Beach Blast Off 2010

Beach Blast Off 2010

Kick off 2010 in seaside style at this special family friendly, St. Augustine Beach event! Enjoy a blast of flavor, icy sculptures, Kids Zone and fireworks when several of St. Augustine’s favorite restaurants serve up chili for tasting and judging at the Fire and Ice Chili Cook-off from 4 to 8 p.m. After things cool off from the chili – the Fireworks begin at 8:30 p.m. This display will delight visitors and help usher in the New Year! On the Main Stage enjoy live entertainment/bands, karaoke and the Family Friendly Dance Party. Admission is free.

MERRY CHRISTMAS From The PIT & Staff

The PIT and Staff Wishes everyone and their families a safe, fun filled holiday season and a MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Mick Fanning Clinches 2nd World Title

Mick Fanning of Australia has clinched his 2nd ASP World Title. Saturday afternoon saw solid 6-8 foot surf at Pipeline in Hawaii, and with Joel Parkinson's early elimination in round 3, Mick Fanning won his second world title in three years.

Though Mick also went on to loose his third round heat to good friend Dean Morrison, he had enough of a lead over Parko to secure the title. The event has been on hold for the past two days, after Saturday saw the completion of rounds 3 and 4.

Here is a look at the quarter finals match-ups when competition resumes as early as Tuesday:

QF 1: Dean Morrison (AUS) vs. Damien Hobgood (USA)
QF 2: Flynn Novak (HAW) vs. Kelly Slater (USA)
QF 3: Bede Durbidge (AUS) vs. Taj Burrow (AUS)
QF 4: C.J. Hobgood (USA) vs. Dane Reynolds (USA)

Second Round of Billabong Pipeline Masters Complete

The Surfers reveled in the gently groomed four-to-six foot barrels at Pipeline yesterday, and wrapped up the remaining nine Round 2 heats of the Billabong Pipe Masters. Event Number 10 of 10 on the 2009 ASP World Tour, the Pipe Masters is the final stop of the Vans Triple Crown and the local Hawaiians ruled the day, taking six wins in nine heats.

John John Florence (pictured), 16, event wildcard and of course youngest the competitor in event, was on fire again today, threading both the Backdoor rights and the Pipeline lefts with skills of a surfer twice his age, on his way to the day’s highest heat total, an 18.90 out of a possible 20.

Former 4 Time Pipe Masters Champion Andy Irons returned to action again today, and is looking hungrey for a fifth win. He looks to be back in competition form and ready to go at the World Tour again in 2010.

Here is a look at the Round 3 match -ups:

-Check out the superstars going against eachother in heats 3, 4, 11, and 14!

Heat 1: Adrian Buchan (AUS) vs. Dean Morrison (AUS)

Heat 2: Mick Fanning (AUS) vs. Torrey Meister (HAW)

Heat 3: Damien Hobgood (USA) vs. Andy Irons (HAW)

Heat 4: Bobby Martinez (USA) vs. John John Florence (HAW)

Heat 5: Adriano de Souza (BRA) vs. Flynn Novak (HAW)

Heat 6: Tom Whitaker (AUS) vs. Michael Picon (FRA)

Heat 7: Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) vs. Chris Ward (USA)

Heat 8: Kelly Slater (USA) vs. Hank Gaskell (HAW)

Heat 9: Bede Durbidge (AUS) vs. Liam McNamara (HAW)

Heat 10: Kieren Perrow (AUS) vs. Roy Powers (HAW)

Heat 11: Taj Burrow (AUS) vs. Bruce Irons (HAW)

Heat 12: Jordy Smith (ZAF) vs. Dayyan Neve (AUS)

Heat 13: Taylor Knox (USA) vs. Phillip MacDonald (AUS)

Heat 14: C.J. Hobgood (USA) vs. Shane Dorian (HAW)

Heat 15: Joel Parkinson (AUS) vs. Gavin Gillette (HAW)

Heat 16: Dane Reynolds (USA) vs. Kekoa Bacalso (HAW)

To follow the event live click here: www.triplecrownofsurfing.com

1 Round and Half of Second Done at Billabong Pipeline Masters

The Billabong Pipeline Masters has completed the first round and half of the second round in solid, super clean 6-10 foot surf. Running a double heat format in which there are 2 man-to-man heats in the water at the same time, overlapping by 20 minutes, they were able to finish the entire first round and half of the second round of competition.

Some of the days stand out surfers were Michael Pincon of France who scored a near perfect 19.76 out of 20 in the days final heat, local Hawaiian and youngest competitor John John Florence, who at 16 scored a 17.20 combined two wave score, as well as perennial favorites Andy and Bruce Irons. One of the events oldest competitors and certainly the one riding the biggest board, Liam MacNamera was able to win in both his first and second round heats while using a strategy of only going left.

Stay tuned for more info as the contest progresses.

Greg Long Wins The Eddie Aikau At Waimea Bay yesterday

Greg Long overtook all the favorites yesterday to get a win in the Eddie Aikau Invitational. The Surf was 20-25 foot plus (required for the event to even run). The last time the surf was big enough in the 3 month window was 2004 and Bruce Irons came away with his 1st win. To read more and view photos of the event click: Eddieaikau.

Billabong Pipeline Masters Starts Tomorrow...

Anyone interested in viewing the last event of the ASP 2009 world tour can clicke here: PIPEMASTERS.

For the 2009 World Title race there is only two surfers left in contention: Mick Fanning & Joel Parkinson

Mick Fanning is currently leading with 7140 points and Joel Parkinson is in 2nd place with 6772 points.
Between these two, the following are possibilities:

If Mick Fanning finishes up 33rd to 9th, Parko will need a 3rd or better to win the World Title;
If Mick finished 5th then Joel would need a 2nd or better;
If Mick finishes 3rd, then Parko will need to win the Billabong Pipeline Masters;
If Mick was to finish 2nd he will automatically clinch the ASP World Title for the second time in his career even if Parko wins this last event.

Watch The Triple Crown Live

Looks like Parko and Fanning are in the quarter finals of the O'Neil World Cup at Sunset. Its viewable live by clicking TRIPLECROWN. Just remember that Hawaii is 4 hours behind our time here on the east coast. They are claiming that it's the largest surf in the 27 year history of the Triple Crown that they have ever held the event in