Here's a video of Alana shredding a right point in Mainland Mexico.

Sea Bass made it to the Semis at the 6 star in Brazil. All in all he walked away with 1,688 pts towards his WQS ranking and 5K cash. Generally, anything over 1,000 pts is a "keeper" score towards qualifying for the WCT. A few more solid results and Bass will be on his way to qualifying!

Britt Galland showed up and blowed up at the Surfing America Prime Series at Steamer Lane. His fourth place finish in solid Steamer Lane surf was a testament to his surfing ability and bright future. Here's a photo of him on a big open face cutback!

This is the second installment of the Board of the Month feature. Steve once again choose something a little funky. Do not let the picture fool you this board is no standard shortboard.

Currently nameless, this new model that Steve has been working on with Sea Bass and other team guys(unofficially) looks like a standard shortboard from afar but up close it is something else all together. Features a wide, full outline, single-to-deep double-to-flat concave, and a Semi-Boxy rail.

Bass normally rides a 6'1" x 18 1/4" x 2 3/16" SeaGull Model and he is riding this new model 5'9" x 19" x 2 3/16".

This model is still in the fine tuning process but should be available for order within a month!

Heres a video of Steve explaining the new White Rabbit model. The board in the video has a "Deck Patio" and Gutter Bottom (2 Channel).

Here is a video of Steve explaining the new Sea Bass inspired SeaGull model. Check it:

Reef announced this week that Alana Blanchard is the newest member of their team. Here is the press release:

ALANA BLANCHARD JOINS THE REEF TRIBE (Carlsbad, CA)– January 6th, 2010 – Reef is excited to announce the addition of the lovely, Alana Blanchard, to the Reef surf team. The 19 year old from Hanalei, Kauai will kick off the New Year representing Reef women’s footwear, while she surfs and travels around the world. A lifelong enthusiast of the sport, Alana’s surfing journey began at the Hanalei Pier in Kauai at the age of 4. Fifteen years later, Alana’s competitive accolades are rising just as quickly as her following on Facebook. Alana has garnered fans and friends around the world thanks to her talent, and her love of connecting through social media. It also doesn’t hurt that she happens to be one of the most beautiful surfers in the world. Alana BlanchardAlana has been turning just as many heads for her effortless bottom turns and her fearless approach to surfing. She just wrapped up her rookie year on the 2009 ASP World Tour. She also claimed a prestigious gem of the Van’s Triple Crown this past November winning the Van’s Haleiwa Pro, and has 2 Pipeline Master Championships under her belt. Surfermag.com just released their “top ten” list of 2009, and Alana ranked 3rd for both video and photo gallery of the year. Global Team Manager, Heath Walker, states, “Alana performs alongside the best female surfers in the world, but it’s not just her competitive prowess that intrigues us.” Walker continues, “Alana is a true beauty inside and out, and she’s all about having fun in the water. She personifies the relaxed life and exotic nature of surf culture – all qualities that resonate with the Reef consumer.” Reef looks forward to supporting Alana’s career, while incorporating her into the brand with some exciting projects down the road. A photo shoot and video trip to Brazil with the Reef team is scheduled for February, while various appearances at retail and special events are also in the works. Alana will be a key figure moving forward as she represents Reef’s line of ridiculously comfortable footwear around the world. When asked about starting off 2010 as a Reef Team rider, Alana stated, “I’m really excited and happy to be riding for Reef. They are one of the best surf companies out there, and I really love the product. Reef sandals are cute, comfortable, fashionable and really good quality.” Alana Blanchard

Welcome to the team Alana!

They already have her up on the girls section of their website looking good in some Reef sandals! Check it out: http://www.reef.com/girls/

I've seen this commercial quite a few times and just realized that it is Sterling Spencer on an SB. You can see the logo when he does that first cutback. Talk about mainstream!

The Board of the Month is a new feature to the SB Surfboards website. At the end of every month Steve will go through all the custom orders for that month and decide what he thinks is the coolest/nicest board he shaped that month. Most of the time the boards will be slightly unusual or have something that makes them stand out.

For December, Steve couldn't help but pick a custom White Rabbit shaped for long time SB Surfboards customer Makoto Isa. Makoto has been ordering surfboards for years and here is his latest surfboard. It is a 5'5" x 19 1/2" x 1 5/8" White Rabbit with a Diamond tail. The deck features a deck concave with tail kick and rail channels. The bottom features a slight single to a four channel. The fin system is a 5-Fin FCS convertible.

Here is what Steve had to say about the board, "I chose this surfboard for the first Board of the Month because it was such a challenge for me to shape. It pretty much has all the 'bells and whistles'. I spent a lot of time on this board in the shaping room and I am very stoked on how it came out!"

Life on the wqs from Paul Fisher on Vimeo.

ALANA BLANCHARD from Jon Hechtkopf on Vimeo.

Courtesy of Transworld Surf SANTA CRUZ, California (Friday, November 6, 2009) – After calling a lay day for the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 6-Star PRIME O’Neill Cold Water Classic California yesterday, today’s action saw Steamer Lane come alive to deliver a pumping four-to-six foot (1.5 metre) swell while the event’s top seeds displayed an amazing performance of progressive surfing for the local Santa Cruz crowd. The event’s ASP 6-Star PRIME status has attracted the finest pedigree of global surfing talent in search of the valuable ratings points on offer for the 2010 ASP World Tour. Sebastian Zietz (Kilauea, HI), 21, relied on his unbelievable above-the-lip approach to surfing to secure the day’s highest scores of a near perfect 9.77 out of 10 with three critical fins-free turns on a cranking righthander. The Hawaiian added an additional top score allowing him to clinch the event’s highest heat total of a near-perfect 18.74 out of 20 after a seesaw battle with Australian talent Yadin Nicol (Margaret River, AUS), 23. “The waves were going off and it’s that in-between-tide where it’s not really kelpy yet,” Zietz said. “The waves were going off and it’s that in-between-tide where it’s not really kelpy yet,” Zietz said. “All of the guys were ripping and pretty intimidating early on. I got that first one where I kind of fell on my first turn and somehow made it happen and found my feet at the end.” Zietz had a slow start to his Round of 48 heat, but was able to out-position fellow Hawaiian Granger Larsen (Lahaina, HI), 19, to find the waves needed to surpass Nicol to take out the heat win while advancing through to the Round of 24. “I was kind of getting a little sneaky on Granger (Larsen) on a couple,” Zietz said. “It was tough because it looked like they were going to break on the outside, but they would fade out and wall up perfect throughout the inside. I was lucky to get those ones right under him.” Nicol, who secured the event’s second-highest heat total of 17.73, nearly claimed the heat win, but advanced in second behind Zietz in a wave-for-wave tradeoff in the battle of the regular-footers in the stacked 25 minute matchup. “I really only caught two waves that were good ones and made the most of them,” Nicol said. “Seabass (Sebastian Zietz) had some good ones and Granger (Larsen) had some good ones. It was really fun to get through it.” Although Nicol finished in second, he was excited to be a part of the progressive surfing movement unfolding at Steamer Lane in today’s ideal conditions. “It pushes your level out there when everyone’s surfing that well,” Nicol said. “You really want to just get the best waves and when the waves are good like that you can open up a little bit more and have a bit more fun with it.” Shaun Ward (Huntington Beach, CA), claimed an impressive heat victory when he usurped a list of iconic surfers including Jordy Smith (Durban, ZAF), 21, who advanced in second, Pipeline prodigy John John Florence (North Shore, HI), 16, and legendary three-time ASP World Champion and event wildcard Tom Curren (Santa Barbara, CA), 45, in the quality Steamer Lane surf. “It’s funny because everyone’s been talking about that heat,” Ward said. “Jordy (Smith) is one of the best surfers in the world, hands down, and Tom (Curren) is one of the best surfers of all time, and John John (Florence) is kind of the prodigy, and I was kind of the underdog, but I like it.” Nat Young (Santa Cruz, CA), 18, looked hungry to win the Oakley Pro Junior ASP North America Championships when he won a stacked Quarterfinals heat at his homebreak of Steamer Lane today. The goofy-footer topped current ASP North America Pro Junior Series ratings leader Dillon Perillo (Malibu, CA), 19, who advanced in second, young prodigy Kolohe Andino (San Clemente, CA), 15, and defending ASP North America Pro Junior Series Champion Cory Arrambide (Ventura, CA), 19. “I’d love to win this contest,” Young said. “I’m pretty bummed about what happened earlier this week. I tried my hardest, but I’d like to come back to win the Junior.” Young capitalized on his local knowledge of Steamer Lane today and crushed the increasing swell on his backhand to take out the critical heat win. “I try to catch the ones that I know are good that I’d want to ride if I were free-surfing,” Young said. “Right now, it’s against the cliff, that’s where everybody is and there are some fun ones.” This is a picture of Sea Bass's quiver for the Cold Water Classic For the full story check out http://surf.transworld.net/news/seabass-and-yadin-dominate-at-cwc-california/

Bass is going absolutely mental at the Cold Water Classic in Santa Cruz. in his Round of 48 heat which included Yadin Nichol, Granger Larson, and Kyle Knox, he won with a 18.74 total. In his Round of 24 heat with Adriano De Souza and Kiron Jabour, he won with a heat total of 16.33. Bass is clearly proving that he is a top caliber surfer with heat wins over guys like that.