Nova Schin Festival Brazil 2006

MICK FANNING IS 2006 NOVA SCHIN CHAMP!

Australian Mick Fanning is your 2006 Nova Schin Festival champion! Mick Fanning, the fastest surfer on the planet, left nothing to chance blasting to a 9.50 and a 9.27 leaving his Floridian opponent both stupefied and comboed. More...

HOBGOODS HIGH SCORE AT THE NOVA SCHIN FESTIVAL; WILL MEET IN QUARTERS

IMBITUBA, Brazil (Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006) – The Hobgood brothers took the Nova Schin Festival’s relocation to Rosa Beach in stride today. Top scoring in the punchy three to five foot (one to one half metre) waves on offer just north of Imbituba, the twins soared through Round Four and will now feature in Quarterfinal No. 1 tomorrow. More...

ROUND FOUR OF THE NOVA SCHIN FESTIVAL MOVES TO ROSA BEACH

IMBITUBA, Brazil (Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006) – Strong southerly winds wreaking havoc at Imbituba Beach are creating idyllic conditions at a neighboring break in Rosa Beach today. Event officials are in the process of readying the event site so that Round Four of the Nova Schin Festival can commence there at roughly 2:00 this afternoon. More...

IRONS OUSTED BY ORDILEI COUNTINHO; TOP RATED AUSSIES MAKE THEIR MOVE

IMBITUBA, Brazil (Monday, Nov. 6, 2006) – Most Foster’s ASP World Tour surfers maintain a healthy fear of meeting an Irons brother in competition. Replacement surfer Ordilei Coutinho (BRA) is either ill informed or intrepidly confident. More...

PRESSURE MOUNTS IN ROUND TWO OF THE NOVA SCHIN FESTIVAL BRAZIL

IMBITUBA, Brazil (Sunday, Nov. 5, 2006) –Several surfers accustomed to a comfortable amount of success on the Foster’s ASP World Tour were elated to simply advance out of Round Two at the Nova Schin Festival today. More...

TOP SEEDS SOW WILDCARDS TO THE WIND IN NOVA SCHIN FESTIVAL ROUND TWO

IMBITUBA, Brazil (Tuesday, October 31, 2006) Top seeded surfers forced to negotiate Round Two of the Nova Schin Festival presented by Billabong found the form that escaped them yesterday to avoid elimination this morning. More...

SOUTH AFRICANS SHINE IN NOVA SCHIN FESTIVAL BRAZIL ROUND ONE

IMBITUBA, Brazil (Monday, October 30, 2006) – Round One of the Nova Schin Festival may have featured 18 Australians, 16 Brazilians and 10 U.S passport holders, but outnumbered South African surfers held their own in the tricky two to four foot (one to one-half metre) Imbituba surf today. More...

NOVA SCHIN FESTIVAL BRAZIL PRESENTED BY BILLABONG TO START TODAY

IMBITUBA, Brazil (Monday, October 30, 2006) – Round One of the Nova Schin Festival presented by Billabong will commence in Imbituba, Brazil at 9:30 this morning. More...

SLATER ONE OF FIVE WITHDRAWLS FROM NOVA SCHIN FESTIVAL BRAZIL

IMBITUBA, Brazil (Sunday, October 29, 2006) – Newly crowned eight-time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA) is one of five Foster’s ASP World Tour surfers surrendering their spots in the Nova Schin Festival presented by Billabong. The main event waiting period for this, the 10th of 11 stops on the Foster’s ASP World Tour, starts tomorrow, October 30, 2006. More...

SLATER TO CHASE MORE RECORDS AT NOVA SCHIN FESTIVAL BRAZIL

IMBITUBA, Brazil (Friday, October 27, 2006) – After leaving the shores of Europe with Kelly Slater (USA) having claimed his eighth Foster’s ASP Men’s World Tour crown, the surfing world will now shift its focus across the globe toward the Nova Schin Festival presented by Billabong, which will kick off on Monday, October 30. More...