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March 10, 2012
NEWCASTLE, NSW/Australia (Saturday, March 10, 2012) – Conditions were once again favourable for day three of the CHIKO Pro Junior at Newcastle’s Surfest as the field was culled to just eight men and eight women competing for the CHIKO Pro Junior title. Most of the surfing action occurred 150 metres to the north of Merewether [...]
March 9, 2012
NEWCASTLE, NSW/Australia (Friday, March 9, 2012) – Merewether Point once again offered up perfect conditions with two-metres of south swell held up by a strong north-west wind for day two of the CHIKO Pro Junior at Newcastle’s Surfest. The Men’s Round of 64 saw some big scores, upsets and plenty of action packed heats. Matt [...]
March 8, 2012
NEWCASTLE, NSW/Australia (Thursday, March 8, 2012) – MEREWETHER point offered young surfers from Australasia and around the globe perfection on day one of the CHIKO Pro Junior at Newcastle’s Surfest. The two-to-three metre (6 foot) southerly swell that lit up Merewether was whipped up by a deepening low pressure trough that moved up from the [...]
March 7, 2012
NEWCASTLE, NSW/Australia (Wednesday, March 7, 2012) – This week Newcastle’s Surfest will play host to some of the world’s best surfers for the 27th time, making it one of the longest running surf events in Australia. 2012 has also seen the Men’s division, the Burton Toyota Pro, upgraded to an ASP 6-Star rating making Surfest [...]
February 27, 2012
SNAPPER ROCKS, Queensland/Australia (Monday, 27 February, 2012) – The Quiksilver Pro and Roxy Gold Coast presented by Land Rover, the opening stop on the 2012 Men’s and Women’s ASP World Championship Tours, ran for the third consecutive day at Snapper Rocks today, and the world’s best surfers collectively lifted the high-performance levels today in two-to-three [...]
February 26, 2012
SNAPPER ROCKS, Queensland/Australia (Sunday, 26 February, 2012) – The Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast presented by Land Rover, the opening stop on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour, was back on today with the elimination Round 2 completed in clean three-to-four foot (1 metre) conditions at Snapper Rocks. Jordy Smith (ZAF), 24, came flying out of [...]
February 26, 2012
SNAPPER ROCKS, Queensland/Australia (Sunday, 26 February, 2012) – The world’s best female surfers returned to the Snapper Rocks lineup for Round 2 of the Roxy Pro Gold Coast presented by Land Rover this morning, continuing to push the boundaries of high-performance surfing in front of a capacity crowd on the beach. Laura Enever (AUS), 20, [...]
February 25, 2012
SNAPPER ROCKS, Queensland/Australia (Saturday, 25 February, 2012) – The Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast presented by Land Rover kicked off the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour with some great performances in shifty three-to-four foot (1 metre) surf at Snapper Rocks today. The Top 34 surfers in the world went for broke in the opening non-elimination round, [...]
February 25, 2012
SNAPPER ROCKS, Queensland/Australia (Saturday, 25 February, 2012) – The wind, weather and rain couldn’t stop the Roxy Pro Gold Coast presented By Land Rover getting the 2012 ASP Women’s World Championship Tour off to a fantastic start at Snapper Rocks today. Stop 1 of 7 on the elite ASP Women’s World Championship Tour, the Roxy [...]
February 19, 2012
MANLY, NSW/Australia (Sunday, 19 February, 2012) – Matt Banting (AUS) and Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) have taken out the Inaugural Australian Open of Surfing Pro presented by Hurley and Billabong at Manly beach today. The beach was packed with tens of thousands of surf fans for the final day of competition and they were treated to [...]