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 [...]
LOS ANGELES, California/USA (Monday, May 6, 2013) – Glenn ‘Micro’ Hall (IRL), 31, may be competing in his first year on the ASP World Championship Tour (WCT), but he’s hardly a rookie. Like many ASP WCT veterans, Micro’s been breathing the life of competitive surfing for decades and now that he’s earned the right to [...]
GOLD COAST, Queensland/AUS (Friday, January 25, 2013) – Glenn Hall has stuck to his guns, battling on the verge of ASP WCT qualification for the better part of a decade. In 2012, the Umina talent’s hard work finally paid off. While the spotlight is often focused on the up and coming teenage phenom, Hall has [...]
COOLANGATTA, QLD/Australia (Friday, January 11, 2013) – After a 12 year qualification campaign 31-year-old Central Coast, NSW born and raised surfer, Glenn Hall (IRE) has achieved his goal of qualifying for the Men’s ASP World Championship Tour. 2013 will see the veteran competitive surfer labelled a ‘Rookie’ on the WCT alongside much younger surfers – [...]
HUNTINGTON BEACH, California/USA (Wednesday, December 19, 2012) – Welcome to the latest edition of the ASP Weekly Pulse. This week’s update focuses on the culmination of the 2012 ASP WCT Season, which ended in dramatic fashion when Joel Parkinson (AUS), 31, won not only his maiden ASP World Title, but also his first Billabong Pipe [...]
COOLANGATTA, QLD/Australia (Wednesday, November 14, 2012) – 2013 will see the ASP World Tour return to China for the first ASP event in the Asia Pacific region, the 2013 Hainan Classic, held at Riyuewan Bay, Hainan Island, China from Jan 28 – 31. The event carries an ASP 4-Star rating and also continues the historic [...]
GRANDE PLAGE, Lacanau – France (Sunday, August 19, 2012) – Filipe Toledo (BRA) 17 has just won the ASP 5-Star Soöruz Lacanau Pro in clean 2-3Ft surf at La Grande Plage of Lacanau. Toledo managed to outsurf Jack Freestone (AUS) in an exciting final where the heat lead changed a few times before the flying [...]
GRANDE PLAGE, Lacanau – France (Saturday, August 18, 2012) – The fifth day of competition started this morning in Lacanau with the Round of 32 in clean 3-4Ft waves offering barrels and room for manoeuvers to some of the World’s Best. After a long midday break due to the extremely low tide, the event resumed [...]
FISTRAL BEACH, Newquay/England (Wednesday, August 8, 2012) – The Relentless Energy Drink Boardmasters in association with Vans ploughed through three rounds of competition in a marathon day of competition in punchy 3ft peaks at the main break of Fistral beach to leave twelve surfers in contention for this year’s title. Filipe Toledo (BRA) 17, led [...]
BALLITO, KwaDukuza, South Africa (Sunday, July 8, 2012) – Australian born, Irish surfer Glenn Hall, 30, secured the biggest win of his career taking out the ASP Prime Mr Price Pro Ballito defeating Nathaniel Curran, 27, (USA) in the Final at Willards Beach, in South Africa on Sunday, July 8, 2012. The final day of [...]
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