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January 9, 2012
SAN CLEMENTE, California/USA (Monday, January 9, 2012) – For most of us mere mortals, we’re lucky to get our hands on one new board a year…IF we’re lucky. However, members of the ASP Top 34 are different creatures altogether. These guys probably clock more barrel time, hang time and rail time in a single session [...]
January 6, 2012
COOLANGATTA, Queensland/AUS (Friday, January 6, 2011) – Julian Wilson (AUS), 23, charged massive Pipe this year in his first season at the Billabong Pipe Masters. The ASP Rookie of the Year went for broke while hunting down a massive barrel of his own and despite a few stitches and some heavy wipeouts, Wilson’s efforts at [...]
January 4, 2012
HUNTINGTON BEACH, California/USA (Wednesday, January 4, 2012) – After years of hard work, Sage Erickson (USA), 21, has officially qualified for the 2012 ASP Women’s World Tour. The talented natural-footer blitzed ASP Women’s 6-Star events in 2011, constantly posting top results to finish off the year ranked 4th overall. Erickson had decided to flee the [...]
January 3, 2012
COOLANGATTA, Queensland/AUS (Tuesday, January 3, 2012) – ASP International is pleased to announce the appointment of Jessi Miley-Dyer to the ASP Women’s World Tour Manager position, effective immediately. “We’re very pleased to welcome Jessi to the ASP management team as Women’s Tour Manager,” Richard Grellman, ASP Executive Chairman, said. “In addition to competing against the [...]
January 2, 2012
COOLANGATTA, Queensland/AUS (Monday, January 2, 2012) – 2011 has come and gone, delivering nothing short of one of the most exciting and talked about seasons the tour has ever witnessed. We saw bombing conditions at Teahupo’o and Pipeline, rippable surf in New York and San Francisco, and landmark swells at Bells and Supertubos. We saw [...]
December 27, 2011
COOLANGATTA, Queensland/AUS (Wednesday, December 28, 2011) – The ASP Board of Directors has voted to deactivate the midyear rotation in 2012, citing scheduling uncertainties as the primary reason. “This has been an extremely challenging decision for us to make,” Dave Prodan, ASP International spokesman, said. “We believe that the 2011 rotation brought in some incredible [...]
December 27, 2011
HUNTINGTON BEACH, California/USA (Tuesday, December 27, 2011) – Surfing is an imperfect science. There are simply too many variables to control and predict. This makes the sport of surfing both one of the most exciting and one of the most frustrating. There is no other playing field in the sporting world with the kind of [...]
December 22, 2011
SANTA CRUZ, California/USA (Thursday, December 22, 2011) – The O’Neill Cold Water Classic Santa Cruz has been confirmed as an elite ASP World Title event for 2012. The world’s best surfers will journey to Northern California next November for the 10th of 11 stops on next season’s ASP World Title Series. “We’re very happy to [...]
December 22, 2011
AVOCA BEACH, New South Wales/Australia (Thursday, December 22, 2011) – Adrian “Ace” Buchan (AUS), 29, is one of the best goofy-footers on the planet. His backhand at Jeffreys Bay is just as adept as his commitment at solid Teahupo’o; his speed, power, flow, rail work, fin-free ability and style all operate at the highest of [...]
December 21, 2011
COOLANGATTA, Queensland/AUS (Wednesday, December 21, 2011) – The world’s best surfers will again be returning to the Gold Coast early next year when the holiday capital hosts the calendar’s two biggest surfing events. The iconic point break of Snapper Rocks will be the focus of the surfing world when the Quiksilver and Roxy Pro presented [...]