Articles tagged with "2008"

PADDLING ALONE FOR 10,000 MILES FROM PERU TO SYDNEY

This entry was posted by: Shari on November 14th, 2008

      Twenty-nine year old Alex Bellini, from Aprica in Valtellina, Italy, is rowing across the Pacific Ocean from Lima, Peru to Sydney, Australia, alone and unassisted. He set off on February 21, ... Read full post »

Masters Crowned At Qld State Surfing Championships

This entry was posted by: Shari on November 11th, 2008

      Printpoint Queensland Masters Surfing Circuit November 8-9, North Stradbroke Island. SURFING’s elder statesmen proved they can still mix it in the wave stakes going toe-to-toe for pre ... Read full post »

7X ASP Women’s World Champion Layne Beachley Announces Retirement

This entry was posted by: Shari on October 10th, 2008

      MANLY BEACH, Australia (Friday, October 10, 2008) – Layne Beachley (AUS), 36, former seven-time ASP Women’s World Champion and current No. 3 on the 2008 ASP Women’s World Tour rating ... Read full post »

LAST DAY for Surf is. . . Sex On Fire

This entry was posted by: Shari on September 30th, 2008

What fun this has been. I stuffed up on the last day though. I forgot to get Don to change the lyric line today. So, we’ll go with the same one to finish up then. You can enter more than once if you ... Read full post »

Bourez Eliminates Durbidge, Slater Could Clinch ASP World Title No. 9 Tomorrow

This entry was posted by: Shari on September 24th, 2008

    HOSSEGOR, France (Tuesday, September 23, 2008) – Tahitian wildcard Michel Bourez may have hindered Kelly Slater’s 2007 ASP World Title hopes by knocking him out of the Quiksilver Pro Fran ... Read full post »

8:30am Start at Les Bourdaines for Round 3 of the Quiksilver Pro France

This entry was posted by: Shari on September 23rd, 2008

HOSSEGOR, France (Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008) – Round 3 of the Quiksilver Pro France will resume at Les Bourdaines in Seignosse, France this morning. A new swell is expected to build throughout the da ... Read full post »

Surf is . . . Sex On Fire

This entry was posted by: Shari on September 23rd, 2008

Hi Everyone, we’re late today so you still have a chance. Two and a half hours to get your entries in for a chance to win the newly released Kings of Leon album, Only By The Night, SIGNED BY THE BA ... Read full post »

Flores and de Souza Make their Moves at the Quiksilver Pro France

This entry was posted by: Shari on September 22nd, 2008

        HOSSEGOR, France (Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008) – Twenty-year-old Jeremy Flores (FRA) and 21-year-old Adriano de Souza (BRA) have a few things in common. They both qualified for the ASP Wor ... Read full post »

Top Seeds Struggle on Day 1 of the Quiksilver Pro France - Fanning, Parkinson Out

This entry was posted by: Shari on September 21st, 2008

          HOSSEGOR, France (Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008) –Eight of the ASP World Tour’s Top 10 surfers were sent to Round 2 of the Quiksilver Pro France today. Two of them are out of Quiksilv ... Read full post »

Melanie Bartels Wins Billabong Girls Pro Rio in Rifling Barrels at Barra da Tijuca

This entry was posted by: Shari on September 18th, 2008

      Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) International Billabong Girls Pro Rio Stop No. 4 of 8 on the 2008 ASP Women’s World Tour Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil September 10 - 1 ... Read full post »