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August 17, 2012
GRANDE PLAGE, Lacanau – France (Friday, August 17, 2012) – After an early morning deception, competition resumed at 12pm in clean 4-5Ft offshore waves breaking on the outside banks at La Grande Plage of Lacanau. Once again conditions cleaned up with the upcoming tide to culminate this evening with powerful barrels in the shorebreak right [...]
August 17, 2012
TEAHUPO’O, Taiarapu/Tahiti (Friday, August 17, 2012) – The Billabong Pro Tahiti has been called back on this morning with Round 2 of competition recommencing at 7:15am in clean three-to-four foot (1 – 1.5 metre) waves at Teahupo’o. Event No. 5 of 10 on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour, the Billabong Pro Tahiti completed Round [...]
August 17, 2012
TEAHUPO’O, Taiarapu/Tahiti (Thursday, August 16, 2012) – Round 1 and the opening two heats of Round 2 of the Billabong Pro Tahiti, Event No. 5 of 10 on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour season, were completed today in shifting three-to-five foot (1 – 1.5 metre) waves at Teahupo’o and while the conditions didn’t exactly [...]
August 16, 2012
TEAHUPO’O, Taiarapu/Tahiti (Thursday, August 16, 2012) – The Billabong Pro Tahiti, Event No. 5 of 10 on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour, will commence this morning at 9:30am with Round 1 taking on three-to-four foot (1 – 1.5 metre) surf at Teahupo’o. “We have plenty of waves coming through in the three-to-four foot (1 [...]
August 16, 2012
GRANDE PLAGE, Lacanau – France (Thursday, August 16, 2012) – Day 3 of the ASP 5-Star Sooruz Lacanau Pro started in excellent 6Ft surf at La Grande Plage of Lacanau this morning. Conditions graduately cleaned up and culminated this afternoon in pumping surf closer to shore providing quality entertainment for the ever growing Lacanau summer [...]
August 16, 2012
VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia/USA (Thursday, August 16, 2012) – The 50th annual Coastal Edge ECSC presented by Vans and hydrated by Vitamin Water is set to unfold at 1st Street in Virginia Beach from August 20 through 26 and the East Coast’s largest surf contest has been upgraded to an ASP 6-Star event this season, attracting [...]
August 16, 2012
TEAHUPO’O, Taiarapu/Tahiti (Wednesday, August 15, 2012) – The Billabong Pro Tahiti will host the ASP Top 34 for the 5th of 10 stops on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour, and with swell forecast for opening day, it’s likely that the world’s best surfers will do battle as early as tomorrow. Michel Bourez (PYF), 26, [...]
August 15, 2012
GRANDE PLAGE, Lacanau – France (Wednesday, August 15, 2012) – This morning conditions were radically opposed to yesterday’s, with stormy winds and unclement swell at the main beach of Lacanau. 3-4Ft surf is breaking but the strong wind gusts have destroyed the lineup, not allowing competition to re-start at the ASP 5-Star Sooruz Lacanau Pro. [...]
August 14, 2012
GRANDE PLAGE, Lacanau – France (Tuesday, August 14, 2012) – Clean 3-4Ft waves greeted competitors this morning in Lacanau and the first few heats were surfed in pristine conditions before the southernly wind started blowing the beautiful peaks off. The rest of the competitors had a little more complicated line-up to play with but the [...]
August 14, 2012
TEAHUPO’O, Taiarapu/Tahiti (Tuesday, August 14, 2012) – The Billabong Pro Tahiti, Stop No. 5 of 10 on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour, is set to commence this week with the world’s best surfers battling one another at the infamous Teahupo’o from August 16 – 27, 2012. With the trials completed and wildcards determined, the [...]