It is official been 1 month since the new year started. How are ya’ll coming along with your new year surf resolutions? If you haven’t been in some water it’s better now then never! In the meanwhile, enjoy this baby cresting the waves.
Happy 2012 everyone – hope it’s a wave-kicking year for all. Continue reading
A few weeks ago, we wrote about the collaboration between Billabong and surf artist Andy Davis. Well, we’re psyched that Andy will be coming out to our Becker stores doing some art on trucker caps for anyone that purchases something in the Billabong Andy Davis collection. If you haven’t checked out the collection, it’s a cool collaboration with a sweet new range of apparel celebrating the fun and funk of surfing’s bohemian lifestyle.
Andy is renowned for his stylized illustrations depicting the joy and camaraderie of the surfing life, so we’re thrilled he will also be autographing posters for all.
Here’s his schedule, with his first stop at our Hermosa store this Saturday:
Feb. 4th Hermosa 1-3pm
March 1st Mission Viejo 6-8pm (After Hours Event)
May 10th Malibu 6-8pm (After Hours Event)
June 7th Second Reef 6-9 pm (Art Walk night)
He will probably set up his little mini-studio in the stores. We can’t wait to welcome Andy to our Becker house! He is a great guy and should be a lot of fun, so come and join us. We look forward to seeing you!
In the meantime, check out the cool line here. http://beckersurf.com/guys/clothing/andy-davis-x-billabong/
A new year means a possible new ASP World Champ… and we’re ready! Let the games begin. Yeah, Kelly won his 11th, but it’s a whole new contest with the 2012 ASP World Title truly up for grabs. With the deactivation of the midyear rotation for 2012, the current ASP Top 34 will compete for the entirety of the season, starting with the season-opening, the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast from February 25 – March 7, 2012. Here’s the year’s schedule below.
Who do you think will nab the title this year? Kelly Slater, Joel Parkinson, Owen Wright, Taj Burrow, Adriano De Souza, or someone else? Who’s your pick?
2012 ASP WORLD TITLE SCHEDULE:
- Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast (February 25 – March 7, 2012)
- Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach (April 3 – 14, 2012)
- Billabong Rio Pro (May 9 – 20, 2012)
- Volcom Fiji Pro (June 3 – 15, 2012)
- Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay (July 11 – 21, 2012)
- Billabong Pro Tahiti (August 16 – 27, 2012)
- Hurley Pro at Trestles (September 16 – 22, 2012)
- Quiksilver Pro France (September 28 – October 8, 2012)
- Rip Curl Pro Portugal (October 10 – 21, 2012)
- O’Neill Cold Water Classic Santa Cruz (November 2 – 12, 2012)
- Billabong Pipe Masters (December 8 – 20, 2012)
For more information, log onto ASPWorldTour.com.
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The Board Art Benefit, a project that first began last October and is designed to bring leading artists and shapers together to create original works of art utilizing surfboards for the purpose of raising support for SurfAid International, had its first 2012 event last Saturday, January 21st in Solana Beach, CA.
The event, held at the Aaron Chang Ocean Art Gallery, had 15 surfboards decorated by esteemed surf artists on display. Art patrons and artists alike crowded the sidewalks of Cedros Avenue to view the works of art, which included thrusters, alaias, single fins, retro shapes and more; each piece a collaboration between shaper and artist. In addition, a blank longboard was transformed into a board art collective over the course of the evening, as each artist contributed with their own live, in-house painting.
The aim of the Board Art Benefit is to provide a great venue for the participating artists to showcase their work, to provide the public with a great chance to see collections of amazing hand-crafted board art in one place, and to support SurfAid International.
The finished boards will later be auctioned, with the final live auction of the finished boards tentatively scheduled for sometime during the summer of 2012.
The Board Art Benefit is an artist-driven project, and is not directly affiliated with SurfAid International, but funds raised will directly support SurfAid’s humanitarian efforts on the Mentawai and Nias islands in Indonesia.
Want to get involved? Check out some of the ways here: http://boardartbenefit.com/get-on-board. Continue reading
The Billabong World Junior Championships are going on this week, and we’ve been up on the world’s most prestigious junior surfing tournament!
From January 21st – 29th, Australia’s Burleigh Heads will play host to the to the third and final event of the 2011 ASP World Junior Tour, bringing together the world’s top 45 male junior surfers (plus three wildcards) (aged 15-20) and the top 17 rated junior women’s surfers (plus one wildcard) from countries around the world, including Australia, New Zealand, including the USA, Brazil, Japan, Tahiti, South Africa, France and Portugal.
It will be the first time the event has been held on the Gold Coast, which happens to be just a mile down the road from Billabong’s headquarters. Former venues include Sydney’s North Narrabeen, Victoria’s Phillip Island and Maui’s Honolua Bay.
The Billabong World Junior Championships Gold Coast decides the Men’s and Women’s ASP World Junior Champions. The men’s total prize pool for the men’s division is $100,000 with the winner receiving $25,000. The women’s total prize pool is $25,000 with the winner receiving $5,000.
The men’s and women’s world junior champions will be crowned alongside ASP Men’s champion Kelly Slater (USA) and ASP Women’s champion Carissa Moore (Haw) at the upcoming ASP World Champions banquet on the Gold Coast, February 23rd.
Every heat from the Billabong World Junior Championships Gold Coast will be webcast live. If you can’t get to the beach, enjoy the action via www.billabongpro.com. There will be loads of expert commentary, replays, stats, multiple camera angles, viewer interactivity and more.
Good luck to all!
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