Comments on: Quiksilver Pro New York Cancelled for 2012

By: Ty-mutt

Ty-mutt — Sun, 06 May 2012 15:54:38 +0000

Comment about Rio as an Event Location – I think it is readily evident that Rio is a nod to the Brazilian/South American presence in the lineups around the world. Brazil is producing hungry, progressive surfers, so it makes sense to set out your product in plain site, even if that means you can’t have the best waves.

And then there is the everyday surfer/event watcher… either in person or online… who then watch good surfing in familiar conditions. I don’t get great superclean conditions often… usually riding that sloppy beachbreak, like so many other of our bretheren. And so it brings the experience down a level and expands the contact. I have to say that I have learned a few things watching some of these contests online, especially when they are in not so hot conditions. Still a FAN.

So it doesn’t hurt to watch the best, ride the worst (potentially… anything upside is, well… an upside).

Personally, I’d like to see the ASP crowd handle the lumpy bits of a nasty little Nor’easter down in OBX.

By: dana

dana — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:49:44 +0000

I was agree with the Montauk thing! it would be so fun if they had a competition there. but oh well .. maybe in the future

By: Ann

Ann — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 04:59:55 +0000

Quik probably pulled bc LB got greedy. Been living & surfing in LB for 9 yrs. The town officials/cops live by their own set of rules & are as corrupt as the mob. LB probably thought they could milk more money from Quik being that it was a huge success last year, got a ton of mainstream coverage. Sucks for us New Yorkers, but kudos to Quik for not succumbing. Montauk would be better anyway.

By: Eyebuzz

Eyebuzz — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:42:51 +0000

I felt lucky to see one day of the 2011 NY event. Really nothing like it to see it in person. I hope they will work out any differences or figure out the finances because it seems like long term it could really pay off – I mean it was located just outside of NYC – one of the hugest media markets in the world. As far as the waves – I missed seeing the French contest but the waves were better than Trestles and as good or better than San Francisco. I’m not trying to say NY has better waves all the time but compared to those two other events NY held it’s own and then some.

By: Trevor

Trevor — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:45:58 +0000

I agree and so do millions others

By: L Mortz

L Mortz — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 05:09:05 +0000

yo bring it to new zealand. rags or Gissy – consistant and world class.

G land would be 1st choice however.

By: antman

antman — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:20:03 +0000

@mjo,the surfing is always great slater medina etc r great surfers, surfing in general is always progressing but the tour is way behind with how to qualify an old system and very low tech with how the judging is.There gotta come up with the official scores of each heat after the heats r finished even if it takes half an hr.The triple crown was great but i dont get why sunset is not on the tour its the 1 wave which should be on the tour,but of course alot of the scores coming out were bad,like yr buddy slater against the triple crown winner,maybe slater did win that heat but there just playing around with numbers each heat,its really bad.

By: mjo

mjo — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:25:54 +0000

Additionally, I do agree there is always room for improvement on scoring heats and the system. There will always be that fact that the ASP will evolve throughout the years. Money is the key issue however.

By: mjo

mjo — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:19:23 +0000

Still don’t agree. Slater was very instrumental in getting the event to NY BTW. His involvement has way more to do than just surf heats. Also, you saw many upstarts this last year that just blew us away with their talent. Medina would be just one example. Not to mention what happened with the Triple crown.

By: great news

great news — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 06:46:37 +0000

great stuff quiksilver , now billabong please cancel brazil and organise 2 replacement events in locations worthy of the world tour eg, G LAND and porto escondido