Tag: michel bourez

There’s nothing like the Van’s Triple Crown on Hawaii’s North Shore to kick off the winter holidays. The air is clean and the sun is shining. The rain makes an appearance for ten minutes every few hours only to cool you off and then the sun comes shinning through the magical clouds with a rainbow to follow. The Vans Triple Crown bleachers are up at Sunset Beach and there’s an energy that moves through the entire North Shore. There’s a two week holding period and the four best surf days is when they call the contest to be ON. This year week one had only one ON day while the rest of the week was OFF to due mediocre surf. Week two is where the bulk of the Vans World Cup of Surfing 2014 contest shaped with Round 2, 3, and 4.. Round 2 and Round 3 had average (Hawaiian) surf while all the invitees surfed their best possible skill set. These are no ordinary athletes. To surf Sunset Beach on the North Shore of Oahu, you have to be one of the best. Not necessarily someone who competes but someone who understands the ocean and it’s heartbeat and when