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May 11, 2012
BARRA DA TIJUCA, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil (Friday, May 11, 2012) – With small one-to-two foot (.5 metre) waves on offer at Barra Da Tijuca, event organizers at the Billabong Rio Pro have opted to call competition off for the day. Stop No. 3 on the Men’s ASP World Championship Tour and No. 5 for the [...]
May 10, 2012
ARPOADOR, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil (Thursday, May 10, 2012) – The Billabong Rio Pro returned to the lefthanders of Arpoador to complete Round 2 of women’s competition in challenging one-to-three foot (0.5 metre) waves. Event No. 5 of 7 on the 2012 ASP Women’s World Championship Tour, the Billabong Rio Pro made the most of the [...]
May 10, 2012
ARPOADOR, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil (Thursday, May 10, 2012) – After a brief holding period this morning, the women’s Billabong Rio Pro is on at Arpoador for the second consecutive day in one-to-three foot (.5 metre) surf. Following women’s Round 2 competition, event organizers will reassess conditions to potentially move through to the latter rounds. Stop [...]
May 9, 2012
ARPOADOR, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil (Wednesday, May 9, 2012) – The 2012 Billabong Rio Pro, Stop No. 3 of 10 on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour, kicked off competition at the secondary venue of Arpoador this morning and the event’s top seeds dominated the clean two-to-four foot (1.5 metre) lefthanders on offer for Round 1. [...]
May 9, 2012
ARPOADOR, Rio de Janeiro / Brazil (Wednesday, May 9, 2012) – The opening day of the Billabong Rio Pro is ON in clean two-to-four foot (1 metre) waves at the backup venue of Arpoador and today’s action is expected to see the completion of both men’s and women’s Round 1. Stop No. 3 on the [...]
May 8, 2012
BARRA DA TIJUCA, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil (Tuesday, May 8, 2012) – Kelly Slater (USA), 40, reigning 11-time ASP World Champion and current ASP World No. 1, has withdrawn from the Billabong Rio Pro following a heel injury sustained in Java. “I injured the inside of my left heel in Java and then re-opened it again [...]
May 8, 2012
BARRA DA TIJUCA, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil (Monday, May 7, 2012) – The draw has been finalized for the next stop on the ASP World Championship Tour, the Billabong Rio Pro, cementing the Round 1 match-ups for the world’s best surfers to go down at Rio de Janeiro’s Barra da Tijuca this week. Event No. 3 [...]
April 27, 2012
LOS ANGELES, California/USA (Friday, April 27, 2012) – Hawaiian natural-footer Malia Manuel, 17, has made a statement on her opening campaign on the ASP Women’s World Championship Tour, leading her rookie class as the first freshman to make a final while posting several top results in the first four events this year. In addition to [...]
April 12, 2012
TARANAKI, New Zealand (Thursday, April 12, 2012) – The TSB Bank NZ Surf Festival featuring the Dow AgroSciences Pro ran in excellent surf at Taranaki today. With four-to-five foot (2 meter) surf groomed by clean off-shore winds, the competitors were thrilled with the quality of surf on offer for a full day of competition. Stop [...]
April 9, 2012
TARANAKI, New Zealand (Monday, April 9, 2012) – The TSB Bank NZ Surf Festival featuring the Dow AgroSciences Pro, stop No. 3 of 7 on the 2012 ASP Women’s World Championship Tour, is just days away from kickoff and the globe’s finest female surfers have flocked from Australia to Taranaki, New Zealand to continue their [...]