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August 18, 2010
TEAHUPOO, Tahiti (Tuesday, August 17, 2010) – Local surfer, Taumata Puhetini (PFY), has claimed the 2010 Air Tahiti Nui VonZipper Trials in solid six-foot waves at Teahupo’o, overcoming an international invite-only field of 64 to guarantee himself a wildcard into the main event of stop 5 on the ASP Men’s World Tour, the Billabong Pro, [...]
August 18, 2010
COOLANGATTA, Queensland/Australia (Tuesday, August 17, 2010) – Joel Parkinson (AUS), 29, 2009 ASP World Runner-Up, has had to endure some rough setbacks over the last two years. Rampaging to take out three out of the first five events in 2009, Parkinson suffered an ankle injury while training in Bali which saw him slip down the [...]
August 18, 2010
LACANAU, France (Tuesday, August 17, 2010) – The Sooruz Lacanau Pro an Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) sanctioned event has been put on hold until Wednesday 18th August due to small inconsistent waves at the main event site. The decision not to run today was taken yesterday afternoon by event officials after consulting weather fores [...]
August 17, 2010
SYDNEY, New South Wales/Australia (Tuesday, August 17, 2010) – Mick Fanning (AUS), 29, reigning ASP World Champion, has a lot on his plate. The pressures of an ASP World Title defense against the best in the world, his duties as a loving husband, his status as a sporting icon within Australia, his role as surfers’ [...]
August 16, 2010
TEAHUPOO, Tahiti (Monday, August 16, 2010) – Think you know the world’s best surfers and the world’s heaviest wave? Think you can pit your knowledge against players around the globe? Well, go on then, show us what you’re made of and register for the new ASP FANTASY GAME and pick your team before trading closes. [...]
August 16, 2010
LACANAU, France (Monday, August 16, 2010) – Pauline Ado (Hendaye, FRA), 19, has won an unprecedented third ASP Grade-2 Oakley Girls Pro Junior today in Lacanau, France, besting fellow finalists Alizee Arnaud (Hossegor, FRA), Justine Dupont (Lacanau, FRA) and Canelle Bulard (St Leu, REU). Destroying the tricky but clean two-foot waves (0.5 meter) on offer, [...]
August 15, 2010
HIRATSUKA CITY, Kanagawa/Japan (Sunday, August 15, 2010) – Day 2 and the final day for the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Japan Pro Junior Qualifying Series commenced this morning at 9am at Hiratsuka beach. The local weather at Hiratsuka today was partly cloudy with fair skies to create an excellent final day. The waves were [...]
August 15, 2010
LACANAU, France (Sunday, August 15, 2010) – Charles Martin (GLP), 20, has won the ASP Grade-2 Oakley Pro Junior Lacanau today after defeating Hossegor native Pierre-Valentin laborde (FRA) in the 30-minute final in consistent three-foot (one meter) waves. Martin, with his second consecutive win in Lacanau, grabs the ASP European Junior men’s crown and will [...]
August 15, 2010
SYDNEY, New South Wales/Australia (Sunday, August 15, 2010) – World qualification for the prestigious Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Junior Championship Series are at stake in this week’s final event to the ASP Australasian Junior Series at the Dripping Wet Pro Junior Men’s and Blue Kiss Pro Junior Women’s, both presented by Skullcandy, which [...]
August 15, 2010
SAO MIGUEL, Azores Islands/Portugal (Sunday, August 15, 2010) – The Billabong Azores Islands Pro presented by Nissan an Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) sanctioned event was forced to cancel due to a lack of contestable waves. Event officials and surfers were greeted at dawn by a flat ocean as the expected overnight swell increase failed [...]