BARRA DA TIJUCA, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil (Friday, May 17, 2013) – After a week of lay days, the world’s best surfers got back to action at the punchy Brazilian beachbreak Barra Da Tijuca, tackling stormy three-to-five foot (1.5 metre) surf to complete Round 2 of Billabong Rio Pro competition. Josh Kerr (AUS), 29, took flight [...]
SNAPPER ROCKS, Queenslands/Australia (Tuesday, February 21, 2012) – Joel Parkinson (AUS), 30, was ASP World Runner-Up last season…an accolade he’s held on four occasions now (2002, 2004, 2009, 2011). That kind of record, getting within reach of the ASP World Title so many times, would buckle a lesser man. However, Parkinson is not a lesser [...]
BANZAI PIPELINE, Hawaii/USA (Monday, December 12, 2011) – With the completion of the 2011 ASP World Tour, the ASP Top 34 have been determined for 2012. This elite group of surfers will contest for the 2012 ASP World Title, starting on the Gold Coast of Australia in February. 2012 ASP TOP 34: 1. Kelly Slater [...]
BANZAI PIPELINE, Hawaii/USA (Saturday, December 10, 2011) – After two historic days at the Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons, the final stop on the 2011 ASP World Title Series, the ASP Top 32 surfers have been determined for 2012. The ASP Wildcard Committee will determine the two wildcards in the coming week, [...]
COOLANGATTA, Queensland/Australia (Saturday, October 22, 2011) – ASP World Tour Manager and multi-decade veteran of the the ASP Renato Hickel has offered the the first three portions of his insights into the radical transitions that the sport has undergone in the past 24 months, and now we’re prepared for the fourth and final. Spawned in [...]
COOLANGATTA, Queensland/Australia (Friday, October 21, 2011) – ASP World Tour Manager and multi-decade veteran of the the ASP Renato Hickel has offered the the first two portions of his insights into the radical transitions that the sport has undergone in the past 24 months, and now we’re prepared for number three. Spawned in the ASP [...]
COOLANGATTA, Queensland/Australia (Wednesday, October 19, 2011) – The past 24 months have bore witness to a radical transition within the ASP. Spawned in the ASP Board Meetings of October 2009, these transitions dealt specifically with the system for determining the world’s best surfers who would ultimately decide the undisputed ASP World Champion. In August of [...]
NORTH SHORE, Oahu/Hawaii (Tuesday, December 21, 2010) – The 2011 ASP Top 34 have been finalized, setting the scene for what is shaping up to be one of the most exciting seasons in ASP history. With the allocation of the two ASP Wildcards (going to Kai Otton (AUS), 31, and Gabe Kling (USA), 30), the [...]
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