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April 23, 2012
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 [...]
April 18, 2012
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 [...]
April 17, 2012
HUNTINGTON BEACH, California/USA (Tuesday, April 17, 2012) – Brett Simpson (USA), 26, is currently amidst his third year among the world’s best surfers and is continually adding priceless knowledge while competing event-after-event on the ASP World Championship Tour. After a tough equal 25th place finish at the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast, Simpson rebounded at Bells, [...]
April 15, 2012
JEJU ISLAND, Republic of Korea (Monday, April 16, 2012) – ASP International is pleased to announce the sanctioning of the first-ever event in the Republic of Korea, the ASP 2-Star men’s Murasaki Quiksilver Open of Surfing to take place at Jeju Island’s Mun Beach from June 14 – 18, 2012. “The announcement of ASP Japan’s [...]
April 13, 2012
COOLANGATTA, QLD/AUS (Friday, April 13, 2012) – In the Final of the recent Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach Kelly Slater (USA) landed a massive full rotation air-reverse. He threw down a similar air at last year’s Quiksilver Pro New York. Both waves were deemed 10-point-rides by the judging panel, but which was better? Surfing Life [...]
April 10, 2012
SYDNEY, New South Wales/Australia (Wednesday, April 11, 2012) – The world is still recovering after five electric days of surfing at Bells Beach for the 2012 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach won by Mick Fanning (AUS), 30, and Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), 21, respectively. The surf pumped, the sun shone, the winds were variable offshore and [...]
April 5, 2012
HUNTINGTON BEACH, California/USA (Thursday, April 5, 2012) – ASP North America and Sustainable Surf, a non-profit environmental organization focused on the surfing industry, are proud to announce their partnership for the 2012 season, offering green guidelines for all ASP North America events. ASP North America and Sustainable Surf’s goal is to provide a useful framework [...]
April 5, 2012
BELLS BEACH, Victoria/Australia (Thursday, April 5, 2012) – Joel Parkinson has been awarded the prestigious Rip Curl Pro Gold Pass. Parkinson (AUS), 30, the 2011 ASP World Runner-Up and defending Rip Curl Pro presented by Ford Bells Beach winner, is the youngest-ever recipient of the Rip Curl Pro Gold Pass, joining an exclusive club of [...]
March 28, 2012
BELLS BEACH, Victoria/Australia (Wednesday, March 28, 2012) – The outlook for the start of the Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach, including the trials to be held on the Sunday 1st and Monday 2nd of April, is now looking nothing short of excellent. The forecast broadly hinges on an active storm track affecting the far [...]
March 21, 2012
LOS ANGELES, California/USA (Wednesday, March 21, 2012) – With a healthy amount of swell on tap for the opening days of the ASP PRIME Telstra Drug Aware Pro, many of the world’s best surfers have been hovering around Western Australia in search of waves while waiting to surf their heats. Since the main event is [...]