Ingelby Takes ASP World Longboard Title, Sallas Wins in the Maldives
PASTA POINT, Chaaya Island/Dhonveli Maldives (Thursday, October 29, 2009) – The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Oxbow World Longboard Tour Maldives event today crowned two champions – Harley Ingeby (Australia) as the 2009 ASP World Longboard Champion and Kai Sallas (Hawaii) as the inaugural Oxbow Maldives event champion. Sallas (Oahu, Hawaii) won the event, surfing […]
Fanning Claims Rip Curl Pro Search, Solidifies ASP Lead
SUPERTUBOS, Peniche/Portugal (Wednesday, October 28, 2009) – Mick Fanning (AUS), 28, former ASP World Champion (2007) and current ASP World No. 1, has claimed the 2009 Rip Curl Pro Search at Supertubos in Portugal, defeating fellow Finalist Bede Durbidge (AUS), 26, and cementing his lead in the now two-horse race for the 2009 ASP World […]
Australia’s Garrett Parkes Wins Billabong Cloud 9 Invitational in Philippines
(Tuesday 27th October, 2009): AUSTRALIAN surfer Garrett Parkes (Byron Bay, NSW, Aus) has taken out the Billabong Cloud 9 Invitational in the Philippines today, beating Hawaiian Makua Rothman in a man-on-man final. Cloud 9 didn’t quite turn on the epic conditions seen for the opening rounds of the unique, specialty event, with finalists having to […]
Upsets Abound On Opening Day of Rip Curl Pro Search Competition
MOLHE LESTE, Peniche/Portugal (Thursday, October 22, 2009) – The Rip Curl Pro Search got underway today in clean two-to-three foot (1 metre) wedging righthanders at Molhe Leste, where the world’s best surfers carved, snapped and aired their way through the opening eight heats of Round 1. Event No. 9 of 10 on the 2009 ASP […]
ENTER AND WIN A 7S SUPERFISH
Who needs a new surfboard???? Now’s your chance. As part of the Manly Festival of Surfing (5-8 Nov) Global Surf Industries will be sponsoring a 7S One Design event and there are 16 places up for grabs. The One Design Competition is open to everyone who can surf, basically by entering you go into the draw […]
Half Way there, half way to Go!
The Transparentsea team passes Point Plomer www.transparentseavoyage.com (Tuesday, October 20th, Crescent Head, NSW, Australia): After 19 days of surfing, paddling and sailing their way down the NSW coast, the environmental awareness group led by pro surfer Dave Rastovich has successfully passed the halfway point of their intended 700km, 36 day voyage from Byron Bay to […]
NORTHERN BEACHES JOIN THE LARGEST DAY OF CLIMATE ACTION IN HISTORY
2000+ EVENTS AROUND THE WORLD On Saturday 24 October 2009 Northern Beaches residents will join hundreds of thousands of people from around the world in taking a stand for a safe climate future as part of the largest global day of climate action ever witnessed. The call to action by both Climate Action Pittwater and […]
44 to 32: Brett Simpson On The New Face of ASP for 2010
HUNTINGTON BEACH, California (Wednesday, October 14, 2009) – The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) is close to capping off the 2009 season and with the exciting changes set in place for ASP surfers for next year and beyond, Brett Simpson (Huntington Beach, CA), 24, current ASP WQS No. 6 and ASP Dream Tour hopeful, took […]
Rip Curl GromSearch Closes With A Bang
(Coffs Harbour, NSW – Saturday, 17 October 2009): The final day of the Rip Curl GromSearch presented by SNICKERS will forever be remembered thanks to some of the most amazing junior surfing performances in recent time. With three champions crowned, and some blistering surfing action on show, Diggers Beach proved to be the playground for […]
Australia’s Sam Wrench wins the Oakley Pro Junior Global Challenge Final 2009 in Bali
Keramas River-Mouth Bail: Sam Wrench today won the prestigious Oakley Pro Junior Global Challenge 2009 final in excellent surf to 5 feet at Keramas River-mouth in Bali defeating French surfer Marc Lacomare. The 19 year-old from Ulladulla on the south coast of NSW was overjoyed with the win, defeating an elite field of 18 of […]