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Perrow Wins Billabong Pipe Masters, Florence Takes Vans Triple Crown Kieren Perrow (AUS), 34, has won his inaugural ASP World Tour event, taking out the Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons over fellow countrymen Joel Parkinson (AUS), 30, in four-to-six foot waves.... -
CARVE sign sponsorship deal with Sunny Garcia The Australian based company has been working hard to launch the brand into an ever growing global market place and building a team to compliment it’s passion for action sports. With U.S business partner... -
Taj Burrow Wins 1st Ever Reef Hawaiian Pro West Australia's Taj Burrow, a virtual veteran of pro surfing at 33 years of age, has claimed his first Reef Hawaiian Pro title in Hawaii to pocket $25,000 and take an early lead on the Vans Triple Crown... -
Reef Hawaiian Pro - Day 1 Australian Jack Freestone, 19, the reigning ASP World Junior Champion, set a high-flying pace at the Reef Hawaiian Pro today. The event finally got underway in head-high surf after nine days ...
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Kelly Slater wins Billabong Pro Tahiti
Kelly Slater (USA), 39, reigning 10-time ASP World Champion, has claimed the Billabong Pro Tahiti presented by Air Tahiti Nui over Owen Wright (AUS), 21, in clean four-to-six foot (1.5 – 2 metre) waves at Teahupo’o. Event No. 5 of 11 on the 2011 ASP World Title season, the Billabong Pro Tahiti culminated a historic incarnation of the event today, with the world’s best surfers pushing the performance envelope in incredible conditions.
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Bruce Irons will put on an expression session between the semi-finals and the final of the Billabong Pro at Teahupoo, Tahiti, this weekend. The session is a compromise in response to a growing campaign to allow Irons to defend the Billabong Pro Tahiti title held by his late brother Andy.
Air Tahiti Nui VonZipper Trials
Reigning ASP world champion longboard surfing champion Duane Desoto moved one step closer to clinching a second world title today, taking first place in the Kicker Audio Presents Toes on the Nose Rabbit Kekai Longboard Classic at Waikiki. This event, rated by ASP Hawaii, is one of the feature competitions of the week-long 10th anniversary Duke's OceanFest, honoring legendary Hawaiian waterman Duke Kahanamoku.
Reigning 10-Time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (Cocoa Beach, FL), 39, has won the 2011 ASP PRIME Nike US Open of Surfing for the first time since 1996, defeating Yadin Nicol (AUS), 26, in a dominant final in two-to-four foot (1 metre) waves at the iconic Huntington Beach Pier.More Articles...
- Nathan Webster wins Supersurf ASP World Masters
- Smith Goes Back-to-Back at Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay, Parkinson Leads ASP World Title Race
- ASP Top 34 Battle it Out in Elimination Round 2 at Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay
- OCEAN EXPERIENCE SURF SCHOOL PARTNERS WITH BRAILLE INSTITUTE SAN DIEGO TO TEACH VISUALLY IMPAIRED STUDENTS TO SURF!
- Carissa Moore wins world title
- Roxy Pro Biarritz Set for ASP Women’s Elite Action Week Kicking-off Monday
- Australia Wins the Team Gold Medal in the 2011 Billabong ISA World Surfing Games
- Race for the Billabong ISA World Team Trophy Commences in Panama
- The historic, the rare & the weird hit Vintage Surf Auction
- McCartney & McCoy partner up Jack McCoy at work on the 'Blue Sway' video
- Team Hawaii Leads the World Rankings at the ISA World Junior Games In Peru
- The Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship Gets Underway in Flawless Conditions
- The Verizon Wireless Hawaii Jr. Surf Team lands in Peru!
- Moore wins Billabong Rio Pro
- Hawaii team sights on World Jr Champs in Peru
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- Carissa Moore Interview
- Fiji:Day Of The Decade
- Rainos Hayes
Long Live the Queen
FREESURF: It seemed like you just took off on a roll this year. Granted there was some talk of a rivalry between you and Sally [Fitzgibbons], but it seemed like it was more of a matter of when, not if, you would secure your title this year. Was there a point this year when you felt like, “yeah, I can win a title this year”?
Carissa Moore: I think every woman on tour wants and believes that they can win a world title, otherwise they wouldn’t be competing at this level. Dad and I talked about the title a few times, but never more than using it as motivation. Sally was nipping at my heels the whole year and there was a placement shift halfway through where I was nipping at hers. It was so close that I never really could let my guard down, just had to keep my head focused and take everything one step at a time. When the seconds started counting down in the Steph-Sally semi in France and Steph was ahead, I think that was finally the moment that I let it all go. Read more...
An All-Star Crew Descends On Perfect Cloudbreak
Kohl Christenson, underground in more ways than one.
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Billabong Team Manager/Mentor to Keanu Asing
Freesurf: What was your life like before you became a team manager?
Rainos Hayes: Well, I grew up on the North Shore pretty much in the same place that I live now, kind of by Sunset Beach. I was a pro for a while and rode for Quiksilver from about 15 to 25 years old and had a limited amount of success.
