COOLANGATTA, Queensland/Australia (Tuesday, 7 February, 2012) – It’s summertime and the world’s best surfers are headed down under for the prestigious Australian leg of the ASP World Tour, starting with the ASP 4-Star Breaka Burleigh Pro. Queensland’s current crop of surfing heroes including two-time ASP World Champion Mick Fanning (AUS), Julian Wilson (AUS), Josh Kerr [...]
HONOLULU, Oahu/Hawaii (Wednesday, February 1, 2012) – Hawaii’s John John Florence created one of professional surfing’s most dramatic moments today to claim his second consecutive Volcom Pipe Pro title, completely flipping the table on former Pipe Pro champion Jamie O’Brien (Hawaii) in the final seconds. O’Brien had held the lead for 34 minutes and 45 [...]
HONOLULU, Oahu/Hawaii – (Tuesday, January 31, 2012) – He came to Hawaii looking to fulfill a childhood dream and humbly gain experience at the world’s most revered and feared surf spot: the Banzai Pipeline. But 20-year-old New York pro surfing rookie Balaram Stack scored one of surfing’s rarest waves: a perfect 10 on a fearsome [...]
HONOLULU, Oahu/Hawaii – (January 30, 2012) – Hawaii is one of the few places on the planet that a professional surfing contest can be postponed due to TOO much surf, as was the case this-morning for the Volcom Pipe Pro. The rising swell started maxing out at the Banzai Pipeline at 8:30am today, forcing organizers [...]
HONOLULU, Hawaii – (Sunday, January 29, 2012) – Conditions settled down at the Banzai Pipeline today and yesterday’s death-defying closeouts were replaced by long, hollow tubes at the Volcom Pipe Pro. California’s Chris Ward and Costa Rican Carlos Munoz put on incredible performances at Backdoor that saw them clearly emerge the pacesetters. A $130,000 5-star [...]
HONOLULU, Hawaii – (Saturday, January 28, 2012) – The Banzai Pipeline caught everyone off guard today. Waves doubled and tripled in size from one heat to the next before the opening day of competition at The Volcom Pipe Pro was called off due to dangerous conditions. Only seven heats and three hours of competition were [...]
PIPELINE, Hawaii/USA (Friday, January 20, 2012) – Solid winter surf is shaping up for the start of the holding period of the Volcom Pipe Pro next Monday, January 23, at Banzai Pipeline, Hawaii. A $130,000 5-star Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) event that will feature 112 surfers from around the globe, the Volcom Pipe Pro [...]
WANNING, Hainan Island, China (Saturday, January 14, 2012) – Despite smaller conditions on the final day of the competition at the Hainan Classic, the Final was an action-packed, wave-for-wave affair. Glenn ‘Micro’ Hall managed to take control early with a long, excellent-scoring wave mid-way through the heat and hold off Royden Bryson (ZAF) in order [...]
WANNING, Hainan Island, China (Friday, January 13, 2012) – At first light, the forecasts presented by Surfline proved on point, as 4- to 6-foot sets rolled through Riyue Bay, for Day 3 of the Hainan Classic, a 4-Star Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) event. What transpired were eight tightly contested heats, filled with late-heat game-changer [...]
WANNING, Hainan Island/China (Thursday, January 12, 2012) – After yesterday’s conditions, competitors and organizers of the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) 4-Star World Tour Hainan Classic couldn’t have expected much better. But China continues to surprise and impress. When the first heat horn sounded this morning, conditions were bigger, the offshore winds were howling and [...]
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