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August 2, 2011
HUNTINGTON BEACH, California (Tuesday, August 2, 2011) – Round 1 of the ASP PRIME Nike US Open of Surfing saw several elite ASP Top 34 surfers clash against the leaders of the next generation in consistently changing one-to-three foot (.5 metre) waves at Huntington Beach Pier. The 2011 Nike US Open of Surfing represents the [...]
June 16, 2011
RIBEIRA D’ILHAS/ERICEIRA, Portugal (Thursday, June 16, 2011) – The ASP PRIME Quiksilver Pro Portugal witnessed an incredible marathon day of performance surfing with elite ASP World Tour member Julian Wilson (Sunshine Coast, AUS) 22, raising the bar in both his appearances. Round 2 of competition was completed late this afternoon in excellent 4-5ft (1.2m) right-handers [...]
June 5, 2011
PRAIA DA VILA, Imbituba, Santa Catarina / Brazil ( Sunday, June 5, 2011) – The young Brazilian, Gabriel Medina, 17, wins the ASP PRIME Supersurf Internacional Prime with a perfect 10 in spectacular conditions with sunny skies, no wind and long left-handers breaking in the 6-8 foot range (2-3 meters) along Praia da Vila in [...]
June 2, 2011
PRAIA DA VILA, Imbituba, Santa Catarina / Brazil (Thursday, Jun 2, 2011) – Under sunny skies and light winds, Round of 48 for the ASP PRIME SuperSurf Internacional Prime was completed in clean conditions with waves breaking in the 2-3 foot range (1 meter) at Praia da Vila, Imbituba. The Round of 24 was also [...]
April 17, 2011
THURSO EAST, Scotland (Sunday, April 17, 2011) – Brent Dorrington (Gold Coast AUS) 24, won the O’Neill Coldwater Classic Scotland, his maiden Asp Star Tour victory, defeating Jay Quinn (NZL) 27, in a low scoring final in inconsistent 2-3ft (1m) waves at Thurso East reef. Competition was placed on hold during the low tide mark [...]
April 13, 2011
Thurso East – Scotland (Wednesday, April 13, 2011) – The opening day of the O’Neill Coldwater Classic Scotland, an Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) 6-Star event, saw some of the world’s top surfers offer incredible displays of surfing in clean 6ft (1.5m) barrelling rights at Thurso East. Cold winds and freezing waters were compensated with [...]
March 22, 2011
GISBORNE, New Zealand (Tuesday, March 22, 2011) – The O’Neill Cold Water Classic Series 2011 dives into the deep south of the Pacific Ocean for the first event of the year being staged at Gisborne on the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The event will be the richest to ever frequent [...]
October 30, 2010
LA SANTA/LANZAROTE, Canary Islands (Friday, October 29, 2010) –The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) PRIME Islas Canarias Santa Pro witnessed an epic day of competitive surfing at La Santa Right. Clean lines in the 4-6ft (1.5m) range pumped through the entire day offering some spectacular action which saw 18 heats of Round Two competed. Overnight [...]
September 16, 2010
FIGUEIRA da FOZ, Portugal (Thursday, September 16, 2010) – An overnight increase in swell saw Round Three of competition completed at the ASP 6-Star Lusiaves Figueira Pro. Moving back to the main event site at Praia do Cabedelo after having gone mobile on the opening days, event officials and surfers were greeted with long, clean [...]
August 28, 2010
PANTIN, Spain (Friday, August 27, 2010) – The final 16 remaining surfers in the Ferrolterra Movistar Pantin Classic Presented by Billabong were decided during another day of changing conditions at the main event site of Pantin. Solid 6-8ft (2m) waves jacked up overnight allowing the international field of athletes the playing field they had been [...]