Dusty getting his fins free off the lip.

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Pat Gudauskas, Tanner Gudauskas, and Dylan Graves make a trek down to Mexico to escape the el nino rains that flooded the California coast in January. Video by Vans http://www.vans.com/

What happens when the three Gudauskas brothers all end up in the same heat? We’ll find out soon as heat #6 of the round of 32 in The O’neill World Cup of Pro Surfing approaches. What makes this heat even more interesting is the fact that Tanner is sitting on the bubble of qualifying for the WCT. Going into the event in 16th place on the WQS, he needs to better his lowest result of 1225pt to finish in the top 15 to make it to the big leagues. With a huge round of 64 heat win of 14.24 in big 15+ Hawaiian conditions, Tanner is now in a position to better his lowest result by 300pts with at least a 3rd place finish in the round of 32. Given that there are several surfers right behind him in the ratings, every point is going to count towards his qualification. What strategy will the Gudauskas brothers use? Only time will tell…

What would you do?

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HUNTINGTON BEACH, California (Sunday, November 22, 2009) – The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 6-Star PRIME Reef Hawaiian Pro saw up and coming American talent Tanner Gudauskas (San Clemente, CA), 21, keep his hopes for a spot on next year’s ASP World Tour alive when he advanced through to the Round of 32 behind ASP Dream Tour Title hopeful Joel Parkinson (Coolangatta, AUS), 28.

Gudauskas, who is currently sitting in the No. 17 position overall on the ASP WQS, attacked the six-to-eight (2 metre) surf on offer at Haleiwa at the second to last event of the 2009 season on the Grind. The youngest of the Guduaskas trio needs to find his way through one more heat in order to claim a spot on the 2010 ASP World Tour.
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It’s that time of the year again — the best time of the year! Baguettes, cafe, siestas, beautiful women, great people and an abundance of world-class waves waiting just a tidal swing away. I’m talking about Europe. This is without a doubt one of our favorite legs of the slog all year long. And with some new stops in the Azores and Zarautz on the contest schedule, it added the perfect spice to the European menu.

People Know Tiago… And for that we say, “Thank you.”
One of my favorite things about coming to Europe is their endless support of their surfers. They really exude passion — chanting, cheering and they regard their surfers as national and worldwide recognizable icons, a true representation of their own spirit, blood and country.

Heading down to the Azores, most all competitors had to depart from Lisbon, Portugal in order to reach the island chain. The planes were small and packed with WQS competitors, so obviously, by first instinct you get that sinking feeling that your board bag might not be showing up on your same flight. Hell, sometimes they never show up.

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HUNTINGTON BEACH, California (Tuesday, July 28, 2009) – Huntington Beach local Brett Simpson’s heroic run at the massive ASP WQS 6-Star Hurley U.S. Open saw him bump up from eighth to fifth overall amongst the hungriest competitors on The Grind and puts him in excellent standing at the halfway mark on The ASP WQS.

All of the globe’s ASP WQS members are competing for one of 15 spots on The Grind by year’s end to their place alongside the elite that make up the ASP World Tour.
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Waves today were pretty bad down here in HB, one to two foot , so the small wave arsenal was the GO– here’s the skinny on what the boys were ridin’! The U.S Open round of 96!!

Pat Gudauskas- 5-11 whip won his heat

Andy Irons 5-11 whip – won his heat

Dusty Payne 5-11 rookie- won his heat

Nat Young 5-9 proton – won his heat

Tanner Gudauskas 5-11 flyer epoxy (2nd advanced)

Nathaniel Curran 5-11 stock tangent (2nd advanced)

Eric Geiselman –white dove (2nd , advanced)

Sage Erickson – 5-8 whip epoxy ( made pro junior final)

Yadin Nichol 5-11 mbm –won his heat

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Hey guys!

We just uploaded some of the images from the game reserve trip we did on my birthday! Make no mistake these animals are crazy real and crazy big! We were tripping out. IT was awesome because you paid the toll, which was about 8 dollars for every person, and you just drove your car into the park. Kinda like jurassic park, the size of the park was enormous. We spent about 4 hours inside and stayed until dark. We didn’t get to see the lions but just about everything else was spotted including one dane dog ha!
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