Mick Fanning has claimed the 2012 Billabong Pro Tahiti over compatriot and Gold Coast stablemate Joel Parkinson in classic four-to-six foot (1 – 1.5 metre) waves at Teahupo’o. Event No. 5 of 10 on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour, the Billabong Pro Tahiti culminated in dynamic fashion, with swell pulsing for the all-Australian Final. [...]
Italiano John John Florence (HAW), 19, has won his maiden ASP World Championship Tour event, taking out the Billabong Rio Pro over Joel Parkinson (AUS), 31, in barreling three-to-four foot (1 metre) waves at Barra da Tijuca. Parkinson utilized his complete skill set driving through barrels, lofting airs and unloading powerful carves en route to [...]
Italiano With the completion of the 2011 ASP World Tour, the ASP Top 34 have been determined for 2012. This elite group of surfers will contest for the 2012 ASP World Title, starting on the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast from February 25 to March 7, 2012. 2012 ASP TOP 34: 1. Kelly Slater (USA) 2. [...]
Italiano This Saturday, November 12, begins THE VANS TRIPLE CROWN OF SURFING on Oahu’s North Shore. From November 12 through December 20 — 39 days — Oahu’s North Shore will be the focus of the international surfing world, featuring the final three events of the 2011 Association of Surfing Professionals Tour, and a host of [...]
Italiano Gabriel Medina (Brasilian, 17) won the Rip Curl Pro Search San Francisco over Joel Parkinson (Aus, 30) in firing three-to-five foot waves at Ocean Beach to secure his second elite ASP World Tour victory this season. “This has been incredible,” Medina said. “This is my second World Tour win and it has been great. [...]
Italiano La Graviere offered yesterday three-to-five foot (1 – 1.5 metre) lefts and rights to open the competition at the Quiksilver Pro France. Mick Fanning, defending Quiksilver Pro France winner, scored a sick 9.37 out of a possible 10 for an incredible forehand barrel and won his Round 1 heat. Jordy Smith returned to competition [...]
Italiano The long awaited swell finally arrived and the world’s best surfers rode solid six-to-eight foot plus (2 – 2.5 metre plus) waves at the infamous lefthander of Teahupo’o completing round 2 and part of the round 3 of the Billabong Pro Tahiti presented by Air Tahiti Nui. Jeremy Flores, current No. 15 on the [...]
Italiano Billabong Pro Tahiti has been called off for several days, waiting for a big swell expected by the forecast. The decision has not always been easy, since waves were not bad at all, but swell forecasts are announcing a 10ft swell for the next few days, so the waiting is going to be over, [...]
Italiano Pictures: © ASP/ Kirstin Jordy Smith won the 2011 Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay over Mick Fanning, in front of an excited hometown crowd on the beach and hundreds of thousands watching online. Smith gained impressive scores throughout his Quarterfinal, Semfinal and Final heats, but it was his local knowledge that allowed his to select [...]
Italiano Joel Parkinson talks about what J-Bay means to him. Joel Parkinson’s relationship with Jeffreys Bay began early in 1999. He was only 18 when he arrived in Jeffreys Bay for the first time, and nobody expected what happened. Parko stunned the surfing world by winning the Billabong Pro J-Bay as a wildcard and with [...]
