Labels: Oxbow, San-Onofre, video, WLT, World-Longboard-Tour
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San Onofre is a deeply symbolic surfing break in California's colourful beach culture, famous for its smooth peeling waves and beach fires set against the sandstone cliffs and scattered palms.
Labels: Oxbow, San-Onofre, Surfin-USA, video, WLT, World-Longboard-Tour
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In the quarterfinals Bonga Perkins and Ned Snow reeled on, while Antoine Delpero defeated Josh Baxter, the last remaining American in a contest where the local Californian stylists did themselves proud. In a phydraining heat, Brazilian stalwart Alex Salazar beat Matthew Moir.
Labels: Oxbow, video, WLT, World-Longboard-Tour
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The classic San O style shone through with Americans Joe Aaron and Brad Vetter. The nail bitter of the day came when reigning British and European longboard champion Ben Skinner won a tense heat.Sam Bleakley steps up a gear in his heat to beat former ASP World Longboard Champion Dino Miranda from Hawaii.
Labels: Oxbow, San-Onofre, video, WLT, World-Longboard-Tour
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From November 5th to 9th this year, the American stage of the Oxbow World Longboard Tour took place on the beach of San Onofre.
Far back in the history of surfing, longboards were the first surfboards shaped by men, the ancient Hawaiians, who surfed on these massive wooden boards. Today, longboarding embodies that board-riding tradition. But longboarding is also synonymous with modernity. Thanks to technical progress, the 21st- century longboard allows us to surf all kinds of waves, yet retain all the natural elegance of this style of surfing.
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