Wayne “Rabbit” Bartholomew Retires from ASP
Gold Coast, AUS — After 10 years of service as President of ASP International, Wayne “Rabbit” Bartholomew (AUS), 54, will be stepping down from the post, effective at the end of March 2009. “After deep consideration, I have decided not to seek a fifth term as ASP President,” Bartholomew said. “I depart […]
MALDIVES – TRIBUTE TO TONY HUSSEIN – DISCOVERER OF HIDDEN TREASURE IN THE MALDIVES
Story by DOUG LEES, from the latest issue of Surfing World Magazine On 27 May this year, Anthony “Tony Hussein” Hinde, the surfer who discovered the waves of the Maldives, died surfing the wave he found in 1973 — the wave where, he said his “soul became complete”. Having ridden a wave to the […]
Lower Trestles ASP World Tour License Picked Up by Hurley
COOLANGATTA, Australia — ASP International today announced that the ASP World Tour license for Lower Trestles, California has been transferred from Boost Mobile to Hurley effective immediately. Boost Mobile has sponsored the only event on the U.S. mainland for the past seven years; Hurley has been the presenting sponsor for the last three. “The Board of […]
TOW-INS BARRED AT MAVERICKS
SurfingMagazine.com announces: NOAA makes its decision on the Monterey Bay Marine Sanctuary; Maverick’s will remain a “seasonal” PWC zone. We all saw this coming sooner or later. But as of February 2009, it’s official: the days of snagging 60-foot XXL contenders at Ghost Tree or whipping into the tube of your life at Moss […]
Altered Dream Tour Format for ASP World Tour in 2009
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 […]
Vale “Harry The Hat” (Fred Pentecost)
I read an obituary in yesterday’s Manly Daily that took me back a few years to when I was a teenager surfing in the sixties – “Harry The Hat” (Fred Pentecost)passed away earlier this month, just short of his 83rd birthday. I first met him out in the surf at Dee Why Point, wearing his distinctive […]
Cronulla officially a surfing reserve
In early September, Cronulla officially joined 23 other National Surfing Reserve sites around Australia. Cronulla is NSW’s fifth National Surfing Reserve (the others are Angourie, Crescent Head, Lennox Head and Maroubra). Recognised by the NSW Department of Lands, Cronulla is now gazetted by the department under terms of the Crown Lands Act of 1989. The […]
Vale Bud Browne 1912-2008
Legendary surf movie pioneer Bud “Barracuda” Browne has died at age 96 in San Luis Obispo, California. Bob Browne first pointed a movie camera at waves in the around 1940 while he was working as a lifeguard at Venice Beach in Los Angeles county, California. After WWII, Browne began making annual treks to Hawaii with […]