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February 10, 2013
Burleigh Heads/Australia: Sunday February 10 2013: Owen Wright (Aus) put on a masterly display of back-hand surfing to defeat fellow Australian Adam Melling (Lennox Head/NSW) in the final of the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) 4-star Breaka Burleigh Pro today on the Gold Coast. Midway through the final, Wright, who finished 11th on the World [...]
October 18, 2012
SUPERTUBOS, Peniche/Portugal (Thursday, October 18, 2012) – The Rip Curl Pro Portugal completed a mammoth day of competition today, determining seven of eight Quarterfinalists in improving three-to-five (1 – 1.5 metre) surf at Supertubos and setting up a possible finish for tomorrow. Event No. 8 of 10 on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour, the [...]
October 4, 2012
LA GRAVIERE, Hossegor/France (Thursday, October 4, 2012) – The Quiksilver Pro France, Stop No. 7 of 10 on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour, has been called back on this morning with the remaining four heats of Round 3 commencing at 8:15am in four-to-six foot (1 – 1.5 metre) waves at La Graviere. UPDATE: The [...]
October 3, 2012
LA GRAVIERE, Hossegor/France (Wednesday, October 3, 2012) – The Quiksilver Pro France, Stop No. 7 of 10 on the 2012 ASP World Championship, will recommence this morning 8:05am with the remaining heats of Round 2. Round 3 has been placed on standby. “Solid swell still on tap this morning and we’ll be getting competition underway [...]
September 13, 2012
LOWER TRESTLES, California/USA (Thursday, September 13, 2012) – At the midway point on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour, the Hurley Pro at Trestles is positioned to significantly set the tone in the hunt for the 2012 ASP World Title. Stop No. 6 of 10 on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour, the Hurley Pro [...]
August 27, 2012
TEAHUPO’O, Taiarapu/Tahiti (Monday, August 27, 2012) – Mick Fanning (AUS), 31, has claimed the 2012 Billabong Pro Tahiti over compatriot and Gold Coast stablemate Joel Parkinson (AUS), 31, in classic four-to-six foot (1 – 1.5 metre) waves at Teahupo’o. Event No. 5 of 10 on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour, the Billabong Pro Tahiti [...]
August 17, 2012
TEAHUPO’O, Taiarapu/Tahiti (Thursday, August 16, 2012) – Round 1 and the opening two heats of Round 2 of the Billabong Pro Tahiti, Event No. 5 of 10 on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour season, were completed today in shifting three-to-five foot (1 – 1.5 metre) waves at Teahupo’o and while the conditions didn’t exactly [...]
August 16, 2012
TEAHUPO’O, Taiarapu/Tahiti (Wednesday, August 15, 2012) – The Billabong Pro Tahiti will host the ASP Top 34 for the 5th of 10 stops on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour, and with swell forecast for opening day, it’s likely that the world’s best surfers will do battle as early as tomorrow. Michel Bourez (PYF), 26, [...]
August 15, 2012
COOLANGATTA, Queensland/Australia (Wednesday, August 15, 2012) – Last year’s Billabong Pro Tahiti runner-up Owen Wright (AUS), 22, has returned to French Polynesia fresh from fine-tuning his left hand tube riding in Bali, and is ready to repeat last year’s heroics. In 2011 Tahiti was a breakthrough event for Wright and was his first of three [...]
July 18, 2012
COOLANGATTA, New South Wales/ AUS (Wednesday, July 18, 2012) – With a change in scheduling for the 2012 ASP WCT season, the world’s best surfers have a two month break between the Volcom Fiji Pro and the Billabong Pro Tahiti. So, what is one to do with so much free time? ASP Top 10 surfer [...]
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