CiviC CouCh Images from the

uS open of Surfing

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On The Cover:Yadin Nicol Flies his way to the finals Photo Credit: Jacobson

USOPENOF SURFINGHUNTINGTON BEACH, CA

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This page: Calm before the storm

Photo: Shea

Spending a week in huntington. Wan hernandez, Mike Pagan, Alex Shea, Reuben Pascual and my-self made our way down to the pier on Tues. August 2nd with a game plan for our coverage; who to interview, where to shoot from, who was shooting action and who was covering lifestyle etc. it was all thrown out by noon.The uS open at 9am on Tuesday is misleading. The beach is basi-cally empty, there are only a handful of photographers , the pro’s are easily accessible and getting from the strand to the water is simple. We started off on a roll!By mid-day the beach is swarming with people. Each pro is horded with autograph/picture seeking fans as they exit the wa-ter. People are hearding through the exhibit area searching for freebies and the opposite sex. our organized team was now scat-tered throughout the beach. Come Sunday the crowd attendance record was shattered. Pho-tographers were forced to shoot in knee-waist high water from the crowd surges and we were prepared from a week full of prac-tice. Thanks to the full Civic Couch team for working hard to cover this beachside circus. Check out our facebook page to view our full video and photo coverage from the entire event.

Brad Jacobson

Publisher

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A WEEK OF...

i*RecoRd Setting AttendAnce

*39 yeAR old MAle WinneR(SlAteR)

*16 yeAR old WildcARd feMAle finAliSt (lAkey PeteRSon)

*SuRfeR Blood And MgMt Rock the BeAch

*AiRS...AiRS...AiRS

*$100,000 PAydAy

*fog delAy

*WAlk of fAMe

* BMX-SkAte ShoW

*lotS of BikiniS

*Jet Ski ASSiSt & MoRe

Kolohe Andino Photo: Jacobson

39 yeard old, 10x World Champ Kelly Slater takes home the top honors and a check for $100,000!Photo: Jacobson

W I N N I N GNEVER GETS OLD

W I N N I N GNEVER GETS OLD

Dane is being watched Photo: Jacobson CiviC 8 CouCh

FEB / MARCh 6 CiviC CouChKelly and a few of his fans. Getting out wasn’t easy, especially for the 10 x champ. Photo: JacobsonCiviC 10 CouCh

Staying home

FEB / MARCh 7 CiviC CouChKelly and a few of his fans. Getting out wasn’t easy, especially for the 10 x champ. Photo: Jacobson

SEEKiNG A LiTTLE hELP FRoM...

CiviC 10 CouChPhotos: Jacobson

Photo: Shea

The 3-Man heat involving Taj, Kelly and Tanner was the best of the week highlighted by back to back to back barrels by Kelly and Taj.

Photo: Jacobson

CiviC 15 CouCh

John John FlorencePhoto: Jacobson

Kolohe AndinoPhoto: Jacobson

Photos: Jacobson

Co Co ho

Taj Burrow

SlaterAll photos: Jacobson

CiviC 29 CouCh

Left: Kalani David Above: Shadow Skating Below: The coastal carnage setupAll Photos: Jacobson

Kelly Slater’s total heat score of 18.77 included this wave, an in and out barrel followed by this on the inside.Photos: Jacobson

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Yadin Nicol blasting through the quarters.Photo: Jacobson

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BAD KNEEDane’s knee held up through the open taking him

within .11 score of advancing through to the Semi’s. photo: Jacobson

Richard Christie’s snapphoto: Jacobson

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Andino’s kickphoto: Jacobson

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Smiles Simpson

Machado Sunny

opposite: (Seq) Snapping it for the camera-ski This Page: Smoke near the water photos: jacobson

His smile says it all

Machado’s easy demeanor makes him a crowd favoritephoto: Jacobson

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CiviC 45 CouCh

Andino was within a point from making the finalsphoto: Jacobson

Bede Durbidge impresses the driverphoto: jacobson

Carissa Moore took a hard , last minute loss in the semis to Lakey.

Tag team air show during the All-Star Surf Session

Kelly’s backside air in the finals drew a roar from the crowd

MUSIC SERIESMGMT, Jimmy Eat World, Surfer Blood, The Sounds and Dead Country

MUSIC SERIESMGMT, Jimmy Eat World, Surfer Blood, The Sounds and Dead Country

photos: Shea

Relecting on his heatphoto: Jacobson

Yadin Nicol photo: Jacobson

Alejo Muniz photo: Jacobson

Best seat In the house on Friday, contest director Pat o’Connell ordered for jet ski assistancephoto: Jacobson

The Slater- Taj rivalry heated up again as they faced each other twice during the open. Kelly beat Taj by a narrow .23 point margin in the quarters.

Above: Line-up looked good on Friday Below: Richard Christie photos: Jacobson

Above: Line-up looked good on Friday Below: Richard Christie photos: Jacobson

9am Tuesday morning is misleading. photo:shea

CiviC 23 CouCh

The Brazilians lead a freesurf air attack just south of the contest area. Medina lead the way

photo:jacobson

Sally Fitzgibbons charging through the finals photo:jacobson

Pat Gudauskas photo:jacobson

Sally Fitzgibbons charging through the finals photo:jacobson

Rob heading out for the All Stars Show photo:jacobson

Smiling Sally photo: jacobson

No stranger to the winners podium

photo: jacobson

2011 US OPEN CHAMPSphoto:jacobson

A few fans showed up for the finalsphoto: jacobson

Kelly Zaun soars through the early rounds

CiviC 52 CouCh

The Graffitti Art Wallphoto:shea

Tanner Gudauskasphoto: jacobson

Enjoying the scenephoto: jacobson

Sunny, post heat showerphoto: shea

Rosecrans

People crowded the beach for a show and Kelly provided exactly what they wanted Photo: Shea

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Kolohe Andino - crowd pleaser Photo: Jacobson

Chris Rodriguez coming around the corner

the crowd on the pier was deep. People packed in to get the best view of the action in the water.

photo: jacobson

Photo by Scott Gorski

Waiting for the concertphoto: Shea

Junior lifeguards waiting to runphoto: Jacobson

CiviC 61 CouCh

LINES

Waiting to crossphoto: Shea

Chris Wells headed south to work a different pierPhoto: Jacobson

Chasing the South Swell

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aCtion

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Water

CiviC 64 CouCh

Taj layed this all the way down, lost his back foot and somehow got it back together to ride offphoto: Jacobson

CiviC 82 CouCh

Dane Reynolds, bad knee and still turning on a dimephoto: Jacobson

Chasing the swell sometimes requires driv-ing north: Malibu lined up

Photo: Fisher

Chasing the South Swell

Getting creative with the angle at Malibu

Photo: Fisher

16 year old wildcard Lakey Peterson took home first in the juniors division and second in the womens. photo: jacobson

Dane Reynolds Photo: Fisher

Kelly deep during the “All Stars” photo: jacobson

Joel Tudor won the noseride division...again! photo: jacobson

Yadin Nicol Photo: Jacobson

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“I try and tell my friends at home how mad it is and you can’t do it justice until you’re actually here” - Taj Burrow

“It’s one huge beach rager for sure...it’s like noother contest in the world, it’s the most

incredible vibe” - Laura Enever

“It’s surf city, everyone is here to surf and be stoked and en-joy the warm weather. The fans that come down here know what’s going on and they really enjoy the sport. “- Brett Simpson

Everyone is doing itphoto: jacobson

Alejo Muniz - Expression Sessionphoto: jacobson

Dane going big for the crowd photo: jacobson

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John John Photo: Shea

Dane Reynoldsphoto: Jacobson

Gabe Klingphoto: Jacobson

Taj Burrowphoto: Jacobson

Launching during the All Star expression sessionphoto: Jacobson

Bebe Durbidgephoto: Jacobson

Laying down the backhand photo: Jacobson

LAST SHOTParko waving goodbye unconventionallyphoto: Jacobson