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April 21, 2012
LA SAUZAIE, Brétignolles-sur-Mer – FRANCE (Saturday, April 21, 2012) – Marlon Lipke (DEU) has won the 2012 ASP 3-Star Protest Vendee Pro in a close fought low scoring final in shifting 4-5Ft wind affected peaks progressing through the early rounds of competition to build momentum. Lipke eventually took out the Final heat of the day [...]
April 20, 2012
LA SAUZAIE, Brétignolles-sur-Mer – FRANCE (Friday, April 20, 2012) – The ASP 3-Star Protest Vendee Pro completed its second day of competition today which started at 9am this morning at the backup venue of Les Dunes. Conditions allowed the Top Seeds entering the competition in its third Round to display their fantastic abilities to the [...]
April 19, 2012
La Sauzaie, Brétignolles-sur-Mer – FRANCE (Thursday, April 19, 2012) – The opening day of the ASP 3-Star Protest Vendee Pro ran through the first two rounds of competition on two different sites. This morning eight heats were surfed at the secondary site of Les Dunes in choppy 4-5Ft waves , before the decision was taken [...]
April 18, 2012
La Sauzaie (Wednesday, April 18, 2012) – The ASP 3-Star Protest Vendee Pro will kick-off tomorrow morning in Vendée. A field of over a 100 competitors will gather for the opening day of competition. A first call will be made at 9am at the secondary site of Les Dunes for a possible start shortly after. [...]
April 13, 2012
CAPBRETON, France (Friday, April 13, 2012) – The 2012 edition of the ASP Europe 3-Star Protest Vendee Pro will launch the European season next week. Europe’s best will gather once again in Brétignolles sur Mer hoping for La Sauzaie to unleash its classic A-Frame bombs over the reef. Julien ‘Vico’ Hamel, contest director and webcast [...]
February 29, 2012
CAPBRETON, France (Tuesday, February 28, 2012) – The 2012 Protest Vendée Pro, an ASP Europe 3-Star event was just officially confirmed and will be running from April 19-22, 2012 as the season’s first event in Europe. The Vendée region and particularly La Sauzaie has been hosting surfing events for more than two decades now and [...]
April 25, 2011
LA SAUZAIE, France (Monday, April 25, 2011) – Tim Boal (Anglet, FRA) 27, has won the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) 4-Star Protest Vendee Pro defeating Alain Riou (Tahiti, PYF) 27, in a close fought Final that saw the lead swap several times in 3ft (1m) shifting peaks at the main event site of La [...]
April 25, 2011
La Sauzaie (Sunday, April 24, 2011) – Semifinalists were decided at the Protest Vendee Pro in excellent 4-5ft (1.5m) waves at La Sauzaie in an explosive morning session of competition which saw Alain Riou (Tahiti, PYF) 27, Chris Friend (Sunshine Coast, AUS) 20, Marlon Lipke (DEU) 27, and Tim Boal (Anglet, FRA) 27, remain in [...]
April 23, 2011
LA SAUZAIE, France (Saturday, April 23, 2011) –The Protest Vendee Pro raced through 5 heats of Round 3 with 2010 ASP European champion Marc Lacomare (Hossegor,FRA) 19, leading the charge in clean 3-4ft (1m) peaks at the main event site of La Sauzaie early this morning. Competition was once again placed on hold during the [...]
April 22, 2011
LA SAUZAIE, France (Friday, April 22, 2011) –The remaining 10 heats of Round 2 of the Protest Vendee Pro were completed during an early morning and another late afternoon session of competition in wind affected 3-4ft (1m) peaks at the main event site of La Sauzaie. Strong cross-shore winds made for difficult conditions and wave [...]