World’s Best Surfers and Wolfmother to Headline 2012 ASP World Surfing Awards
The ASP World Surfing Awards, surfing’s “night of nights”, will host the world’s best surfers this Thursday, February 23, 2012 on Australia’s Gold Coast.
GOLD COAST, Queensland/Australia (Tuesday, February 21, 2012) – This Thursday, February 23, 2012, the world’s best surfers will exchange their ocean wear for formal wear as they attend surfing’s night of nights, the 2012 ASP World Surfing Awards. The Gold Coast Exhibition and Convention Centre will play host once again to the gala event, with this year’s incarnation adding a number of dynamic new enhancements including headlining entertainment Wolfmother.
This year will mark the first time in history that the ASP World Surfing Awards will be webcast and broadcast LIVE around the world, with the sport’s robust international audience able to enjoy the entirety of the official crowning of the 2011 ASP World Champions.
This Thursday will see historic moments in the crownings of the iconic Kelly Slater (USA) 40, awarded an unprecedented 11th ASP World Title, as South Pacific phenom Carissa Moore (HAW), 20, is awarded her first. Slater and Moore represent the youngest and oldest ASP World Champions in the history of the sport. These two stars will be joined on stage by an array of other awards winners across a variety of categories including new awards voted for by the fans and the surfers themselves.
Sal Masekela will return to host the evening, which will feature a number of entertainment acts including Grammy-Award winners Wolfmother, the Vernons and many more.
The 2012 ASP World Surfing Awards will be webcast LIVE via Youtube as well as streamed via broadcast partners. For the first time in history, a limited number of tickets will be available to the public.
While tickets are limited, a small number are still available for purchase via http://www.aspworldsurfingawards.com
2012 ASP WORLD SURFING AWARDS RECIPIENTS:
ASP World Champion: Kelly Slater (USA)
ASP Women’s World Champion: Carissa Moore (HAW)
ASP World Runner-Up: Joel Parkinson (AUS)
ASP Women’s World Runner-Up: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS)
ASP World Rookie of the Year: Julian Wilson (AUS)
ASP Women’s World Rookie of the Year: Tyler Wright (AUS)
ASP Men’s Breakthrough Performer of the Year: TBA
ASP Women’s Breakthrough Performer of Year: TBA
ASP World Junior Champion: Caio Ibelli (BRA)
ASP Women’s World Junior Champion: Leila Hurst (HAW)
ASP World Longboard Champion: Taylor Jensen (USA)
ASP Women’s World Longboard Champion: Lindsay Steinriede (USA)
ASP Masters Champion: Nathan Webster (AUS)
ASP Grand Masters Champion: Iain Buchanan (NZL)
ASP Men’s Entertainer (Fan Vote): TBA
ASP Women’s Entertainer (Fan Vote): TBA
ASP Men’s Underrated (Fan Vote): TBA
ASP Women’s Underrated (Fan Vote): TBA
ASP Surfers’ Surfer (Men’s Peer Vote): TBA
ASP Heat of the Year (Men’s Peer Vote): TBA
ASP Manoeuvre of the Year (Men’s Peer Vote): TBA
ASP Surfers’ Surfer (Women’s Peer Vote): TBA
ASP Heat of the Year (Women’s Peer Vote): TBA
ASP Manoeuvre of the Year (Women’s Peer Vote): TBA
ASP Peter Whittaker Award: TBA
ASP Lifetime Membership Award: TBA
For more information, log onto www.aspworldtour.com
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Aside ASP rules, Julian Wilson should give his ‘rookie’ trophy to Gabriel Medina.
slowly but surely surfing is being recognized as the sport it is a sport among men. it’s totally awesome the public can now get tickets to be among of their idols and best watermen/surfers in any sport. also, it being broardcast live over the internet is a start of bigger things to come. surfing has always been looked down on as not being a sport, but if you’ve ever tried surfing it won’t take you long to findout, that this is a sport and a very difficult one at that. i know so many friends, when i had “friends”, that were good at the other three big sports and couldn’t surf. surfing takes balance, timing, creativeness and knowledge of the ocean. through my younger years growing up and going to the beach with my family, i would dabble in surfing. i lived in a inner city an hour away from the ocean, so the chance to get in the water everyday wasn’t there. i played soccer all through school, but once i got a car it was on. i would drive an hour every other day to new symrna inlet and surf until my arms fell off. on any given day i would be the surfer everybody on the beach would watch, out surfing allot of the locals and pros, which obviously didn’t make them to happy. also, i know surfers that play basketball, football, baseball, golf, etc and guys that played these sports would flounder in the water like kooks, hehehe.so, bravo and cheers mates for continuing to push surfing to the type of exposer it deserves, mahalo and aloha and most importantly pray for peace on earth and stopping this maddnesss about abusing children sexually, peace, pray for waves, we should be getting some by wednesday here on the east coast of florida, FLORIDA SURFERS RULE!