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October 6, 2012
CANGGU, Bali/Indonesia (Saturday, October 6, 2012) – The 2012 Oakley ASP World Junior Championships Bali have been called on at Echo Beach, Canggu this morning. The day began with a Balinese blessing ceremony, with all competitors dressed in traditional attire on the black sand beach with clean and crisp 3 to 4 foot (1.5 meter) [...]
October 5, 2012
KUTA, Bali/Indonesia (Friday, October 5, 2012) – The 2012 Oakley ASP World Junior Championships Bali got underway in style this evening with a press conference at the Pullman hotel in Kuta. This event has been running for five years, but 2012 will see the Oakley ASP World Junior Championships soar to new heights with this [...]
September 26, 2012
KERAMAS, Bali/Indonesia (Wednesday, September 26, 2012) – The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) 2012 Men’s and Women’s World Junior Champions will be decided next month at the Oakley ASP World Junior Championships Bali. The ASP’s seven regions including: Australasia, Africa, Hawaii, Europe, Japan, North America and South America have used their respective Pro Junior series’ [...]
September 24, 2012
COOLANGATTA, QLD/Australia (Monday, September 24, 2012) – Rebecca Woods (Central Coast, NSW/AUS) is one of the top three longest serving members of the ASP Women’s World Championship Tour’s elite top 17 competitors, and she’s only 28-years-old! The Copacabana beach local had an up-and-down year on tour in 2012, but after a solid 3rd place finish [...]
September 10, 2012
COOLANGATTA, Queensland/Australia (Monday, September 10, 2012) – The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Australasian qualifiers have been selected for the up-and-coming Oakley ASP World Junior Championships Bali, the event that will decide the Men’s and Women’s 2012 ASP World Junior Champions. Australasia’s best surfers under 21-years-old have been competing throughout the year on the ASP [...]
August 15, 2012
COOLANGATTA, Queensland/Australia (Wednesday, August 15, 2012) – Last year’s Billabong Pro Tahiti runner-up Owen Wright (AUS), 22, has returned to French Polynesia fresh from fine-tuning his left hand tube riding in Bali, and is ready to repeat last year’s heroics. In 2011 Tahiti was a breakthrough event for Wright and was his first of three [...]
August 10, 2012
Coolangatta, QLD/Australia (Friday, 10 August, 2012) – Reigning ASP World Longboard Champion Taylor Jensen (CA/USA) and West Australian Georgia Young (WA/AUS) have claimed top honours on the 2012 ASP Australasia Longboard Qualifying Series. The Australasian LQS consists of two events for the women and three for the men and features competitors from Australia, New Zealand, [...]
August 3, 2012
Coolangatta, QLD/Australia (Friday, 3 August, 2012) – Wade Carmichael (Avoca, NSW/AUS) and Nikki Van Dijk (Phillip Island, VIC/AUS) have claimed the men’s and women’s ASP Australasia Pro Junior Series titles for 2012. Both surfers won multiple events and were clearly the standout surfers on their respective series’ and will now go on to compete on [...]
July 15, 2012
COTTESLOE, WA/AUS (Sunday, July 15, 2012) – Taylor Jensen (CA/USA) and Georgia Young (WA/AUS) both claimed victory at the ASP 3-Star “Be Kind, Be Calm, Keep Smiling” Whalebone Classic for the second year in a row. The Whalebone Classic, the third and final stop on this year’s ASP Australasian Longboard Qualifying Series (LQS), wrapped up [...]
July 14, 2012
COTTESLOE, WA/AUS (Saturday, July 14, 2012) – Competition commenced at Isos Reef, Cottesloe, WA in pleasant, but small waves this morning. The 190 competitors from as far a field as Taiwan, Spain, Hawaii and New Zealand were greeted by the small but contestable waves and are looking forward to a promised increase in swell tomorrow. [...]