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VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia/USA (Wednesday, August 22, 2012) – A lay day has been called for the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) 6-Star Coastal Edge ECSC presented by Vans due to minimal surf and unfavorable winds today. The 50th annual Coastal Edge ECSC presented by Vans kicked off both men’s and ASP Pro Junior competition on [...]

VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia/USA (Tuesday, August 21, 2012) – The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) 6-Star Coastal Edge ECSC presented by Vans returned to 1st Street Jetty for the second consecutive day and saw an array of impressive performances from the international field despite challenging one-to-two foot surf on offer to complete Round 1. The Coastal [...]

VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia/USA (Monday, August 20, 2012) – The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) 6-Star Coastal Edge ECSC Vans Pro Junior kicked off competition at 1st Street in Virginia Beach and the under-21 competitors capitalized on the one-to-three foot windy peaks on offer to narrow the field from 64 down to eight Semifinalists. The ASP [...]

HUNTINGTON BEACH, California/USA (Thursday, August 2, 2012) - The 2012 Nike US Open of Surfing returned to Huntington Beach Pier today in improved two-to-three foot (1 metre) waves and saw amazing aerial performances from the Brazilian contingent while upsets unfolded amidst the ASP Top 17. Gabriel Medina (BRA), 18, continued his unstoppable tear on the [...]

CÔTE SAUVAGE, Royan – France (Sunday, 15 July, 2012) – Ramzi Boukhiam (MAR) 18, and Bianca Buitendag (ZAF) 18, have won the Sooruz Royan...

GRANDE PLAGE, Biarritz/France (Saturday, July 14, 2012) – Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 24, has claimed her 5th ASP Women’s World Title today, winning the Roxy Pro Biarritz over Tyler Wright (AUS), 18. Today’s incredible achievement puts the young natural-footer in an elite class of surfers to win five or more ASP World Titles, overtaking records set [...]

GRANDE PLAGE, Biarritz – France (Saturday, July 14, 2012) – Competition has relocated this morning on the final day of the Roxy Pro to the secondary location of ‘La Grande Plage’ in central Biarritz. Clean 4-5Ft surf is breaking this morning in front of the Biarritz Casino with punchy lefts and righthanders on offer on [...]

SAN CLEMENTE, California/USA (Wednesday, July 11, 2012) – Being a rookie is a mixed bag. On the one hand, you have the freshness, the hype, the excitement and a new approach to surfing. On the other hand, you have to deal with expectation, inexperience and the world’s best surfers going for broke in every heat [...]

LOBITOS, Piura / Peru (Wednesday, Jul, 11, 2012) - The world’s top female surfers will be in Peru next week to partake in the ASP 6-Star Movistar Women’s Pro presented by Rip Curl and Petrolera Sapet in Lobitos. The event is scheduled for July 24-28 on the hollow lefthand waves of Lobitos, in northern Peru. [...]

QUEENSLAND, Australia (Monday, July 9, 2012) – The 2012 ASP WCT season has been action packed! From the season-opener on the Gold Coast to an epic Fanning-Slater final at Bells to pumping Rio beachbreak to amazing open ocean barrels in Fiji, the 2012 ASP World Championship tour has seen four event winners and four different [...]

BALLITO, KwaDukuza, South Africa (Sunday, July 8, 2012) - Australian born, Irish surfer Glenn Hall, 30, secured the biggest win of his career taking out the ASP Prime Mr Price Pro Ballito defeating Nathaniel Curran, 27, (USA) in the Final at Willards Beach, in South Africa on Sunday, July 8, 2012. The final day of [...]

BALLITO, KwaDukuza/South Africa (Friday, July 6, 2012) - Just sixteen men remain in this year’s ASP Prime Mr Price Pro Ballito with the Brazilian surfers showing their force in powerful one-metre walls at Willard’s Beach. ASP World No. 20 Alejo Muniz (BRA), one of the latest breed of Brazilian surfers pushing the boundaries of performance [...]