Photo: Congratulations again to 2012 Womens Longboard World Champion Kelia Moniz!
Congrats Kelia! It’s been a long time coming! Photo Courtesy of Aspworldtour.com at the Awards Banquet a couple of days ago.
Taylor Knox Interview on ESPN.com! Taylor’s still got the Fire to Win and we’re stoked to have him be a part of the Vertra Family! @taylor_knox
Taylor Knox has been on tour for 18 years! He’s the all-around package from 2 ft Snapper to 25 ft Mavericks! He can surf everything. After all these years, Taylor still has the fire to compete and WIN! The Vertra Family backs Taylor at whatever he’s doing because we know he does it at [...]
Billabong Pro Tahiti Day 2 completes Round 2
Day two of the Billabong Pro Tahiti finished up the second round of competition in moderate 2-4 foot surf. With the swell backing down contest organizers made a good call to push on through to complete round 2 but hold off on round 3. Although there were long lulls between sets, like yesterday when the [...]
Billabong Pro Tahiti kicks of Day 1 of competition
Day of the Billabong Pro Tahiti commenced in fun three to five foot waves at Teahupoo today. Although there were some long lulls when the waves did come in there were some excellent tube rides and radical surfing going down by the World’s best surfers. Amongst those surfers were the Vertra International surf team in [...]
4* ASP Billbong Tahara Pro is ready to kick off Day 1 of competition
Day 1 of the 4* ASP Billabong Tahara Pro is ready for a 9:00 am start in Irago, Japan. This year the event will be held at Loco Point which will offer competitors high performance peaks to raise the bar of surfing in Japan! Vertra is sending good vibes to our team riders Nick Mita, [...]
Check out Kelia Moniz in Waikiki for the Roxy Waikiki Classic
Head down to Waikiki Beach to watch Kelia Moniz and many other female surfers from 6+ years in both Shortboard and Longboard divisions along with the Woman’s ASP Longboard qualifier. There will be a bunch of giveaways along with the action packed surfing competition!
Keanu Asing powers to a 3rd Place finish at the Quiksilver Saquarema Prime in Brazil
We want to give a big shout out to Keanu Asing for a smashing performance in the recent ASP Prime event in Brazil! Keanu finished the event with an equal 3rd place finish taking down the likes of Nate Yeomans, Granger Larsen and Brazilian event favorites Wiggolly Dantas, Felipe Toledo, Leonardo Neves, Thiago Camarao, Heitor [...]
The Vertra surf team looking inform in the Nike Lowers Pro warm up
Thanks to the crew at Surfline.com for an update on the Nike Lowers Pro warm up session yesterday. Vertra athletes Kekoa Bacalso, Taylor Knox, Joel Centeio and Brett Simpson have been looking in form according to reports. You can watch them LIVE at the Nike Lowers Pro. Heat Schedules are below.
Mick Fanning in top form at the Breaka Burleigh Pro
Watch Mick Fanning go off at the Breaka Burleigh Pro! The LIVE Webcast just started up so click the link below to watch it!
Brett Simpson readies for the 2012 ASP World Tour Season
HUNTINGTON BEACH, California/USA (Wednesday, February 1, 2012) – Brett Simpson (USA), 27, has been building momentum throughout his experience among the world’s best surfers and with the 2012 season just around the corner, Simpson is about to embark on his third year on the ASP World Title Race. The Huntington Beach standout kicked off 2011 with [...]
Kelia Moniz takes 2nd at the ASP Swatch Girls Pro China
Kelia Moniz just placed 2nd overall to Chelsea Williams at the inaugural Swatch Girls Pro China in fun sized waves at Riyuewan Beach. Kelia surfed incredible through the entire event en-route to making her first ASP World Longboard Championship final! Kelia aka “Sister” teamed up with Vertra earlier this year to help promote the importance [...]
ESPN Interview: Keanu Asing
Keanu Asing has been on a tear in 2011! Coming away with big Pro Junior titles like the Oakley Pro Junior Champion at Lowers during the Nike 6.0 Lowers Pro where he put on a stellar come from behind victory against heavy hitters Jack Freestone, Kolohe Andino and Nat Young! Video Highlights of the 2011 [...]
TAYLOR KNOX & MICK FANNING ADVANCE TO ROUND 3
In some trying conditions Vertra’s Taylor Knox and Mick Fanning both won their heats thus advancing them to Round 3. Brazil’s first Wt event ever in Rio De Janeiro forecast for waves are looking promising. The contest should finish in the next few days or so. Congrats again to Taylor and Mick! Source: Surfline
