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SANTA CRUZ, CA. (January 14, 2013) O’Neill is pleased to announce the re-signing of Jordy Smith for another 5 years. Regarded as one of...

SUNSET BEACH, Oahu/Hawaii – (Tuesday, December 4, 2012) - Australian Adam Melling, from Lennox Head NSW, has won the US$250,000 VANS World Cup of Surfing at Sunset Beach, Hawaii – exactly what he needed to retain a position on the ASP World Tour for 2013. Melling, 27, won US$40,000 and moved to equal second on [...]

WAIMEA BAY, Oahu/Hawaii – (Thursday, November 29, 2012) - The opening ceremony for The Quiksilver In Memory of Eddie Aikau big wave invitational took...

COOLANGATTA, QLD/Australia (Wednesday, November 14, 2012) – 2013 will see the ASP World Tour return to China for the first ASP event in the...

COOLANGATTA, Queensland/Australia (Wednesday, November 7, 2012) – Event No. 9 of 10 on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT), the O’Neill Coldwater Classic at Santa Cruz’s Steamer Lane, has been completed and won by Taj Burrow (AUS), 34. Heading into the final event of the season, the Billabong Pipe Masters, three surfers remain mathematically [...]

LOWER TRESTLES, California/USA (Monday, September 17, 2012) – The Hurley Pro at Trestles, Stop No. 6 of 10 on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT), returned to Lower Trestles today and bore witness to phenomenal surfing and heated Round 2 battles in clean three-to-four foot (1 metre) conditions. Adam Melling (AUS), 27, who hails [...]

COOLANGATTA, Queensland/AUS (Tuesday, September 4, 2012) - The ASP is pleased to bring you the fourth consecutive installment of the Weekly Pulse, a video recap from the ASP happenings unfolding around the globe from ASP Pro Junior competition up through the latest in the ASP World Title race. The ASP Weekly Pulse is a new [...]

Seal Point – The howling wind and sheet rain did nothing to dampen the spirits of the surfers competing in day 2 of the Billabong Pro Junior Cape St Francis. From first light the surfers were in the line-up, battling the elements, and getting a f...

COOLANGATTA, Queensland/Australia (Thursday, August 30, 2012) – Two-time ASP World Champion and current ASP World No. 1 Mick Fanning (AUS), 31, has had an amazing first half to the ASP WCT season. After a stumble on the Gold Coast, Fanning has taken out two victories at the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach and most recently [...]

ZARAUTZ, Basque Country – Spain (Wednesday, August 29, 2012) – Day two of the San Miguel Pro Zarautz pres. by Euskaltel unfolded today in 1-2Ft waves and completed the first round of competition left unfinished yesterday. Action kicked off at 10am this morning but unfortunately conditions didn’t improve as expected with the incoming tide and [...]

VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia/USA (Thursday, August 23, 2012) – The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) 6-Star Coastal Edge ECSC presented by Vans returned to 1st street jetty after yesterday’s lay day and past ASP World Junior Champions Jack Freestone (Coolangatta, AUs), 20, and Kai Barger (Haiku, HI), 22, led the top seeds through the first half [...]

Billabong South Africa is proud to announce the Billabong Pro Junior 2012 surfing tournament, to be held at Seal Point, Cape St Francis, set to take place over the weekend August 31 – September 2. The event comprises U16 Boys, U16 Girls, U14 Boys...