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February 19, 2012
MANLY, NSW/Australia (Sunday, 19 February, 2012) – Matt Banting (AUS) and Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) have taken out the Inaugural Australian Open of Surfing Pro presented by Hurley and Billabong at Manly beach today. The beach was packed with tens of thousands of surf fans for the final day of competition and they were treated to [...]
February 18, 2012
MANLY, NSW/Australia (Saturday, 18 February, 2012) – Matt Banting (AUS) and Nikki Van Dijk (AUS) have taken out the Australian Open of Surfing Pro Juniors presented by Hurley and Billabong at Manly beach today. The morning saw the eight Quarterfinalists decided in the Men’s ASP 6-Star division with a number of the top seeds bowing [...]
February 17, 2012
MANLY, NSW/Australia (Friday, 17 February, 2012) – The Australian Open of Surfing presented by Hurley and Billabong has seen surfing’s past, present and future stars doing battle in front of thousands of fans at Manly Beach. Today the surfers were forced to put their aerial skills on display in small 2 foot (1 meter) wind [...]
January 7, 2012
Jan Juc, Victoria/Australia (Saturday, 7 January, 2012) – The prevailing onshore winds from the previous days of competition backed off and left competitors with super clean 3 foot (1.5 meter) surf at Jan Juc today for the Rounds of 32 and 16 at the Championship Moves Open and Pro Junior Presented by CHIKO. Onlookers were [...]
January 5, 2012
Jan Juc, Victoria/Australia (Thursday, 5 January, 2012) – In the first day of surfing on the 2012 Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) calendar, competition was forced to move from from Bells Beach to Jan Juc to take advantage of the three foot (1.5 meter) waves on offer. In a huge day of surfing action, three [...]
July 28, 2011
COOLANGATTA, Queensland/Australia (Thursday, July 21, 2011) – The ASP Australasian Pro Junior Series and the region’s Longboard Qualifying Series have wrapped up for 2011. Events were run and won, champions were crowned and most importantly the Australasian qualifiers have been decided for the ASP men’s and women’s World Longboard Tours and the World Junior Championships. [...]
March 12, 2011
NEWCASTLE/Australia (Saturday, March 12, 2011) – ALL eyes are fixed on Port Macquarie wunderkind Matt Banting following today’s rounds of 32 and 16 in the Association of Surfing Professionals junior men’s (ASP) four-star US$20000 CHIKO Pro Junior. The natural-footer let everyone know he wasn’t at Merewether beach for any reason other than to take home [...]
March 6, 2011
SNAPPER ROCKS, Queensland/Australia (Sunday, March 6, 2011) – The Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast presented by Land Rover, the opening event of the 2011 ASP World Title season, recommenced competition today with the elimination Round 2 battling it out in trying two-to-three foot (1 metre) waves at the primary venue of Snapper Rocks. While strong currents [...]
March 5, 2011
SNAPPER ROCKS, Queensland/Australia (Sunday, March 6, 2011) – The swell has filled in overnight and Round 2 of the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast presented by Land Rover will commence at 8am at the primary venue of Snapper Rocks. The opening event of the 2011 ASP World Title season, the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast completed its [...]
February 14, 2011
SNAPPER ROCKS, Queensland/Australia (Monday, February 14, 2011) – Super grommet Matt Banting (Port Macquarie, NSW) has become the youngest ever surfer to receive a wildcard into the upcoming Quiksilver Pro presented by Land Rover on the southern end of the Gold Coast. The sixteen year-old is preparing to be propelled into the big time, with [...]