X Games 13 Locals Results
Locals Rule
Puerto Locals put on great show with a spot in the big show at stake
The annual local’s surf match went off today in Puerto Escondido, Mexico. Surfers were getting barreled, tossed and pummeled and the waves are only going to get bigger.
Local teams battle it out for Surfing X Games Gold
Puerto Escondido in the morning is a beautiful place. It’s cool enough to walk down the street without sweating like a Columbian drug lord; the offshores blow cleanly over the mountains and into the bluegreen barrels; the smell of baking bread, tortillas and coffee line the main street and no one’s drunk enough yet to [...]
Surfing X Games moves to Puerto Escondido
Brad Gerlach is stoked. The former pro surfer and founder of the NSL Game was instrumental in getting surfing into the X Games in the first place, and after two years of sub-mediocre waves at the Huntington Pier he’s psyching to see it move down to the throaty barrels of Puerto Escondido.
"It was ESPN’s idea, [...]
X Games 10 Surf Results
A coastal rivalry came to a head on Huntington Beach Friday, and once again the East Coast surf team beat the West in the X Games X surf event. The West was favored, particularly by the nearly 30,000 fans packing the sand, but the East surfers caught the best waves early in The Game and [...]
X Games IX
East Takes Surf Gold- On Saturday August 9th, the scene was set on the south side of Huntington Beach Pier. The beach was alive and packed by 8:00 a.m. with fans rocking face paint, carrying signs and shouting cheers for their favorite team and jeers for the competition.
Both teams showed up early for practice. The [...]
X Marks Spot for Surfers
By Dan Arritt, Los Angeles Times
Surfing reached new elevations Saturday in Huntington Beach.
A remote-controlled, cable-suspended camera hovered above the surf line at the inaugural X Games competition. The Goodyear blimp tried to capture the scene as well.
Surfers were introduced with the same zeal as musicians at a rock concert, a [...]
