The Team Edit Is Alive And Well
Episode 2 of O’Neill’s ‘Hawaii Live’ series inside. cinema // Feb 4, 2021
Words by Zack Raffin
Team houses on the North Shore of Oahu have been a ubiquitous facet of any self respecting pro surfers’ career.
I don’t know when the first legitimate ‘team’ house was formed, but I do know that this tradition has been running strong for the better part of 3 decades (with many fruitful careers having come and gone in that time). While 2020 unfortunately saw the world’s most prolific pilgrimages canceled due to COVID-19, it was a real treat to see that the annual gathering of surfing’s top dogs was able to not only take place, but productively thrive in the way that it did.
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Juvenile Runner-Up Hot Rod Charlie Revved Up For Lewis Stakes Sponsored by:
Hot Rod Charlie, shown training for last year s Breeders Cup Juvenile at Keeneland
Hot Rod Charlie may not win Santa Anita s Robert B. Lewis Stakes on Jan. 30, but one thing s for sure: he won t be 94-1.
He was dismissed at those boxcar odds in the Breeders Cup Juvenile on Nov. 6 at Keeneland but outran them big time when beaten just three-quarters of a length by undefeated Essential Quality, who is expected to be crowned Eclipse Award king as outstanding two-year-old male on Jan. 28.
The Lewis is an early West Coast steppingstone to the Grade 1 Runhappy Santa Anita Derby April 3, and beyond that the Kentucky Derby. Decided at a mile and one-sixteenth, it offers 10 Kentucky Derby qualifying points to the winner, four to the second-place finisher, two to the third horse and one to the fourth.