big surf.

Stay tuned for tomorrow’s action!!

Babby Quiñones

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DAY 4:

SOLID LONG PERIOD SWELL (6-8 feet) ALLOWED ALL COMPETITORS A GREAT CHANCE TO SCORE EITHER A SICK BARREL OR A HUGE RAMP TO LAUNCH TO THE SKY.

PUERTO ESCONDIDO, OAXACA – (August 1st, 2010) – Nothing better than a long period swell for the best rounds of the contest. All third round was an amazing spectacle for everyone who witnessed the heats. Heavy barrels, epic ramps and beautiful weather.

The third round continued with Dave Hubbard and James Murdock advancing, leaving Spaniard Elosua in third. In heat 4 we saw a slow start but a strong finish from local kid Cesar Petroni taking the heat with a solid invert. Ardiel was able to find some corners and Giovanni Greco was unable to find a good score.

Cesar Petroni

Gregory Wonters and Cesar Bauer eliminated local big wave charger, Jose Ramirez in a tough heat. Jorge Colomer in heat 6, was feeling comfortable finding good barrels and air sections. In heat seven seeded #2 Hermano Pereira, was almost eliminated having a hard time finding the right wave. Barely made it in second moving to the next round with local Edwin Morales. Felipe Mendez and Jeremy Loebstock were the last to move into 4th round.

Forth round of action was the most anticipated moment of the day. With men on men heat format, the second heat had local Jesus Silva and argentine Emiliano Tabare. Conditions were changing and it was hard to find a good wave, but the local kid found a perfect and deep left barrel that would give him the victory to move into quarterfinals. Magno with a solid win over Puerto Rican Babby Quiñones will face local Jesus Silva in the most thrilling heat of the comp for all Mexican crowd!!

Stand by for more results.

James Murdock

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Day 5:

ZICATELA PRO 2010 SAW THE MOST THRILLING DAY OF THE CONTEST. ALL QUARTERFINALS WERE AS HOT AS THE WEATHER AND WE HAVE THE SEMIFINALS READY TO GO. SF1 MAGNO OLIVEIRA VS DAVE HUBBARD AND SF2 CESAR BAUER VS HERMANO CASTRO.
PUERTO ESCONDIDO, OAXACA – (August 2nd, 2010) – Zicatela had hell of a show this morning with the end of the fourth round. The first heat of the day started with local Edwin Morales and Jeremy Loefstok. Conditions were tough, but Morales was able to find a couple of scores to take the heat. The last heat of round 4 was between Brazilians Hermano Castro and Felipe Mendez. Mendez started strong, but Castro waited for the bigger set and got the scores to take a spot in the quarterfinals.
QF1 had local talent Jesus Silva and the wave magnet, Magno “Magneto” Oliveira. Oliveira took an early lead finding the bigger waves and going for massive Rollos. Silva was not able to find a good score during the whole heat, giving Magno the first spot in the semis. In qf2, good friends Hubbard and Murdock were having a good time in the water. Hubbard found a great hollow left, were he busted a huge invert. Murdock had a couple of scores but nothing impressive for the judges. Hubbard sealed the deal with another big invert on a clean Puerto right to take the heat.
The second half of the round saw a soft onshore breeze, but the conditions were fully contestable. QF3 was between Aruba’s standout Gregory Wonters and Peruvian Cesar Bauer. It was an intense heat and Bauer was able to find the good scores to take a place in SF2. The last heat of the day had the last Mexican in the contest, Edwin Morales vs. Hermano Castro from Brazil. Morales took an early lead with a couple of Rollos, but Castro’s strategy came to play in the last 4 minutes of the heat, finding the best wave of the heat, an 8.5 barrel to invert, taking the last spot in the semis.
SF1 Magno “Magneto” Oliveira vs. Dave Hubbard SF2 Cesar Bauer vs. Hermano Castro.
DK and women’s QF and SF will run tomorrow, leaving the men’s semis and all finals for Wednesday with a decent south swell.

Photo: Michelle Rozzen

Gregory Wouters

Ruben ‘Baby’ Quiñones had the easiest heat of the day with only one more competitor, both automatically advancing to the next round. Leonel Marcano from Venezuela was in fine form moving to the next round in first place and argentine National Champ Gustavo Alba came back from behind in the last couple of minutes with an invert eliminating Kiril Schegolsky from Israel.

Omar Velez from Puerto Rico and Joe Grodzen from USA advanced to the next round as well as Israeli Mor Cooper and Gadiel Rodriguez from Puerto Rico.
Round 2 of Men’s Open will run tomorrow morning with better waves conditions. We are expecting solid surf about 6-8 feet and swell filling in Turing the whole day.

Competitors

For more info about results please check www.zicatelapro.com Stay tuned for more action of Zicatela Pro 2010.

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SOLID LONG PERIOD SWELL (6-8 feet) ALLOWED ALL COMPETITORS A GREAT CHANCE TO SCORE EITHER A SICK BARREL OR A HUGE RAMP TO LAUNCH TO THE SKY.

PUERTO ESCONDIDO, OAXACA – (August 1st, 2010) – Nothing better than a long period swell for the best rounds of the contest. All third round was an amazing spectacle for everyone who witnessed the heats. Heavy barrels, epic ramps and beautiful weather.

The third round continued with Dave Hubbard and James Murdock advancing, leaving Spaniard Elosua in third. In heat 4 we saw a slow start but a strong finish from local kid Cesar Petroni taking the heat with a solid invert. Ardiel was able to find some corners and Giovanni Greco was unable to find a good score.

Dub & Ardiel

Gregory Wonters and Cesar Bauer eliminated local big wave charger, Jose Ramirez in a tough heat. Jorge Colomer in heat 6, was feeling comfortable finding good barrels and air sections. In heat seven seeded #2 Hermano Pereira, was almost eliminated having a hard time finding the right wave. Barely made it in second moving to the next round with local Edwin Morales. Felipe Mendez and Jeremy Loebstock were the last to move into 4th round.

Michelle Rozzen giving IBA competitors massages...

Forth round of action was the most anticipated moment of the day. With men on men heat format, the second heat had local Jesus Silva and argentine Emiliano Tabare. Conditions were changing and it was hard to find a good wave, but the local kid found a perfect and deep left barrel that would give him the victory to move into quarterfinals. Magno with a solid win over Puerto Rican Babby Quiñones will face local Jesus Silva in the most thrilling heat of the comp for all Mexican crowd!!

Stand by for more results.

Cesar Bauer

David Hubbard

EPIC CONDITIONS FOR THE FIRST DAY OF ACTION OF ZICATELA PRO 2010. HEAT OF THE DAY WAS PERFORMED BY FORMER WORLD CHAMP CLAUDIA FERRARI AND BRAZIL’S STANDOUT MAIRA VIANA.

PUERTO ESCONDIDO, OAXACA – (July 29th, 2010) – First day of action was held in epic conditions. Perfect 2-4 feet barrels and great offshore winds. Once again Puerto Escondido delivers the best waves for all the competitors.

The best heat of the day had former world champ Claudia Ferrari and Maira Viana from Brazil. The heat started slowly with a long low, but as soon as the first set came, Maira Viana took the lead with a committed through the lip El Rollo and got a high score. Ferrari answered back with a couple of big El Rollos, but fell short to take 2nd place giving Maira the chance to move to the next round.

The other standout was the local Sol Fernandez defeating Keila Grodzen from USA. Lumar Guitard defeated Jade Robles from Hawaii and Venezuela’s Ruth Parra defeated Roxel Perez from Mexico in the last seconds of their heat.

Micah McMullin

The DK division had some action as well. The best wave of the day was for fellow Venezuelan bodyboarder David Velasquez taking of late and getting deep in a Puerto barrel and coming out to take one of the highest scores of the day. The second round was about to start, but the wind and the tide changed and the head judge, Chico Garritano decided to stop the comp until 4pm, waiting for the evening offshore Puerto gets some times during this time of the year.

Tomorrow round one of prone division. Stay tuned! Check www.zicatelapro.com for more info on the results.

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PLAYA ZICATELA SAW SOME ACTION DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE COMP RESUMED WITH THE SECOND ROUND OF DK WHERE WORLD CHAMP DAVE HUBBARD GAVE A SHOW TO ALL SPECTATORS.
PUERTO ESCONDIDO, OAX – (July 29th, 2010) – At 4pm the comp. was resumed and had all the second round of DK. Dave Hubbard dominated the entire heat with solid snaps and great style. Dave defeated Yhonny Diaz in heat 2. Joe Grodzen was in fine shape taking the heat against local bodyboarder Jose Ramirez. Kim Feast did his thing and took heat four. Heat five was kind of slow, but had great rides from current DK World Champ Cesar Bauer from Peru defeating good friend David Velasquez. Heat 6 had another local, Chuy Silva who felt short against old school Manny Vargas. Ardiel Jimenez advanced as well as Micah McMullin.
The only local moving to round 3 was Jose Rutherford who showed up five minutes later and still made a good impression for the judges and defeating Pancho Galdos in heat 1.
The first round of Men’s Open will be running first ting in the morning. Stay tuned for more updates.

71 Mag will be LIVE covering the Zicatela Pro July 28th – August 6th @ Zicatela Beach, Puerto Escondido – Oaxaca.

Prize purse: 20 000.00 USD
Men´s Open 10 000.00
Women´s Open 5000.00
Dropknee 5000.00

Open Tournament: from 120 to 140 international and national competitors.

12 wildcards for Mexican athletes: 4 for open, 4 for female and 4 for dropknee.

Expo Extreme: 3 days of Expo. 10 stands for sale, skate park, beach activities, live music, DJs and parties.

For updated contest information, visit: www.zicatelapro.com

This week No.6 released the girls line of boards. Check out the beautiful gals who rip No.6 Femme Style!

Natasha Overin hails from San Clemente, California. Growing up in a family of watermen her penchant for the water  comes naturally.  Honing her skills at T-Street and Salt Creek , this high school phenom as been dominating the local contest circuit and placing her #1 in the current BIA women’s standings and the crown for 2009 Divisional Women’s champion. Natasha exudes presence in any line up and this year the No.6 utilizes her feedback and development in our new lineup. Natasha has mentored with some of the best So Cal boarders and her line & rail work are some of the cleanest we have seen and gives her the edge in being the forefront of modern technique in women’s riding.  Her plans are to travel and compete amongst the top women in the world. The Six is proud to have this talented force on the development team !

Be warned…Kelly Gordon is not your average femme bodyboarder. Her skills are ten-fold wielding a duality in style prone or DK. This Maui-born free spirit has been known to push herself in all conditions showing no fear from Off the Wall to Honolua Bay where you can hear testament to her developing obsessions. Kelly is currently on the Pro USBA tour and has been a force in the finals on many occasion. Kelly has been known to enter the Men’s divisions at times to build her instinct  for decimating the best breaks in Hawaii. Ms. Gordon has finely crafted details in the new No.6 line and we look forward for Kelly to inspire a whole new wave of progressive women’s riding.