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January 27, 2010
PIPELINE, Oahu/Hawaii (Wednesday, January 27, 2010) – Pipeline, North Shore, Oahu, HI – (Jan. 27, 2010) – Another giant swell of 15-20-feet (wave face heights exceeding 30 feet) is cleaning out the North Shore of Oahu today, too big to be rideable at the ASP WQS 5-Star Volcom Pipeline Pro. But the stars are aligning [...]
January 26, 2010
SOUTHPORT SPIT, Queensland/Australia (Tuesday, January 26, 2010) – Dean Bowen (Gerroa, NSW) today claimed the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Grade-5 Hurley Burleigh Pro Junior claiming a professional junior surfing world-record USD$25,000 winner’s cheque. Bowen defeated Chris Friend (Alex Headland, Qld) in a seesawing Final, which saw Bowen fall behind early, before retaliating with a [...]
January 26, 2010
PIPELINE, Oahu/Hawaii (Tuesday, January 26, 2010) – Competitors will have one more day to make final preparations for the ASP WQS 5-Star Volcom Pipeline Pro before conditions get serious once again along Oahu’s North Shore. Contest Director Marty Thomas called a lay day today due to small, head-high waves at Pipe, but extra-large surf (wave [...]
January 26, 2010
PARACURU, Ceara/Brazil (Tuesday, January 26, 2010) – Everybody on stand by in Ceara. It was 12:00 am when after three calls for the Maresia Surf International Paracuru start it was definitely postponed for tomorrow. Conditions were weak and did not improve even with the high tide in Ronco do Mar beach. With a nice fore [...]
January 25, 2010
SANTA CRUZ, California/USA (Monday, January 25, 2010) – ASP Dream Tour standout Bobby Martinez (USA), 27, has just signed on with O’Neill wetsuits and clothing. The current ASP World No. 8 has been somewhat of a free agent for the past 13 months, ending his relationship with Reef in December of 2008. O’Neill will now [...]
January 25, 2010
SOUTHPORT SPIT, Queensland/Australia (Monday, January 25, 2010) – Semifinalists have been decided as the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Grade-5 Hurley Burleigh Pro Junior presented by Nike 6.0 prepares to enter its final day of competition tomorrow. For the third straight day, contest organisers were forced to relocate the event from its primary site at [...]
January 25, 2010
PIPELINE, Oahu/Hawaii (Monday, January 25, 2010) – Nice conditions but smaller surf have prompted the ASP WQS 5-Star Volcom Pipeline Pro to hold off on competition today. Requiring just three days to run to completion, the fores look very promising for a return to serious surf at Pipe within the next 48 hours. The event [...]
January 24, 2010
SOUTHPORT SPIT, Queensland/Australia (Sunday, January 24, 2010) – Day 3 of the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Grade-5 Hurley Burleigh Pro Junior presented by Nike 6.0 saw the entrance of the top seeds into the competition as round-three was completed. For the second straight day, contest organisers were forced to relocate the event from its [...]
January 24, 2010
PIPELINE, Oahu/Hawaii (Sunday, January 24, 2010) – Pipeline was four-to-six feet (2 – 3 metres) this-morning, but reports from the West Side of Oahu, one hour away, warned of heavy lightning, thunder, rain and onshore winds that are headed for the ASP WQS 5-Star Volcom Pipeline Pro. Contest Director Marty Thomas elected to pull the [...]
January 23, 2010
SOUTHPORT SPIT, Queensland/Australia (Saturday, January 23, 2010) – Queensland surfers have fought back on day-two of the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Grade–5 Hurley Burleigh Pro Junior presented by Nike 6.0, as a lack of swell forced contest organisers to relocate the event from Burleigh Heads to the Southport Spit. Despite the small, 0.5m conditions [...]