Quiksilver Pro NY + Free Music = Swell times. Pun intended //

Surf and music has always gone hand in hand for me. My fondness of Kings of Convenience, Koop, Mason Jennings, Donovan, Jon Swift the Astrophysicist, heck even the Goons of Doom, all stemmed from one surf film or another.

In just under a month - Sept. 1-15th - the Quikie Pro will be hitting the shores of Long Beach, NY. This will be “the first-ever ASP World Championship Tour stop on the East Coast of the United States.”

With a $mil in the prize purse and acts like The Flaming Lips, Girl Talk, Interpol, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Q-Tip, Neon Indian, Wavves, Taking Back Sunday, Saves The Day - you wouldn’t think it could get much better. But oh yes it can!!!!…

ADMISSION TO EVERYTHING IS FREE.

Here’s what the music stage has to offer:

Saturday 9/3
Girl Talk
Saves The Day
Mat Mchugh/The Beautiful Girls Solo & Acoustic
Rudy
…and a special surprise performance!!

Sunday, 9/4
Interpol
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, 9/6
Badfish, a Tribute to Sublime
Flight’s Kool
Withersby

Wednesday, 9/7
The Benjamins
Temporary Grace
Mike Krum

Thursday, 9/8
State Radio
River City Extension
Andy Suzuki & the Method
Hugo

Friday, 9/9
The Flaming Lips
Q-Tip
Neon Indian
Wavves
Charlotte O’Connor

Saturday, 9/10
Benefit Concert Hosted By Kelly Slater & Friends + The Max Weinberg Experience
Taking Back Sunday
The Sounds
SLUNT

And if this line-up isn’t enticing enough, don’t forget the world-class eye-candy - we mean talent - of Slater, Reynolds, Fanning… and the like.

For more info and live streaming: http://www.quiksilverpro.com/

-k