As we all know, local boy Jamie O’Brien, took the 2008 Da Hui Backdoor Shootout back in January and took home a cool $50,000. He was followed by Bruce Irons who nabbed $25k and Ola Eleogram who brought home $15 g’s. DC Shoes just released the following footy from the contest. As you can see from the waves, this contest proved to have some of the best conditions at Pipeline in recent memory. 

Could UNIV and Chris Cote, Transworld Surf’s animated editor in chief, be the perfect recipe for a surfboard collabo? UNIV seems to think so and they teamed up with Cote to create an awesome artsy surfboard to stimulate your steez.

This sounds like a win-win to me as UNIV gets to team up with a living legend in Chris Cote, and at the same time they get some play in Transworld Surf as Transworld is planning on doing a feature on the surfboard very soon. On the other hand, UNIV gets a great board to sell in their shop to drive sales.

The surfboard is a four-fin double-ender, meaning it can be ridden both forward and backwards with ease.  Oh and did I mention it features all kinds of random weapons and things?

Stay tuned to Transworld Surf Magazine to get the latest scoop on this rad-looking board.

Sometimes you just get those perfect moments when surfing… You may never get your ‘perfect moment’ or you may get lucky and have a few throughout your lifetime. I think it’s safe to say that Keith Bass got his by surfing with dolphins on friday.

These shots were taken by Jerrod Mills at Port Aransas last friday. According to Jerrod, the dolphin bumped Keith’s board as it flew out of the water. Stoked!

More: CoastalSurfing.com  

Everybody loves Jordy Smith. Let’s face it, he’s the hottest thing since plastered Britney. If you had the opportunity to win a quiver of Jordy Smith autographed gear wouldn’t you do it?

So basically to sum this contest up; Oneill wants you to plaster their image of ‘Captain Jack’ all over the place. The person that takes a shot of the best location of the image of Captain Jack wins the contest. Kids, don’t worry about littering or vandalism, this is for a Jordy Smith autographed surfboard and signature gear!  

If you want to go litter for Oneill sign up for the contest at www.oneill.com/RuONE/

Ipath claims they are entering the surf game today by the creation of a new surf team. This is no joke, you can check out the press release here. Ipath which is known by everyone as a skateboarding company, plans on making a big impact in the surf world as they add pro surfers Nick Jiampa, Pat Millin, Ben McBrien, Rob Wurlitzer and Will Skudin.

This is very interesting as we are seeing more and more companies getting into different sports. We are seeing snow companies buyout surf companies and skate companies, and we are seeing skate companies getting into surfing….. What’s next? Skateboarders starting inline skate brands?

Kelly Slater is an amazing human being. The guy wasn’t even going to compete in this contest, but he ends up winning the thing. We don’t have much details at this point other than I think Slater is an alien. For realsies.

Ever wondered what the plan with Trestles is all about and why so many surfers are upset and worried? Check out this video and you will understand. For more info on saving trestles go to http://surfrider.org/savetrestles/

With so much hype around the Kelly Slater story, people have taken their attention off some of the other smaller-name guys competing as well. One of them being, 22 year old Dane Reynolds. Reynolds was boosting 9’s all day and his highest wave score came it at a 9.73 out of 10! That was the highest of the day.

Dane had this to say about the 9.73 score, “That (9.73) was just a perfect clean face,” Reynolds said. “I would have had to really blow it to not get a score. I basically connected the dots, I didn’t do anything too ridiculous, but that is all it took.”

Dane will be up against CJ Hobgood in round 3… Stay tuned for coverage soon here on Seshn. In the meantime, check out the rest of the scores and round 3’s matchups:

Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach Round 3 Match-Ups:

Heat 1: Bede Durbidge (AUS) vs. Fredrick Patacchia (HAW)

Heat 2: Tom Whitaker (AUS) vs. Dayyan Neve (AUS)

Heat 3: Taylor Knox (USA) vs. Neco Padaratz (BRA)

Heat 4: Joel Parkinson (AUS) vs. Daniel Wills (AUS)

Heat 5: Jeremy Flores (FRA) vs.Kieren Perrow (AUS)

Heat 6: Bobby Martinez (USA) vs. Jay Thompson (AUS)

Heat 7: Adrian Buchan (AUS) vs. Adriano de Souza (BRA)

Heat 8: Mick Fanning (AUS) vs. Troy Brooks (AUS)

Heat 9: Taj Burrow (AUS) vs. Daniel Ross (AUS)

Heat 10: Luke Stedman (AUS) vs. Ben Dunn (AUS)

Heat 11: Pancho Sullivan (HAW) vs. Roy Powers (HAW)

Heat 12: C.J. Hobgood (USA) vs. Dane Reynolds (USA)

Heat 13: Kelly Slater (USA) vs. Jihad Khodr (BRA)

Heat 14: Damien Hobgood (USA) vs. Tim Reyes (USA)

Heat 15: Andy Irons (HAW) vs. Rodrigo Dornelles (BRA)

Heat 16: Kai Otton (AUS) vs. Luke Munro (AUS) 

So basically to sum up what is going on with Kelly Slater right now is… Yes he has made up his mind to compete in the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach. See the thing is, Kelly wasn’t going to compete at first and withdrew from the event late last week. As expected, many were bummed on Slater’s decision.

Kelly then got online and noticed how bummed people were and in his own words, he had this to say about the situation, ”A combination of things influenced my decision to come to Bells. I had called ASP Tour Manager Renato Hickel to ask to be officially taken out of the event and that is when he asked me if I had seen the swell forecast.”  

So the swell looks good, Slater is happy, what more could you want? It’s on!

Here are the round 1 matchups:

Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach Round 1 Match-Ups:

Heat 1: Bobby Martinez (USA), Luke Munro (AUS), Royden Bryson (ZAF) 

Heat 2: Dean Morrison (AUS), Dayyan Neve (AUS), Travis Logie (ZAF) 

Heat 3: Jeremy Flores (FRA), Bruce Irons (HAW), Tiago Pires (PRT) 

Heat 4: Pancho Sullivan (HAW), Neco Padaratz (BRA), Jihad Khodr (BRA) 

Heat 5: Andy Irons (HAW), Jordy Smith (ZAF), Chris Ward (USA) 

Heat 6: Bede Durbidge (AUS), Tim Reyes (USA), Daniel Ross (AUS) 

Heat 7: Joel Parkinson (AUS), Ben Dunn (AUS), Nic Muscroft (AUS) 

Heat 8: Mick Fanning (AUS), Adrian Buchan (AUS), Stuart Kennedy (AUS) 

Heat 9: Taj Burrow (AUS), Leonardo Neves (BRA), Nathan Hedge (AUS) 

Heat 10: Kelly Slater (USA), Adriano de Souza (BRA), Troy Brooks (AUS) 

Heat 11: C.J. Hobgood (USA), Dane Reynolds (USA), Daniel Wills (AUS) 

Heat 12: Kai Otton (AUS), Jay Thompson (AUS), Ricky Basnett (ZAF) 

Heat 13: Tom Whitaker (AUS), Ben Bourgeois (USA), Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 

Heat 14: Taylor Knox (USA), Michael Campbell (AUS), Mikael Picon (FRA) 

Heat 15: Damien Hobgood (USA), Kieren Perrow (AUS), Heitor Alves (BRA) 

Heat 16: Luke Stedman (AUS), Roy Powers (HAW), Rodrigo Dornelles (BRA) 

For more go to aspworldtour.com