2008 Triple Crown

Kelly Slater wins the Billabong Pipeline Masters

Billabong Pipeline Masters

ASP World Tour Event # 11
Banzai Pipeline, Oahu, Hawaii
8 - 20 December 8 - 20, 2008

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December 12, 2008 - Banzai Pipeline -- Today will mark the final day of the Billabong Pipeline Masters, and 2008 ASP World Tour competition. Clean six to eight foot conditions at Pipeline have prompted event organizers to start the event at 8am.

In addition to deciding the 2008 Billabong Pipeline Masters Champion, the men's Vans Triple Crown Champion and the year’s final ratings, the 2009 ASP World Tour line-up will be confirmed by day’s end.

Bede Durbidge Enters Billabong Pipeline Masters Defending Champion

Billabong Pipeline Masters

ASP World Tour Event # 11
Banzai Pipeline, Oahu, Hawaii
December 8 - 20 , 2008

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December 7, 2008 : - - Banzai Pipeline, Hawaii - Just two short years ago Bede Durbidge (AUS) was paddling out at Pipeline an under-the-radar, unsponsored 23-year-old eager to prove himself in Hawaiian waters.

Now the World No. 2 surfer, second only to nine-time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA) on the ASP World Tour ratings, will paddle out for the 2008 Billabong Pro Pipeline Masters the defending event and Vans Triple Crown of Surfing Champion after winning both the contest and the specialty series in 2007.

Dusty Payne leads Vans Triple Crown as Pipeline approaches

December 5, 2008 - With two of the three Vans Triple Crown events out of the way all eyes are turned to the Billabong Pipeline Masters where a new Vans Triple Crown of Surfing champion will be crowned.

Hawaiian Dusty Payne has placed solidly in the Reef Hawaiian Pro and the O'Neill World Cup of Surfing giving him the lead in the current Triple Crown ratings. Close behind sitting at second place is O'Neill World Cup of Surfing winner CJ Hobgood and at fourth in the rankings, Reef winner Michel Bourez. Aussie stylemaster Joel Parkinson sits solidly in third place.

Rip Curl's Stephanie Gilmore claims her second World Title

December 2, 2008 - Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 20, scalped her second consecutive ASP Women’s World Title with an emphatic win at the Roxy Pro at Sunset Beach, ripping through the three-to-five foot (1.5 metre) waves at Sunset Point to defeat fellow finalists Silvana Lima (BRA), 24, Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS), 22, and Nicola Atherton (AUS), 22.

Roxy Pro Champion Decided Today at Sunset Beach, World Title on the Line

Roxy Pro Sunset

ASP Women's World Tour Event #7
Sunset Beach, Oahu Hawaii
November 24 -December 6, 2008

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December 1, 2008 - Sunset Beach -- The final day of Roxy Pro competition will commence with the Quarterfinals at 8:30am this morning in three-to-five foot (1.5 metre) surf at Sunset Point. Stop No. 7 of 8 on the 2008 ASP Women’s World Tour, the Roxy Pro at Sunset Beach will play a vital role in the race for the ASP Women’s World Title, with a possible champion being crowned by day’s end.

Michel Bourez wins Reef Hawaiian Pro, qualifies for WCT

Reef Hawaiian Pro

ASP 6-Star Prime WQS Men's Event
Alii Beach Haleiwa Oahu Hawaii
November 12 - 23, 2008

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November 22, 2008- Haleiwa -- Tahitian Michel Bourez, 22, scored a career-best win in Hawaii today, taking first place in the $135,000 Reef Hawaiian Pro and an early lead on the prestigious Vans Triple Crown of Surfing series ratings.

Prior to today, Bourez's best result was a minor event win in the Canary Islands in 2005. Today's result takes him to the No.2 ranking on the ASP World Qualifying Series ratings, guaranteeing him a start on the elite ASP World Tour in 2009. Bourez earned $15,000 for his win today.

Carissa Moore Becomes Youngest Vans Triple Crown of Surfing Event Champion in History

The 2008 Reef Hawaiian Pro was always going to be about the new guard of women’s surfing from the opening heat of competition. Today, Haleiwa crowned it’s youngest ever Vans Triple Crown of Surfing event champion in 16-year-old Carissa Moore (Honolulu). Moore won her way through every round of the competition from the preliminary trials heat that awarded one wildcard spot into the event. She now leads the 2008 Vans Triple Crown of Surfing series ratings.

New Generation Steals the Show at Reef Hawaiian Pro

Reef Hawaiian Pro

ASP 6-Star Prime WQS Men's Event
Alii Beach Haleiwa Oahu Hawaii
November 12 - 23, 2008

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November 15, 2008 - Haleiwa, Hi - The teenage new wave of women’s professional surfing stole the show at the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 6-Star Reef Hawaiian Pro at Haleiwa today. In their opening day of competition, the ladies enjoyed solid overhead waves and two rounds of competition as they whittled the 44-woman, 11-nation field down to 16 Quarterfinalists.