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# Tip top nose riders in the ‘Bu
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/tip-top-nose-riders-in-the-bu/
- Published: 2004-10-14T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T05:17:35.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Sports, Malibu, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

Get lit up, fired up and pumped up when the surf comes up in Malibu this Saturday for a nighttime contest featuring five of the world’s best women long-boarders.

On Saturday, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., five of the world’s best women longboard-ers will light up First Point at Malibu’s Surfrider Beach in the latest Red Bull 5X surf event. Instead of a normal daytime surf contest, the event is taking place at night. The break will be lit up with 180,000 watts of power making it look like a bright summer day on a July weekend.

Malibu is reputable for its long, right peeling waves, its influence on surf culture and, of course, its notorious crowds. By lighting the break at night, the Red Bull 5X will retain Malibu’s good qualities, but drop the bad one: The congested lineup. The five women longboarders — consisting of Kassia Meador, Kim Hamrock, Daize Shayne, Mary Osborne and Schuyler McFerran — will have First Point all to themselves as they utilize the Red Bull 5X format to express the beauty and grace which is inherent to women’s surfing.

A public post-surf party is slated at the Malibu Inn across the street, 22969 Pacific Coast Hwy.

Red Bull also has brainstormed a new pick up game of surfing. Round up five surfers and head to your favorite break. Throw in $5 each, paddle out, and surf for 90 minutes straight. Then, judge each other on these five criteria: Torque, boost, push, mojo and combo. The winner gets the cash. But more importantly, the winner gets the respect.

Here’s the judging criteria: Torque: Best turn. Complete the most impressive maneuver performed on a wave.

Boost: Think “boost” your toes to the nose. Push: Most creative. Demonstrate the most innovative or imaginative maneuver performed on a wave or in the air. Attempts count.

Mojo: Most connected. Demonstrate masterful wave judgment and utilization for example, the deepest tube.

Combo: Smooth linkage. Complete the most impressive combination of two or more of the above on a single wave with a clean transition.

The format can be done by anyone, anywhere. It opens the doors for a full range of surfing styles and wave conditions — from 1’ waves at San Onofre on longboards with friends, to the most progressive surfers displaying high-performance antics.

The women will be empowered to adapt the Red Bull 5X criteria the way they see fit. The key is the five women judge each other and deem the winner themselves with a format that rewards creativity and innovation.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 14, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/101404.pdf?ref=smdp.com)