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Kelly Beats Jordy to Claim Rip Curl Pro Portugal

Kelly Beats Jordy to Claim Rip Curl Pro Portugal

Rip Curl Pro Portugal
Stop No. 8 of 10 on the 2010 ASP World Tour
Rip Curl Women’s Pro Portugal
Stop No. 6 of 8 on the 2010 ASP Women’s World Tour
Supertubos, Peniche, Portugal
October 7 – 18, 2010

Kelly Slater (USA), 38, former nine-time ASP World Champion and current ASP World No. 1, has collected his 44th elite tour [...]


Andy Irons Wins Billabong Pro Tahiti

Andy Irons Wins Billabong Pro Tahiti

Billabong Pro Tahiti pres. By Air Tahiti Nui
Stop No. 5 of 10 on the 2010 ASP World Tour
Teahupoo, Taiarapu/Tahiti
August 23 – September 3, 2010
Jordy Smith retains ASP World No. 1 Ranking Travis Logie makes the Top 32 mid-year cutoff
Andy Irons (HAW), 32, past three-time ASP World Champion, has won the Billabong Pro Tahiti, besting C.J. [...]


WOWees Woman on waves

WOWees Woman on waves

What or who is the WOWees?
It stands for Woman on waves. The Wowees is a group of ladies who have never surfed or bodyboarded before but decided it was time to brake the shackels and to get into the water. They started off catching waves in waist deap water, but now some even venture to [...]


Hurley Pro Trestles Prepares for ASP Top 34

Hurley Pro Trestles Prepares for ASP Top 34

Hurley Pro Trestles
Stop No. 6 of 10 on the 2010 ASP World Tour
Lower Trestles, California, USA
September 12 – 18, 2010
LOWER TRESTLES, California/USA – The Hurley Pro Trestles will host the world’s elite ASP Top 34 from September 12 through 18, 2010 for Stop No. 6 of 10 on the ASP World Tour.
North America’s sole permanent [...]


New format for the 2010 WCT(World Championship Tour)

New format for the 2010 WCT(World Championship Tour)

Quick explanation of the new WCT tour format.
The 2010 WCT has a new format. Previously the top 45 surfers would compete in all the WCT events of the year. This year’s tour is different with ten events making up the WCT tour.
After the fifth event the bottom 13 surfer will miss the cut, after which [...]


Sarah Baum Wins The Roxy Invitational 2010

Sarah Baum Wins The Roxy Invitational 2010

Sarah Baum in winning form at the Roxy Invitational.
High resolution images are available on request.
© Luke Patterson
Tofo, Mozambique – Durban surfer Sarah Baum has clinched the fourth annual Roxy Invitational surfing event in Mozambique. After two days of waiting for decent surf, the contest directors of this unique invitational event decided to run the final [...]


SELI 1 BECOMES PERMANENT FEATURE

SELI 1 BECOMES PERMANENT FEATURE

MEDIA RELEASE – ‘SELI 1’
10 May 2010
SELI 1 WRECK REMOVAL
As was reported by this office in November 2009, the SELI 1 was extensively damaged by late winter
storms last year despite efforts to strengthen her, which seriously compromised any simple salvage
solutions.
Since that time, a small but determined group with a desire to remove the vessel from [...]


Local charger breaks his back in the barrel

on the 22nd of April 2010 I pulled into a barrel at a beach break near Cape Town, got drilled into the sand bank and broke my L1 vertebra. I managed to paddle myself back to the beach but could not stand or walk because of the pain. A few surfers that were on the [...]


Kelly Slater Rings The Bell…

Kelly Slater Rings The Bell…

Kelly Slater nine-time ASP World Champion, has claimed his fourth Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach title over reigning two-time ASP World Champion Mick Fanning in clean three-to-four foot (1 metre) waves at the backup venue of Johanna Beach.
The second stop on the 2010 ASP World Tour, the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach was completed over [...]


Grant ‘Twiggy’ Baker nominated for 3 Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards

Grant ‘Twiggy’ Baker nominated for 3 Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards

The finalists for the 2010 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards presented by Monster Energy, the Oscars of big wave surfing, were announced in California in the wake of one of the greatest years in surfing history.
South Africa’s Grant ‘Twiggy’ Baker leads the field with three nominations, all coming for his outstanding performances at Mavericks [...]


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