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April 10, 2013
PAPARA, Tahiti (Wednesday, April 10, 2013) – The second of two back-to-back ASP Australasian Pro Junior Series events in French Polynesia, the Tahiti Nui Pro Junior will get underway today at Papara rivermouth, Tahiti. Papara is a fun beachbreak, with a left and right hander that breaks either side of a rivermouth and today it’s [...]
April 2, 2013
RANGIROA, French Polynesia (Monday, April 1, 2013) – The best surfers under 21-years-old from all over Australasia are preparing for the second event on the 2013 ASP Australasia Pro Junior Series, the Rangi Pro Junior. Held on the reef pass of Rangiroa, one of the largest atolls in the Tuamotus in French Polynesia, the surfers [...]
January 21, 2013
COOLANGATTA, QLD/Australia (Monday, January 21, 2012) – ASP Australasia and the Tahitian Surfing Federation are pleased to announce that the Tahiti Nui Pro Junior will be adding a women’s 3-Star division this year. Held at the beautiful Papara rivermouth in Tahiti, competitors will get the chance to battle for precious ASP Australasia Pro Junior Series [...]
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 [...]
April 7, 2012
TAHITI, French Polynesia (Saturday, April 7, 2012) – Wade Carmichael (AUS) has taken out the Inaugural Billabong Tahiti Nui Pro Junior, his second ASP Australasia Pro Junior Series event win this week! Eight locals and eight international surfers battled it out in two-to-three foot (1.5 meter) surf at Papara beach, Tahiti today with Carmichael claiming [...]
April 7, 2012
TAHITI, French Polynesia (Friday, April 6, 2012) – The Inaugural Billabong Tahiti Nui Pro Junior ran at Papara, a high performance rivermouth beachbreak in punchy 2 to 3 foot (1.5 meter) surf today. Australasia’s best junior surfers went to battle with valuable ASP Australasian Pro Junior Series ratings points on offer. Wade Carmichael (AUS), who [...]
April 6, 2012
TAHITI, French Polynesia (Friday, April 6, 2012) – The people of French Polynesia love surfing, these islands are home to dozens of world-class waves and a slew of talented up and coming surfers. This is the second of two back-to-back events in French Polynesia after Wade Carmichael (AUS) took out the Rangiroa Pro Junior earlier [...]
April 4, 2012
RANGIROA, French Polynesia (Tuesday, April 3, 2012) – Wade Carmichael (AUS) has taken out the ASP Australasia 5-Star rated Rangiroa Pro Junior over Soli Bailey in a hotly contested Final. The surfers had to compete in 3 foot (1.5 meter) tricky surf at Rangiroa, French Polynesia today with punchy walls and ramps for aerials on [...]
April 3, 2012
RANGIROA, French Polynesia (Monday, April 2, 2012) – Today the ASP Australasia 5-Star rated Rangiroa Pro Junior culled the field of 60 surfers down to just four Semifinalists. The surfers needed to have their wits about them in the 3 foot (1.5 meter) surf at Rangiroa, French Polynesia today, with a variety of barrels, turn [...]
April 1, 2012
RANGIROA, French Polynesia (Saturday, March 31, 2012) – The opening day of the ASP Australasia 5-Star rated Rangiroa Pro Junior began with excellent 3 foot (1.5 meter) waves reeling down the reef. Rangiroa is a tiny tropical isle an hour flight north of the Tahitian capital and is home to a world-class right-handed reef break. [...]