Matt Banting and Keely Andrew have secured the wildcards for the Quiksilver and Roxy Pro Gold Coast 2014. Banting, who recently won the Burton Toyota Pro 2014, managed to get through a stacked field of talented local and international competitors. “Last year a few things didn’t go my way and luck was on the other […]
The Billabong Pro Tahiti, Event No. 5 of 10 on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour, recommenced today with Rounds 3 and 4 completed in rapidly-improving, three-to-five foot (1 – 1.5 metre) waves at Teahupo’o.
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 mirror last year’s “historic” offering, the infamous lefthander and […]
The Volcom Fiji Pro, Event No.4 of 10 on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour, recommenced this afternoon in four-to-six foot (1.5 – 2 metre) waves at Cloudbreak, completing Round 5 and the opening two Quarterfinal match-ups before calling competition off for the day due to unfavourable winds.
Cloudbreak turned on once again for the world’s best surfers as the opening 10 heats of the elimination Round 2 of the Volcom Fiji Pro were completed in clean four-to-six foot (1 – 1.5 metre) waves at the primary event venue.
Courtney Conlogue (USA), 19, has won the prestigious 2012 Commonwealth Bank Beachley Classic, over Malia Manuel (HAW), 18, at Dee Why beach today. In clean, but challenging two to three foot (1.5 metre) waves, the world’s best female surfers battled head-to-head for the biggest prize purse on the ASP Women’s World Championship Tour, with Conlogue […]
Mick Fanning (AUS), 30, has claimed the 2012 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach presented by Ford Ranger over reigning 11-time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA), 40, in offshore three-to-five foot (1 – 1.5 metre) waves at Bells Beach.
Margaret River was pumping out 6-8 foot (2-2.5 metre) waves for day 2 of the 2012 Telstra Drug Aware Pro today. The world’s best surfers were put to the test with long lulls, strong winds and big waves to battle in the opening Round of the Men’s ASP Prime rated Telstra Drug Aware Pro.
The final day of the Quiksilver and Roxy Pro Gold Coast presented by Land Rover culminated today with perennial ASP World Title threat Taj Burrow (AUS), 33, and four-time ASP Women’s World Champion Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 24, taking the respective wins in clean two-to-three foot (1 metre) waves at Snapper Rocks.
After coming close in the past, the gliding Aussie finally gets his reward.