BARRA DA TIJUCA, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil (Wednesday, May 16, 2012) – John John Florence (HAW), 19, has won his maiden ASP World Championship Tour event, taking out the Billabong Rio Pro over Joel Parkinson (AUS), 31, in barreling three-to-four foot (1 metre) waves at Barra da Tijuca. Florence, currently in his rookie year on the [...]
BARRA DA TIJUCA, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil (Tuesday, May 15, 2012) – The Billabong Rio Pro, Event No. 3 of 10 on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour, returned to the powerful beachbreak of Barra da Tijuca for the second consecutive day in three-to-five foot (1-1.5 metre) barrels which provided the ideal canvas for the world’s [...]
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 [...]
SYDNEY, New South Wales/Australia (Wednesday, April 11, 2012) – The world is still recovering after five electric days of surfing at Bells Beach for the 2012 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach won by Mick Fanning (AUS), 30, and Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), 21, respectively. The surf pumped, the sun shone, the winds were variable offshore and [...]
SNAPPER ROCKS, Queensland/Australia (Tuesday, February 28, 2012) – Round 4 of the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast presented by Land Rover, the opening stop on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour, has been called on this morning, commencing at 7:30am in two-to-three foot (1 metre) waves at Snapper Rocks. The Gold Coast’s fabled pointbreak will host [...]
BURLEIGH HEADS, Queensland/Australia (Sunday, February 12, 2012) – In an all Queensland affair Sunshine Coast surfer Julian Wilson surfed a brilliant final calling on his refined aerial skills to win the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) 4 Star Men’s World Tour Breaka Burleigh Pro. “It’s been an incredible event and I was so looking forward [...]
COOLANGATTA, Queensland/AUS (Friday, January 20, 2012) – Josh Kerr (AUS), 27, has qualified for the ASP Dream Tour on three separate occasions. Seemingly against comprehension, Josh’s first two attempts amongst the world’s best didn’t go to plan and the incredibly-talented Gold Coaster failed to requalify. However, Kerr silenced all critics in 2011, putting in stellar [...]
COOLANGATTA, Queensland/AUS (Monday, January 2, 2012) – 2011 has come and gone, delivering nothing short of one of the most exciting and talked about seasons the tour has ever witnessed. We saw bombing conditions at Teahupo’o and Pipeline, rippable surf in New York and San Francisco, and landmark swells at Bells and Supertubos. We saw [...]
SUNSET BEACH, Oahu/Hawaii (Dec. 1, 2011) – When he’s on, he’s really on. Dane Reynolds (Ventura, CA) took a gnarly Sunset day by the horns today, and put on the show of the contest in the final heat of the Vans World Cup of Surfing’s Round of 64. His turns were on point, his carves [...]
HONOLULU, Hawaii (Tuesday, November 22, 2011) – Haleiwa was a roller-coaster ride today as the Reef Hawaiian Pro – the first stop of the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing, presented by Rockstar Energy Drink, hit the cut-throat middle rounds of competition. The highs consisted of phenomenal air shows assisted by a stiff off-shore wind. The [...]
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