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December 12, 2012
PIPELINE, Oahu/Hawaii (Tuesday, December 11, 2012) – The Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons began competition in firing barrels at both Pipeline and Backdoor, with the ASP World Title Race heating up between Joel Parkinson (AUS), 31, and Kelly Slater (USA), 40. While the event is expecting a short holding period, Surfline, official [...]
December 10, 2012
BANZAI PIPELINE, Oahu/Hawaii (Sunday, December 9, 2012) – The Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons ran a marathon 22 heats today, completed in six-to-eight foot (2 – 2.5 metre) waves at the Banzai Pipeline. The final stop on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT), the Billabong Pipe Masters ran its second consecutive [...]
December 9, 2012
BANZAI PIPELINE, Oahu/Hawaii (Sunday, December 9, 2012) – Kauai’s Sebastian Zietz (HAW), 24, has won the 2012 Vans Triple Crown of Surfing Title (an ASP Specialty Series) by advancing to Round 3 of the Billabong Pipe Masters in pumping six-to-eight foot (2 metre). Zietz wins a record $100,000 bonus in recognition of the 30th anniversary [...]
December 9, 2012
PIPELINE, Oahu/Hawaii (Saturday, December 8, 2012) – The Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons kicked off Round 1 of competition today in pumping six-to-eight foot (2 metre) waves at Pipeline, hosting the ASP Top 34 as they battled the notorious local wildcards in an attempt to requalify for the 2013 ASP Top 34. [...]
December 8, 2012
PIPELINE, Oahu/Hawaii (Saturday, December 8, 2012) – Taylor Knox (USA), 41, has competed on the ASP WCT for 20 years and the iconic Californian is set to enter the Billabong Pipe Masters in what could be his final ASP WCT event, but Knox feels his professional career is far from over. TransworldSURF sat down with [...]
December 8, 2012
TURTLE BAY, Oahu, Hawaii (Dec. 6, 2012) — Kelly Slater (USA), 40, and Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 24, took home top honors last night at the 42nd annual SURFER Poll Awards. For the third year running, the best surfers, filmmakers, and who’s who of the surf world converged on Turtle Bay on the North Shore of [...]
December 7, 2012
BANZAI PIPELINE, Hawaii/USA (Friday, December 7, 2012) – The Billabong Pipe Masters, the final stop on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT), will commence its waiting period tomorrow, December 8, 2012, and is projected to enjoy solid swell and great conditions over the opening days of the window. Stop No. 10 of 10 on [...]
December 7, 2012
SUNSET BEACH, Oahu/Hawaii (Thursday, December 6, 2012) – Welcome to the latest edition of the ASP Weekly Pulse. This week’s newsletter is packed with info, starting with the transfer of Nike athletes to Hurley. On the contest front, this week’s latest ASP newsletter recaps Adam Melling’s amazing win at the Vans World Cup of Surfing [...]
December 7, 2012
COOLANGATTA, QLD/Australia (Friday, December 7, 2012) – The final ASP WCT event of 2012 i s about to get underway, the Billabong Pipe Masters will run from Dec 8 – 20 and will crown the 2012 ASP World Champion. Only three surfers remain in contention for the crown, Kelly Slater (USA), Mick Fanning (AUS) and [...]
December 6, 2012
COOLANGATTA, QLD/Australia (Thursday, December 06, 2012) – 2013 will see the ASP celebrate 30 years of crowning World Champions at the prestigious awards ceremony. What began in Hawaii has moved to the Gold Coast, QLD, Australia with 2013 seeing the ASP World Surfing Awards continue to evolve with a dynamic, new format. Last year saw [...]