Go211 Live feat. Honda U.S. Open of Surfing
Presented by O'Neill

Men's 6 Star WQS Event #22
Women's 6 Star WQS Event #22
Grade 2 Men's ASP Junior Event
Huntington Beach California
18 - 27 July 2008

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GO211 LIVE feat. Honda U.S. Open pres. by O’Neill Offers Big Action on Opening Weekend

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 2 July, 2008 : - - Huntington Beach -- The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) North America is gearing up for its biggest event of the year, the GO211 LIVE featuring the Honda U.S. Open presented by O’Neill.

This ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS) 6-Star men’s and women’s event held at the famed Huntington Beach Pier will run from July 18 through 27, 2008. Accompanying the ASP WQS 6-Star events will be the ASP Grade-2 O’Neill U.S. Open Pro Junior, the ASP 2-Star O’Neill U.S. Open of Longboarding and the recently-added ASP Grade-2 S3 Supergirl Pro Junior.

This ASP WQS 6-Star event always draws a multitude of international competitors to Huntington’s shore for their piece of the $195,000 available in prize money, and ever-valuable ratings points towards qualification for the ASP World Tour and ASP Women’s World Tour.

After 15 years of consecutive competition, the U.S. Open has crowned a bevy of marquee surfing talents including 8x ASP World Tour Champion and current ratings leader on the ASP World Tour, Kelly Slater (Cocoa Beach, FL), Andy Irons (Hanalei, Kauai), C.J. Hobgood (Melbourne, FL), Layne Beachley (Queenscliff, NSW), Lisa Andersen (Ormond Beach, FL) and Stephanie Gilmore (Tweed Heads, NSW) – all of whom are all former U.S. Open as well ASP World Champions, proving the pedigree of U.S. Open Champions to be among surfing’s finest.

The GO211 LIVE featuring the Honda U.S. Open presented by O’Neill will open competition with the Honda men’s U.S. Open of Surfing presented by O’Neill ASP WQS Trials, followed by the O’Neill U.S. Open Junior Pro presented by Honda and the O’Neill U.S. Open of Longboarding.

Colin McPhillips  (San Clemente, CA), who is a 2x U.S. Open Longboard Champion, will be back to defend last year’s title and is focused on a repeat victory at this year’s O’Neill U.S. Open of Longboarding. “Defending my title this year is top priority for me,” McPhillips said. “Competing in what is the Super Bowl of surfing is an unreal thing to win and I will do my best to bring that title home another year.”

With the O’Neill U.S. Open of Longboarding as McPhillips’ main focus, the veteran longboarder has been spending as much time in the water as possible to prepare for the upcoming event.  “My training throughout my entire career is surfing as much as possible,” McPhillips said. “The best thing for your surfing is surfing. The only thing different is I have been stand-up paddle surfing a bunch, and really enjoying it.”

The defending 2007 U.S. Open Longboarding champ will look to pocket his third U.S. Open title, the event that kicked off his professional career 14 years ago, as the U.S. Open was his first professional victory. “The U.S. Open is a special event for me because it was my first pro win back in 1994,” McPhillps said. “It is also great, because since the event is at home I get to bring my wife and kids with me.”

Also running the opening weekend of competition will be the O’Neill U.S. Open Pro Junior and the recently-added S3 Supergirl Pro Junior. The ASP Grade-2 O’Neill U.S. Open Pro Junior will be stop No. 6 on the 2008 ASP North America Pro Junior Series, and will play a crucial role in the qualifying campaigns of the junior men for the prestigious Billabong ASP World Junior Championships.

The ASP Grade-2 S3 Supergirl Pro Junior will be the second women’s event of the 2008 ASP North America Pro Junior Series; however, its late addition to this season’s series will have the results count towards next year’s qualification campaigns.

To GO211 LIVE featuring the Honda U.S. Open of Surfing presented by O’Neill will begin competition of Friday, July 18, 2008 at 8am with the ASP WQS Men’s trials Round of 96. For all of the LIVE action at this year’s GO211 LIVE featuring the Honda U.S. Open of Surfing presented by O’Neill log onto usopenofsurfing.com.  For information about the event, log on to aspworldtour.com or aspnorthamerica.org.

SCHEDULE (OPENING WEEKEND): GO211 LIVE feat. The Honda U.S. Open pres. by O’Neill

Friday, July 18, 2008
8am: U.S. Open Trials (Round of 96) Heats 1-16
8am: O’Neill U.S. Open Pro Junior (Round of 96) Heats 1-12
1:20pm: U.S. Open Trials (Round of 64) Heats 1-8

Saturday, July 19, 2008
8am: U.S. Open Trials (Round of 64) Heats 9-16
8am: O’Neill U.S. Open Pro Junior (Round of 96) Heats 13-16
9:20am: O’Neill U.S. Open Pro Junior (Round of 64) Heats 1-16
10:40am: U.S. Open Trials (Round of 32) Heats 1-8
1:20pm: O’Neill U.S. Open of Longboarding (Round of 56) Heats 1-4
2:40pm: O’Neill U.S. Open of Longboarding (Round of 48) Heats 1-4
2:30pm: S3 Supergirl Pro Junior (Round of 16) Heats 1-4

Sunday, July 20, 2008
8am: U.S. Open Trials (Quarterfinals) Heats 1-4
8am: S3 Supergirl Pro Junior (Semifinals) Heats 1-2
8:40am: O’Neill U.S. Open Pro Junior (Round of 32) Heats 1-8
9:20am: O’Neill U.S. Open of Longboarding (Round of 48) Heats 5-8
10:40am: O’Neill U.S. Open of Longboarding (Round of 32) Heats 1-8
11:20am: O’Neill U.S. Open Pro Junior (Quarterfinals) Heats 1-4
12:40pm: O’Neill U.S. Open Pro Junior (Semifinals) Heats 1-2
1:20pm: O’Neill U.S. Open of Longboarding (Quarterfinals) Heats 1-4
2:40pm: O’Neill U.S. Open of Longboarding (Semifinals) Heats 1-2

Additional Info: Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP)

Previous reports:
# 1 : Honda U.S. Open of Surfing returns to Huntington Beach
# 2 : Coming soon
# 3 : Coming soon
# 4 : Coming soon  

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