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O'Neill World Cup of Surfing

ASP 6 Star WQS Mens Event
Sunset Beach, Oahu, Hawaii
24 November - 6 December 2006

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O'Neill World Cup of Surfing kick-off party
2006 Vans Triple Crown and World titles unfold

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 23 November, 2006 : - - O’Neill will kick off the 2006 World Cup of Surfing at the Hard Rock Cafe in Honolulu on November 24th. Doors open at 9:00pm. 

While the drama for the 2006 Vans Triple Crown and World titles unfold, another battle will rage among athletes attempting to qualify and re-qualify for the 2007 WCT. Of the 44 surfers seeded onto the elite World Tour, only the top 28 will qualify via the WCT (for the women, it’s 11 of the Top 16). The remaining slots are allocated through the World Qualifying Series. This makes the O'Neill World Cup of Surfing a do-or-die for many surfers on the “bubble”.

Check out the WQS mens possibilities for 2007 WCT qualification

No other sport on the planet boasts a playing surface that is as ever changing as the ocean on Hawaii’s North Shore. Huge winter swells that descend upon the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing have traveled thousands of miles through the open ocean -- driven by massive storms and typhoons --only to abruptly clash with the shallow reefs of the North Shore. Massive volumes of water are hurled shoreward with tremendous force, creating the potential for destruction and mayhem.

Heightening interest in the Triple Crown this year, the buzz from the Islands is the latest El Niño phase, promising a bigger, more frequent stack of winter surf episodes than usual. On the music side, the festivities officially kicked off with the Op Pro Hawaii North Shore Makahiki music and cultural festival while Pearl Jam performs during the first week of the Pipeline Masters (in concert with U2) and no doubt doing something with their surfing friends. Business-wise, the North Shore just experienced its busiest summer on record and expectations are high for the busy winter season.

The Vans Triple Crown of Surfing is made possible through the support of Op, O’Neill, Rip Curl, Roxy, Billabong, Surfing Magazine, Oahu’s Turtle Bay Resort, Hawaiian Airlines, G-Shock, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, FUEL TV, and Road Runner High Speed Online. To learn more about the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing, please visit www.triplecrownofsurfing.com.
 
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