US Open of Surfing, Final Day Highlights

  The US Open of Surfing as come to an end. The Brazilian Alejo Muniz is the new champion of the legendary waves of Huntington Beach. I hope you enjoyed this Prime Event. Sincerely, I didn't appreciate so much this event as the waves were not so good as I was expecting, moreover coming from the event at ASP World Tour Championship at Bali, Indonesia.

  Alejo Muniz won over Kolohe Andino at the final. I also want to point out the outstanding performance of Michel Bourez throughout the event.

  I leave you now with the Highlights of the final day of the ASP Prime Event at Huntington Beach:

Alejo Muniz, taking a bath of champagne with a little help of Kolohe Andino

 If you liked this post, please "like" Surf Locus Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/surflocus. Have Fun!!

Surf Locus Facebook Page

John Frusciante and his great solo career

  Today I want to share with you the awesome musician John Frusciante, former guitarist of Red Hot Chili Peppers. His solo career is great, having released 11 albums with music ranging from experimental rock to ambient music and even Electronica.

John Frusciante. Photo taken from fanart.tv

  He is one of the best guitarist in the World and his talent was recognize several times as in 2003, when Rolling Stone magazine placed him in the 18th place of the list "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and in 2010, a BBC poll voted John Frusciante as "The Best Guitarist of the Last 30 Years".

  Let me share with you two of his songs:

   

  I also strongly recommend you to listen to THIS 75 minute YouTube video of AMAZING music by John Frusciante.

  If you want to know more about this great musician, HERE is his Spotify Profile. 

 If you liked this post, please "Like" Surf Locus' Facebook Page, www.facebook.com/surflocus

Surf Locus Facebook Page

Day 3 of the US Open of Surfing

   Hi. Like I posted here, it is currently ON the ASP Prime Event, US Open of Surfing at Huntington Beach. 

  Let me show you a Highlights video of the third day of the event. In this YouTube video you can check Kelly Slater, Dane Reynolds, Adriano de Souza and more great surfers of the ASP World Championship Tour and WQS:

   I think for now, the major upset was that Dane Reynolds is out of the event, having lost against Julian Wilson (the winner of last year's US Open of Surfing) and Alex Ribeiro.

   Keep watching this great event at such a legendary beach. Have Fun!! 

Amazing aerial by Dylan Graves, photo taken from http://www.surfingmagazine.com/

Surf Locus Facebook Page

Brief presentation of Fink, an awesome artist!

   Hi. Today I want to show you Fink, an awesome artist that plays a mixture of Blues, Dub, Folk and Indie.

  He has a lot of beautiful songs such as "Perfect Darkness", "This is the Thing" and "Sort of Revolution" that I present here to you as YouTube videos.

 

   If you want to listen more of Fink, just follow this Spotify link, to his Profile.

  I hope you enjoyed this short post about such a great Artist. Please "like" Surf Locus Facebook page: www.facebook.com/surflocus. Have Fun!!

Photo taken from ninjatune.net

Surf Locus Facebook Page

Vans US Open Of Surfing, Huntington Beach

  Tomorrow is going to start the Vans US Open Of Surfing at Huntington Beach, one of the eight Prime Events of the ASP World Tour. There are only eight Prime Events throughout the year, from Australia to Hawaii, passing South Africa, Brazil and even Portugal (Sao Miguel, Azores and Praia de Carcavelos, Cascais).

   In this event will be competing the World's best surfers, like Kelly Slater, Dane Reynolds, Nat Young, Josh Kerr and C. J. Hobgood. The half Portuguese half German, Marlon Lipke is also going to compete with the Portuguese flag in his back, so keep your eyes on the screen and support this awesome surfer.

   The Prime Events of the ASP World Tour are very important, as winning one of these events is equivalent to have a third place in one of the ASP World Tour main events (6500 points for the ASP World Ranking).

  Let me show you two videos of last year's US Open of Surfing, won by Julian Wilson and Lakey Peterson:

Julian Wilson. Photo taken from www.surfertoday.com

  So, don't miss the great event. I will be supporting the Portuguese Marlon Lipke! Have Fun! And don't forget to "like" my Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/surflocus

Surf Locus Facebook Page

"Strength to Survive" by SOJA and "New Day Dawn" by Gentleman, two awesome Reggae albums

  Today I want to show you two great Reggae albums from SOJA and Gentleman. The last album from Soldiers of Jah Army (SOJA) was released at January 2012 and is really good and kind of different from their other albums, so I strongly recommend you to listen to "Strength to Survive". Here is two song from this awesome album:

Soldiers of Jah Army, SOJA. Photo taken from www.espalhafactos.com

  Also a great album is "New Day Dawn" by Gentleman, released last April. Following "Diversity", this new album is also very good, with beautiful songs like "You Remember", "In My Arms", "New Day Dawn" and "Homesick". Let me show you two of these songs:

Gentleman. Photo taken from www.viverfestivais.com

  Sorry if I sometimes share songs with Grooveshark and other times with YouTube. The problem is that I can't publish here some YouTube songs due to some legal cause and some of them I can't find in Grooveshark.

  I hope you liked the previous songs from SOJA and Gentleman. Have Fun!!

  Please follow me on Facebook: www.facebook.com/surflocus.




Surf Locus Facebook Page

Jordy Smith, one of the best surfers in the World!

  Hi, today I want to show you one of my favorite surfers, the South-African Jordy Smith. I believe Jordy is one of the most skilled surfers in the ASP World Championship and you will plainly see why when I show you some of his videos.

Jordy Smith. Photo taken from www.redbull.pt

   Jordy Smith has been competing in the "Dream Tour" since 2008, having won the WQS (World Qualifying Series) at 2007 (at the age of 19). He started slowly at the ASP World Tour, finishing at 28th in the ranking by the end of the year, but then start to recover and had almost won the ASP World Tour Title at 2010, finishing in 2nd place behind the Legend Kelly Slater.

  Jordy is known for a balanced surfing, with his HUGE and CRAZY airs, as well as his high Power surfing skills. 

  Let me first show you a YouTube video of Jordy Smith where he pulls a massive Rodeo Flip air:

  Since Jordy Smith first started to surf in the Elite Tour, he won two times the Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay, South Africa (2010 and 2011) and the Billabong Rio Pro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2013).

  At 25 years old, I believe Jordy Smith has a World Title to win ;) Let me show you the proof next. This is a Surf Movie by Jordy Smith, named "Bending Colors":

  Here are some photos of Jordy Smith:

Photo taken from www.surfermag.com

Jordy Smith HUGE air. Photo taken from articsurf.wordpress.com

Photo taken from 5ones.com

Jordy Smith at Jeffreys Bay 2011. Photo taken from surf.transworld.net

Photo taken from www.redbullusa.com

  I hope you liked this post about Jordy Smith. If you do, please "Like" my Facebook Page at www.facebook.com/surflocus. Have Fun!!

Surf Locus Facebook Page