Sunday, October 26th, 2008
There's a big change coming to the ASP's World Tour next season as round 1 turns into an elimination round for selected events.
Currently, three surfers meet in round 1 with the bottom two meeting in round 2, where one is eliminated. Winners of round 1 move straight to round 3 ...
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Friday, October 24th, 2008
It was a windy day in Guincho, Portugal as the ASP 6- Star Estoril Coast Pro went underway with three-foot difficult waves. Twenty hard battled heats were completed especially in Round 4 with a 3-man heat round. Unfortunately for Michael Bourez and Glen hall, their elimination opened the door for ...
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Thursday, October 16th, 2008
San Juan Lanzarote saw Round 1 action today with two foot waves for the ASP World Qualifying Series 6-Star Prime Santa Surf Pro. But due to a decrease of wind, only seven heats completed. Hopefully with the forecast predicting a new swell this Friday, competition and the beginning of the ...
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Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
Kelly Slater has a big task ahead of him. But hopefully it won't be too difficult. In order for Kelly to win his ninth ASP World Title, he must finish ninth or better in the ninth surf event of the year and he’s that close. All he has to do is get ...
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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
The Billabong Pro Mundaka is expected to kick off today in Spain and Kelly Slater only needs to make it to the fourth round to secure his record ninth world title. It was only two years ago that Slater captured his eighth title at the very same venue after losing ...
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Sunday, September 28th, 2008
Former ASP World Champ Chelsea Hedges has missed several months of surfing this season, but there's a good reason. The 25 year-old Aussie gave birth to her first child, daughter Mieka, four months ago and took a much-needed break from competition.
Hedges finished seventh on the Women's World Tour in '07 ...
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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
Last year Tahitian wildcard Michael Bourez took out Kelly Slater from the Quiksilver Pro making it look less likely that Slater would take the 2007 ASP World Title. Today was a different day because the Tahitian actually helped Slater by eliminating one of the two surfers in his way to ...
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Thursday, September 18th, 2008
After several days off the ASP Women's Tour was finally able to resume action on the Billabong Girls Pro Rio. Hawaiian Melanie Bartels took on Sofia Mulanovich in the final and edged her with a 14.34 score to Mulanovich's 10.60.
The match of the day, however, wasn't the final -- it ...
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Sunday, September 14th, 2008
Stephanie Gilmore in action in Brazil..
Yes, there are other events going on this weekend in addition to the Dew Tour. Specifically in surfing the Billabong Girls Pro Rio has already been whittled down to the Quarterfinals, with most of the top women still in the race (check the bottom of ...
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Thursday, September 11th, 2008
Taj Burrow gave it a good run, but in the end Kelly Slater could not be denied as he took home the 2008 Boost Mobile Pro title today at Lower Trestles in California. Slater, who won the event last year, started his run to victory Wednesday with a perfect 10 ...
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