To kick things off, here is a quick little blurb from stock soldier Noah Erickson about riding his 6'0 Flexfire:

"I was riding My 6'0 flexfire. The flexfire is such a unique board because they work in waves 2-3 feet all the way up to 8-10 feet. People trip out because when the waves get big and crazy around my house, they will pull out like a 6'5 or 6'6, then I bust out a 6'0 short board. At first people laugh, but 9 times out of 10 they are left in disbelief that 1: The board is still in one pice, and 2: The board paddles better and reacts better in bigger waves."

Here Noah demonstrates the board's versatility as well as his own.
Photos courtesy of Terry Houston.

Teamrider Taylor Jensen has got a few new boards at his disposal. Check out his blog to see the boards in action.

http://taylor-jensen.blogspot.com/

Big happenings coming up at the 2010 Hurley Pro at Trestles. Tune in starting September 12th.

Taj Burrow: ASP #3
Michel Bourez: ASP #17

http://www.hurley.com/hurleypro/

Check out Taj's website. Its a sick one.

http://tajburrow.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seiLFa4gh3s

absolutely absurd video of world renowned kiteboarder Felix Pivec pushing the limits. You had better watch it, because there will be a quiz about it next week....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyMupbqXclw

Noah Erickson kills a little one on his 5'10 Dominator. Incredible!

Taj Burrow, round 1 highlights. watch as he develops momentum. and then cry because you will NEVER be able to surf Trestles with waves like that and 2 other guys out. I sure did.

Watch it here and check out his website to stay completely up to date.
http://tajburrow.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3LuY3oEHog

Surfer Mag's recap: http://blogs.surfermag.com/uncategorized/hurley-pro-day-1-shea-lopez-reports/

Solid photojournal up on Surfline. Check it out.

http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/hurley-pro-trestles-day-one---thank-god-for-round-two-as-lowers-enjoys-fresh-feel-new-format_47550/

Hear Taj and Michel talk about their Hurley Pro boards here:

http://www.hurley.com/hurleypro/videos.cfm?day=3&type=b

Trifecta of Aussie covers for TB:

Team Sweetwater wins the Oakley Surf Shop Challenge and pockets $10k.

http://blogs.surfermag.com/uncategorized/sweetwater-wins-oakley-surf-shop-challenge/

Taj on a nice one, setting up his round 1 win in pumping but tricky surf at the Quik Pro in France.

Here is Chuy crushing 1-2 foot surf on his Sweet Potato. Yes he is a Firewire athlete even though he also works for the company.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aijVfB1pEVc

This is a ridiculous video of Michel Bourez and Chey Reyna absolutel blowing up on micro Trestles waves during the Hurley Pro waiting period.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhIzocij1RA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LqZBKhOerM&feature=player_embedded#!

Tough heat for Michel today, but he was able to squeak through. Its not ever day that a combined mid 9 beats someone by almost 7. A testament to how difficult the conditions were I guess.

http://quiksilverlive.com/profrance2010/videos,20100930193956VIDE530451179055dmlkZW8=.en.html

SICK video of Noah Erickson ripping on his 5'4 Spitfire. Looks so fun.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJqWvssjcz8

Coverage of stock solider Bruce Cambell on facebook. Check it:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=24262&id=1736900307&ref=mf

Check out the video and photo highlights of day 1 at the Rip Curl Pro in Portugal.
Taj looking solid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYe7rQANBQ8&feature=youtube_gdata_player&fs=1&autoplay=1&showinfo=0&rel=1

http://blogs.surfermag.com/office-blog/highlights-from-day-one-of-the-rip-curl-pro/

Taj took a tough loss, but Michel looked strong. He'll surf in round 4, most likely on Friday.

Michel heat highlights thus far at the Rip Curl Pro in Portugal:

Round 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOCt_qYtl6A
Round 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB4quO8AHdo
Round 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcIqpvP0mSI
Round 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMg1qSkskwE

Tough conditions, but on to round 5 we go. Hopefully he gets some barrels!!

Michel lost a slow heat to start the day, but this picture is super good lookin.'

Michel at the Rip Curl Search - Round 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCSAk3OEkLQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player&fs=1&autoplay=1&showinfo=0&rel=1

Taj in round 3.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZw7xw-pgXQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player&fs=1&autoplay=1&showinfo=0&rel=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFpxGafuLBg&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3skr34DD_U&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w2rarc9teA&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG3uDXYgyyc&feature=player_embedded

Taylor Jensen killing it in Hawaii. Oxbow Wavesliders contest at Makaha.

http://www.oxbowavesliders.com/fr/video/round-1-heat-16

http://www.oxbowavesliders.com/fr/video/round-2-heat-8

Tough loss in the quarters in this one:
http://www.oxbowavesliders.com/fr/video/quarter-heat-4

Noah Erickson finding more SoCal Barrels on Nov 4th.

http://www.vimeo.com/16627366

Stock Soldier Jesse Heilman wins the 11th annual Tommy Tant Memorial in Florida. Great photo journal here.

http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/jesse-heilman-wins-11th-annual-tant-classic_49835/

Word has it, during the Tommy Tant, Jesse used a deviant fin. The results speak for themselves...

Stoked for Jesse. What a stacked final and what a great kid...He spent some time here on the Goldy with my family surfing and golfing... He deserves eveything that comes his way...Only thing that bothered me was when he respectfully called me "sir" all the freakin time!
Put a Banjo in his hands and I'd been worried 'bout that thar boy....

Michel and Futures. Match made in heaven.

http://www.futuresfins.com/

Check out Taylor's board development lineup on his blog.  A dream quiver...

Sick!  He definitely doesn't discriminate on any one style of surfing.  Longboards, mush busters, planks of wood, finless, 5 fins, bright colors, no colors, tailpads, no tailpads...this is an impressive quiver.  Any info you can give on TJ's pro model? 

Also, cool to hear about Jesse winning the TT event with a DEVIANT. Gorkin is no slouch and can annihilate waves at the drop of hat, so definitely some tough competition.  The Red Bull night surfing looked fun.       

Michel was ripping in that heat. A solid win!

Michel Bourez heat highlights

Here is a little blurb on the ASP world tour website about Michel: http://www.aspworldtour.com/2010/11/18/a-day-on-the-rock-with-michel-bourez/ Team Firewire is looking good!

yeah saw that, thanks Ox.  comp should be pretty epic tomorrow...

what board was Jesse Heilman surfing on?

its my understanding that he was on a small dominator.  I can try to figure it out...

Just found this picture of noah snyder in East Coast Surf MAgazine. What board is he riding

here it is

i can't really tell....i'll see what I can find out though...

Did he get one off Taj? It looks like he has glass ons and the logo on the bottom of the board. Or did you guys make him a couple?

actually...Chuy happened to make the call and got him a board.  there are pro models with logos and glass ons so that interested pros can have a rip.   that is what happened here.   i hope he keeps riding them.  he was killing it...

michel's having a tough heat, snapped a board first wave and just went over the falls on one. still plenty of time to pull it together.

taj broke board....big luey repeatedly plugged how strong they are...even a snapped board created good press..!!!

Haha yeah pipe is chewing up the firewires today. The only other board I've seen broken to day was by Owen '4 Boards In One Heat' Wright!