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January 10, 2013
LOS ANGELES, California/USA (Thursday, January 10, 2013) – Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), 22, is a sporting fanatic. While the former track and field standout chose the path of surfing, Fitzgibbons’ athletic abilities gave her the option to choose the professional sporting career of choice. With the 2012 ASP Women’s WCT coming to an end in August, [...]
December 19, 2012
HUNTINGTON BEACH, California/USA (Wednesday, December 19, 2012) – Welcome to the latest edition of the ASP Weekly Pulse. This week’s update focuses on the culmination of the 2012 ASP WCT Season, which ended in dramatic fashion when Joel Parkinson (AUS), 31, won not only his maiden ASP World Title, but also his first Billabong Pipe [...]
December 13, 2012
HUNTINGTON BEACH, California/USA (Tuesday, December 11, 2012) – Nat Young (USA), 21, has climbed through the ASP ranks without a stumble. A winner of the O’Neill Coldwater Classic at just 17, Young proved his potential was limitless, and the Santa Cruz talent remained consistent at a time when many up and coming surfers struggle to [...]
December 13, 2012
LOS ANGELES, California (Thursday, December 13, 2012) – Kelia Moniz (HAW), 19, like a few elite Hawaiian professionals, hails from an iconic surfing lineage. While father Tony Moniz has left his own legacy, Kelia has been busy creating her own, most recently winning the ASP Women’s World Longboard Title at the Swatch Girls Pro China. [...]
December 12, 2012
PIPELINE, Oahu/Hawaii (Tuesday, December 11, 2012) – Welcome to the freshest edition of the ASP Weekly Pulse, where this week’s action-packed video newsletter begins with Taylor Jensen securing his second consecutive ASP World Longboard Title in China. In addition to the ASP WLT news, the ASP Weekly Pulse recaps Sebastian Zietz’s rampage to a Vans [...]
December 9, 2012
BANZAI PIPELINE, Oahu/Hawaii (Sunday, December 9, 2012) – Kauai’s Sebastian Zietz (HAW), 24, has won the 2012 Vans Triple Crown of Surfing Title (an ASP Specialty Series) by advancing to Round 3 of the Billabong Pipe Masters in pumping six-to-eight foot (2 metre). Zietz wins a record $100,000 bonus in recognition of the 30th anniversary [...]
December 8, 2012
PIPELINE, Oahu/Hawaii (Saturday, December 8, 2012) – Taylor Knox (USA), 41, has competed on the ASP WCT for 20 years and the iconic Californian is set to enter the Billabong Pipe Masters in what could be his final ASP WCT event, but Knox feels his professional career is far from over. TransworldSURF sat down with [...]
December 8, 2012
TURTLE BAY, Oahu, Hawaii (Dec. 6, 2012) — Kelly Slater (USA), 40, and Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 24, took home top honors last night at the 42nd annual SURFER Poll Awards. For the third year running, the best surfers, filmmakers, and who’s who of the surf world converged on Turtle Bay on the North Shore of [...]
December 7, 2012
SUNSET BEACH, Oahu/Hawaii (Thursday, December 6, 2012) – Welcome to the latest edition of the ASP Weekly Pulse. This week’s newsletter is packed with info, starting with the transfer of Nike athletes to Hurley. On the contest front, this week’s latest ASP newsletter recaps Adam Melling’s amazing win at the Vans World Cup of Surfing [...]
December 7, 2012
COOLANGATTA, QLD/Australia (Friday, December 7, 2012) – The final ASP WCT event of 2012 i s about to get underway, the Billabong Pipe Masters will run from Dec 8 – 20 and will crown the 2012 ASP World Champion. Only three surfers remain in contention for the crown, Kelly Slater (USA), Mick Fanning (AUS) and [...]