 2008 Vans Triple CrownNOVEMBER 11 2008
VANS TRIPLE CROWN OFFERS INTENSE CONCLUSION TO 2008 Reef Hawaiian Pro, Haleiwa, Nov.12-23 - 6-star Prime WQS, O’Neill World Cup of Surfing, Sunset Beach, Nov.24-Dec.6 - 6-star Prime WQS, Billabong Pipeline Masters, Pipeline, Dec. 8-20 - final World Tour event For a quarter century the Vans Triple Crown has offered the most dependable and impressive platform on Earth for aspiring surfers to make their mark. Over 25 years, this distinguished pro surfing series has been responsible for making and breaking the careers of surfers from around the world. 2008 will be no different. It used to be that the talent of the locals was as formidable as the giant waves themselves, but over the years the world has caught up. Today, 17 nations fly their flag at the Vans Triple Crown, and Hawaii surfers will have to work hard to keep pace. As the final stop of the Association of Surfing Professionals World Tour, the guillotine of qualification and re-qualification falls heaviest on Hawaii’s North Shore. As the 2008 season winds to a close, Hawaii and Brazil stand to incur the heaviest cuts this season. The 2008 ASP World Tour featured five Hawaii surfers but those numbers could dwindle dramatically for 2009. Former world champion Andy Irons’ competitive plans for the future are unclear, although he looks safe to re-qualify based on his ratings points. His brother Bruce Irons plans to opt out of the tour at the end of the year. Pancho Sullivan is failing to re-qualify, and Roy Powers hovers dangerously close to the cut-off point of 25 on the World Tour rankings (he’s currently rated 24th). Fred Patacchia may be the lone Hawaii survivor, currently ranked 15th. Looking at the springboard World Qualifying Series (WQS), there is no fresh Hawaii talent qualifying to date, leaving hopefuls Kekoa Bacalso and Dustin Barca as only outside chances. Both of these surfers will need to make a semi-final at either the Reef Hawaiian Pro or the O’Neill World Cup in order to jump up the ratings and qualify. Brazil boasted six World Tour surfers this year - third-highest behind Australia (17) and USA (9). They now look like halving that representation with only one World Tour surfer currently re-qualifying: Adriano de Souza, who is presently ranked an impressive fifth in the world. On the WQS, only two Brazilians are currently qualifying: Hizunome Bettero and Simao Romao. For World Tour surfers the final test is always the hardest, coming in the form of the Billabong Pipeline Masters. Nothing can be more intense than knowing you need to step up and perform at the world’s deadliest, most storied wave in order to keep your career alive. Add to that the controversial format that throws 16 local Pipeline specialists against the world’s top 48 at the most critical point of the year. These 16 Pipeline locals have been notorious for upsets over the past two years of this format and Pipeline remains one break where Hawaii surfers continue to shine. When the 2008 Hawaiian winter draws to a finish, the final award is that of the prestigious Vans Triple Crown title, which carries a $10,000 bonus. In 25 years it has been won by a short-list of just 11 surfers, all of whom are from either Hawaii, Australia or Mainland USA. Kelly Slater is the only Mainland American to ever claim the title, and while he has amassed an incredible nine world titles prior to touching down in Hawaii this winter, he has only secured two Triple Crown titles. The Vans Triple Crown still stands as the ultimate testing ground. The 2008 men’s Vans Triple Crown of Surfing will offer a total prize purse of $600,000. 
This entry was posted on November 11th, 2008.
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