Despite Irene, world's top surfers hit New York

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Rant - Despite Irene, world's top surfers hit New York

The world's greatest professional surfers are coming to Long Beach. No, not California.

The Long Island city, 50 minutes by train from Manhattan, is getting ready to play host to the Quiksilver Pro New York Surf Competition, starting Sept. 1 and running for two weeks.

Not even a hurricane, it seems, will stop the first such competition to be held in New York, where organizers are offering a record $1 million purse to competitors, including 10-time champion Kelly Slater.

Source: Read the Full SFGate Story
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rant by chrispy
8 comments

King of Kooks
37 weeks ago

Will the Mighty Quinn be a wildcard entry?

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captainkickass
37 weeks ago

That's KS on the right, right? I hear he rips the softtop! Blue.

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hashcat
37 weeks ago

i predict waist high or smaller waves the entire time and the slow realization of the worst idea in professional surfing ever

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duckdive
37 weeks ago

I'm going to miss the fun :( I'm out of town in Candadia for a little Canoe adventure

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deirfinn
37 weeks ago

@hashcat...agreed. worst idea ever this time of year there. You have 2 flavors this time of year there ...hurricane or sloppy Joe's.

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fatnewt
37 weeks ago

Timings about right for the next hurricane to hit about midway through the window:

http://www.lajollasurf.org/global.html

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hashcat
37 weeks ago

@deirfinn...dont forget "true east coast flat"

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Yah-Guy
37 weeks ago

duckdive did you catch any of the hurricane swell?

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