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Jensen Callaway wins Makka Pro!

Aug 06, 2011 No Comments by souljahs

The Jamaica Surfing Association’s (JSA) 5th annual Makka Pro surfing contest was held at the world famous Makka surfing beach in Southaven Yallahs Saint Thomas on July 30-31 and attracted thousands of spectators to witness world class surfing performances from the region’s top athletes. The event was a family affair with music, craft and food [...]

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ALL ON TRACK FOR 2011 MAKKA PRO

Jul 18, 2011 10 Comments by souljahs

By Billy Wilmot, JSA President.
All is on track for the 5th staging of Jamaica’s Annual International Professional Surf Contest “The Makka Pro” at Makka Surfing Beach Southaven Yallahs Saint Thomas. An official event press launch is scheduled for 15 July at the Spanish Court Hotell in New Kingston. The contest is the 4th event in [...]

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A SOULJAHS Send-Off for Scott Tucker.

Jul 02, 2011 1 Comment by souljahs

On Saturday 25th June, 2011, friends, family, and fellow watermen gathered at Mt.Irvine to pay Tribute to a ‘Risen’ SOULJAH, Scott Tucker. The traditional Surfer Paddle-out dates back to the 1920′s and was ironically made world-famous by Scott’s favorite surfer, 3x World Champion Andy Irons who had passed 8 months ago.  This celebration of [...]

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Jonathan Reece wins Barbados Independence Pro 2010!

Nov 29, 2010 5 Comments

Jonathan Reece has etched his name into Caribbean Surfing history on an elite list of Event Champions of the Barbados Independence Pro  alongside Past “Top Dogs” such as Mark Holder, the Puerto Rican Graves Brothers (Josie and Dylan), and of course Kelly “KS10″ Slater, just to name a few.   The young Bajan overcame challenging North [...]

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Apparicio Owns D Pressure Pot!

Oct 25, 2010 12 Comments

CHUPARA PRESSURE POT 2010
Presented by www.caribbeanwaterman.com
On Saturday 23rd October 2010, the second to last day of the 3 weekend long event waiting period, the elements finally came together for Surfing T&T and Caribbean Waterman to run the Chupara Pressure Pot 2010 specialty surfing event.  Chupara point is a peninsular on the north coast of Trinidad [...]

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CHUPARA PRESSURE POT 10

Oct 06, 2010 No Comments

*** Contest Has Been put on Hold until favorable conditions permit, please check back for details. Thanks.
AN Invitational Specialty surf contest presented by ON87, Surfing T&T, and www.Caribbeanwaterman.com
On Saturday 9th October 2010 history will be written when for the first time a surf contest will be held at Chupara Point on Trinidad’s North Coast.
In an effort to highlight [...]

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CHE LOVELACE WRITES TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO SURFING HISTORY

Jul 30, 2010 No Comments

Over this past weekend, July 24th & 25th, the Surfing Association of Trinidad and Tobago (Surfing T&T) held its 2010 edition of the National Surfing Championships to determine National Champions in several divisions. In order to maximize the quality of the surfing conditions for its competitors, the event committee made a decision to hold [...]

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Icah Wilmot wins Makka Pro – First Jamaican Champion!

Jul 20, 2010 No Comments

It has been a long time coming and perhaps very overdue, but Icah Wilmot finally gave the thousands of home crowd supporters of the Makka Pro something get crazy about! The First Jamaican Champion of the Makka Pro, in it’s fourth and biggest running, made history on Sunday for the Black, Gold and Green! Congrats To [...]

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Makka Pro 2010 is on for July 16th – 18th!

Jun 18, 2010 No Comments

[ July 16, 2010 to July 18, 2010. ] June 17, 2010
ALL ON TRACK FOR 2010 JSA/CSN/WAPSS MAKKA PRO

With just under a month to go, preparations for the JSA/CSN/WAPSS Makka Pro are all on track says JSA President Billy Wilmot. “Things are looking bright with top pros from around the region and from as far away as the US west coast, Trinidad and Barbados [...]

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