Celebrating The Beginning Of The Vans Triple Crown Of Surfing

To commemorate the commencement of this years Vans Triple Crown of Surfing, a barbecue was in order. If only as an excuse to hang with our favorite faces on the North Shore — and because everyone loves BBQs — we got together last night to drink some beers and talk about surfing.

Under a drizzling evening sky, banter was tossed back and forth, plates were piled, and the rules for the 40th annual VTCS were explained.

As always, the rules and format can be found here.

And, for a full look at last nights antics, scroll down:

As a refresher, you can check all of the athletes involved this year, keep up with the rankings, and catch all the action at vanstriplecrownofsurfing.com