Last year saw the series push the boundaries of surfing in a way never seen before with five
ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS) events exploring spectacular surf spots throughout remote
corners of the globe with the wordʼs best surfers competing for the prestige of winning the
OʼNeill CWC Series and the $50,000 prize money.

“Itʼs pretty much the next best thing to winning the ASP World Title,” says World Tour star
Jordy Smith.

Itʼs not only the prize money and accolade, but the integration of exploration and adventure
into surf competitions that the surfers themselves relish. “To bring that feeling of searching out
waves with your friends into competition is amazing,” says Jordy Smith.

With each location on the series serving up some of the most challenging high quality waves on
the tour last year, the CWC Series will once again return to the start in the wilds of Tasmania,
Australia on March 23rd before heading to Scotland, South Africa, Canada and Santa Cruz,
California.

“The inaugural year of the OʼNeill Cold Water Classic threw up incredible waves in some of the
most remote and wild locations you could ever imagine to travel let alone host a surf
competition,” said OʼNeill Global Event Manager Bernhard Ritzer. “These are locations where
most of the professional surfers who spend their lives travelling around the world have never
even been,” he said.

“And within each location the quality of waves was beyond anything we could have even wished
for,” said Bernhard. “This year we want to delve deeper into each location. With the mobile
event format we can discover more potential and share this globally with the live webcasts.”

OʼNeill Coldwater Classic Tasmania March 23 - 28, 2010

Starting in the northwest corner of Tasmania – Australiaʼs Island state - the series will
commence with all the ingredients of an explorative surf trip as Jarrad Howse – last yearʼs
CWC Series runner up discovered:

“Landing in Launceston I had that grommet like feeling I used to get when my dad would take
us camping as kids - excited about exploring, surfing new waves and happy to be off the
beaten track miles from the city and out of phone reception,” said Jarrad.

Exposed to the savage weather and the abundance of Southern Ocean swell, the OʼNeill Cold
Water Classic Tasmania encapsulates all that this series represents. In the isolated town of
Marrawah, both uncrowded on land and sea, the world-class powerful reef and beach breaks
are fully exploited with the mobile format of the event.

Jordy who plans to return to retain his title said: “Winning the event in Tasmania was cool. Iʼd
never been there before, so it was good to experience their waves and culture. The waves I
got in Tasmania were some of the best waves I had all year.”

And are the cold raw conditions in any way a deterrent? “Yes, yes and yes,” says Jordy. “But
with amazing waves you can definitely deal with it.”

OʼNeill Coldwater Classic Scotland April 13 – 19, 2010

The cold is one of the defining features of this, the most northern event in professional
surfing. Straight from Tasmania, the CWC Series heads to Thurso – the most northerly town
on the British mainland. With the powerful reef breaks of Thurso East and Brims Ness, as well
as a multitude of beach breaks available for the mobile format, the quality of the event is
worth the endurance of the water temperatures which hover around 7 degrees celsius at this
time.

OʼNeill Coldwater Classic South Africa July 26 – Aug 1, 2010

A South African winter in Cape Town awaits surfers on the next stop of the Series. Last year
represented the first time in 25 years that an event had been held in the Cape Town area. It
was also probably the last time that a storm of that scale blew into the area to create a perfect
final to the event, and also reiterate its billing as the wildest event in professional surfing.

OʼNeill Coldwater Classic Canada October 9 - 15, 2010

Then itʼs up to the northern hemisphereʼs winter for the fourth stop on the series, on
Vancouver Island, Canada. Better known for its snow than surf – and thus justifiably the
coldest event in surfing - last year saw this series stop mark the first ever ASP sanctioned
event in Canada. And in a fairytale ending it was local Tofino surfer, Peter Devries who won
the competition.

OʼNeill Coldwater Classic California October 19 - 24, 2010

And finally to Santa Cruz, the birthplace of OʼNeill and the home of founder and wetsuit
inventor Jack OʼNeill as well as the perfect point break of Steamer Lane. Santa Cruz plays
host to the final stop on the tour where the series winner will be crowned in October and
awarded the $50,000 prize money.

FACTS AND FIGURES

FIVE events exploring the edges of the world over four continents.
FIVE challenging, quality waves all in extreme and not to mention cold conditions.
FIVE ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS) events rugged and unique locations in the depths
of nature.

WEBSITE

www.oneill.com/cwc
Including daily highlight shows, heats on demand, daily blogs and videos from Jarrad Howse
and Sam Lamiroy
www.facebook.com/oneill
twitter.com/oneillcwc

LIVE WEBCAST

Tasmania(TBC), Scotland, Canada, California
www.oneill.com/cwc

DATES AND RATINGS

OʼNeill Coldwater Classic Tasmania
March 23 - 28, 2010
Marrawah, Northwest Tasmania / 40 Degrees South
6-Star World Qualifying Series, Mobile Surf Contest
Ambassador: Mark Mathews
2009 winner: Jordy Smith

OʼNeill Coldwater Classic Scotland
April 13 – 19, 2010
Thurso, North Coast of Scotland / 59 Degrees North
6-Star World Qualifying Series, Mobile Surf Contest
Ambassadors: Sam Lamiroy & Andy Baine
2009 winner: Adam Melling

OʼNeill Coldwater Classic South Africa
July 26 – Aug 1, 2010
Capetown, Western Cape Area
4-Star World Qualifying Series, Mobile Surf Contest
Ambassador: Jordy Smith
2009 winner: Blake Thornton

OʼNeill Coldwater Classic Canada
October 9 - 15, 2010

Tofino, Vancouver Island / West Coast Of Canada

6-Star World Qualifying Series, Mobile Surf Contest
Ambassador: Noah Cohen
2009 winner: Peter Devries

OʼNeill Coldwater Classic California
October 19 - 24, 2010
Steamer Lane, Santa Cruz
Prime 6-Star World Qualifying Series and Finals of CWC Series 2009
Ambassador: Jason ʻRatboyʼ Collins
2009 winner: Nate Yeomans