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October 8, 2011
SAN CLEMENTE, California/USA (Saturday, October 8, 2011) – The ASP World Tour has undergone unprecedented changes over the last two years. Changes that involved both the tour structure and event formats. And changes activated, in collaboration with the surfers and events, that have brought about a never-before-seen level of surfing to competition as well as [...]
October 7, 2011
SYDNEY, New South Wales/Australia (Friday, October 7, 2011) – Martin Potter (GBR), 44, is the 1989 ASP World Champion. He has been heralded and berated, loved and hated. He is a statesman – one of the few we have in surfing. He was forged in the fire of the tour’s early cutthroat days and rode [...]
October 3, 2011
HUNTINGTON BEACH, California / USA (Monday, October 3, 2011) – Matt Wilkinson (AUS), 23, has been camping out in the States over the summer time and the fun-loving Australian decided to sink his teeth into some of America’s most unique cultures, posting up in Newport Beach, California as well as New York to put in [...]
September 27, 2011
COOLANGATTA, Queensland/Australia (Wednesday, September 28, 2011) – The ASP Top 34 are constantly under the surfing world’s microscope. Everything to what they eat to who they’re with to how they stretch is discussed, debated and dissected in magazines and blogs all over the world. This is especially applicable to what boards they’re riding. The surfboard, [...]
September 27, 2011
CARLSBAD, California/USA (Tuesday, September 27, 2011) – Patrick Gudauskas (USA), 25, is coming off of a tough loss at home, finishing equal 25th at the Hurley Pro at Trestles. While the California froth-monster would have liked to have gone better at Lowers, it’ll take a lot more than a hard loss to slow Gudang down! [...]
September 26, 2011
COPACABANA, New South Wales/AUSTRALIA (Monday, September 26, 2011) – Matt Wilkinson (AUS), 23, is one of the most animated surfers on the ASP World Tour. While the talented goofy-footer is constantly bringing a light-hearted approach to competition via rollerblade entrances and money-print wetsuits, Wilko is simultaneously one of the most progressive, explosive and dangerous competitors [...]
September 26, 2011
HUNTINGTON BEACH, California / USA (Monday, September 26, 2011) – Gabriel Medina (BRA), 17, has turned heads in the surfing world over the last two years as an absolutely dominant force on the international stage of ASP PRIME and 6-Star events. Medina’s valiant effort has earned him the right to compete among surfing’s finest despite [...]
September 18, 2011
LOWER TRESTLES, California/USA (Saturday, September 17, 2011) – Dane Reynolds (USA), 26, and Jordy Smith (ZAF), 23, have withdrawn from the Hurley Pro at Trestles, Event No. 7 of 11 on the 2011 ASP World Title seasons, citing rib injuries. Reynolds has yet to surf an elite tour event this season, suffering from a number [...]
September 15, 2011
SYDNEY, New South Wales / Australia (Thursday, September 15, 2011) – The anticipation of John Florence’s (HAW), 18, arrival on to the elite ASP World Tour stage has been talked about since the Hawaiian began charging Pipeline as a young boy. While Florence established himself as a barrel-seeking animal from an early age, his home [...]
September 14, 2011
HONOLULU, HI – (September 14, 2011) – The Vans Triple Crown of Surfing, presented by Rockstar Energy Drink, is pleased to announce its upcoming winter surf season in Hawaii that will be the final stop of the 2011 Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Tour, crowning this year’s men’s world surfing champion. The Series will [...]