SYDNEY, New South Wales/Australia (Wednesday, May 23, 2012) – Joel Parkinson (AUS), 31, is the man of the moment. Current ASP World No. 1 after the opening events of the year. However, this is familiar territory for the four-time ASP World Runner-Up. He knows what it is to lead and he knows what it is [...]
COOLANGATTA, Queensland/Australia (Wednesday, May 23, 2012) – Joel Parkinson (AUS), 31, is without question one of the most fit surfers on the ASP World Championship Tour. The Gold Coast native’s dedicated training program has seen him vault atop the ratings amongst the ASP Top 34 and with the unfortunate downgrade of the Billabong Pro Jeffreys [...]
LOS ANGELES, California/USA (Monday, May 21, 2012) – Four-time ASP Women’s World Champion and current ASP Women’s World No. 1, Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 24, is en route to reclaiming the throne this season, and the final two events should prove an all-time showdown between the current frontrunner and momentum-building challenger Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), 21. However, [...]
SYDNEY, New South Wales/Australia (Monday, May 21, 2012) – John John Florence (HAW), 19, is fresh off of his first ASP World Championship Tour (WCT) victory. The young Hawaiian put on a stellar performance, topping Parko, Josh Kerr and Julian Wilson on the final day of competition. STAB Magazine caught up with Florence and the [...]
BARRA DA TIJUCA , Rio de Janeiro/Brazil (Friday, May 11, 2012) – For many touring professional surfers, a contest lay day presents the welcome opportunity to do some sightseeing or discover a new wave down the coast, but for two-time ASP World Champion Mick Fanning (AUS), 30, it’s the ideal opportunity to hang out with [...]
CAPBRETON, France (Wednesday, May 9, 2012) – Barefoot Wines in association with Billabong will host ASP Europe’s first specialty event in 2012: an expression session with a 3,000€ prize-purse in Bundoran, Ireland during the Sea Sessions festival next summer from June 29 to July 1. The invitational event will host some of the UK and [...]
LOS ANGELES, California/USA (Friday, April 27, 2012) – Hawaiian natural-footer Malia Manuel, 17, has made a statement on her opening campaign on the ASP Women’s World Championship Tour, leading her rookie class as the first freshman to make a final while posting several top results in the first four events this year. In addition to [...]
SYDNEY, NSW/AUS (Monday, April 23, 2012) – Amongst the sea of red of white AFL fans at Sunday afternoon’s match between the Sydney Swans and the North Melbourne Kangaroos sat five of the Top 17 ASP Women’s World Championship Tour surfers. The Commonwealth Bank Beachley Classic finished up at Sydney’s Dee Why Beach on Saturday, [...]
HUNTINGTON BEACH, California/USA (Monday, April 23, 2012) – Dusty Payne (HAW), 23, has been notably absent from the battlefield this season. The high-powered Hawaiian, capable of mixing it up in maxing Pipeline as well as above the lip, injured his ankle in the ASP Prime O’Neill Coldwater Classic at Santa Cruz last year before exacerbating [...]
SYDNEY, New South Wales/Australia (Wednesday, April 18, 2012) – Kolohe Andino, Taj Burrow, Julian Wilson, Travis Logie, Mick Fanning, Dusty Payne, Brett Simpson – it’s an esteemed list of wave-riders and all have played a crucial part in the reigniting of Matt ‘Mayhem’ Biolos as a premiere shaper to the world’s best surfers. Biolos, whose [...]
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