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 The Rip Curl Pro Search San Francisco returned to Ocean Beach after three consecutive lay days and Kelly Slater has officially claimed his 11th ASP World Title completing the non-elimination Round 4 over Gabriel Medina and Miguel Pupo. Following a second ceremony with Slater’s legions of fans at Ocean Beach, ASP CEO Brodie Carr [...]
Italiano The ASP has admitted that, due to a calculation error within its rankings’ system, the 2011 ASP World Title has yet to be officially decided and that Kelly Slater (USA), 39, was prematurely awarded his 11th ASP World Title on Wednesday. “Our rankings’ system is designed to split tie-breaks based off of seed points,” [...]
Italiano Winning the third round at the Rip Curl Pro Search San Francisco, Kelly Slater claims an historic 11th world tour victory. Just on the same day of the first anniversary of the tragic death of Andy Irons, his close friend and great rival. Seems to be something more than a coincidence, like a special [...]
Italiano Adriano de Souza won the Rip Curl Pro Portugal over Kelly Slater in clean barrels at Supertubos. The young Brazilian opened with a solid forehand barrel to secure a 9.00 out of a possible 10 and put pressure on the defending champion. Slater answered back with two solid scores of his own, but De [...]
Italiano The seventeen years old Gabriel Medina (BRA) newcomer to the elite ASP Top 34 after the September’s rotation, has secured his maiden ASP World Title victory today, winning the Quiksilver Pro France over Julian Wilson (AUS), 22, at La Graviere. “This is the best feeling ever,” Medina said. Kelly Slater was ousted in Quarterfinals [...]
Italiano Quarterfinalists have been determined yesterday at the Quiksilver Pro France, in picturesque conditions. Burrow will take on Julian Wilson in Quarterfinal 4. Kelly Slater continued his dismantling of the La Graviere peaks with unmatched speed and flow to claim his Round 4 victory and advance into the Quarterfinals. The current ASP World No. 1 [...]
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 Kelly Slater won his fifth Hurley Pro at Trestles, defeating Owen Wright in a highly disputed final. Kelly Slater defeated the young Australian in a last-minute exchange with a final score of 17.50 to 16.74. This was the third consecutive final for Slater and Wright and the two are the greatest rivals in the [...]
Italiano During the opening day of the 2011 Hurley Pro at Trestles the world’s best surfers showed high-performances in two-to-three foot (1 metre) waves at the pointbreak of Lower Trestles. Julian Wilson earned both the day’s highest single-wave score of 8.93 (out of 10) and the event’s highest heat-total of 17.60 (out of 20). Owen [...]
