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"\"&lt;p&gt;The Professional Surfing Tour of America (PSTA) celebrates the official start of summer with the &amp;#8220;Vans Off the Wall Pro&amp;#8221; at San Clemente Pier June 20-24, a one-star men&amp;#8217;s World Qualifying Series (WQS) event with a $10,000 prize purse.&lt;P&gt;[IMAGE 1]Along with the men&amp;#8217;s WQS event, a longboard and women&amp;#8217;s competition will also take place for PSTA points. &lt;P&gt;&amp;#8220;As a Southern California company for more than 34 years, Vans is stoked to support surfing on the California Coast and beyond,&amp;#8221; said Jay Wilson, VP of world marketing for Vans. &amp;#8220;Because we actively support surfing it makes sense for us to be a part of the PSTA.&amp;#8221;&lt;P&gt;Continued Alan Gibby, executive producer of the PSTA, &amp;#8220;We are very pleased to have another progressive company like Vans as part of 2001 PSTA Tour (other sponsors include Rip Curl and Quiksilver). We have long-admired their understanding of actions sports, and their commitment and willingness to build and support top event packages like the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing, Skateboarding, Snowboarding and more.&amp;#8221; (Check out www.vans.com for information on their events.)&lt;P&gt;This is the second year that the PSTA will host a summer event at San Clemente&amp;#8217;s Pier-bowl area, an excellent venue for spectators to watch the contest. Men&amp;#8217;s qualifying rounds take place Wednesday June 20 through Friday June 22. Qualifying rounds for the Women&amp;#8217;s contest and Longboarding division will take place on Saturday June 23, with semi&amp;#8217;s and finals for all divisions on Sunday, June 24. &lt;P&gt;Contestants will include Vans team riders Christian Fletcher from LA; Dave Post from Newport Beach; Jeff Deffenbaugh of Huntington Beach; Josh Baxter of San Clemente, Geoff Moysa from Newport Beach; Josh Froley from Dana Pt.; Sean Haggar from Cardiff and Gregg Briggs from Irvine.&lt;P&gt;The contest will air on both Outdoor Life Network (nationally) and KCAL-9 (LA Market) during the summer.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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