Watch Live Webcast of Reef Hawaiian Pro Starting Today 8am HST
Posted 11/21/2011 05:21:41 by Kelly
The Reef Hawaiian Pro, the first of the 3-event Vans Triple Crown of Surfing series presented by Rockstar Energy Drink starts today, Monday November 21st at 8am HST and run three consecutive days to crown a champion on Wednesday.
"In the 29-year history of running the Vans Triple Crown, we've never gone this far without running one competitive day," says Randy Rarick, Executive Director of the Series. "But we knew it was possible, given it's a La Nina year. We saw a similar pattern last year, but this year La Nina is more strengthened. This is precisely why we have a 12-day window. Without it, the event would not have been able to start.
"??The period allocated to the Reef Hawaiian Pro started November 12th and runs through the 23rd.??"
A new WNW swell will fill in tomorrow and hold through Wednesday to allow us to run the Reef Hawaiian Pro straight through the final three days of its holding period," says Managing Director Marty Thomas.
??"Heat times for the first three rounds have been adjusted to 20 minutes duration, potentially increasing to 25 or 30 minutes for the later rounds, but it just depends upon whether we get an 8am start or a midday start tomorrow."??The new swell is forecast to be in the shoulder-high range with clean, offshore conditions, but may take the morning to fill in, hence the possible midday start. Stay tuned to VansTripleCrownOfSurfing.com for updates.?? Among those who will take to the waves on the opening day of competition are: Flynn Novak (HAW), Jamie O'Brien (Haw), Tim Reyes (CA), Jack Freestone (AUS), and Maui surfers Ian Gentil and Ian Walsh.??
The Hawaiian Air Show, which offers 250,000 Hawaiian Miles to the best aerial performed throughout the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing, will likely see a flurry of entries out of Haleiwa. Surfline.com, the official forecaster of the Vans Triple Crown, expects clean conditions, off-shore winds and fun surf in the shoulder-high range for the event.
"In the 29-year history of running the Vans Triple Crown, we've never gone this far without running one competitive day," says Randy Rarick, Executive Director of the Series. "But we knew it was possible, given it's a La Nina year. We saw a similar pattern last year, but this year La Nina is more strengthened. This is precisely why we have a 12-day window. Without it, the event would not have been able to start.
"??The period allocated to the Reef Hawaiian Pro started November 12th and runs through the 23rd.??"
A new WNW swell will fill in tomorrow and hold through Wednesday to allow us to run the Reef Hawaiian Pro straight through the final three days of its holding period," says Managing Director Marty Thomas.
??"Heat times for the first three rounds have been adjusted to 20 minutes duration, potentially increasing to 25 or 30 minutes for the later rounds, but it just depends upon whether we get an 8am start or a midday start tomorrow."??The new swell is forecast to be in the shoulder-high range with clean, offshore conditions, but may take the morning to fill in, hence the possible midday start. Stay tuned to VansTripleCrownOfSurfing.com for updates.?? Among those who will take to the waves on the opening day of competition are: Flynn Novak (HAW), Jamie O'Brien (Haw), Tim Reyes (CA), Jack Freestone (AUS), and Maui surfers Ian Gentil and Ian Walsh.??
The Hawaiian Air Show, which offers 250,000 Hawaiian Miles to the best aerial performed throughout the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing, will likely see a flurry of entries out of Haleiwa. Surfline.com, the official forecaster of the Vans Triple Crown, expects clean conditions, off-shore winds and fun surf in the shoulder-high range for the event.