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9/1/2010 JENKS PRO A GO! Drop Knee Pro Round 1 Goes Down in Great Fashion Tour: The Body Glove USBA National Bodyboard Tour Event: The SCION Jenkinson’s Boardwalk Pro Sponsors: SCION, Jenkinson’s Boardwalk,VERT Water Bottles,Plastic People Clothing, Youriding.com, Skull Candy and 3rd Ave Surf Shop www.scion.com - www.bodyglove.com JENKS PRO LIVE ONLINE VIDEO GAME http://www.youriding.com/bodyboarding Location: Jenkinson’s Inlet, Point Pleasant, New Jersey Date: September 1st - 7th EVENT UPDATES: SWELL HITS EARLY FOR DROP KNEE PRO To all media and riders: The SCION Jenks Pro kicked off with the Drop Knee Pro division today with epic 4 ft conditions. Sammy Morretino was a clear standout as the 15-year-old Kauaian dominated wave after wave with big snaps and barrels. Drop Knee Champ Brian Steroh was knocked out by Sammy and Dan Worley narrowly. Jeff Hubbard’s backside attack kept his drop knee roll going as he just arrived from a 2nd place finish at Sintra (IBA World Tour event). Runner up to Jeff was North Carolina’s Ryan Rhodes. After the Drop Knee Rd1 finished the following division was an expression session in the form of the USBA Team’s Challenge. The Hawaiian team of JB Hillen, Trevor Kam, Mark Balasbas, Jeff Hubbard and David Phillips dominated with two 9’s as their top scores winning the division and bragging rights! The finals of the Drop Knee Pro will run Saturday with the men’s pro main rounds. Surf conditions are forecasted to be epic. Tomorrow will be round 1 of men’s pro with an 8am EST start time. Live webcast http://www.usbatour.com/live.html Tentative schedule can be viewed below Wednesday Sept 1st- Day 1 Drop Knee Pro Completed. Thursday Sept 2nd- Day 2 Men’s Pro Round 1, 8am-11:30 AM Friday Sept 3rd- Day 3 Possibility of competition all Pro riders on call 100% of running probability. Saturday Sept 4th- Day 4 of possible competition all Pro riders on call 100% possibility of running competition (Amateur and Womens Divisions) Meet and Greet with Jeff Hubbard, Jason Bitzer, Guilherme Tamega, Brian Stoehr, Spencer Skipper, and Kurt Pellegrino of the UFC. SCION Jenks Pro Party at the Jenks Club Starting at 8pm all 21 and over welcome. VIP for Jenks Pro staff and riders (No cover). Sunday Sept 5th- Jenks Pro Closing ceremony and awards at the scaffolding at Jenkinson’s Inlet Beach The current title situation is below and it will provide a entertaining Jeff Hubbard is currently in the lead with 1720 Guilherme Tamega and Jacob Romero have both 1610 Spencer Skipper and Dave Hubbard both have both 1130 That means: -If Guilherme or Jacob wins there is no chance for Jeff Hubbard to win the title -if Jeff looses in the semi finals, TAMEGA or ROMERO need at least a 3rd -if Jeff gets a 4th, GT or ROMERO need at least a 2nd -if Jeff gets a 3rd, GT or ROMERO need to win -if Jeff or GT go to semi there is no chance for SKIPPER For the Women's Pro,Karla Costa Taylor has secured her first event USBA National Title. Trevor Kam has also secured his first ever Open Amateur National title. The 13-18 Amateur divisions is being dominated by JB Hilen, however there is still room for Shabaz Soaia to over take him if JB goes down in the first round at Jenks. Amazing things are in store for this year’s event. Some of the helpful features that have been added to help traveling pros include transportation for all riders, hospitality and VIP lounges and sports massage and chiropractic throughout the event. We’re thrilled to host the flagship event that started the entire USBA tour: The SCION Jenk’s Pro.  8/12/2010 Tour: The Body Gove USBA National Bodyboard Tour Event: The SCION Jenkinson’s Boardwalk Pro Sponsors: SCION, Jenkinson’s Boardwalk, Skull Candy and 3rd Ave Surf Shop Location: Jenkinson’s Inlet, Point Pleasant, New Jersey Date: September 1st - 7th EVENT UPDATES: WAVE ALERT (FINGERS CROSSED/ENGINES ARE REVING) To all media and riders. Currently the staff of the USBA is crossing fingers as two major swells (Daniel & a unnamed Tropical Depression) are lining up to give surf for the entire SCION Jenks Pro waiting period. Right now we have two confirmed world Champs arriving directly after the Sintra Pro in Portugal with Jeff Hubbard (Current US and World Champ) and Guilheme Tamega AKA as GT (6x World Champ). Jeff has sent us emails from the road stating he is watching the swells and is excited to compete & defend his National title as well as his Jenks Pro titles in solid surf. Guilherme and all The SCION Jenks Pro riders are hungry for a win and will be doing their best to stop Jeff’s dominance on the USBA Tour. The estimated 35,000 people on hand at Jenks Pro will be greeted to a amazing show no matter what mother nature decides to through at the event. The current title situation below will provide a entertaining finish to this year’s tour. Also you will find a tentative schedule of events pending the actual surf conditions. Riders prepare, fans prepare, and this is going to be one for the SCION Jenks Pro record books. Jeff Hubbard is in the current lead with 1720 Guilherme Tamega and Jacob Romero have both 1610 Spencer Skipper and Dave Hubbard both have both 1130 That means: -If Guilherme or Jacob wins there is no chance for Jeff Hubbard to win the title -if Jeff loose in the semi finals, TAMEGA or ROMERO need at least a 3rd -if Jeff gets a 4th, GT or ROMERO need at least a 2nd -if Jeff gets a 3rd, GT or ROMERO need to win -if Jeff or GT go to semi there is no chance for SKIPPER For the Women's Pro Karla Costa Taylor has secured her first event USBA National Title Trevor Cam has also secured his first ever Open Amateur National title The 13-18 Amateur division is being dominated by JB Hilen, however there is still room for Shabaz Soaia to over take him if JB goes down in the first round at Jenks. Amazing things are in store for this year’s event. Some of the helpful features that have been added to help traveling pros include transportation for all riders, hospitality and VIP lounges and sports massage and chiropractic throughout the event. We’re thrilled to host the flagship event that started the entire USBA tour: The SCION Jenk’s Pro. Event Schedule 2010 Check in: August 31st Jenkinson’s Inlet Bar (at entrance to the event) 5pm-7pm All beach entries will have a $20 dollar late charge for pro and a $10 dollar late charge for Amateur. Please come to check in if you intend to enter as this helps us schedule the weekend’s events properly and stay on schedule. Sept 1st: Day 1 of the waiting period “MENS PRO” and “DK PRO” will be held pending surf. Check in is 7am at Jenkinson’s Inlet Beach on the North side of Point Pleasant Beach. Sept 2: Day 2 of the waiting period competition will be held pending surf. Check in is 7am at Jenkinson’s Inlet Beach on the North side of Point Pleasant Beach. Sept 3: Day 3 of the waiting period competition will be held pending surf. Check in is 7am at Jenkinson’s Inlet Beach on the North side of Point Pleasant Beach. Sept 4: Day 4 of the waiting period competition will be held pending surf. Check in is 7am at Jenkinson’s Inlet Beach on the North side of Point Pleasant Beach. Meet and Great with the USBA’s top 16 US Ranked Bodyboarders at the Competitors area! The Jenks Pro SCION promotional party starting 8pm at the Jenks Club. (www.jenksclub.com for info). Sept 5: Day 5 of the waiting period competition will be held pending surf. Check in is 7am at Jenkinson’s Inlet Beach on the North side of Point Pleasant Beach. . Meet and Great with the USBA’s top 16 US Ranked Bodyboarders at the Competitors area! Sept 6th: Day 6 of the waiting period competition will be held pending surf. Check in is 7am at Jenkinson’s Inlet Beach on the North side of Point Pleasant Beach. Official Jenks closing party (possible awards ceremony pending the event finals have finished) September 7th : Final day of the event-waiting period, used only if surf conditions were suitable prior. Awards will be held same day at the Jenk’s Pro event site.  8/12/2010 Tour: The Body Gove USBA National Bodyboard Tour Event: The SCION Jenkinson’s Boardwalk Pro Sponsors: SCION, Jenkinson’s Boardwalk, Skull Candy and 3rd Ave Surf Shop Location: Jenkinson’s Inlet, Point Pleasant, New Jersey Date: September 1st - 7th The final event on this year’s Body Glove USBA National Tour is just around the corner and the excitement for the 2010 SCION Jenk’s Pro has been building to a fever pitch. Forecasters are calling for one of the most active Atlantic hurricane seasons in recent history. The SCION Jenks Pro has been blessed with surf for seven years now, including the truly epic 6 – 10’ Ernesto swell of 2005 which provided what many say were the best contest surf for a mainland contest, ever. Even all-time great Jeff Hubbard loves the venue saying, “I can not believe how good the surf has been at Jenk’s over the past years.” We don’t want to jinx it here at the USBA, but we agree with Hubb and hope this year tops them all. Along with the heat brewing in the Atlantic, there is also heat brewing for the USBA Open Men’s Pro title. Below you will find the title scenarios that are still open heading into Jenks. Jeff Hubbard is in the current lead with 1720 Guilherme Tamega and Jacob Romero have both 1610 Spencer Skipper and Dave Hubbard both have both 1130 That means: -If Guilherme or Jacob wins there is no chance for Jeff Hubbard to win the title -if Jeff loose in the semi finals,TAMEGA or ROMERO need at least a 3rd -if Jeff gets a 4th, GT or ROMERO need at least a 2nd -if Jeff gets a 3rd, GT or ROMERO need to win -if Jeff or GT go to semi there is no chance for SKIPER Amazing things are in store for this year’s event. Some of the helpful features that have been added to help traveling pros include transportation for all riders, hospitality and VIP lounges and sports massage and chiropractic throughout the event. We’re thrilled to host the flagship event that started the entire USBA tour: The SCION Jenk’s Pro. USBA STAFF SCION Jenks Pro event schedule 07/23/2010
 Event Schedule 2010 Check in: August 31 (Tuesday): Jenkinson’s Inlet Beach at the Inlet Bar/Restaurant 6pm sharp. Sept 1st: Day 1 of the waiting period competition will be held pending surf. Check in is 7am at Jenkinson’s Inlet Beach on the North side of Point Pleasant Beach. Sept 2: Day 2 of the waiting period competition will be held pending surf. Check in is 7am at Jenkinson’s Inlet Beach on the North side of Point Pleasant Beach. Sept 3: Day 3 of the waiting period competition will be held pending surf. Check in is 7am at Jenkinson’s Inlet Beach on the North side of Point Pleasant Beach. Sept 4: Day 4 of the waiting period competition will be held pending surf. Check in is 7am at Jenkinson’s Inlet Beach on the North side of Point Pleasant Beach. Meet and Great with the USBA’s top 16 US Ranked Bodyboarders at the Competitors area! Opening event party at Jenks Club (www.jenksclub.com for info). Sept 5: Day 5 of the waiting period competition will be held pending surf. Check in is 7am at Jenkinson’s Inlet Beach on the North side of Point Pleasant Beach. . Meet and Great with the USBA’s top 16 US Ranked Bodyboarders at the Competitors area! The Jenks Pro SCION promotional party starting 8pm at the Jenks Club. (www.jenksclub.com for info). Sept 6th: Day of the waiting period competition will be held pending surf. Check in is 7am at Jenkinson’s Inlet Beach on the North side of Point Pleasant Beach. Official Jenks closing party (possible awards ceremony pending the event finals have finished). (www.jenksclub.com for info). Sept 7: Final day of the event waiting period, used only if surf conditions were suitable prior. Awards will be held same day at the Jenk’s Pro event site. NEWSPAPER ARTICLE FROM SANDYS 07/22/2010
 This is your new blog post. Click here and start typing, or drag in elements from the top bar. USBA Sandy's 2010 from Boogie Nation on Vimeo. Having trouble viewing this email? Click here Guilerme Tamega, Karla Costa -Taylor Win DAVE AND BUSTER'S SANDY BEACH PRO, PART OF THE BODY GLOVE UNITED STATES BODYBOARDING ASSOCIATION TOUR JULY 10 - JULY 11 Sandy Beach Delivers Tubes, Tamega flipping below Treavor Kam (right) Hometown Hero placed in three divisions. What: The Body Glove United States Bodyboarding Association Tour Stop, USBA. Event: The Dave & Buster's Sandy Beach Pro Sponsors: Dave & Buster's, Body Glove, T&C Surf, Churchill, Star 101.9, Vitamin Water Where: Sandy Beach, Oahu, Hawaii, Half Point Surf Break When: July 10th & 11th Tour: The Body Glove USBA NationaBodyboard Tour Event: The Dave & Buster's USBA Tour Sponsors: Dave & Buster's, Body Glove, T&C Surf, Churchill, Star 101.9 and Vitamin Water, Go Mokulele Airlines Location: Sandy Beach Oahu (Half Point) Karla Costa Taylor Sandy Beach delivered the goods for the Dave and Buster's Pro, part of the USBA Body Glove Tour today. Surf was in the 3-6 foot face range with epic high tide half point (surf break) rights and lefts. Gulilherme Tamega, 37 from Brazil, took top honors in the highly contested Pro Men's division. "It's really good to be at Sandy Beach," exclaimed Tamega. "It was a hard final, I knew I had to get the best waves and I could hear the crowd cheer for the Hawaiians, so I had to get through that." It was a close match. Current World Champion, Kauai's Jeff Hubbard, snagged waves right at the horn and had the crowd screaming at the get go. The final was a high performance battle as the lead changed several times during the 25-minute heat. Local favorite Treavor Kam lit up the water in three finals in the afternoon. Kam, just 18 and a Sandy Beach local, had the gallery screaming at his every move. " This was so great", said Kam. "I love it, it's good to perform at Sandy's in front of the home crowd. I am stoked to beat a couple of the guys I look up to." "It's good to see Kam doing well here, he is the future", said Hubbard. "Yeah the young guys were pushing hard", said Tamega. " He made so many finals today, he is on a roll, that is great for the sport." Trevor was the first USBA rider to compete as an Amateur and make it into a Pro division final. The Pro Division batteled it out for a $6,000 dollar prize purse. Tamega (Men's Pro Champion) is a six time World Champion and won the final with a tube ride to air roll spin (one maneuver) to air roll on a right. Taking top honors for the big air award was Jacob Romero who scored perfectly on an incredible back flip on day one of competition. In the Drop Knee Pro it was Jeff's bro Dave Hubbard who edged out Bud Miyamoto (both from Kauai) for top honors. "It was a tough final with really good waves, it is good to take home the Trophy against such a high caliber of riders", said Hubbard. The Woman's pro was handled by Karla Costa Taylor. Taylor scored high on an air roll spin and solid combination waves just beating out Claudia Ferrari. Both Brazilian Women are now living in Hawaii. Taylor is making her come back after having two beautiful boys. "I reached my goal and I am happy that I have gotten my surfing back up to pro standards, this was a great event and the waves were so fun, I am happy." Karla has also clinched her first event USBA National title at the Dave and Busters Sandy Beach Pro after wins at the USBA US Open and North Shore Soap Factory Pipe Girls Pro USBA events. Claudia Ferrari (Hawaii/Brazil), Roberta Bitzer (Brazil/Hawaii) and Kelly Gordon (Maui) where not far behind placing in the above order. All girls surfed with precision and there was only 1 point between 2nd and 3rd and again between 3rd and 4th. Roberta Bitzer former two time USBA National Champion said "I have broken my 2010 curse of not making a final" and is now looking to join Karla Costa Taylor on the world tour again in 2011. The Body Glove USBA tour has grown exponentially over the past five years and was founded by Jason Bitzer in 2005. This tour is run buy Bodyboarders for Bodyboarders to support a three tier system supporting athletes from Amateur to National Pro and on into the International ranking on the IBA world tour. Each division has a reward system built to support its Champion's. National Amateurs are seeded into the National Pro ranks when a title is won. The top 10 USBA riders receive a seed (spot) in the IBA World Pipeline Pro each year as a reward for their efforts the year prior. Congratulations to all the competitors and crew! Results: Men's Pro 1. Guilherme Tamega, Brasil 2. Jeff Hubbard, Hawaii 3. Spencer Skipper, Hawaii 4. Trevor Kam, Hawaii Women's Pro 1.Karla Costa-Taylor, Brasil/Hawaii 2. Claudia Ferrari, Hawaii, Brasil 3. Roberta Bitzer, Brasil 4. Kelly Gordon, Hawaii Drop Knee 1. David Hubbard, Hawaii 2. Bud Miyamoto, Hawaii 3. Joshua Trotter, Hawaii 4. Blain Andrews, Hawaii Open 1. Treavor Kam, Hawaii 2. Keone Haina, Hawaii 3. Sammy Morretino, Hawaii 4. Codi Lucas, Hawaii 13-19 1. JB Hillen, Hawaii 2. Treavor Kam, Hawaii 3. Keanu Cazimero, Hawaii 4. Sammy Morretino, Hawaii 12 & Under 1. Patrick Orr 2. Kawaika Kamai 3. Shayden Wolf 4. Eli Lluellen Stand Up 1. Drew Wong 2. Hopton Smith 3. Alan Lamphere 4. Joey Muller Amateur Girls All Ages 1. Tayzia Lee Dakele 2. Kekai Reeves 3. Saydi Smith 4. Lelilei Jacobson 5. Carla Motta For Photos: http://www.sendspace.com/file/b2391n bitzer.jason@gmail.com For more info stay tuned www.usbatour.com OUR SPONSORS: www.bodyglove.com www.daveandbusters.com http://www.tcsurf.com/ www.vitaminwater.com http://www.star1019.com For Media and Video Requests: www.banzaibetty.com banzaib@hawaii.rr.com -- Jason Bitzer Operations Manager USBA TOUR GRAVITYS FLAW PRODUCTIONS 14 Aulike st Apt # 309 Kailua HI 96734 Office HI: 808-255-8671 Office NJ: (732) 903-4785 Office/Fax 866-896-0289  The Body Glove United States Bodyboarding Association Event: The Dave & Busters Sandy Beach Pro Sponsors: Dave & Busters, Body Glove, T&C Surf, Churchill, Star 101.9, GO Mokulele & Vitamin Water Where: Sandy Beach, Oahu, Hawaii, Half Point (Surf Break) When: July 10th & 11th Today saw some amazing action, which was aided by a solid south swell and a rising tide at Half Point (Sandy Beach). The waves pulsed all day long with huge amateur performances from Keanu Casemerio,JB Hillen and Trevor Kam. These three where neck and neck all day, trading ARS and Air Reverses in every heat they sat foot in. Keanu had a stand out heat in his Amateur trails that seeded him into the Pro event to compete against the best the US has to offer. He started off the heat with a solid barrel to Air Roll Spin, which set the tone for the rest of his day. The Pro Drop Knee heats where once again all about Kauai, with David Hubbard leading the pack but Bud Myiamoto stealing the show with a massive front side air in his first round heat. Sammy Morretino the youngest (12) of the Kauai domination was nothing short of phenomenal, throwing big backside tail slides and bigger front side turns. In the prone division Jacob Romero showed he is on a new level of progression with a solid barrel to large scale back flip to send a few locals packing. Jeff Hubbard was consistent as always and made it through with flying colors by flying high. Paul Benco made his main round heat in the dying seconds. He progressed with a deep barrel to roll against David Hubbard and 6x World Champ Guilherme Tamega to move on into the quarters. More to come on the final day of competition with quarter’s finals through finals of all divisions tomorrow. Check in for day two will be at 6:30 am Sunday the 11th of July. For more info stay tuned www.usbatour.com EVENT SCHEDULE FOR SUNDAY Quarter-Finals, 38:00 AM Quarter-Finals, Open AM9:00 AM Quarter-Finals DK10:00 AM Quarter-Finals Womens Pro11:00 AM Quarter-Finals Men’s PRO12:20 PM Semi-Finals, 3-1812:50 PM Semi-Finals, Open AM1:20 PM Semi-Finals DK2:00 PM Semi-Finals Women’s Pro2:40 PM Semi-Finals Men’s Pro3:20 PM Final, 13- 183:35 PM Final, Open AM3:50 PM Final DK Live webcast www.usbatour.com/live.html OUR SPONSORS: www.bodyglove.com www.daveandbusters.com www.tcsurf.com/ www.vitaminwater.com www.star1019.com For Media and Video Requests: www.banzaibetty.combanzaib@hawaii.rr.com News video will be provided in Hawaii and can be placed on FTP for national releases. *Closing awards @ Dave and Busters Honolulu on Sunday, July 11th starting 8pm at the Sunset Bar.        The Dave and Busters Sandy Beach Pro 07/06/2010
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