Canadian surfer wins O’Neill Cold Water Classic

Canadian surfer Pete Devries has won the O’Neill Cold Water Classic (CWC) in Tofino, British Columbia.
The 26-year-old Tofino-area surfer beat Australian Jay Thompson in final heat on Saturday. Devries scored 16.43 points with his best two waves, easily surpassing Thompson, who notched 9.47 points.
Devries earned $20,000 U.S. for taking first place in the Cold Water [...]

Devries in finals…

Canadian surfer Pete Devries has advanced into the finals of the O’Neill Cold Water Classic (CWC) in Tofino, British Columbia.
The 26-year-old Tofino-area surfer beat Cory Lopez of the U.S. in his two-man semi-final heat on Saturday.
Devries will go head-to-head with Australia’s Jay Thompson in the final of the 6-Star WQS event.

Devries advances into semi-finals, will face Lopez

Canadian surfer Pete Devries has advanced into the semi-finals of the O’Neill Cold Water Classic (CWC) in Tofino, British Columbia.
The 26-year-old Tofino-area surfer beat Ireland’s Glenn Hall in his two-man quarter-final heat on Saturday.
Devries, the only Canadian surfer still in the contest, is now among the final four international surfers in the 6-Star WQS event. [...]

Peter Derives makes it into the Quarter Finals

Canadian ripper, Peter Derives, wows the crowd at North Chesterman beach and scores a 12.67 in heat #4 of round 16 of the O’Neill Cold Water Classic to advance to the quarter finals.
He beat Joan Duru from France who scored 8.44 on his best waves.
So far, Pete is third overall for best average [...]

Red-hot in Cold Water: Devries into Round 5

Canadian surfer Pete Devries has advanced to Round 5 in the O’Neill Cold Water Classic (CWC) in Tofino, British Columbia.
The 26-year-old Tofino-area surfer captured first place in his four-man heat in Round 3 on Thursday, notching the third-best score among 48 surfers. He followed that up by taking second place in his three-man heat in [...]

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East Coast surfer talks about his CWC experience

Halifax-area surfer Logan Landry competed this week in the O’Neill Cold Water Classic (CWC) in Tofino, BC., the first professional surf contest ever held in Canada.
Twelve surfers from the East Coast were invited to compete in the contest, however, Landry was the only surfer able to make the long trip to the West Coast. He [...]

Devries advances to Round 3 of the Cold Water Classic

There’s no place like home.
Canadian surfer Peter Devries has advanced to Round 3 of the O’Neill Cold Water Classic in his hometown of Tofino, British Columbia.
Devries advanced by capturing first place on Tuesday in his Round 2 heat against Hawaiian Dusty Payne, South African Damien Fahrenfort and American Matt Myers.
“I was a bit more nervous [...]

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Only one East Coast surfer at Cold Water Classic

The O’Neill Cold Water Classic (CWC) started Sunday in Tofino, BC, and only one confirmed surfer from Canada’s East Coast competed.
Halifax-area surfer Logan Landry competed in Round 1 of the contest today and came in third in his four-person heat.
Landry finished second in last week’s Shut Up and Surf Classic contest held at the Cow [...]