ARPOADOR, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil (Wednesday, May 9, 2012) - The 2012 Billabong Rio Pro, Stop No. 3 of 10 on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour, kicked off competition at the secondary venue of Arpoador this morning and the event's top seeds dominated the clean two-to-four foot (1.5 metre) lefthanders on offer for Round 1. [...]
BARRA DA TIJUCA, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil (Tuesday, May 8, 2012) - Kelly Slater (USA), 40, reigning 11-time ASP World Champion and current ASP World No. 1, has withdrawn from the Billabong Rio Pro following a heel injury sustained in Java. “I injured the inside of my left heel in Java and then re-opened it again [...]
BARRA DA TIJUCA, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil (Monday, May 7, 2012) - The draw has been finalized for the next stop on the ASP World Championship Tour, the Billabong Rio Pro, cementing the Round 1 match-ups for the world's best surfers to go down at Rio de Janeiro's Barra da Tijuca this week. Event No. 3 [...]
COOLANGATTA, QLD/AUS (Friday, April 13, 2012) - In the Final of the recent Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach Kelly Slater (USA) landed a massive full rotation air-reverse. He threw down a similar air at last year’s Quiksilver Pro New York. Both waves were deemed 10-point-rides by the judging panel, but which was better? Surfing Life [...]
COOLANGATTA, QLD/AUS (Friday, April 13, 2012) - In the Final of the recent Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach Kelly Slater (USA) landed a massive full rotation air-reverse. He threw down a similar air at last year’s Quiksilver Pro New York. Both waves were deemed 10-point-rides by the judging panel, but which was better? Surfing Life [...]
SYDNEY, New South Wales/Australia (Wednesday, April 11, 2012) – The world is still recovering after five electric days of surfing at Bells Beach for the 2012 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach won by Mick Fanning (AUS), 30, and Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), 21, respectively. The surf pumped, the sun shone, the winds were variable offshore and [...]
SYDNEY, New South Wales/Australia (Wednesday, April 11, 2012) – The world is still recovering after five electric days of surfing at Bells Beach for the 2012 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach won by Mick Fanning (AUS), 30, and Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), 21, respectively. The surf pumped, the sun shone, the winds were variable offshore and [...]
BELLS BEACH, Victoria/Australia (Friday, April 6, 2012) - Mick Fanning (AUS), 30, has claimed the 2012 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach presented by Ford Ranger over reigning 11-time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA), 40, in offshore three-to-five foot (1 - 1.5 metre) waves at Bells Beach. Event No. 2 of 10 on the 2012 [...]
BELLS BEACH, Victoria/Australia (Friday, April 6, 2012) - The Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach presented by Ford Ranger has been called back on today with clean four-to-six foot (1.5 - 2 metre) waves steaming through Rincon and the Bells Bowl. The second stop on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour, the Rip Curl Pro Bells [...]
MARGARET RIVER, WA/Australia (Friday, March 23, 2012) - Sunny skies and picture perfect waves treated competitors and surf fans to an epic day of competition at the ASP Prime rated Telstra Drug Aware Pro today. The call was made to run a full day of the Men’s event to take advantage of the clean 5 [...]
