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February 24, 2012
SNAPPER ROCKS, Queensland/Australia (Saturday, February 25, 2012) – Pulsing three-to-four foot (1 metre) swell is filling in at Snapper Rocks today ushering in the start of the 2012 ASP Women’s World Championship Tour season with the Roxy Pro Gold Coast presented by Land Rover commencing at 7:30am. Event No. 1 of 7 on the 2012 [...]
February 24, 2012
SNAPPER ROCKS/QLD (24th February, 2012) – The Quiksilver Pro presented by Land Rover is poised for a blockbuster opening with wildcard Dane Reynolds to meet world No.2 Joel Parkinson. Reynolds (USA) was given one of two wildcards to the event after deciding to sit out the ASP World Tour in 2012. He is widely regarded [...]
February 24, 2012
GOLD COAST, Queensland/Australia (Friday, February 24, 2012) – The 2012 ASP Women’s World Championship Tour season will commence this weekend with the Roxy Pro Gold Coast presented by Land Rover, and the world’s best female surfers will do battle at the Gold Coast’s famed righthander of Snapper Rocks. Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), 21, 2011 ASP Women’s [...]
February 23, 2012
COOLANGATTA, Queensland/AUS (Friday, February 24, 2012) – The Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay, Event No. 5 of 11 on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour, has been officially downgraded to an ASP 6-Star event for 2012. In an official statement today, Billabong said: “The change in event status follows a broader review in which we are [...]
February 23, 2012
GOLD COAST, Queensland/Australia (Friday, February 24, 2012) – The 29th Annual ASP World Surfing Awards went off tonight at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre with the world’s best surfers trading the beachwear for formal attire as the 2011 ASP World Champions were officially crowned. Kelly Slater (USA), 40, and Carissa Moore (HAW), 19, [...]
February 22, 2012
GOLD COAST, Queensland/Australia (Thursday, February 23, 2012) – The 2012 ASP World Title Series is just days away from commencement and with the highly-anticipated Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast presented by Land Rover looming just around the corner, the world’s best surfers are prepped and ready to launch their respective ASP World Title campaigns. The first [...]
February 21, 2012
SNAPPER ROCKS, Queenslands/Australia (Tuesday, February 21, 2012) – Joel Parkinson (AUS), 30, was ASP World Runner-Up last season…an accolade he’s held on four occasions now (2002, 2004, 2009, 2011). That kind of record, getting within reach of the ASP World Title so many times, would buckle a lesser man. However, Parkinson is not a lesser [...]
February 21, 2012
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 [...]
February 20, 2012
BALLITO, KwaZulu Natal/South Africa (Monday, February 20, 2012) – The Mr Price Pro Ballito will host the world’s finest surfers in the wave-rich KwaDukuza town through 2014, thanks to a three-year deal inked with the KwaDukuza municipality and ASP International. The R1.9 Million ASP Prime event has grown from strength to strength at its Ballito [...]
February 19, 2012
GOLD COAST, Queensland/Australia (Monday, February 20, 2012) – Kelly Slater (USA), 40, 11-time Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Champion, has categorically dominated the sport of surfing for the past two decades. The Floridian has collected an astounding 48 elite tour wins throughout his tenure amongst the world’s best surfers and holds virtually every record [...]