“We’re very excited to perform at the Quiksilver Pro—the first event of its kind on the east coast,” said Interpol’s Paul Banks. “As we hail from that part of the country, we are happy to contribute to a collective call of ‘Surf’s Up!’”
The Quiksilver Pro New York is the second stop in the Quiksilver Pro Global Series, the world’s largest professional surfing competition series, which also includes the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast in Australia and the Quiksilver Pro France. Quiksilver is bringing the ASP World Tour’s elite 34 global pro surfers to Long Beach, New York to compete for surfing’s first-ever $1 million prize purse. Along with the surf competition there will be a massive festival area that includes a live concert stage, motocross, skateboarding & BMX demos, event merchandise and more. Admission is free to the public. The ASP surf competition will take place during the best four days of waves in the event window.
MUSIC STAGE SCHEDULE
Saturday 9/3Girl Talk
Saves The Day
Mat Mchugh/The Beautiful Girls Solo & Acoustic
Rudy
…and a
special surprise performance!!
Sunday, 9/4Interpol
Portugal. The Man
The Ettes
The English Beat
Bigger Thomas
Monday, 9/5 (Labor Day)Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Civil Twilight
Blackbells
The Wicked Tomorrow
Wildlife
Tuesday, 9/6Badfish, a Tribute to Sublime
Flight’s Kool
Withersby
Wednesday, 9/7The Benjamins
Temporary Grace
Mike Krum
Thursday, 9/8State Radio
River City Extension
Andy Suzuki & the Method
Hugo
Friday, 9/9The Flaming Lips
Q-Tip
Neon Indian
Wavves
Charlotte O’Connor
Saturday, 9/10Benefit Concert Hosted By Kelly Slater & Friends + The Max Weinberg Experience
Taking Back Sunday
The Sounds
SLUNT
“I grew up on the east coast listening to the music of my parent’s generation…country, folk, singer songwriter type stuff. Most of it I swore I hated, but some of it has stuck with me forever,” says Kelly Slater, 10x ASP World Champion. “I’ve been lucky enough to meet a lot of artists I knew through our vinyl records and became good friends with a couple. We’ve got a surprise guest playing this year with a few guest appearances thrown in. I think the event is gonna be a really fun night for everybody and something I haven’t experienced before.”
More info on Benefit Concert Hosted By Kelly Slater & Friends to come…..
Additional events include:
Quiksilver Presents The Tony Hawk Vert Jam
Friday 9/2Massive half-pipe demo at Hudson River Park’s Pier 54 in New York City at 2:00 pm.
Tony Hawk, Kevin Staab, Jesse Fritsch, Mitchie Brusco, Sandro Dias, Neal Hendrix and Elliot Sloan
MotocrossDemos & Autograph Signings
Saturday, 9/3, Sunday, 9/4 & Monday, 9/5
DC Team Riders: Travis Pastrana, Andrè Villa, Nate Adams, Robbie Maddison
Skate Demos & Autograph Signings
Saturday, 9/3 & Monday, 9/5Skate Team: Tony Hawk, Reese Forbes, Justin Brock, Omar Hassan, Christian Hosoi, Chris Cole, MikeyTaylor, Nick Dompierre, Colin McKay, Josh Kalis, Matt Miller, Wes Kremer, Davis Torgerson, Evan Smith, Felipe Gustavo, Marquise Henry and Rob Dyrdek
BMX Demos & Autograph Signings
Friday, 9/2 through Thursday, 9/8BMX Team: Corey Bohan, Allan Cooke, Craig Mast, Anthony Napolitan, Edwin DeLarosa, Rob Wise, Jeremiah Smith
Alfredo Mancuso, Kelly Bolton, Brad Simms, Brett Banasiewicz, Ryan Jordan
For additional information and updates, please go to: www.quiksilverpro.com. The Quiksilver Pro New York will be broadcast from September 3-15 by MSG and Fuse, with programming that will feature some of the biggest artists, athletes and live performances from the event.