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January 23, 2012
COOLANGATTA, Queensland/AUS (January 24, 2012) – ASP Women’s World No.2 Sally Fitzgibbons remains confident she will be fully fit by the start of the Roxy Pro presented by Land Rover at Snapper Rocks on the Gold Coast on 25th February despite carrying several injuries. Fitzgibbons was on the Gold Coast this week nursing a fractured [...]
January 20, 2012
COOLANGATTA, Queensland/AUS (Friday, January 20, 2012) – Joel Parkinson (AUS), 30, has been considered an ASP World Title threat since his rookie year amongst the world’s best in 2001. The man came along at a time when surfing was beginning to blend traditional carves with aerials and the kid from Coolangatta had the complete package. [...]
January 20, 2012
COOLANGATTA, Queensland/AUS (Friday, January 20, 2012) – Josh Kerr (AUS), 27, has qualified for the ASP Dream Tour on three separate occasions. Seemingly against comprehension, Josh’s first two attempts amongst the world’s best didn’t go to plan and the incredibly-talented Gold Coaster failed to requalify. However, Kerr silenced all critics in 2011, putting in stellar [...]
January 17, 2012
HUNTINGTON BEACH, California/USA (Tuesday, January 17, 2012) – John John Florence (HAW), 19, had a breakthrough season in 2011 with dominating performances at Pipeline, qualification for the ASP World Tour at the halfway mark of the season, and the clinching the Vans Triple Crown while in his teens, something some of the finest surfers on [...]
January 17, 2012
GOLD COAST, Queensland/ AUS (Wednesday, January 18, 2012) – Davey Cathels (AUS), 20, is currently tied in the race for the 2011 ASP World Junior Title with Brazilian talente Caio Ibelli (BRA), 18. With the final stop on the ASP World Junior Tour relocating to his native country, the young Aussie was setting himself up [...]
January 17, 2012
SINGAPORE, (Tuesday, 17 January, 2012) – Outdoor Channel (Asia), a world leader in outdoor entertainment, has signed a pan-regional partnership with Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Australasia that will see Outdoor Channel provide coverage of ASP Australasia’s events. Under the terms of the Agreement, Outdoor Channel will become ASP Australasia’s pan-regional broadcast partner, and will [...]
January 17, 2012
LOS ANGELES, California/USA (Monday, January 16, 2012) – CJ Hobgood (USA), 32, has been a staple among surfing’s elite names for over a decade. The 2001 ASP World Champion has constantly proven his abilities in all conditions from small beachbreaks to heaving barrels, but 2011 proved to be a year of peaks and valleys for [...]
January 15, 2012
COOLANGATTA, Queensland/AUS (Monday, January 16, 2012) – ASP International has initiated a new Anti-Doping Policy for the world’s best surfers which will be activated for 2012 ASP World Title season. “This policy represents a consensus between our surfers, events and administrators in evolving the sport of surfing to a more professional level,” Richard Grellman, ASP [...]
January 13, 2012
HUNTINGTON BEACH, California/USA (Friday, January 13, 2012) – Patrick Gudauskas (USA), 26, had his 2011 season cut short at the Rip Curl Pro Search San Francisco when he sustained an ankle injury after launching a flip to surpass Jordy Smith (ZAF), 24, that forced the Californian to withdraw from the Billabong Pipe Masters. With the [...]
January 11, 2012
HUNTINGTON BEACH, California/USA (Wednesday, January 11, 2011) – Kolohe Andino (USA), 17, has been a focal point in the surf-media spotlight as of late, and for good reason. After qualifying for the ASP World Tour at just 17, the young American will join the ASP Dream Tour’s list of global prodigies to showcase his talents [...]