movementmag: January 2007

DK'ERS UNITE

29.1.07

Clayton Pickworth is rounding up the DK troops for some upcoming events on the Goldy. For entry forms or more info, hit him on dksessions@yahoo.com.au and check the DK Myspace at: www.myspace.com/dksessions

The photo is a little DK gem of Kingy, shot in Sumatra by TP.

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TEN SECRET SPOTS

24.1.07

As some of you may already know Secret Sumatra has pretty much booked out their whole season for 2007. For all you unlucky boogers who didn’t get in, Fergo has just announced 10 spots exclusive to Movement for the dates 18th of March - 1st of April. Get in quick to the bookings section of www.secretsumatra.com to secure some of the last remaining spots of the season at a special rate exclusive to Movement supporters.

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HUBB TAKES TWO AT THE ROCKSTAR PIPE PRO

17.1.07

Kaua'i has another wave-riding world champion.

In the ultimate performance for bodyboarding, Jeff Hubbard of Lihu'e
won the Rockstar Games Pipeline Pro and clinched the International
Bodyboarding Association world championship in the process yesterday.

"It's up there with getting married and being born," said Hubbard, 31.

The final day of the contest was completed in spectacular barreling
waves of 6 to 10 feet yesterday at the Banzai Pipeline. The Pipeline
Pro is the final event of the 2006-07 world tour, and considered the
most prestigious contest in the sport.

"I knew if I could win this, there would be no question that I would
be the world champ, and I deserved it," Hubbard said.

Hubbard is the fourth Hawai'i competitor ever to win the bodyboarding
world championship, and the first since Mike Stewart of Kailua, Kona,
won the last of his record nine championships in 1995.

"It's been long overdue for Hawai'i and for Jeff," Stewart said. "He
worked his butt off this year — for a couple of years actually. He's a
deserving champion."

Hubbard got an assist from Stewart earlier in the day.

Hubbard and Australia's Ryan Hardy were the only competitors with a
shot at the world title entering yesterday's rounds.

Hardy was eliminated in the quarterfinals, thanks in part to a perfect
10 from Stewart.

Once Hubbard advanced through his semifinal heat, he clinched the
world championship.

"I knew I won the title, but I still wanted to win Pipe," Hubbard said.

He left no doubt in the four-man final, and even has the battle-scars
to prove it.

Hubbard rode fearlessly through the barreling waves, completing
several aerial maneuvers at the end of his rides. The judges rewarded
him with scores of 8.27 and 8.17 for a total of 16.44 (out of 20).

Brazil's Guilherme Tamega — a six-time former world champion — placed
second with a two-wave score of 15.44. On his last wave of the final,
he rode through a long barrel and received a score of 7.67, which left
him one point short of Hubbard.

Amaury Lavernhe of Reunion Island placed third (15.33) and South
Africa's Andre Botha, another former world champ, finished fourth
(14.37).

When the heat was over, Hubbard waved a Hawaiian flag as he was raised
triumphantly on the shoulders of his friends and family on the beach.
He had scrapes on his elbows and a gash on the back of his head.

"I never got this beat up at Pipe in my life," he said. "But I knew I
had to put it all on the line."

His parents and wife, Heather, were on the beach to celebrate.

"This is like winning the lottery for him," Heather said. "He's been
wanting this for so long."

Stewart was eliminated in the semifinals. Ben Player, last year's
world champ, was eliminated in the quarterfinals.

FINAL RESULTS

1, Jeff Hubbard (Hawai'i).

2, Guilherme Tamega (Brazil).

3, Amaury Lavernhe (Reunion Island).

4, Andre Botha (South Africa).

5 (tie), Dallas Singer (Australia) and Mike Stewart (Hawai'i).

7 (tie), Ross McBride (California) and Damian King (Australia).

9 (tie), Paul Benco (Hawai'i), Ben Player (Australia), Ryan Hardy
(Australia) and Ivan Hernandez (Canary Islands).

13 (tie), Tyler Wiemann (California), Ruben Quinones (Puerto Rico),
Rusty Friesen (California) and Uri Valadao (Brazil).

World Champ - Jeff Hubbard

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