Young California prodigy Kolohe Andino has just capped off an amazing run at the Vans Pier Classic to take a clean sweep of both the ASP 4-Star Vans Pier Classic and Vans Pro Junior Today. Andino went on a tear in the men's main event to take the win over ASP World Tour surfers Adriano de Souza, Taylor Knox, and Damien Hobgood, to further establish the...
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San Clemente prodigy Kolohe Andino has just taken out the ASP 4-Star Vans Pro Junior in an impressive come-from-behind win earned via a massive air-reverse. Andino's impressive 15.23 heat total was enough to climb over Santa Barbara's Conner Coffin, who was leading the heat throughout the majority of the Final, close friend Luke Davis and San Diegan Jake Halstead. The Vans Pro Junior win represents Andino's second major victory on the 2011 ASP North America Pro Junior Series and furthers his lead on the regional rankings.

The final day of the ASP 4-Star Vans Pier Classic and Vans Pro Junior is LIVE this morning in stormy three foot waves at Huntington Beach Pier and after an exciting week of action the event's top performers are set to do battle for the 2011 Vans Pier Classic and Vans Pro Junior titles today.

Still in the hunt for the Vans Pier Classic presented by Jack’s Surfboards title is Adriano de Souza, Damien Hobgood, Gabe Kling, Taylor Knox, and Timmy Curran among other top names.

Kolohe Andino, Vans Team rider Andrew Doheny, and Conner Coffin are all in contention for both the Vans Pier Classic and Vans Pro Junior titles.

Also in the hunt for the Vans Pro Junior are defending ASP North America Pro Junior Series Champion Evan Geiselman, Luke Davis, and talented Hawaiians Keanu Asing, and Koa Smith.

San Clemente goofy-footer Ian Crane blew up in his Round of 48 Vans Pro Junior heat today after falling short of advancing out of his men's Round of 32 Vans Pier Classic heat. Crane combined ruthless rail turns, tail drifts and reverses to open his ASP 4-Star Vans Pro Junior account by taking the highest scores of the division, an amazing 9.27, as well as the top combined heat total, 18.14 out of 20. Crane's streak continued in the Vans Pro Junior Round of 32 where he advanced into the Quarterfinals behind fellow San Clemente surfer Luke Davis.

Vans Team rider and wildcard into the Vans Pier Classic Andrew 'Droid' Doheny will continue his quest for the 2011 Vans Pier Classic title. The stylish surfer out of Newport Beach, California continued to stay consistent again today to finish second in his Round of 32 heat by advancing behind Hawaiian Ola Eleogram with a combination of powerful rail carves and progressive reverses to move into the Quarterfinals of the ASP 4-Star Contest and Droid will surf again today as a top seed in the Vans Pro Junior!

Quarterfinalists have been decided at the Vans Pier Classic, with ASP World Tour surfers Adriano de Souza, Damien Hobgood and Gabe Kling building momentum in the Round of 32 today. De Souza went absolutely ballistic in his heat today, launching a mind-blowing frontside air-reverse, only to follow up with a second air on the inside reform to earn the highest single-wave score of the entire contest of an almost-perfect 9.70 to add on to his 8.03 to take a commanding heat win.



Also flaring today was veteran competitor Damien Hobgood. The Floridian dominated the lefts breaking into Huntington Pier with timeless power-surfing to snag a 16.43 to take his slot into the Quarterfinals while fellow East Coaster Gabe Kling also took to the lefts, detonating the wedgy waves on his backhand to take a solid heat win as well.

Current ASP World No. 11 Adriano de Souza established his authority as the top seed in the Vans Pier Classic today with electric backhand surfing to take the highest heat total of the entire event, a 17. 17 out of 20. The ASP World Tour surfer entered this year's Vans Pier Classic along with several of his fellow elite competitors to keep sharp in between World Title events and announced his goal of a spot in this year's Vans Pier Classic final. With today's impressive performance, De Souza could be the man to beat.

Defending Vans Pier Classic Champion Dylan Goodale went absolutely nuts in his Round of 64 heat today, unloading the day's highest single-wave score of an 8.83 on a steep righthander before launching the move of the event, a massive backside air-reverse breaking into Huntington Beach Pier. The talented young Hawaiian hailing from the island of Kauai showed no nerves as defending event champion and looks hungry to defend his Vans Pier Classic title.

Watch Goodale surf tomorrow in the Round of 32.

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Vans team rider Andrew 'Droid' Doheny put on a solid showing at today's Vans Pier Classic to advance into the Round of 32 behind ASP World Tour surfer Damien Hobgood. The regular-footer from Newport Beach, California relied on a few powerful carves and several backside cracks to capitalize on his wildcard entry into the top seeded round of the contest while defeating New York standout Balaram Stack and Hawaiian Makai McNamara.

Droid will surf again in the Round of 32 and is still to come in the Round of 32 in the Vans Pro Junior, where Doheny will look to find his way back onto the elite ASP World Junior Tour once again for 2011.

To watch Doheny surf log on to the Vans Pier Classic and watch the action LIVE!

2007 Vans Pier Classic Champion and Huntington Beach local Micah Byrne capitalized on his familiarity of his local break today to absolutely dominate his heat. The Californian opened his account with three electric backhand bashes on a left breaking into the pier, and absolutely tore apart a long righthander shortly after with precise frontside railwork to achieve one of the event's highest heat totals on his first two waves, a 15.33 out of 20.

Although Byrne may not be competing full-time anymore, his impressive performance today make him a serious contender for a second Vans Pier Classic title.

Tune back in tomorrow morning where Byrne will continue his 2011 Vans Pier Classic campaign in the Round of 64!

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Progressive aerialist Josh Kerr continued his tear at the Vans Pier Classic today. This time Kerrzy ripped into the nearly perfect peaky six foot surf at HB Pier to thread the needle on a few barrels breaking into the pier and then unleashed some powerful carves to notch the highest scores of competition once again. The Aussie's 16.93 heat total combined with his 16 point score yesterday have established Kerr as the man to beat at the this year's Vans Pier Classic, but he'll still have to battle fellow ASP World Tour surfers including Adriano de Souza, Taylor Knox, Damien Hobgood and Gabe Kling, who will all surf in the Round of 64.

Also blowing up in the early morning HB perfection was former ASP World Tour surfer Timmy Curran. The goofy-footer drove his way through several racy Huntington barrels and dropped a few mental turns in conditions he claimed were 'the best Huntington he'd ever surfed.' After taking a break from competition over the last few years to focus on his music career, Curran is amped to be back in a contest jersey and plans on competing in a few U.S. contests this season.

Make sure to log on to http://www.vans.com/microsites/pierclassic/webcast/ to watch this year's Vans Pier Classic LIVE

The 2011 ASP 4-Star Vans Pier Classic is back on this morning in firing four foot waves at Huntington Beach Pier and today's action is set to see the men's Round of 96 kick things off before moving into the first two rounds of the ASP 4-Star Vans Pro Junior. Log on to www.vans.com/pierclassic to watch all of the day's LIVE action as some of the world's best surfers battle for the 2011 Vans Pier Classic title!

ASP Pro Junior standout Conner Coffin showed why he is one of America's finest young talents today when he powered his way through Round 2 of the Vans Pier Classic. The Santa Barbara surfer blasted a 15 point heat total to move into Round 3 and is not only looking forward to tacking the best Pro Junior surfers at this weeks Vans Pro Junior, but also hopes to match up against several ASP World Tour big names competing in the event. Tune back in to vans.com/pierclassic to watch Coffin launch his campaign towards qualifying for the ASP World Junior Tour and his charge for a Vans Pier Classic title.

Aerial standout Josh Kerr has gone absolutely mental in his opening heats at the 2011 Vans Pier Classic, blasting the highest scores of the morning with his patented above the lip madness. Now that he's living in Carlsbad, California, Kerr made the jaunt up from San Diego County to compete in the Vans Pier Classic and today's display of powerful carves and grab-rail reverses were a perfect example of why he's one of the world's best surfers. The talented Aussie will take to the water again tomorrow in Round 3. Still to surf at the Vans Pier Classic are ASP World Tour surfers Damien Hobgood, Adriano de Souza, Taylor Knox and Vans team riders Andrew Doheny, Jason 'Ratboy' Collins and Hawaiian Ivan Florence.

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The ASP 4-Star Vans Pier Classic presented by Jack's Surfboards is LIVE this morning in fun three foot waves at Huntington Beach Pier and this year's contest is set to see some of surfing's top names including Vans team riders Andrew Doheny, Jason 'Ratboy' Collins and North Shore local Ivan Florence as well as a grip of ASP World Tour surfers including Aussie aerialist Josh Kerr, Adriano de Souza, Taylor Knox and Damien Hobgood. Watch the contest LIVE at vans.com/pierclassic

The Vans Pier Classic is the first West Coast stop on the ASP North American Tour. The event will consist of the 4-star rated Men's World Qualifying Series and the 4-star Men's Pro Junior events. Look out for Vans team riders, Andrew Doheny, Ivan Florence and Jason "Ratboy" Collins among the other competitors. Make sure you mark your calendars for March 23 - 27th and make your way down to Huntington Beach to catch all the action.