Newbaric's buddy-ol-pal, Joe Turpel, will be announcing the WCT Billabong Santa Catarina event in Brazil this week. Tune in to hear 'the voice' narrate the turn by turn of surfers like Slater, Irons, Jordy, Dane and the rest of surfing's heavy weights. Playing with the big dogs. Congrats Mr. Turpel, have fun in Brazil... Tune in here for live coverage.

I know WCT is now the ASP World tour. Old habits. WCT still has a nice ring...

After the contest is over and Joe is back in the states, you can catch him on Thursday nights at the Hill Street Coffee House's open mic in Oceanside. Good tunes by this up and coming singer/songwriter. See you there...