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August 13, 2010
HANALEI, Kauai/Hawaii (Friday, August 13, 2010) – Former three-time ASP World Champion Andy Irons (HAW), 32, will be the first to admit he has a lot of demons. Following a sabbatical from professional surfing in 2009, Irons returned to the singlet this season and has been transitioning back into the new world of high performance [...]
August 10, 2010
L’OCEAN, Anglet/France (Tuesday, August 10, 2010) – Reubyn Ash (Newquay, GBR), 22, has won the ASP Europe Specialty 6.0 Cash for Tricks event in Anglet, France, today, the British athlete unleashing his well-known progressive surfing to dominate an angry 40-man field that once again pushed their limits in the clean two-foot surf on offer. Ash, [...]
August 5, 2010
LOS ANGELES, California/USA (Thursday, August 5, 2010) – Kelly Slater (USA), 38, former nine-time ASP World Champion and current ASP World No. 3, was honored by the LA Dodgers last night as he threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the battled the San Diego Padres. After smashing his mid-morning heat at the ASP PRIME [...]
August 4, 2010
SYDNEY, New South Wales/Australia (Wednesday, August 4, 2010) – Kai Otton opened up 2010 as he has opened up every year on tour since his inception: with unapologetic intensity and high-performance flair. However, a neck injury suffered before the Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay has sidelined one of the ASP World Tour’s most electric goofy-footers. Tracks [...]
August 3, 2010
SAN CLEMENTE, California/USA (Tuesday, August 3, 2010) – Joel Parkinson (AUS), 29, is one of the best surfers in the world. It’s one of the comforting things in the surfing world that’s not up for discussion – it’s an absolute fact. The stylish natural-footer is as adept at shredding 2-foot Duranbah as he is at [...]
August 2, 2010
HOSSEGOR, France (Monday, August 2, 2010) – Michel Bourez (Tahiti, PYF), 23, current ASP World No. 13 and former ASP European Champion (2006), sat down with Surf Euope senio editor Archi Jaeckin at the Nike 6.0 Roundhouse in Hossegor to talk about his 2010 run so far. Coming from a surprising elimination in the early [...]
July 31, 2010
HUNTINGTON BEACH, California/USA (Saturday, July 31, 2010) – Owen Wright is a big, rangy, Aussie country kid who smiles his way around the world, punting giant airs, driving through crazy shacks and winning ASP World Tour heats. He’s from the reefbreak-soaked coast of southern New South Wales — think California’s Central Coast with fewer closeouts [...]
July 30, 2010
HUNTINGTON BEACH, California/USA (Friday, July 30, 2010) – Brett Simpson (USA), 25, just picked up his best result of the season with an equal 9th at the Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay and has returned home to defend his title at the upcoming ASP PRIME U.S. Open of Surfing. Last year’s emotional victory projected Simpson onto [...]
July 29, 2010
GOLD COAST, Queensland/Australia (Friday, July 29, 2010) – Join Fuel TV host and former ASP World Champion Mark ‘Occy’ Occhilupo at 1pm (EST) this Friday as he answers your questions about all things surfing. The most creative and unique Occy Question (as judged by Occy himself) will win a FUEL TV surfboard signed by Occy [...]
July 25, 2010
HUNTINGTON BEACH, California/USA (Sunday, July 25, 2010) – With one event to go before the mid-year field reduction from the ASP Top 45 to the Top 32, the pressure is on for those on the bubble heading into the Billabong Pro Tahiti. Kelly Slater (USA), 38, former nine-time ASP World Champion and current ASP World [...]