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April 7, 2010
BELLS BEACH, Victoria/Australia (Thursday, April 8, 2010) – With little surf on offer this morning, event organizers have been forced to call a lay day today for the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach presented by SNICKERS. Event No. 2 of 10 on the 2010 ASP World Tour, the Rip Curl Pro saw a marathon day [...]
April 7, 2010
FITZROY BEACH, Taranaki/New Zealand (Thursday, April 8, 2010) – Hot off the heels of the second stop of the year at Bells Beach, the ASP Top 17 have traversed the Tasman Sea to the bountiful beaches of Taranaki for the TSB Bank Women’s Surf Festival. Event No. 3 on the 2010 ASP Women’s World Tour, [...]
April 6, 2010
BOCA BARRANCA, Costa Rica (Tuesday, April 6, 2010) – The second stop on the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) North America Longboard Qualifying Series (LQS) is set to host some of the nation’s finest male and female competitive longboarding talent at the idyllic Costa Rican pointbreak of Boca Barranca at the ASP LQS 3-Star Costa [...]
April 6, 2010
BURLEIGH HEADS, Queensland/Australia (Wednesday, April 7, 2010) – Australia’s Surfing Life (ASL) Magazine is reporting that former nine-time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA), 38, was rushed to Melbourne hospital yesterday after possibly breaking his foot in a warm-up surf at Bells Beach. Since then, Quiksilver Team Manager Stephen “Belly” Bell has confirmed no broken [...]
April 6, 2010
THIRTEENTH BEACH, Victoria/Australia (Tuesday, April 6, 2010) – Round 2 of the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach presented by SNICKERS was completed today as event organizers relocated to nearby Thirteenth Beach to take advantage of the available swell on offer. Event No. 2 of 10 on the 2010 ASP World Tour, the Rip Curl Pro [...]
April 6, 2010
WINKIPOP, Victoria/Australia (Wednesday, April 7, 2010) – The Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach presented by SNICKERS has relocated one point north to Winkipop, where clean three-to-four foot (1 metre) waves await the commencement of Round 3 at 7:30am. The second stop on the 2010 ASP World Tour, the Rip Curl Pro will contest its third [...]
April 5, 2010
YALLINGUP, Western Australia/Australia (Monday, April 5, 2010) – Taj Burrow (AUS), 31, current ASP World No. 1, has been on an unbelievable roll since December. Flawless performances in everything from heaving Pipeline to punchy Snapper Rocks have seen the perennial ASP World Title contender establish himself as the form surfer of the moment and the [...]
April 5, 2010
HUNTINGTON BEACH, California/USA (Monday, April 5, 2010) – ASP World Tour veteran Taylor Knox (USA), 38, is currently amidst his 17th year on the ASP Dream Tour, making him the most experienced competitor amongst this year’s elite, and after all of those years of traveling the globe alongside the world’s best surfers, you’d better bet [...]
April 5, 2010
TARANAKI, New Zealand (Tuesday, April 6, 2010) – Coco Ho (HAW), 18, made a massive impact last season, taking out the Rip Curl Pro Search in Portugal as well as the the 2009 ASP Women’s World Rookie of the Year award. Currently sitting at No. 5 in the world, Ho will look to consolidate in [...]
April 5, 2010
CRONULLA, New South Wales/Australia (Monday, April 5, 2010) – It was an action-packed Day 3 of the ASP Grade-4 Geared Pro Junior as the international contingent shone brightest at Cronulla. Greeted with an increase in swell and some great conditions, Australasia’s best junior competitors were tested as board’s broke and a bevy of big scores [...]