After six months of preliminary events across the country, the 10th annual Rip Curl GromSearch came to a close at Salt Creek on Sunday. Top amateur surfers from the East Coast, West Coast and Hawaii were ready to test their mettle at the National Finals, and, despite morning rains, the level of…

The 2008 Macy’s California Trifecta Surf Series came to a climactic finale this weekend at the O’Neill Cold Water Classic and Oakley Pro Junior ASP North America Championships at the famed Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz, Calif. Micah Byrne overtook several surfers, including Nate Yeomans (who did not…

Oakley’s Mason Ho (North Shore, HI), 20, won the Oakley Pro Junior ASP North America Championships, an ASP Grade-3 event, in four-to-six foot surf at Santa Cruz’s coveted Steamer Lane on Sunday by posting the highest heat total of the event, a near perfect 19.10 out of a possible 20, leaving…

Nat Young (Santa Cruz, CA) won the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 4-Star O’Neill Cold Water Classic in great four-to-six foot surf in front of his home crowd at Steamer Lane. Young defeated fellow finalists Chris Waring (Seal Beach, CA), 21, Granger…

Hawaiian Dusty Payne barreled his way to victory in the Oakley Pro Junior Global Challenge to claim the world’s biggest ever pay-day for a pro junior event in Bali, Indonesia on Tuesday.

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“It’s the best contest I’ve ever surfed in,” said Payne,…