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Rip Curl Boardmasters 2007: Ben Bourgeois Wins the Rip Curl Boardmasters WQS in England

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:06:39 -0700

The Men’s Rip Curl Boardmasters 5 star World Qualifying Series (WQS) surfing contest came to a close this afternoon, with former Foster’s ASP World Tour surfer Ben Bourgeois (USA) defeating Brazilian excitement machine Heitor Alves in tricky, 2-3ft (1m) surf. The Rip Curl Boardmasters started one week ago with 168 surfers, but at 4pm today there were only two competitors left standing on the winner’s podium. For Bourgeois, the win launches him to second on the WQS Ratings, just 24 points behind WQS Tour leader Tiago Pires (PRT).

Rip Curl Boardmasters 2007: Jacqueline Silva Wins Women’s Davidoff Cool Water Wave WQS

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:05:39 -0700

ASP World No. 10 Jacqueline Silva (BRA) has defeated teenage European sensation Pauline Ado (FRA) in clean 2-3ft (1m) surf to win the Davidoff Cool Water Wave 5 star WQS at the 2007 Rip Curl Boardmasters.
Silva dominated the 30-minute final, which was held at 3.30pm today, in front of thousands of sunbaking spectators packed onto Newquay’s Fistral Beach.
The 28-year-old led for the majority of the final, eventually posting an 8.00-point ride on her last wave to total a two-wave combined score of 14.83 points. Ado struggled to find the form she’d shown throughout the contest, posting low

Rip Curl Boardmasters 2007: Nuts Bikini Comp!

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:48:20 -0700

The Nuts Magazine Bikini Competition at the 2007 Rip Curl Boardmasters Surf and Music Festival was crazy! Beautiful women and plenty of crazy fans on the beach. Check it out!

Rip Curl Boardmasters 2007: The Cuban Brothers headline Beach Sessions on Friday night

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:44:20 -0700

If the Cuban Brothers ever visit a town near you, make sure you book a ticket to go and see them. They're a comical mixture of cool beats, funny characters, breakdancing, sillyness, good times and face paint. Here's a video clip of their performance at the Boardmasters on Friday night.

Rip Curl Boardmasters 2007: Men's WQS Round 3 Highlights & Skate Jam Session

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:12:20 -0700

The Rip Curl Boardmasters nailed a 12-hour day of surfing on Friday, with Round 3 of the Men's WQS taking main stage on Newquay's Fistral Beach. Clean 2-3ft conditions, sunny skies, big crowds and plenty of awesome surfing!

While the WQS was in action in the water, some of Europe's best skaters headed into town to set up a massive stair gap session on one of Newquay's main streets. The result was epic. We've whacked the highlights on the end of this clip!

Rip Curl Boardmasters 2007: Nathan Hedge, Russell Winter & Royden Bryson Highlights

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:11:20 -0700

Nathan Hedge, Russell Winter and Royden Bryson are three of the favourites in the Men's Rip Curl Boardmasters WQS and all three advanced through their Round 3 heats on Friday. This video includes all the highlights and interviews with all of them.

Rip Curl Boardmasters 2007: Seasick Steve headlines Beach Sessions on Thursday

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:52:56 -0700

There was plenty of toe-tapping at the Foster's Bar Beach Sessions on Thursday night, with solo act 'Seasick Steve' entertaining a packed crowd at the Rip Curl Boardmasters. The blues guitarist was great and everyone onsite enjoyed his unique solo style.

Check out www.seasicksteve.com

Rip Curl Boardmasters 2007: Men's WQS Surfing Highlights - Round 2 (Heats 17-24)

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:51:56 -0700

The sun was belting down on Newquay's Fistral Beach on Day 3 and the crowd was huge, happily watching the final 6 heats of Round 2 take the water in the morning. The surf was good, but the surfing was still quality - led by Pedro Henrique's 18.20-point win in Heat 24.

The Brazilian was on fire, locking in a 9.70 ride (the highest of the contest so far) on his way to the 18.20 two-wave combined score (also the highest of the contest so far).

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Rip Curl Boardmasters 2007: The Pigeon Detectives headline Tuesday night Beach Sessions

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:50:56 -0700

The Foster's Bar Beach Sessions was going off again on Tuesday night at the Rip Curl Boardmasters, with headline act 'The Pigeon Detectives" causing a stir amongst the packed crowd. We packaged up this video clip from the night. Check them out on MySpace at: www.myspace.com/thepigeondetectives

Their bio claims that Built on a foundation of 10 year friendships and a desire to play exciting music to packed venues, The Pigeon Detectives (average age 22) have taken influences from Rolling Stones, The Cure, The Stooges to name but a few to fashion a savvy sound that’s impressing folks with eve

Rip Curl Boardmasters 2007: Men's WQS Surfing Highlights - Round 2

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:49:56 -0700

Day 2 of the Rip Curl Boardmasters was a beauty and the competition cranked up when Round 2 heats hit the water. This video clip is a highlight montage of the best action we saw from Round 2 - Heats 1 to 16.

Rip Curl Boardmasters 2007: Men's WQS Surfing Highlights - Round 1

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:48:56 -0700

Despite some early wet weather this morning at Newquay’s Fistral Beach, the Rip Curl Boardmasters launched into action at 8am this morning with the opening round of the 5 star Men’s World Qualifying Series (WQS) contest. The opening round featured 12, four-man heats, with the event’s unseeded competitors battling the tricky 2-3ft (0.5-1m) surf in 20-minute spurts.

Eight British surfers paddled out in Round 1, all hopeful of winning through their opening heats and impressing the large local crowd.  Mark Harris (GBR), Johnny Fryer (GBR), Sam Lamiroy (GBR), Matt Capel (GBR), Oli Adam

Rip Curl Boardmasters 2007: Davidoff Cool Water Wave Women's WQS - Day 1 Highlights

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:47:56 -0700

The Davidoff Cool Water Wave Women’s 5 star World Qualifying Series (WQS) event hit the water at Newquay’s Fistral Beach at 8am this morning, launching an exciting week of action sport and music mayhem at the 26th annual Rip Curl Boardmasters. Here are the highlights!  The WQS surfers faced wind-blown 3-4ft (1-1.5m) waves throughout the morning, competing in front of a massive crowd who were also enjoying one of the more warmer days Newquay has seen in recent weeks.  WQS events always showcase the exciting young talent moving through the surfing world ranks, but the Boardmasters is also blessed to have some of the ASP World Tour’s elite in town for the week.

Rip Curl Boardmasters 2007: Rip Curl surfer Jayce Robinson

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:39:42 -0700

Rip Curl surfer Jayce Robinson is one of the top young European surfers, but the UK youngster had a day he'd rather forget at the Rip Curl Boardmasters today. He still surfed well though and will be a name you'll hear plenty over the next few years. Check it!

Rip Curl Boardmasters 2007: Enter Shikari headlined the Monday night Beach Sessions

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:37:42 -0700

Enter Shikari describe their music as hard, exciting, aggressive, passionate and intricate rock with eerie and atmospheric electronics... Tough to argue with that!  The group achieved all of its first chunk of popularity (which included topping Kerrang's best unsigned band of 2006 poll) without the use of a record label. No need to worry about that though, because the boys rock and have a passionate following.  Check out their MySpace profile at: http://www.myspace.com/entershikari

Rip Curl Boardmasters 2007: We're ready to party!

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:35:42 -0700

England's coastal party town of Newquay is ready to fire up again this August when the world's hottest action sport stars and musicians converge on Fistral Beach for another instalment of Rip Curl Boardmasters action!

We're talking high-class 5-star ASP Men's and Women's surfing, the Unleashed Music Festival,the Nuts Boardmasters Babes Contest, the Boardmasters village, various Vans Vert Ramp pro skate comps and the usual misbehaving that goes down in the UK during the week

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