Kelly Slater won the fourth stop on the Association of Surfing Professionals 2009 World Tour, The Hang Loose Santa Catarina Pro at Vila Beach in Imbituba in Brazil.

The final day of the contest went down at the beach break in slightly overhead mushy waves, light wind and sunny skies.

The road to the finals for nine-time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater included a win versus familiar foe, Taj Burrow, in the quarterfinals and a victory over former ASP World Champion and fellow Floridian, CJ Hobgood.

The Brazilian crowd was pumped for fellow countryman Adriano de Souza as he marched his way to the finals. De Souza cruised through the quarterfinals with a victory over Bede Durbidge and beat current ASP leader, Joel Parkinson, in the semis.

The final of the Hang Loose Santa Catarina Pro gave the crowd exactly what they wanted - the pairing of Brazilian favorite Adriano de Souza versus the most popular surfer in the world, American Kelly Slater. In a back and forth battle, both surfers squeezed the most out of the lefts on their backhand. Kelly Slater was able to catch the better waves and was able to get more radical on his cutbacks and floaters.

2009 Hang Loose Santa Catarina Pro Results

• 1. Kelly Slater
• 2. Adriano de Souza
• 3. Joel Parkinson
• 3. CJ Hobgood
• 5. Bede Durbidge
• 5. Dustin Barca
• 5. Taj Burrow
• 5. Mick Fanning
• 9. Damien Hobgood
• 9. Jeremy Flores
• 9. Bobby Martinez
• 9. Kekoa Bacalso
• 9. Timmy Reyes
• 9. Tom Whitaker
• 9. Mick Campbell
• 9. Chris Ward

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It does not get any bigger than this - literally and figuratively.

The makings of possibly the greatest surf movie ever - the world’s greatest surfer, nine-time world champion Kelly Slater, surfs one of the world’s gnarliest waves, Teahupoo in Tahiti, and it is all caught with the beauty of IMAX recording equipment. This is going to be epic.

The Ultimate Wave Tahiti also features surfers Chris Malloy, Keith Malloy, Shane Dorian, Manoa Drollet, CJ Hobgood, Dion Agius and Raimana Van Bastelaer.

Ultimate Wave Tahiti Featuring Kelly Slater is scheduled to be released in February 2010 and will be seen at IMAXs, IMAX 3Ds and other giant-screen theaters worldwide.

Ultimate Wave Tahiti Featuring Kelly Slater Trailer

Ultimate Wave Tahiti IMAX French Polynesia Overview

Ultimate Wave Tahiti IMAX Raimana Van Bastelaer Interview

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The Byerly Wakeboard team (Scott Byerly, Phil Aslinger, Ross Gardner, Aaron Rathy and George Daniels) teams-up with Rockstar Energy Drinks for a special delivery in the world of wakeboarding and wakeskating.

Byerly Wakeboards Rockstar Energy Drink Commercial

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Fox Sports recently featured Operation Amped, a philanthropic organization that gives war veterans the opportunity to enjoy surfing, as they held an event at Zuma Beach in Malibu, CA. The event was a success as 16 veterans got into the water. The veterans even received some tutoring from skateboard legend Tony Alva.

You can visit Fox Sports to watch the video of the Operation Amped event at Zuma Beach.

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Just in case you missed it, Kelly Slater won his ninth Association of Surfing Professionals championship late last year.

In honor of this remarkable accomplishment, Quiksilver is in the process of putting together a surf movie entitled, Cloud 9, that documents the path of Kelly Slater winning his latest ASP World Championship. As Kelly has now become the youngest world champion of surfing (age 20) and the oldest (age 35), not to mention seven other championships sprinkled in between, it is clear that he is competitive surfing’s greatest competitor. The Cloud 9 surf movie follows Kelly over a the two-year period leading up to his historic ninth world title.

The Cloud 9 surf movie features Kelly Slater, Tony Hawk, Mick Fanning, Dane Reynolds, Jeremy Flores, Jeff Hakman, Mark Richards, Miky Picon, Stephen Bell, Adrian Buchan, Joel Parkinson, Taj Burrow, CJ Hobgood, and Tiago Pires.

No release date or premiere schedule has been release for Cloud 9 but keep checking back as we will post details as they become available.

Kelly Slater Cloud 9 Surf Movie Trailer

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