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Quiksilver Pro NY ~ Photos by Christor Lukasiewicz

Quiksilver Pro NY ~ Photos by LJ Hepp

Quiksilver Pro NY ~ 
Photos By: Jessica Swenson
On September 1st, everything changes. Slater, Fanning, Parko, Jordy, Bede, Dane Reynolds, the Hobgoods and the whole rest of the elite 34 will be in NY for the Quiksilver Pro in Long Beach.  Make no mistake, their presence on our shores is no small event. We’ll have the best of the best on our local stage, showing us how it’s done. And the stage has the potential to test these guys like few outside our area are expecting.

The opening day of the $1million Quiksilver Pro New York supported by vitaminwater saw the world's best surfers dig into building two-to-four foot (1 metre) waves at Long Beach, Long Island. Today's swell was served up compliments of Hurricane Katia and will continue to build through the week. The first round of competition was completed with Round 2 expected to hit the water at 7am tomorrow for a full day of surfing.

The Quiksilver Pro New York supported by vitamin water continued for the second consecutive day at Long Beach in Long Island, New York and saw the completion of Round 2 as well as the first four heats of Round 3. 

The world's best surfers tore through a marathon day of competition with some incredible performances at the Quiksilver Pro New York, supported by vitaminwater, to decide the event's quarterfinalists in pumping six foot (1.5 metre) surf. World champion Kelly Slater, young Australian Josh Kerr, and Brazil's Heitor Alves were show-stopping. 

After four consecutive days of world class competition that drew 100,000 new fans to the beach, and a day of surfing that will go down in history, it can safely be said that everything went right at the inaugural $1million Quiksilver Pro New York Supported by vitaminwater. Owen Wright, the 21-year-old rookie from DownUnder took out 10-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater (USA) to write the sport's greatest underdog tale: A kid from the Aussie sticks making it big in New York to take home a record $300,000 and move to No.2 in the world.