BARRA DA TIJUCA, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil (Tuesday, May 14, 2013) – Continued small surf in the one-to-two foot (0.5) metre) range at Barra da Tijuca has forced event organizers to call another lay day for the Billabong Rio Pro. Stop No. 3 of 10 on the 2013 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT), the Billabong Rio [...]
BARRA DA TIJUCA, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil (Thursday, May 9, 2013) – Round 1 of the Billabong Rio Pro was completed today in three-to-five foot (1 – 1.5 metre) waves at the primary site of Barra da Tijuca with the world’s best surfers navigating the at-times challenging barrels on offer and thrilling the crowd on the [...]
RAINBOW BAY, Queensland/Australia (Tuesday, March 5, 2013) – The world’s best surfers donned the competitor’s singlet for this first time this season as Round 1 of the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast presented by Land Rover was completed in clean two-to-three foot (1 metre) at Rainbow Bay. Event No. 1 of 10 on the 2013 ASP [...]
SAO PAULO, Brasil (Monday, February 25, 2013) – Guaraná Antarctica, a beverage brand known for believing and investing in the new Brazilian talent, has signed, through IMX Talent, a sponsorship contract with the surfer Gabriel Medina. This is one more way for the brand to motivate the carrier of a new sport’s start. In addition [...]
FOOTHILL RANCH, California (Wednesday, February 5, 2013) – Gabriel Medina, one of the most dynamic aerial surfers in the world and one of the most promising young talents ever to come out of Brazil, has joined Oakley’s Global surf team. The 19-year-old surfer from Sao Paulo, who finished in the top 10 on the prestigious [...]
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 [...]
HALEIWA/Oahu/Hawaii (Saturday, November 17, 2012) – The big guns entered the draw at the REEF Hawaiian Pro today and the battle for the 30th anniversary Vans Triple Crown of Surfing title began in earnest. Super clean and contestable 4-foot surf may have been smaller than yesterday’s offering, but it opened up the door for the [...]
SANTA CRUZ, California/USA (Sunday, November 4, 2012) – The O’Neill Coldwater Classic, Stop No. 9 of 10 on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT), returned to Steamer Lane in fantastic fashion today, bearing witness to major shakeups in the race for the 2012 ASP World Title. Matt Wilkinson (AUS), 24, former O’Neill Coldwater Classic [...]
STEAMER LANE, Santa Cruz/California (Thursday, November 1, 2012) – The O’Neill Coldwater Classic, stop No. 9 of 10 on the ASP WCT, kicked off competition on the opening day of the waiting period and saw several upsets unfold in shifting two-to-four foot (1 metre) waves at the iconic California pointbreak of Steamer Lane. Nat Young [...]
SUPERTUBOS, Peniche/Portugal (Friday, October 19, 2012) – Julian Wilson (AUS), 23, has claimed his maiden ASP World Championship Tour (WCT) victory today, besting a rampaging Gabriel Medina (BRA), 18, in the dying seconds of the Rip Curl Pro Portugal. Stop No. 8 of 10 on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour, the Rip Curl Pro [...]
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