O'Neill Cold Water Classic 2009 Tasmania - Day 3

COMPETITION INTENSIFIES AS WORLD TOUR SURFERS TAKE TO THE WATER AT THE O’NEILL COLD WATER CLASSIC CALIFORNIA THE MOST NORTHERN, THE MOST SOUTHERN, THE WILDEST, THE COLDEST & THE MOST CLASSIC SURF CONTEST ON THE PLANET Santa Cruz, California, November 3, 2009 The swell might have dropped slightly, but the competition definitely stepped up on this second day of the O’Neill Cold Water Classic California. With five ASP World Tour surfers in the water today it was always going to be a day of...

CLEAN SOLID CONDITIONS ON DAY FOUR OF THE O’NEILL COLD WATER CLASSIC CANADA AS HIGH SCORES REFLECT IMPRESSIVE SURFING ON DISPLAY THE MOST NORTHERN, THE MOST SOUTHERN, THE WILDEST, THE COLDEST & THE MOST CLASSIC SURF CONTEST ON THE PLANET Vancouver Island, Canada, October 28, 2009 After the strong winds and crisp cold day of yesterday, the O’Neill Cold Water Classic Canada was presented with a calm – albeit grey – day of clean two-meter swell for the fourth day of competition. Once again takin...

June 2009 - Cape Town, South Africa - It started in a remote corner at edge of the world where the Southern Ocean pounds the isolated Tasmanian shoreline. The O'Neill Cold Water Classic Series then moved up to the northern town of Thurso in Scotland for its perfect but freezing reef breaks. The southernmost and northernmost events in professional surfing brought together exploration and competition within the depths of nature. And now come the wilds...

LOCAL SURFER PETER DEVRIES WOWS THE CROWDS ONCE AGAIN AS HE MOVES INTO THE ROUND OF 16 AT THE O’NEILL COLD WATER CLASSIC CANADA THE MOST NORTHERN, THE MOST SOUTHERN, THE WILDEST, THE COLDEST & THE MOST CLASSIC SURF CONTEST ON THE PLANET Vancouver Island, Canada, October 29, 2009 As the O’Neill Cold Water Classic Canada moves that step closer into the final rounds of competition, the excitement in the town of Tofino has been building – primarily focused aro...

June 2009 - Cape Town, South Africa - It started in a remote corner at edge of the world where the Southern Ocean pounds the isolated Tasmanian shoreline. The O'Neill Cold Water Classic Series then moved up to the northern town of Thurso in Scotland for its perfect but freezing reef breaks. The southernmost and northernmost events in professional surfing brought together exploration and competition within the depths of nature. And now come the wilds...

NATHAN YEOMANS WINS THE O’NEILL COLD WATER CLASSIC CALIFORNIA. BLAKE THORNTON WINS US$50,000 AS THE OVERALL O’NEILL COLD WATER CLASSIC SERIES WINNER THE MOST NORTHERN, THE MOST SOUTHERN, THE WILDEST, THE COLDEST & THE MOST CLASSIC SURF CONTEST ON THE PLANET Santa Cruz, California, November 8, 2009 Californian surfer Nathan Yeomans won the O’Neill Cold Water Classic California on a perfect final day of competition at Steamer Lane, Santa Cruz. “I’m so st...

QUARTER FINALISTS DECIDED AS THE O’NEILL COLD WATER CLASSIC CANADA BRAVES THE ELEMENTS FOR ANOTHER SPECTACULAR DAY OF SURFING THE MOST NORTHERN, THE MOST SOUTHERN, THE WILDEST, THE COLDEST & THE MOST CLASSIC SURF CONTEST ON THE PLANET Vancouver Island, Canada, October 30, 2009 The quarter finalists of the inaugural Cold Water Classic Canada were decided today at Chesterman’s Bay, Tofino, in what can only be described as quintessentially Cold Water Classic...

The second event of the series is an important highlight on the calendar of the surf pros: the Cold Water Classic Scotland 2009 will take place from April 28th to May 06th 2009. The world's most northern surf contest will be held at the very North of the British Isles at 59 degrees north at Scotland's Thurso East. Already known in the previous year as the "Highland Classic", this event throws over any cliché about Scotland: instead of whiskey, kilts and bagpipes, it's all about wetsuits, surf...