I am currently in California where I just competed in the 9th Annual Guy Takayama Pro Surf Contest and Noseriding at the Oceanside Pier on August 14th-16th.  This event is a club coalition contest that donates part of there proceeds to a few charities.  The waves were 1-2 feet glassy surf conditions with the top longboarders from all over California and Hawaii.  I competed in the Men’s Noseriding where they judges time you on the nose of the longboard and both feet have to be over a line of tape that is 24 inches from the nose.  In the Pro Noseriding division, I placed 2nd overall behind an east coast friend of mine that I have not seen in years.  Brent Russell from Florida, who is a very talented noserider won the noseriding division.  I also competed in the Men’s Pro Open Longboard on Friday and Saturday where I placed 2nd overall in the final. I will be on the Daily Habit show on Fuel TV for the U.S.A Surf Team taking GOLD at the ISA Billabong World Games in Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica.  Here are my latest results from my past 3 competitions that I have competed in.

Oxbow World Longboard Tour in Tahara Aichi, Japan (Top 32 professional longboarders in the world)
1st place Pro Noseriding
1st place Team Challenege (Team consisted of Amaro Amatos- Brazil, Romain Maurin- France, and Tony Silvagni- U.S.A)
Equal 17th place overall in the Men’s Pro Longboard

ISA Billabong World Games in Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica
Team U.S.A. wins GOLD out of 34 different countries competing in the contest
4th Place Pro Open Longboard winning the copper medal for the U.S.A. Longboard Team

9th Annual Guy Takayama Pro Noseriding and Pro Longboard in Oceanside, California
2nd place Pro Noseriding
2nd place Pro Mens Longboard

My next contests that I will be competing in are:

14th Annual Rabbit Kekai Pro Surf Contest at Queens Beach, Hawaii from August 21st-30th.

September 3rd-7th National Kidney Foundation Contest in Cocoa Beach, Florida

September 12th-14th Malibu Surfing Association Team Challenge in Malibu, California

September 16th-28th Bahia, Brazil and Pernambuco, Brazil for two Professional Longboard Association of Surfing Professional Events

October 24th- 31st Oxbow World Longboard Championships in Pasta Point, Maldives

I hope everyone is doing well.  Thanks to my mom, Barb Silvagni and friends for all your support that you have been giving me back in North Carolina.

All the best,

Tony Silvagni

My journey first started in Lax where my friend Kaitlin Maguire drove me from San Diego to Huntington Beach, CA to get my visa and passport. The consultant sent my visa from Atlanta, Georgia that was expedited to get to California in time so I could fly to Japan to compete in the World Championships.  I never knew that I needed to get an entertainer visa.  Everything worked out and I picked my visa up from the Association of Surfing Professional office.  Meanwhile, the US Open of Surfing was taking place at the Huntington Beach pier where some of the most talented surfers from all over the world where competing for a $100,000.00 prize purse for professional shortboard.  Kaitlin and I watched one heat and then went for a surf at the break “Pipes.”  Afterwards, we played a game of volleyball at 25th street with some of her friends.  Later that night, we played pool at Kaitlin’s house.

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