Tony Silvagni will be competing tomorrow afternoon in Panama on June 26th, 2011 in heat number 1 at 12 p.m. panama time which is 1 p.m. east coast time on podium number 2. He will be surfing live on the webcast at http://billabongisawsg.com/isa11/live-gb/ to watch the contest live! Make sure to check it out and follow the contest on the website above. If you have trouble copying the link to follow the event, go to billabongpro.com/isa11

Enjoy~! Updates will be posted to Tony Silvagni’s facebook page periodically. Be sure to friend request him to see when he surfs each day throughout the entire week from June 26th, 2011-July 2nd, 2011.

NICARAGUA SURFARI TRAVEL Camp -First Trip Scheduled- May 20th-27th,2011

Accommodations- Cloud Farm- “Finca Las Nubes”

Nicaragua Surfari Travel Camp is located at a farm in the clouds overlooking San Juan Del Sur in a private retreat at 1200 to 1500 feet high.  The farm has escarpment on two sides and mountains on the other which offers unparalleled privacy and security.  From this mountainside you have scenic views of Costa Rica to the south, miles of beaches to the west, and volcanoes rising out of Lake Nicaragua to the east.  It is a beautiful setting to relax pool side and enjoy all that nature has to offer.

Finca las nubes is a certified organic farm with five gardens and numerous orchards where they grow all of the fruits and vegetables that will be served to you daily.  All of the chicken and beef offered is free range, and eggs are fresh from the chicken coop. The tap water is drinkable and each kitchen has a water filter.  The milk is fresh from the cows that you can pour into your organically grown coffee!

There are a variety of activities on the farm that include horse back riding through miles of trails with a guide that will point out a monkey and her baby perching on a limb, or a sloth all curled up sleeping in a tree.  You can tour the wood shop, milk the cows, pick fruit from the trees, visit the gardens and observe the hydroponics system that produces fish, shrimp, and vegetables.  There is even a bee keeper on the property!

Finca las nubes is surrounded by natural forest with numerous creeks and waterfalls.  It has protected valleys for farming and free range open pastures for grazing animals such as: oxen, cows, chickens, and goats.  There is so much wildlife to observe including three types of monkeys, sloth, deer, and hundreds of species of birds.  You can walk freely through the protected property and enjoy the quality of life on the farm with soothing breezes and spectacular views.

The retreat is an all open air elegant mediterranean style 8 bedroom 6 bath home with a complete staff in charge of cleaning daily, cooking all of your meals, cleaning the pool, and they will do any laundry you leave out for them.  The house has wireless internet, a dvd player and a stereo with a cord which you can plug your MP3 player in. Each bathroom has two towels and hot water.  This luxury accommodation will make for an enjoyable no worry/no work surf travel VACATION! Call today to make your reservation, 910.232.1592 or sign up by email at nicaraguasurfaritrip@gmail.com

Beginner/Intermediate Surf Packages

Join Nicaragua Surfari Travel Camp to experience a trip of a lifetime!  Nicaragua Surfari offers a variety of custom surf packages to suit all skill levels. Our staff will provide guided tours for any individual or large group looking for a surf travel adventure. Our goal for beginner instruction is to teach the basics of surfing, wave formation, water safety, pop ups, paddling, and proper technique and stance.  The intermediate surfers will challenge themselves on a more powerful wave where you can fine tune your maneuvers for cut backs, off the lips, and bottom turns.  Our staff has years of professional coaching experience to get you to the next level.  Don’t miss out on this all inclusive opportunity to surf the waters of Nicaragua. Make your plans now for an unforgettable vacation! Call today to sign up at 910.232.1592, or email any questions you may have at NicaraguaSurfariTrip@gmail.com

Beginner/intermediate Packages include:

• Seven night/eight day stay shared accommodation in our luxury Retreat villa
• Three organic healthy meals prepared daily by our staff, fresh from the farm
• Transportation to and from Managua International Airport
• Boat trips and transportation in our 2011 4 x 4  Land Cruiser from the original “Survivor” TV series to some of the most renowned surf breaks in Nicaragua
• Our friendly staff will provide full maid and laundry services
• 3 Yoga classes a week
• 1 hour horseback riding on Finca Las Nubes farm
• Wireless high speed internet, satellite TV, DVD player, and stereo system at the Retreat villa.
• Surfboards, rash guards, and equipment provided.
• Non alcoholic beverages will be provided
• Private swimming pool
• National park fees
• $20.00 tipping fee for house staff included

Experienced Surf Packages

Nicaragua Surfari offers an all inclusive package for the more experience surfer which includes guided surf tours to some of the top beach breaks in Nicaragua.  We have formulated the ideal experienced surf package to San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua. You will get the opportunity to surf some of the beautiful beach breaks at Playa Maderas, Playa Remanso, Playa Hermosa, Playa Yankee, Playa Coco, Playa Popoyo and Rancho Santana.  These renowned surf breaks offer a variety of conditions for all levels of surfing.  Playa Maderas is a consistent right and left hand beach break with a sandy bottom just 15 minutes away from the Retreat Villa at San Juan Del Sur.  Playa Maderas breaks better on a mid-incoming tide and has a hollow and powerful and great for the experienced surfer.  The vibe at Playa Maderas is laid back with amenities such as the Barrio Cafe and Tacos Loco where you can get a bite to eat with a smoothie or a $1 beer!  Come with the “stoked spirit” and we will make sure that you have the time of your life!

Nicaragua Surfari offers a luxurious vacation to Nicaragua. We provide the most accommodating surf package with a professional staff to make your trip educational and fun. We offer first class arrangements at the best rate! Nicaragua Surfari will provide clean water, healthy organic meals, unparalleled security, a private pool, modern conveniences, and all around worry and stress free vacation.  We will lead you to the finest breaks and take you on excursions to experience the culture and adventure of Nicaragua. Call today to sign up at 910.232.1592, or email any questions you may have atNicaraguaSurfariTrip@gmail.com

Experience Surf Packages include:

• Seven night/eight day stay shared accommodation in our luxury Retreat villa
• Three organic healthy meals prepared daily by our staff, fresh from the farm
• Transportation to and from Managua International Airport
• Boat trips and transportation in our 2011 4 x 4 Land Cruiser from the original “Survivor” TV series to some of the most renowned surf breaks in Nicaragua
• Our friendly staff will provide full maid and laundry services
• 3 Yoga classes a week
• 1 hour horseback riding on Finca Las Nubes farm
• Wireless high speed internet, satellite TV, DVD player, and stereo system at the Retreat villa.
• Non alcoholic beverages will be provided
• Private swimming pool
• National park fees
• $20.00 tipping for house staff included.

Custom Packages

Nicaragua Surfari specializes in custom packages for all occasions, ages, and skill levels.  We believe in giving back, and our mission in Nicaragua is to help the Nicaraguan people through donations to our non profit organization, Save A Generation. Our ultimate goal is teach the people how to be self sustainable.

Some of our packages we provide are:

• Individual vacation packages
• Youth groups
• Family Camps
• Mission groups
• Graduation Parties
• Couples escapes
• Weddings
• Spring Break vacation packages

We are here to accommodate your surf vacation travel needs. Contact us at 910.232.1592 or emailNicaraguaSurfariTrip@gmail.com with any questions that you may have so that we can personalize your vacation.

Entertainment

Yoga- An effective exercise to improve your flexibility.  We offer a yoga program that is geared towards surfing for a good core workout.  There will be three classes for the week for our Nicaragua Surfari Travel Camp at the retreat overlooking San Juan Del Sur!

Boat trips- We offer two trips on a ponga boat to the top beach breaks along the coast of Nicaragua. We will provide snacks and non-alcoholic drinks on the boating excursions.

**Zip lining- is an additional cost of $30.00 per person at Da Flying Frog Canopy Tours where you soar between the 17 platforms 100 feet above the forest floor.

Masaya Volcano- is an active volcano in Nicaragua’s first and largest National Park. In addition you can browse through the park museum for historical information.

Shopping- There is ample shopping at the marketplace to buy gifts and souvenirs.  Everything is very inexpensive compared to the United States.

Nightlife- You can enjoy the night life in San Juan Del Sur at some of the local bars and restaurants.  Local beer is only $1.

Travel List

**All US Citizens are required to have a passport to travel to Nicaragua.

• Towels
• Bathing Suits
• Board Shorts
• Rash Guard
• Sunscreen
• Sunglasses
• Bug Spray
• Shorts
• Jacket and pants for the cooler climate
• Tennis shoes for hiking and horseback riding
• Jeans for horseback riding
• Wet- dry bag for boat trips
• Wetsuit top or Spring Suit for cooler months (March- November)
• First aid kit
• Camera
• Surfboard and fins if bringing your own board
• Vaseline for rashes from extensive surfing
• Extra cash in small bills for arrival tax of $10 when you get to Nicaragua. $30.00 departure fee if not included into your airline ticket price.
• Beach towels for the beach or boat.

Flight Information:

• The code for Managua International Airport is MGA when booking your flight to Nicaragua. COPA, Delta, Spirit , American, Continental, and TACA airlines fly into Managua International Airport. I am working on group and discount rates, feel free to call 910.232.1592 or email NicaraguaSurfariTrip@gmail.com for further details.

Surf Camp Rates and Dates

For Immediate Release

Friday December 19, 2008

 Tony Silvagni qualifies for the 2009 World Championship Main Event on FCS.

 After a two-week run of back-to-back contests in California, Tony Silvagni’s 4^th Place finish in the Costa Del Mar Championships boosted him into the 2009 World Championship Main Event.

It started off at the Oxbow World Championships at San Onofre State Beach from Nov. 5^th – 9^th. Conditions were clean, about chest to head high. Getting put out in the first round of the trials Tony felt like he didn’t have enough time to prepare due to flying in the previous day but still ran a good heat.

 Being the aware competitor that Tony is he noticed that judges were scoring high on performance maneuvers as opposed to noseriding. With that in mind Tony dialed in his equipment by using 2 GL FCS side bites with a 6” Single fin.

 With a week to prepare, the Costa Del Mar Championships arrived. With conditions staying similar to the last week Tony made the final and placed 4^th out of some of the top 72 longboarders in the world. The result was just enough for Tony to qualify for the 2009 World Championships Main Event. “I’m really happy to make the final,” Silvagni said. “This is a really big result for me. I cannot be happier. I’ve always done really well at this place.”

 Everyone here at FCS would like to extend a huge congratulations to Tony and we look forward to working with him fine tune his equipment for the 2009 season.

 Matt Wright

 For more information on all FCS fins visit: www.surffcs.com

-Thanks for reading as I am going through all my emails to find some of the press releases in the past years of my surfing career.- Tony Silvagni

Update from Tony Silvagni- The weather today was perfect in the 70′s and it’s mid February.  I have been back for a little over a month from being in Hawaii for the past 5 months through the winter months.  Currently in my last year of college at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington for a Bachelors in Marketing. Being home has been nice to see my family and get everything situated for the season for my surf school- Tony Silvagni Surf School.  I wanted to give you all a heads up that I will be giving a 10% discount on anyone who signs up for a surf/stand up paddleboard lesson/gift certificate by March 1, 2011.  Stay posted for pictures and updates on my trip to Nicaragua with Pumehana and my mom.  Follow us on facebook by finding my name Tony Silvagni or type this link in to find us:  http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=329400626

Thanks for taking your time out of your day to read my blog.

Best Regards,

Tony Silvagni- 910-232-1592

Check out the link to watch a slide show of photos from 2010 on youtube.com by using this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsNKi6a8WmY

Hope you all enjoy! All photos taken courtesy of Julian Kehaya

Merry Christmas,

Tony Silvagni

Greetings everyone:

This is Tony Silvagni with an update on a contest that I recently competed in Jupiter, Florida November 19th -21st in the Jupiter Fall Classic.  I flew all the way to Florida from Hawaii.  When I landed in the West Palm Beach airport, I ran into Scottie Pippen and his family who were originally on my flight back from Chicago to West Palm Beach.  Scottie knew who I was as I got onto the plane from watching fuel TV from last years competition in Costa Rica when I competed for the USA World Surf Team.  I was shocked as I am the one asking a picture from him!!!

Meanwhile my surfboards and bags got shipped to Fort Lauderdale Airport where I had to drive laster that night to pick them up for the competition.  The waves were small for both days of the contest.  Pretty decent turn out for the Pro Shortboard, but minimal entries for the Pro Longboard.  I ended up signing up for the Pro Shortboard as a beach entry and made my first heat and lost in the following round to Cody Thompson, CT Taylor, and Asher Nolan.  Fun experience picking up a shortboard that I have never ridden before and take out some big names in my first round heat.  I love to shortboard and will always ride both boards.  Pretty cool to see most pro shortboarders switch over to the longboard and absolutely rip!  Mike Losness and Ben Bourgeios both rip on longboarders!

Anyhow, I ended up competing in the longboard and placing 2nd in the Pro Longboard Final.  As the contest season starts slowing down, I began to work on fine tuning more boards and getting ready for the 2011 year.  My next trip is it to Fiji to stay from December 17th-26th.  I will be surfing some of the best breaks in the world at Cloudbreak and Restaurants just to name a few.  Hopefully I will catch it good.

In January, I will be starting back for college to finish my last year of college while competing in contests all along the East Coast while maintaining my education.  Sixteen semester hour credits and surfing will be a mission to accomplish, but I feel I will be able to accomplish it! In the mean time, Merry Christmas to you and have a Happy New Year if I don’t speak to you all before then.

Best Regards,

Tony Silvagni

Greeting everybody!

October 31st- November 7th,  I competed in the Oxbow World Longboard Championships  at Makaha, Hawaii.   The top 32 professional longboarders in the world competing for a world title! The surf was 4-6 foot Hawaiian with bigger sets on occasion.  What better of surf could everybody ask for in a surf event!  Duane Desoto wins the world title this year from Makaha, Hawaii.  What a special day for the 33 year old native from Makaha, Hawaii to win on his homebreak.

Before the event, I broke my board duck diving a wave.  I immediately came in and took my fins of my board to put in my back up board to get ready for my first heat of the contest.  I was so excited before I even went out in my first heat again Keegan Edwards from Hawaii.  I found out prior to my heat that we would be getting jet ski tow outs to the break to get back in the line up after we caught a wave.   I was a bit nervous riding on the back of a jet ski with my board knowing that I only had 1 more board for the event.  Anyhow, it was the best feeling to ride on the back of the jet ski back out to the break after catching a wave.  You didn’t have to exert so much energy paddling back out, instead you get a JET SKI ride!!!  Anyhow, I ended up winning my first heat advancing onto the 2nd round of the Oxbow World Longboard Championships!  Next round was against Phil Razman  from Brazil who is a former world champ back in 2007.   The wind picked up right before my round 2 heat and I couldn’t find a wave for my life.  My heat total was 6 points compared to Phil Razman’s heat total of 14.  I am very stoked on my equal 9th result out of the top 32 longboarders in the world! Each year I plan to improve on my equipment and eventually achieve my ultimate goal of winning a world title!!  Super stoked to make the world longboard tour for 2011 for my third consecutive year.  Next heading off to Jupiter, Florida November 17th- 28th.  Keep posted for more news coming soon…..

Thanks for reading my blog.

Tony SIlvagni

October 15th-28th, 2010

What a great opportunity to surf for the PACSUN USA Surf Team for my second consecutive year against 31 different countries in Punta Hermosa, Peru!  This is how the trip went down….I first started off flying from Hawaii to California and catch a cab from LAX airport to my aunts house.  The next morning on October 16th, 2010 I visited my Grandma at the assistant living home near by to my aunts house.  My grandma has Parkinson’s disease and it was very special to have breakfast with her.  She has an incredible friends at the assistant living home that watch over here.  The same morning, we ended up flying out from the airport mid day to Lima, Peru with the entire USA Surf Team.  Once we got to Peru, we jumped in a travel bus where Steve Newton and I had to put our boards inside the bus through the window to have them fit! What an interesting task that was to get the boards inside  The first couple of days the entire USA Surf Team trained on both breaks- Caballeros and Senoritas.  Caballeros is a left hand point break and Senoritas is a right hand point break.  Both surf breaks were different podiums for the contest to take place at for all three divisions- mens shortboard, mens longboard, and womens shortboard.  The contest took place on October 20th and lasted till October 27th.  Overall our entire PACSUN USA Surf team placed 6th out of 31 different countries.  Last year we were defending gold champions, but this year we had a ton of our competitors get sick and Ben Bourgeios broke his board in his heat.  Not everything went our way, but overall we did our very best!  Both Kulia Doherty and Nikki Veisens did very well being only 14 years old competing in their first ever ISA World Games! I placed equal 7th in the Men’s Longboard divison for our PACSUN USA Surf team.   The hospitality, transportation, new friends, coaches- Ian Cairns and Sean Mattison, Surfing America- Michael Gerard and Alisa Cairns- travel reservations, Kevyn Dean- sports trainer, Billy Watts- Photographer, Jesse Schluntz- Videographer,  Team- Micah Byrnes, Ben Bourgeios, Mike Losness, Trevor Thornton, Steve Newton, Kulia Doherty, and Nikki Veisens all made the trip one of my favorite surf events to compete in as an entire team effort.   After the event was over, we all packed our bags and headed to the Lima airport.  Next I fly to LAX and then the same morning take off to Honolulu, Hawaii to get ready for the Oxbow World Longboard Championships October 31st- November 7th.  Check out all the photos from our trip on my facebook page- Tony Silvagni.

Thanks for your time everybody ….stay posted for many more updates…

Tony Silvagni

September 10th- 21st traveling from Hawaii to Malibu- CA, Phoenix, Baltimore, Raleigh, Myrtle Beach, Atlantic City-NJ, La Guardia- NY back to Chicago to Phoenix to Orange County, night at the Castro house in Tustin-CA, and then Artie drove me to LAX and I flew from there to Oahu-Hawaii all in 11 days!

September 11th and 12 the Malibu Surfing Championships took place at Malibu, Calfornia where I competed in the Men’s Longboard 20-29 years of age for the Virginia Longboard Federation.  In 2009, I competed in both open mens and mens longboard.  This year I was defending my 2009 mens longboard title and ended up repeating my win for the mens longboard division for 2010.  The Malibu Surfing Championships is one of my favorite surf contests to compete in.  5 other competitors surfing the point at Malibu….you can’t beat it.  My friend Jamie Bond came to the event to watch the contest along with Arties wife and kids.  We all stayed at the Good Nite Inn at Calabash.  Friday night before the event took place, the competition directors put a party on with a huge raffle giving away 2 tickets to Australia, trip to hawaii, product from etnies, product from girl skateboards, and Sofia Mulanovichs surfboard.  Lucky I enough, I ended up winning Sofia’s surfboard.  I have never really won anything in a raffle.

After flying from Orange County, CA to Phoenix to catch my direct flight to Raleigh, NC.  Although, my flight was delayed from Orange County to Phoenix which caused me to miss my flight to Raleigh, NC.  I ended up missing my flight and stayed in the airport at Baltimore,MD.  The next morning after waiting around for 6 hours in the airport where I couldn’t sleep till 7 a.m. to catch my flight from Baltimore to Raleigh.  Finally, I arrived at Raleigh, NC around 8 a.m. and got picked up from buddy Fitz and CJ who brought me home to my bed.  I ended up running a few errands and shortly afterwards I slept the afternoon away.

Tuesday night, I received an outstanding award for the town of Carolina Beach for saving 27 lifes this past summer when we had really bad rip currents.  My mom came to the chamber and watched me receive the award.  My mom was almost in tears afterwards because she was really proud of me.

On Thursday, I flew up to Atlantic City where my buddy picked me up to compete in the Belmar Pro.  My mom, Barb Silvagni flew up to NJ to watch the contest and spend the weekend before I flew back to California.  The Finnigan family had my mom and I stay at their home and we had the best time ever as usual!  There house is so beautiful and they always give the best hospitality.  The dinner on Saturday night was amazing and spending time in the hot tub and pool was super relaxing.

The entire time being in New Jersey, I caught amazing waves!  The swell was up and there were tons of surfers competing in the Belmar Pro.  After being in the water for 7 hours a day, I saved enough energy for the final on Sunday to take the win in the Pro Longboard division.

After the event was over with, the competition directors did the award ceremony on the stage.  After the awards, I packed all my clothes up and left my board bag and board at the Finnigan house and took off to New York to catch my flight that left at 6:05 a.m. the next morning.  Flying back from La Guardia, NY to Orange County on my return was a nice relaxing flight back.  I ended up staying the night at Arties house to have dinner with his family and then I flew out on Tuesday morning, September 21st back to Hawaii.  Once I arrived in Oahu, Hawaii I finally got to surf some amazing 3 foot surf at Kaneohe Base on the east side of the island!  Stay tuned for my next advenutures……Peru in 2 1/2 weeks for the International Surfing Games for the USA World Surf Team where we will be competing against 32 different countries.  Thanks for your time!

Sincerely,

TONY SILVAGNI

This past week I competed in the Toes on the Nose Pro in Waikiki, Hawaii August 25th and 26th at the surf break Queens.  The event was an Association of Surfing Professional event for the North America ratings for Longboard Qualifying Series.  The wave conditions were small for both days of the competition.  On Wednesday, August 25th I competed in round 1 and the quarter finals to advance on to Thursday, August 26th in the Semi-finals.  On Thursday I got 3rd in the semi-finals unfortunately not advancing into the final later that afternoon.  Overall I placed equal 5th place in the competition for Pro Longboard and racked up some points for the ASP North America ratings.

Next event I will be competing in is September 11th and 12th in the Malibu Surfing Championships.  I will be staying with the Castro family in a hotel near by to the contest.  My aunt, cousins, and grandma will most likely be coming down to the event to watch me compete and cheer me on.  On September 13th, I will be flying home to see my mom for a few days and we will be heading up to NJ together for the Belmar Pro Surf Contest taking place September 18th and 19th in Belmar, NJ.

Happy Birthday to my mom- September 5th.  I love you with everything inside me and I am very special to have been raised by you.

This spring we will be offering surf lessons and stand up paddleboarding lessons/excursions in the spring.  Call 910-232-1592 to sign up today.  $5.00 off if you mention “Tony Silvagni Surf School t-shirts and hats” when booking a lesson for the spring.  All wetsuits, board, and equipment provided.

Tony Silvagni Surf School hats and t-shirts just arrived and we have both women and men shirts available in small, medium, large, xl, and xxl. Check out the shirts and become a friend/fan on facebook- Tony Silvagni & Tony Silvagni Surf School.

Thanks for all your time.

Best Regards,

Tony Silvagni

www.surfschoolnc.com

Tony Silvagni Surf School-owner/instructor/operator

910-232-1592