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August 15, 2012
COOLANGATTA, Queensland/Australia (Wednesday, August 15, 2012) – Last year’s Billabong Pro Tahiti runner-up Owen Wright (AUS), 22, has returned to French Polynesia fresh from fine-tuning his left hand tube riding in Bali, and is ready to repeat last year’s heroics. In 2011 Tahiti was a breakthrough event for Wright and was his first of three [...]
August 10, 2012
Coolangatta, QLD/Australia (Friday, 10 August, 2012) – Reigning ASP World Longboard Champion Taylor Jensen (CA/USA) and West Australian Georgia Young (WA/AUS) have claimed top honours on the 2012 ASP Australasia Longboard Qualifying Series. The Australasian LQS consists of two events for the women and three for the men and features competitors from Australia, New Zealand, [...]
August 3, 2012
Coolangatta, QLD/Australia (Friday, 3 August, 2012) – Wade Carmichael (Avoca, NSW/AUS) and Nikki Van Dijk (Phillip Island, VIC/AUS) have claimed the men’s and women’s ASP Australasia Pro Junior Series titles for 2012. Both surfers won multiple events and were clearly the standout surfers on their respective series’ and will now go on to compete on [...]
July 15, 2012
COTTESLOE, WA/AUS (Sunday, July 15, 2012) – Taylor Jensen (CA/USA) and Georgia Young (WA/AUS) both claimed victory at the ASP 3-Star “Be Kind, Be Calm, Keep Smiling” Whalebone Classic for the second year in a row. The Whalebone Classic, the third and final stop on this year’s ASP Australasian Longboard Qualifying Series (LQS), wrapped up [...]
July 14, 2012
COTTESLOE, WA/AUS (Saturday, July 14, 2012) – Competition commenced at Isos Reef, Cottesloe, WA in pleasant, but small waves this morning. The 190 competitors from as far a field as Taiwan, Spain, Hawaii and New Zealand were greeted by the small but contestable waves and are looking forward to a promised increase in swell tomorrow. [...]
July 14, 2012
GRANDE PLAGE, Biarritz – France (Saturday, July 14, 2012) – Competition has relocated this morning on the final day of the Roxy Pro to the secondary location of ‘La Grande Plage’ in central Biarritz. Clean 4-5Ft surf is breaking this morning in front of the Biarritz Casino with punchy lefts and righthanders on offer on [...]
July 13, 2012
COTTESLOE, WA/AUS (Friday, July 13, 2012) – The final event of the 2012 ASP Australasian Longboard Qualifying Series, the “Be Kind, Be Calm, Keep Smiling, Whalebone Classic” will start tomorrow at Iso’s Reef, Cottesloe beach, WA. Over 190 competitors from WA, Australia and around the globe will Walk the Plank and Hang Ten as they [...]
July 4, 2012
COOLANGATTA, QLD/AUS (Wednesday, July 4, 2012) – An international field of longboard surfers will be vying for $20,000 prize-money and the prestigious ASP 3-Star “Be Kind, Be Calm, Keep Smiling Whalebone Classic” title at Iso’s Reef at Cottesloe from July 14th. Reigning ASP World Longboard Champion Taylor Jensen from California will be returning to defend [...]
July 3, 2012
COOLANGATTA, QLD/AUS (Tuesday, July 3, 2012) – After seven years of successful competition the SriLankan Airlines Pro has unfortunately been cancelled for 2012. The competition ran in the Maldives for the first five years before moving to Sri Lanka. Last year saw a successful combined Men’s WLT and Women’s 6-Star ASP World Tour event held [...]
June 27, 2012
COOLANGATTA, QLD/AUS (Wednesday 27th June) – A behind-the-scenes look into the lives of Australia’s best female professional surfers as they compete on the elite ASP Women’s World Championship Tour goes to air on Channel Nine this Sunday, July 1st. Stephanie Gilmore, Sally Fitzgibbons, Laura Enever, Tyler Wright, Rebecca Woods and up-and-coming pro junior Nikki Van [...]