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Local Hope MacDonald Keeps Dream Alive at Oakley Pro Junior North Stradbroke Island
NORTH STRADBROKE ISLAND, Queensland/Australia (Thursday, February 3, 2011) - Local North Stradbroke Island hope Tim MacDonald (North Stradbroke Island, Qld) kept his dream of winning the 2011 5-Star, Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Oakley Pro Junior alive today, as he posted day-two’s highest combined two-wa... more
Aussies and Internationals Share Day One Honours at Oakley Pro Junior North Stradbroke Island
NORTH STRADBROKE ISLAND, Queensland/Australia (Wednesday, February 2, 2011) - Australian and international surfers have shared day-one honours at the 2011 5-Star, Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Oakley Pro Junior as competition got underway on North Stradbroke Island (Queensland, Australia) in a building 1-1.5m swel... more
Brazil’s Peterson Crisanto Wins ASP 6-Star Hurley Pro Junior
BURLEIGH HEADS, Gold Coast / Australia (Sunday, January 30th, 2011) - Peterson Crisanto (BRA) today claimed the 2011 6-Star Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Hurley Pro Junior at Burleigh Heads, walking away with a professional ASP Pro Junior world-record USD$25,000 winner’s cheque. more
Florence Wins ASP 5-Star Volcom Pipe Pro
BANZAI PIPELINE, Oahu/Hawaii (Thursday, January 26, 2011) – Hawaii’s John John Florence started surfing the deadly Banzai Pipeline at age eight and barely four feet tall — about the same time the surfing world’s spotlight fell in love with him. Ten years later, at 18 years of age and heaped with expecta... more
Billabong Taj's Small Fries comp opens with great waves in the south west of WA
Yallingup, Western Australia (Friday January 28): Many of Australia’s best 16 and under boy and girl surfers have headed to Taj Burrow country in the pristine south west coast of Western Australia for the annual Billabong Taj’s Small Fries event. more
ASP Prime Status for Mr Price Pro Ballito a Massive boost for South African Surfing
BALLITO, KwaDukuza/South Africa (Thursday, January 27, 2011) – South African surfing has received a massive boost with the announcement that the Mr Price Pro Ballito will be a Prime rated event on the 2011 Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Tour. more
ASP International & Quiksilver Announce $1 Million Quiksilver Pro New York
HUNTINGTON BEACH, California/USA (Wednesday, January 26, 2011) – Quiksilver and the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) today announced the Quiksilver Pro New York, set to take place on Long Island’s Long Beach from September 4-15. more
No Go for Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau, Contest Upholds Strict Wave Standards
WAIMEA BAY, Oahu/Hawaii – (Thursday, January 20, 2011) – George Downing, Contest Director of The Quiksilver In Memory of Eddie Aikau, Fueled by Monster Energy, has called a “NO GO” for competition at Waimea Bay today, based upon the inconsistency of the swell. While there were definitely 20-foot-plus waves sporadically ... more
Tiago Pires Signs 10-Year Contract with Quiksilver
ERICEIRA, Portugal (Tuesday, January 18, 2011) – Tiago Pires (PRT), 30, entering his fourth season as an ASP World Tour campaigner has just signed a 10-year contract with international powerhouse Quiksilver. The “Portuguese Tiger” had this to say: more
Lacomare Wins Billabong ASP World Junior Championships, Freestone Earns ASP World Junior Title
NORTH NARRABEEN, New South Wales/Australia (Saturday, January 15, 2011) – Marc Lacomare (FRA), 20, marched to victory at the Billabong ASP World Junior Championships over American talent Nat Young (USA), 19, in a hard-fought chess match between the two goofy-footers in two-to-three foot (1 metre) surf at North Narrabeen t... more
