Go211.com has been named the "Exclusive Behind The Scenes Portal" and the live Webcast of the event will be "Presented by Go211.com" for the 2007 Honda US Open of Surfing. Go211.com will be on location July 20-29th at Huntington Beach, CA to bring all the action of the event to Go211.com's community.
The US Open of Surfing is the largest lifestyle sports and music event in North America. The Event brings together top surfers from around the world, a mix of action sports superstars of skate, BMX and freestyle motocross, as well as top musical talent - all combined in a festival atmosphere for a week-long youth cultural experience that will thrill and excite hundreds of thousands of spectators in beautiful Huntington Beach.
Highlights of Go211's extended coverage include:
- Go211.com will have exclusive rights to capture behind the scenes footage during the entire 10-day event.
- Go211 Pro Team surfers Holly Beck and Mary Osborne will be on hand to report on all the surfing competitions and festivities, as the world's top surfers vie for a piece of the $125,000 prize purse.
- Go211 Pro Team skateboarding legend Christian Hosoi will be covering the "Honda Soul Bowl", in which today's top action sports super stars in skateboarding and freestyle BMX will showcase their skills in the 68' by 46' one-of-a kind "Soul Bowl". Hosoi will be interviewing legends of the sport, as well as tomorrow's up and comers.
- Go211 Pro Team snowboarder and Olympian Tricia Byrnes will be providing insights on all the action.
- Go211.com will be the presenting sponsor of the live Webcast.
- Go211 will have a lounge in the Festival Village where there will be giveaways, as well as meet & greets with many Go211 Pro Athletes.
"We're excited to be partnering with the USOS in bringing one of the preeminent surfing events in the world to the Go211.com community," said Sean M. Aruda, CEO of Go211.com, "This event continues Go211's commitment to providing our users with intimate behind the scenes action sports lifestyle coverage which they cannot find anywhere else online."