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John John Florence Wins Billabong Rio Pro, Parkinson Takes Ratings' Lead

Thu, 17 May 2012 01:14:35 +0000

Billabong Rio Pro
ASP World Championship Tour Event No. 3 of 10
ASP Women’s World Championship Tour Event No. 5 of 7
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
May 9 – 20, 2012

John John Florence Wins Billabong Rio Pro, Parkinson Takes Ratings' Lead

Pictured: John John Florence (HAW), 19, your 2012 Billabong Rio Pro Champion.

Credit: ASP/SCHOLTZ

BARRA DA TIJUCA, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil (Wednesday, May 16, 2012) – John John Florence (HAW), 19, has won his maiden ASP ASP World Championship Tour event, taking out the Billabong Rio Pro over Joel Parkinson (AUS), 31, in barreling three-to-four foot (1 metre) waves at Barra da Tijuca.

Florence, currently in his rookie year on the ASP WCT, proved unstoppable on the final day of Billabong Rio Pro competition, topping prodigious Australian Julian Wilson (AUS), 23, and Josh Kerr (AUS), 27, on his way to triumph over Parkinson.

“This is the best feeling in the world,” Florence said. “I had that bad heat at Arpoador to start and we had a couple of lay days and I had to just sit and think about it. I can’t even believe this right now. I’m in shock. I was just sticking to my game plan and not thinking about the other guys. I’m so happy right now.”

Mick Fanning Gives Back to Rio’s Escola de Surf

Sat, 12 May 2012 00:14:53 +0000

Mick Fanning Gives Back to Rio’s Escola de Surf

Pictured: Mick Fanning (AUS), 30, two-time ASP World Champion and current ASP World No. 3, spent his lay day with the kids of the Escola de Surf. A day the kids would never forget.
Credit: ASP/SCHOLTZ

BARRA DA TIJUCA, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil (Friday, May 11, 2012) – For many touring professional surfers, a contest lay day presents the welcome opportunity to do some sightseeing or discover a new wave down the coast, but for two-time ASP World Champion Mick Fanning (AUS), 30, it’s the ideal opportunity to hang out with the local community and give back to the sport that has given him so much.

Team Gold Medal of the DAKINE ISA World Junior Surfing Championship Presented by Billabong

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:05:54 +0000

After seven years of coming close to victory, Team Hawaii finally made it back to the top of the podium and won the Team Gold Medal of the DAKINE ISA World Junior Surfing Championship Presented by Billabong. Photo: ISA/Shawn Parkin

Young Hawaiians Dax McGill and Kalani David Win Back-to-Back Gold Medals; Brazilian Matheus Navarro Narrowly Wins Gold Over Teammate Deivid Silva

DAKINE ISA World Junior Surfing Championship Presented by Billabong
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Playa Venao, Panama

There’s quite a lot of Aloha spirit spreading through Panama at this time. In a thrilling final day of competition at the DAKINE ISA World Junior Surfing Championship Presented by Billabong, which was run in ultra-fun waves at the Playa Venao beachbreak, Team Hawaii won two of three individual Gold Medals and managed to win its first Team Gold Medal since 2005.

Two of the youngest Hawaiians on the team, 14-year-old Dax McGill (competing in Girls Under-18) and 14-year-old Kalani David (Boys Under-16) carried the Aloha State flag proudly as they were chaired up the beach by teammates after winning their respective divisions. Brazil’s Matheus Navarro, one of the most dynamic, entertaining and innovative surfers of the event, won the Gold Medal in Boys Under-18.

Courtney Conlogue (USA) claims her maiden elite ASP Women’s World Championship Tour victory

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 03:36:49 +0000

CAPTION: Courtney Conlogue (USA) claims her maiden elite ASP Women’s World Championship Tour victory and chaired up the beach by ASP Women's World No. 1 and 2 - Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) and Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS). PIC: ASP/Robertson.

DEE WHY, Sydney NSW/AUS (Saturday, April 21, 2012) – 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 meter) 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 taking home USD$30,000.

Stop No. 4 of 7 on the 2012 ASP Women’s World Championship Tour, the Commonwealth Bank Beachley Classic, run by seven-time ASP Women’s World Champion Layne Beachley, has caused some interesting twists and turns in the race for the coveted ASP Women's World Title. Yesterday saw the early exit of reigning ASP Women's World Champion Carissa Moore (HAW), 19. Then today the current ASP Women's World No. 1 and 2 - Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 24, and Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), 21, both bowed out in the Quarterfinals.

Sally Fitzgibbons Goes Back-to-Back at the Rip Curl Women’s Pro Bells Beach

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 04:37:48 +0000

Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach presented by Ford Ranger
ASP World Championship Tour Event No. 2 of 10
Rip Curl Women’s Pro Bells Beach presented by Ford Fiesta
ASP Women’s World Championship Tour Event No. 2 of 7
Bells Beach, Victoria, Australia
April 3 - 14, 2012

Sally Fitzgibbons Goes Back-to-Back at the Rip Curl Women’s Pro Bells Beach

Pictured: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), 21, went back-to-back today, collecting her second, consecutive Rip Curl Women’s Pro Bells Beach presented by Ford Fiesta.
Credit: © ASP / SCHOLTZ

BELLS BEACH, Victoria/Australia (Saturday, April 7, 2012) – Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), 21, has claimed victory at the 2012 Rip Curl Women’s Pro Bells Beach presented by Ford Fiesta over four-time ASP Women’s World Champion Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 24, in offshore four-to-five foot (1.5 metre) waves at Bells Beach.

The second stop on the 2012 ASP Women’s World Championship Tour, the Rip Curl Women’s Pro Bells Beach enjoyed a week’s worth of excellent waves and the world’s best female surfers rose to the occasion in fine fashion.

Mick Fanning Claims Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, Slater Takes ASP Ratings’ Lead

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 04:34:32 +0000

Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach presented by Ford Ranger
ASP World Championship Tour Event No. 2 of 10
Rip Curl Women’s Pro Bells Beach presented by Ford Fiesta
ASP Women’s World Championship Tour Event No. 2 of 7
Bells Beach, Victoria, Australia
April 3 - 14, 2012

Mick Fanning Claims Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, Slater Takes ASP Ratings’ Lead

Pictured: Mick Fanning (AUS), 30, two-time ASP World Champion (2007, 2009), has claimed the 2012 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach over reigning 11-time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA), 40.
Credit: © ASP / SCHOLTZ

BELLS BEACH, Victoria/Australia (Friday, April 6, 2012) – 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.

Event No. 2 of 10 on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour, the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach culminated in dramatic fashion today with pundits calling it the “best Final in event history.”
The Australian and American went blow for blow throughout the 35-minute bout, exchanging massive scores and the lead several times before the dust settled.

Australian Big Wave Surfer Jeff Rowley Finalist in the 2012 Oscars of Surfing

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 08:50:00 +0000

2 April 2012

YouTube Link: http://youtu.be/hVCprkIn0t8

Australian Big Wave Surfer Jeff Rowley Finalist in the 2012 Oscars of Surfing

Big Wave Surfer and Adventure Athlete, Jeff Rowley has just been announced as one of five finalists in the 2012 Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards in the prestigious Ride of the Year category.

Jeff Rowley from Torquay, Victoria Australia caught the finalist ride on 30 January 2012 at the home of the world’s biggest waves, the infamous Peahi ‘Jaws’ in Maui, Hawaii.

Rowley caught the monster ride by paddling in at Jaws, which was until recently considered impossible to catch and ride without the use of a jet ski ‘tow-in’ and foot straps.

The 50th anniversary edition of the Coastal Edge East Coast Surfing Championships

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 08:50:00 +0000

TRULY GOLDEN: VANS MEN’S & JUNIOR PROS AT THE COASTAL EDGE
EAST COAST SURFING CHAMPIONSHIPS NOW AMONG LARGEST ASP EVENTS IN US
North America’s Oldest Surf Contest Celebrates 50 Year Anniversary with
ASP 6-Star Designations

Virginia Beach, VA (March 28, 2012) – The 50th anniversary edition of the Coastal Edge East Coast Surfing Championships (CE-ECSC), North America’s oldest surf contest, gains even more prestige as the Pro division, the Vans Pro, is designated as an Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) 6-Star event and the Vans Pro Junior contest is upgraded to a 6-Star ASP Junior Qualifying event.

The $155,000 Vans Pro and $30,000 Vans Pro Junior presented by Coastal Edge and hydrated by vitaminwater will run concurrently within the ECSC at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront August 20-26, 2012, with dramatically increased purses and valuable pro tour rating points on the line, enabling surf fans to see many of the top surfers in the world in Virginia Beach and on the global webcast.

STEEL PIER CLASSIC NOW ASP SANCTIONED

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 00:50:00 +0000

STEEL PIER CLASSIC NOW ASP SANCTIONED
9th Annual Steel Pier Classic & Surf Art Expo Presented by Coastal Edge and Billabong;

ASP North American Longboard Tour’s Only East Coast Stop
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(VIRGINIA BEACH, VA – March 19, 2012) – The Virginia Longboard Federation (VLF), the producers and organizers of the Steel Pier Classic (SPC) surfing contest have announced that this year’s event will be the only East Coast longboard tour stop of the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP), boasting a $5,000 Men’s and a $2,500 Woman’s longboard contests.

The Steel Pier Classic and Surf Art Expo is presented by Coastal Edge and Billabong and scheduled for Memorial Day Weekend May 26-28, in Virginia Beach, Va. In addition to ASP points, the longboard divisions are dual sanctioned by the World Longboard Association; a $5,000 Men’s pro shortboard contest will also be held in conjunction with the event.

Burrow and Gilmore Claim Quiksilver and Roxy Pro Gold Coast, Take ASP World Title Race Leads

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 05:58:03 +0000

Burrow and Gilmore Claim Quiksilver and Roxy Pro Gold Coast, Take ASP World Title Race Leads

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CAPTION: Taj Burrow (AUS), 33 and Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 24, claim the opening stop of the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour. PIC: ASP/Robertson.

SNAPPER ROCKS, Queensland/Australia (Sunday, March 4, 2012) – 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 the primary venue of Snapper Rocks.

The opening stop on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour, the Quiksilver and Roxy Pro Gold Coast enjoyed sunny weather, light winds and a capacity crowd for the final day of competition, with the world’s best surfers putting on a spectacular display of high-performance surfing.