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| ~~WHAT'S NEW~~ |
| Icah Wilmot, coming off a 5th place showing at the 08 Makka Pro, along with team mates Ackeam Phillips and Luke Williams, made the trip to the eastern Caribbean island of Barbados to defend Jamaica's honor at the 2008 SUZUKI Soup Bowl Pro. Expectations were high for the top Jamaican Pro and he did not disappoint. Icah surfed strong all the way to the final passing many high ranking hopefuls enroute. At the final horn many were anticipating the win for the Jamaican wonder boy but unfortunately he fell prey to Lewis St John's air 360 on the buzzer. |
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| Makka,one of Jamaica's premier surf beaches and home to Jamaica's first international surf contest the "MAKKA PRO", is in danger of being destroyed along with two other surf breaks by a mining project being proposed by Jamaica Pre-Mix. The project involves the excavation of millions of tons of aggregate from the sea bed at and around the yallahs river mouth and the construction of a deep water loading peir for ships. The project would also involve the pumping of millions of gallons of "mud", washed from the aggregate, back into the sea causing "severe" turbidity, endangering the reefs, and making the water pretty dirty at three of Saint Thomas' best breaks. We are calling on every one to assist us e-mail us |
| Makka In Danger !!! |
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| Makka from the air with a nice swell running. Beyond is the rivermouth where legendary lefts peels and where Pre Mix project is to take place !!! photo Diaz |
| Nice day at Makka, about a foot overhead and reeling. If Pre Mix has their way this break will be replaced with a deep water pier. photo Mystic |
| XTRAK AND MAGMA SPONSORSHIP FOR JSA ICAH AND IMANI WILMOT TAKE 2008 N.O.S. ICAH WILMOT TAKES 2ND AT 08 SOUP BOWL PRO IVAH WILMOT ACKEAM PHILLIPS 08 JR CHAMPS SHANE SIMMONDS SNAGS 08 MAKKA PRO JUNIORS JAMAICA 10th AT '08 WORLD MASTERS PERU WILMOT'S LIVE BALI DREAM!!! JAMAICA 10th IN THE 07 PANAMERICAS |
| TRAGEDY AT LIGHTHOUSE !!! |
| The Jamaican surfing community is in mourning following the tragic drowning accident at the Lighthouse of Lewis Brandolini who was visiting Jamaica. Lewis was a dear friend of Jamaica and the JSA would like to express our deepest regrets and offer our scinceer condolences to the family and friends of this truly remarkable individual who made Jamaica his own and who was dearly loved and will be missed by us all. Lewis you will be in our memories forever. Rest in Peace and Love. |
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| "Drive Through The Caribbean" Hits Jamaica!!! |
| The world famous surf dvd series "Drive Through" hit Jamaica for a segment in it's Caribbean edition. Pat, Kalani, Benjie, Donovan, Otto and Yaden arrived just in time for sweet waves. Jamaica smiled for their cameras and revealed some of her secret places. Makka and Lighthouse were the main locations and Copa had a few free sessions. All the locals picked up hot pics and the girls got some overdue props demonstrating that Jamaican Ladies are not afraid to charge! Keep your eyes open for the upcoming "Drive Through The Caribbean" DVD release!!! |
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| Imani charging Lighthouse |
| Danielle Charging big Makka |
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| Luke Slotted @ Lighthouse |
| OT Lighthouse floater |
| Eugene Makka slashback |
| ICAH WILMOT & SISTER IMANI ARE 08 NATIONAL MALE & FEMALE OPEN CHAMPS |
| "The Wilmots Live The Bali Dream!!! |
| How many people who surf dream of an all expences paid 3 week trip to Bali to surf Padang Padang, Uluwatu etc. Well the Wilmot family (the men) were all flown to Bali and hosted for 3 weeks courtesy of their new clothing sponsor "Insight 51" of Australia. They were there to shoot Insight's 07-08 add campaign. Lots of waves and vibes were had as Jamaica's name leaves an even more indellible mark in the worlds surfing fabric! |
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| JAMAICA 10th IN THE PANAMERICAS |
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| Jamaica participated in the VIII Pan American Surfing Games held in Iquique Chile from November 4th to the 11th 2007. Jamaica had not participated at the last renewal of the Games in 2005 and as such were relegated 17th at the bottom of the rankings. The team which consisted of Billy Wilmot and Eugene Miller in the longboard division, Imani Wilmot and Elim Beckford in the Womens division and Luke Williams, Ishack, Inilek and Icah Wilmot in the Open and Scott Murray in the men's Bodyboard division, was the largest team ever fielded to the games by Jamaica. As a result, Jamaica climbed up the regional ranks and finished in 10th place, the best finish ever at the Games. Best performances were achieved by Icah Wilmot who finished 29th in the open and Eneson Lightbourn finishing 31st in the juniors. |
| Icah Wilmot |
| Eneson Lightbourn |
| JAMAICA SLIP 1 PLACE TO 10th AT '08 WORLD MASTERS |
| Team Jamaica was up against the odds and dropped from 9th to 10th place in the World Master Ranking at the 2008 ISA World Masters Surfing Championships held in Punta Rocas Peru 30 March - 6 April. The surf was HUGE and COLD. Thanks to sponsors BODY GLOVE, the team was able to keep the Caribbean warmth in and managed to hold on to 10th place among the 17 nations competing. The team consisted of Eugene Miller, Drum Drummond, Michael Mair, Nigel Benjamin, Pierre Diaz, Billy Wilmot, Terrence Muschett and Jacquiann Lawton. The team wants to big up the SDF, Insight, JMMB, Body Glove, Copa Airlines, Red Bull, |
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| Pierre grabbing a big one @ Punta Rocas |
| Team Jamaica |
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| DECEMBER FEATURE PICTURE SUBJECT Winter Season Begins LOCATION South Coast PHOTOG Billy Mystic COMNMENTS Nothing gets the blood pumping like that first view of Lighthouse as you come over the bluff in time for one of those "picture perfect" sets.... |
| Eugene Pierre and Drum representing. |
| ACKEAM PHILLIPS & IVAH WILMOT NAB 08 JR TITLES |
| After a thrilling 08 National Junior Surfing Championship series, Ackeam Phillips and Ivah Wilmot have been declared 2008 under 18 and under 16 National Champions. The final event of the three event series was held at Long Bay surfing Beach in Portland on Saturday August 2nd in 2'-3' waves. Over 20 youngsters registered for the final event which was watched by enthusiastic Long Bay residents who lined the cliffs to take in the hot junior surfing action. |
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| SHANE SIMMONDS SNAGS 08 MAKKA PRO JUNIORS |
| 17 year old Shane simmonds was the local star performer at the 2008 Makka Pro held at the famous surfing beach in Southaven, Yallahs, St Thomas on July 20th 08. In front of thousands of local citizens, young Shane put on a dazzling display of top class surfing throughout the day climaxing in the junior final where he impressed the judges and all on hand to witness with his smoothly exicuted radical moves in the most critical sections of the wave. The crowd went wild when the announcement was made. Shane collected the US$600 check courtesy of SUZUKI. Jamaica also had a surfer in the finals of the open division where Inilek Wilmot finished a very close second. In the womens division, local ripper Daniel Ohayon held onto some of the money also by finishing 4th. After the event the music went on till the darkness of night when a full blown street party engulfed the contest site. Next year will be bigger and better!! |
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| Beach Crowd |
| Shane Takes it |
| Local Champ |
| Ripping |
| All 3 Champs |
| Open Division Finalists |
| Street Dance |
| ICAH WILMOT GETS SECOND AT 08 SOUP BOWL PRO |
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| After a very competitive '08 National Open Series, Icah and Imani Wilmot come out on top.The highlights and details of the five event annual series can be found on the "contests" page |
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| Icah Wilmot 08 Men's National Open Champion |
| Imani Wilmot 08 Ladies National Open Champion |
| NATIONAL TEAM ATTRACT XTRAK AND MAGMA SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE |
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| Jamaican surfing continues to attract major internatioal sponsorship attention with cutting edge brands XTRAK accessories and MAGMA wax confirming a sponsorship package for Jamaica's National Surf Team. The package covers Xtrak's world leading traction pads and industry cutting edge wax solution Magma Wax who both will provide product support for the team. |
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| Billy Mystic with new Xtrak pad |
| Billy Mystic Xtrak pad test |
| Local Approval |