ASP International Releases 2013 Tour Schedule
The Banzai Pipeline will continue to serve as the culminating event venue for the ASP World Tour season in 2013.
COOLANGATTA, Queensland/AUS (Thursday, November 15, 2012) – ASP International has released its tour schedule for 2013, outlining events for the ASP World Championship Tour (WCT), ASP Women’s WCT, ASP Prime, ASP Star, ASP World Longboard Tour (WLT), ASP Longboard Qualifying Series (LQS), ASP World Junior Championship (WJC), ASP Pro Junior Tour and ASP Specialty events.
All schedules are subject to change and the ASP will continue to release information regarding event confirmations and scheduling when appropriate.
2013 ASP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR:
- Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast – March 2 – 13, 2013
- Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach – March 27 – April 7, 2013
- Billabong Rio Pro – May 8 – 19, 2013
- Volcom Pro Fiji – June 2 – 14, 2013
- Billabong Pro Teahupo’o – August 15 – 26, 2013
- Hurley Pro at Trestles – September 15 – 21, 2013
- Quiksilver Pro France – September 27 – October 7, 2013
- Rip Curl Pro Portugal – October 9 – 20, 2013
- Billabong Pipe Masters – December 8 – 20, 2013
2013 ASP WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR:
- Roxy Pro Gold Coast – March 2 – 13, 2013
- Drug Aware Pro Margaret River – March 16 – 24, 2013
- Rip Curl Women’s Pro Bells Beach – March 27 – April 1, 2013
- NZ Surf Festival – April 3 – 7, 2013 *Tentative
- Beachley Classic *Tentative
- Rio Pro – May 8 – 14, 2013
- Roxy Pro Biarritz – July 10 – 14, 2013
- US Open of Surfing – July 22 – 28, 2013 *Tentative
A full 2013 schedule can be accessed HERE
The 2012 ASP season will conclude with the ASP World Longboard Tour events in China, the Swatch Girls Pro China hosted by Wanning and the Citic Pacific Shenzhou Peninsula Pro, as well as the Vans Triple Crown in Hawaii, comprised of the Reef Hawaiian Pro at Haleiwa, the Vans World Cup of Surfing at Sunset Beach and the Billabong Pipe Masters.
All LIVE surfing action can be accessed via www.ASPWorldTour.com
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Blink and we will miss the women’s season, March to July. Only 5 definite starting events and 3 tentative ones is not great.
How to improve the WCT…
The WCT should include Margaret River, G-Land, J-Bay, Fernado de Norha, Sunset and a Search comp. scrap the Rio mush fest. They should also forget about only counting the top 8 results and make it all 14 results cumulative like all other sporting championships so the most consistent performer wins.
They also need to seriously fix the judging it is so flawed that it is holding back the sport.
With 9 comps, I think the WCT has no power, next stage will be world champ decided by the one world rankings.
so, i quit watching football when i felt it was lame…. i switched to surfing…. oh yeah, but the live feeds sometimes suck, as a boogy boarder myself, i also took up the IBA, but their webcasts are even worse…. i just went out and spent over 600$ on something new…. can you guess what i bought? a surfboard for my 250 pound body???? a complete new surf wardrobe???? a new boogy board and lots of accessories???? or a brand new 2013 TREK shift 3 24 speed comfort ride xover mtn bike to get out and restart my life…. i bought the bike…. have a nice next season….
only 9 comps..??..
was the tour reduced so Kelly couldnt miss a comp and still win the world title??
It should be 12 comps with the best 10 counted, for both men and women or no championship. This is almost as bad as 2001!!!!!!. They make millions selling T-shirts etc. and this is their response, 9 comps….., the surfing industry is a disgrace!!!!!!!!!!
Red Bull should step in and sponser Jbay. Billabong don’t have the cash. and the search event is skipping this year only.
DIdn’t see the Santa Cruz Cold Water Classic or any of the CWC series events in the Prime or Star schedule… No more Cold Waters at all? What happened there?
Your giving these long haired hippy slackers nearly 3 months off at end of year AND 2 months off mid-year!! What happened to good old fashioned work ethic? This is unacceptable mister – drop and give me 20!
J-Bay must be included. Is there a better wave anywhere when it comes to total surfing? Every subjective aspect of wave riding is on display at J-Bay. The winner is usually a complete surfer. One dimensional surfers and one trick ponies don’t win at J-Bay. In fact, in the last 10 years as WCT event your J-Bay winners are Kelly Slater, Andy Irons, Mick Fanning, Joel Parkinson, Taj Burrow and Jordy Smith. Enough said. You must have J-Bay.
Very much agree, along with everyone else! Add J-Bay as WCT and get it back to 10 comps this season. Besides shouldn’t there be more $$ to support it with the media getting bought out?
Brazil deserves a WCT contest but surely at a world class spot and not some arbitary corner of beach in Rio. Fernado de Norha would be better. As for Jbay may the force be with you cause no one else is!
even Noronha, doesn´t appears in the schedule anymore, Saquarema, Regencia, Ubatuba all do have constant quality waves, even in rio Prainha has good waves, but barra da tijuca is the worst place in the world.
What about Margret River – I thought it was getting WCT ranking ?
Margaret River is a women’s WCT event and men’s Prime event in 2013. It is a men’s and women’s WCT event from 2014 onwards.
Super lame. Nine contests?
And what, these pros get paid all that money and they have from December 20 to March 2 OFF?
Super lame, indeed.
No more than 4 points for each maneuver..Airs are boring..surfing and flying are two different sports..
The ASP has gotta be kidding, you need more comps and more variation, you dropped good comps like J-Bay and put in nothing to replace it. 9 comps can not be enough to actually declare a world Champ. Should be 10 minimum. You have got to give the field a fair chance as less comps restrict who can actually win. You have already reduced the field of players now you are reducing the comps, for what end???
surely they could put J-Bay in July?! or maybe they’d rather a wave pool comp… :/