Coastal Carnage Finals!

08.08.10 – Kevin Wilkins

The last day of the Converse Coastal Carnage starts today at 3:00 p.m pst. The list of twelve who made the cut is truly amazing and as an added bonus, three extra finalists were plugged into the finals heats. Yeah! Lance Mountain, Christian Hosoi, and Steve Caballero will be leading the way along with this year’s crop of insane shredders, rippers, and gnarbuckulars.

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If you’re in the Huntington Beach area, come on down and see for yourself. If not, you can watch it live on your interweb descrambling box from the comfort of your own underground bunker. Visit the US Open Of Surfing website for the live link.

Coastal Carnage Finalists:
1. Ben Hatchell
2. Ben Raybourne
3. David Loy
4. Aaron “Jaws” Homoki
5. Ryan Reyes
6. Brandon Perelson
7. Tom Remillard
8. Tyler Mumma
9. Andrew Langi
10. Omar Hassan
11. Rune Glifberg
12. Kevin Kowalski
* Lance Mountain
* Christian Hosoi
* Steve Caballero
nolanNolan Johnson getting mentally prepared to be the best athlete he can be.

reyes Ryan Reyes made the top five.

mummTyler Mumma and Dylan Rieder reflecting on the finer points of bent pipes and Weezer sound checks.

swiftEveryone’s favorite shade seekers, The Mag’s own Dave Swift and the eternally tan Omar Hassan.

DivDiv Adams comes up on a little bit of green from Independent’s Rhino in the post qualifier best trick cash grab. Div back lipped the cradle.

ben Ben Schroeder gives blood.

adrian Adrian Mallory collected a bit of cash in the post qualifier mayhem, too. $50 for a boneless Miller flip. The cold suitcase is on him.

kosHunter Murira, Eric Koston, and Elissa Steamer in the midst of a group hug.