Articles in the surf-feature Category
PUERTO ESCONDIDO, Oaxaca (Friday, November 14, 2008) – The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 3-Star PXM International Vans Pro continued to filter pumping six foot (2 metre) surf to the famed Puerto Escondido beachbreak today, allowing two perfect 10-point rides along with several other near-flawless scores.
The PXM International Vans Pro is [...]
COOLANGATTA, Australia (Thursday, November 13, 2008) – The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) International today released its 2009 events calendar. Dates and locations for the ASP World Tour, ASP Women’s World Tour, ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS), ASP Pro Junior and ASP World Longboard events are now posted on www.aspworldtour.com.
Notable changes to the ASP’s premier [...]
PUERTO ESCONDIDO, Oaxaca (Wednesday, November 12, 2008) – The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 3-Star PXM International Vans Pro kicked off today in classic six foot (2 metre) offshore conditions at Puerto Escondido in Oaxaca, Mexico. Today’s action hosted Round 1 and the first four heats of Round 2.
The ASP WQS [...]
Huntington Beach, California, November 3, 2008 — Quiksilver is pleased to announce the 2008/2009 Invitees and Alternates for The Quiksilver In Memory of Eddie Aikau and the official launch of the event website at Quiksilver.com/eddie.
Scheduled to take place at the hallowed grounds of Waimea Bay, on the North Shore of Oahu, between December 1, 2008, [...]
- - Costa Mesa — Just one week after claiming a 4-star WQS victory in his hometown of Santa Cruz, Nat Young kept the momentum rolling at the 2008 Rip Curl GromSearch National Final presented by Boost Mobile, held in pumping conditions at Salt Creek, CA November 2.
In one of the most high-performance Boys 16/under [...]
PISCINA, Peru (Tuesday, November 4, 2008) – Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 20, reigning ASP Women’s World Champion and defending event champion, collected her second consecutive win in Peru today, defeating Silvana Lima (BRA), 24, to claim the Movistar Classic Mancora Peru presented by Rip Curl as well as the ratings lead on the ASP Women’s World [...]
IMBITUBA, Brazil (Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008) –Bede Durbidge (AUS), 25, claimed his third ASP World Tour career win with a victory at the Hang Loose Santa Catarina Pro in Imbituba, Brazil, today. Durbidge beat France’s Jeremy Flores 17.76 to 9.86.
“I was totally in rhythm with the waves and Jeremy was on the other side of [...]
COOLANGATTA, Australia (Monday, October 27, 2008) – Following one of the most historic board meetings to date, the ASP has introduced the option for a new competition format to be implemented in ASP World Tour events in 2009.
While the traditional 48-man format will still be available, events can elect to implement an altered 48-man format [...]
SANTA CRUZ, California (Sunday, October 26, 2008) – Nat Young (Santa Cruz, CA) won the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 4-Star O’Neill Cold Water Classic in great four-to-six foot (2 metre) surf in front of his home crowd at Steamer Lane. Young defeated fellow finalists Chris Waring (Seal Beach, CA), 21, [...]
MANLY BEACH, Australia (Friday, October 10, 2008) – Layne Beachley (AUS), 36, former seven-time ASP Women’s World Champion and current No. 3 on the 2008 ASP Women’s World Tour ratings, has officially announced her retirement from full-time competition, effective at the end of the year.
“I feel like now is a really good time, even though [...]
SEIGNOSSE, France (Saturday, August 23, 2008) – Chris Davidson (AUS), 31, won the prestigious ASP WQS 6-Star Prime Rip Curl Pro pres. by Sprite today in clean three foot (one meter) waves at Les Bourdaines, main venue of the 2008 edition. Davidson, who defeated an impressive Jihad Khodr (BRA) in the final where he posted [...]
$5,000 to be granted to the winning photographer
SAN CLEMENTE, CA- For the third year in a row, the Follow the Light Foundation (FTLF) will award $5000 to a deserving photographer in honor of the late Larry “Flame” Moore. The FTLF was founded after Moore’s passing in the attempt to continue his legacy of assisting up [...]
TAHARA, Japan (Friday, August 1, 2008) - Day 4 of 2008 ASP WQS 6-Star Yumeya Billabong Pro Tahara was held today once again at Akabane Long Beach with beautiful waves breaking at the event main venue.
The early morning action was held in glassy, light wind conditions and the correct ion for the right waves became [...]
SOMEWHERE, Indonesia (Friday, August 1, 2008) – The remaining six heats of Round 2 of the Rip Curl Pro Search were completed this afternoon in speedy, low-tide four-foot (1.5 metre) waves at the primary venue “somewhere” in Indonesia.
Stop No. 6 of 11 on the 2008 ASP World Tour, the Rip Curl Pro Search went on [...]
HUNTINGTON BEACH, California (Saturday, July 26, 2008) - Malia Manuel (Wailua, HI), 14, has claimed the GO211 LIVE featuring the Women’s Honda U.S. Open of Surfing presented by O’Neill over fellow finalist Coco Ho (North Shore, HI), 17 both young Hawaiians making ASP history as the youngest finalists in a U.S. Open event,in two-to-three [...]
HUNTINGTON BEACH, California (Thursday, July 24, 2008) – The GO211 LIVE featuring the Honda U.S. Open of Surfing presented by O’Neill enjoyed glassy two-to-three foot (1 metre) conditions today as the highest-seeded surfers of the event hit the water for the first time for the Round of 96.
Round 3 of the [...]
HONOLULU, Hawaii (Wednesday, July 16, 2008) - Tagged as the greatest day ever for professional surfing on the South Shore of Oahu, the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 1-Star Macy’s E-Series presented by ASP Hawaii ended on an all-time high today, in great conditions at Ala Moana Bowls.
Haleiwa’s Flynn Novak was [...]
HUNTINGTON BEACH, California (Wednesday July 23, 2008) – The GO211 LIVE featuring the Honda Women’s U.S. Open of Surfing presented by O’Neill hit the water this morning in glassy two-to-four (1 metre surf. This Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 6-Star event played host to some of surfing’s finest female athletes, with [...]
SAN SEBASTIAN, Basque Country (Thursday, July 24, 2008) - The Vans Pro Junior, an Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Grade-1 event, got underway today at San Sebastian just across the French border, inaugurating the crucial summer junior leg in Europe. The Vans Pro Junior, who is the first of four consecutive events taking place until [...]
Coca-Cola Bottling Indonesia has pledged monetary support in the amount of $5000 USD and 100 cases of Powerade drinks to be used in the effort to limit the amount of damage the wrecked fishing boat can to do to the reefs and beach at Padang-Padang. Yesterday, a second day of focused labor continued on the wrecked Taiwanese fishing boat that was abandoned and ran aground on the South Bali reef more than a week ago.
HUNTINGTON BEACH, California (Tuesday, July 22, 2008) – The GO211 LIVE featuring the Honda U.S. Open of Surfing presented by O’Neill completed the Round of 144 today and an international contingent of top talent posted some of the highest scores in event history today, reveling in the glassy three-to-four foot (1 metre) waves on offer at Huntington Beach Pier.
The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 6-Star event narrowed its field down to 96 competitors today, moving one day closer to crowing this year’s 2008 Honda U.S. Open champion.
The heat of the day was the high-flying shootout between ASP WQS combatants Jadson Andre (Natal, BRA) and Torrey Meister (Kona, HI), both exchanging consecutive near-perfect rides in their Round 2 clash.
As most of you probably know, the Trestles hearing for July 25th, 2008 has been postponed due to limited occupancy at the Bren Center in UC Irvine. The support is so great that around 10,000 supporters of San Onofre were expected at the hearing when the Bren Center only holds around 5,000 people. However, the [...]
BIARRITZ, France (Wednesday, July 16, 2008) – Joy Monahan (Oahu,HAW), 22, became the 2008 Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Women’s World Longboard Champion today after winning the Roxy Jam event at La Cote des Basques in Biarritz. Monahan, who defeated runner-up Chelsea Williams (Gold Coast, AUS) in an exciting 30-minute final, posted a solid 14.10 [...]
This coming Thursday, July 17th, renown artist Robb Havassy will be presenting an art exhibition and benefit, featuring more than 30 new paintings and sculptures. The event titled “Feminine Waves” will showcase Havassy’s unique fusion of color and motion and the interplay of multi-media depictions of the feminine form incorporated into fanciful surf-scapes.
The notorious Tawainese longliner fishing boat, Ho Tsai Fa No. 18, ran aground on the reef at Padang Padang in Bali, Indonesia at 7PM on Friday night - just in time for opening day of the highly anticipated Rip Curl Padang Cup event the following morning.
“The whole surf community is pretty concerned about the boat [...]
