Pro Surfing • HALEIWA, OAHU, HAWAII - NOVEMBER 9, 2007 - Congratulations to Hawaii's Joel Centeio, winner of the 2007 Xcel Pro Presented by No Fear! Centeio maintained his smooth, collected style through early and later rounds and stepped it up during the exciting, down-to-the-wire final heat. More XCEL Pro 2007 Hawaii 2007 Finals From Pro Surfing .com...
HALEIWA, Hawaii (Monday, October 29, 2007) - An exciting Day 1 has concluded at the 2007 Xcel Pro Presented by No Fear. Conditions improved through the day in clean surf on the point at Sunset Beach. Stable offshore winds cooperated, and wave faces increased through the day from 3’ to 6’, reaching 10’ in the second round of competition. More Xcel Pro Hawaii Day 1 from Pro Surfing .com
Xcel Pro History
Since 1984 Xcel Wetsuits located in Haleiwa on Oahu's North Shore has been sponsoring and supporting the Hawaiian Pro-Am Circuit of Surfing (HPAC) with its first contest held at Haleiwa's Alii Beach Park. The circuit consisted of 3 to 4 contests per year held at various locations throughout the state. In order for the surfers to gain big wave contest experience in January of 1986 the Xcel Pro moved to Sunset Beach. In 1987 the date of the Xcel Pro was changed to October by which it established itself as the kick off event of the winter surf season on the North Shore.
The contest became the proving grounds for Hawaii's top amateurs to break into the pro ranks of the international surf community. It is also used by Hawaii's experienced pros as a means to test their equipment and contest strategies for the upcoming Triple Crown of Surfing. In 1992 the Xcel Pro became an ASP World Qualifying event. The Xcel Pro has been consistently held in 6' to 10' surf at Sunset Beach in what many consider to be the best surf of all contests for the year on the North Shore. There are only a handful of big wave events throughout the world with a reputation for consistently being held in the best surf.
Xcel Pro Past Champions
1984 Kerry Terukina
1985 Denton Miyamura
1986 Hans Hedemann
1987 Ronnie Burns
1988 Michael Ho
1989 Richard Schmidt
1990 Michael Ho
1991 Michael Ho
1992 Sunny Garcia
1993 Kaipo Jaquias
1994 Derek Ho
1995 Kaipo Jaquias
1996 Michael Ho
1997 Andy Irons
1998 Pancho Sullivan
1999 Bruce Irons
2000 Pancho Sullivan
2001 Gavin Beschen
2002 Fred Pattachia
2003 Pancho Sullivan
2004 Fred Pattachia
2005 Ian Walsh
2006 Evan Valiere
