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ASP World Tour
Kelly Slater Secures Ninth ASP World Title in Spain
Kelly Slater, 36, has won a record Record #sailingrecord ninth ASP World Title after advancing out of Round 3 of the Billabong Pro Mundaka – the ninth event of 11 on the 2008 ASP World Tour. Slater came into the event needing an equal ninth finish to clinch the title, he secured that by beating local wildcard Eneko Acero (EUK) in four (...) -
ASP World Tour
Adrian Buchan wins Quiksilver Pro France
Adrian Buchan (AUS) has beaten eight-time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA) to win his first ever ASP World Tour event – the Quiksilver Pro France – in Hossegor, France. -
Billabong ASP World Junior Championships
Aussie Sally Fitzgibbons wins 07 junior world title
ASP Australasian Champion Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) may have been one of the smallest competitors in the Billabong World Junior Championships but her performances were by far the biggest; the diminutive was surfer crowned the 2007 ASP World Junior Champion, at Sydney’s North Narrabeen Beach (...) -
Billabong ASP World Junior Championships
2nd world junior title for Pablo Paulino
It’s been three years since Pablo Paulino (BRA) has called himself World Junior Champion but at Sydney’s North Narrabeen beach today, the 20-year-old surfer made sure he could again shoulder the honour, winning the 2007 edition of the Billabong ASP World Junior (...) -
ASP World Tour
Stephanie Gilmore 2007 rookie and world champ
Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) has just made ASP History as the first-ever surfer to claim the ASP World Title in their rookie season, having bested fellow contenders Sofia Mulanovich (PER) and Silvana Lima (BRA) in Round 3 competition at the Billabong Pro Maui at Honolua (...) -
Foster’s ASP World Tour
Mick Fanning wins in Brazil to clinch world title
Australian Mick Fanning clinched his maiden Foster’s ASP World Title after winning the Hang Loose Santa Catarina Pro in Brazil today. Fanning was in the water about to surf Surf #Surf a semifinal heat against childhood friend Joel Parkinson (AUS) when Taj Burrow (AUS) was eliminated by Tom Whitaker (AUS) and his lifelong dream was (...) -
ASP World Tour
Mick Fanning wins 2007 Quiksilver Pro France
Mick Fanning (AUS) the newly crowned 2007 Quiksilver Pro France Champion, is mathematically capable of clinching his maiden Foster’s ASP World Title in Mundaka, Spain next week. Fanning beat South Africa’s Greg Emslie, in three to five foot (one to one half meter) surf Surf #Surf at Les Bourdaines this (...) -
ASP World Tour 07
Slater wins Boost Mobile Pro and breaks world record
Reigning and 8X Foster’s ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA) has won his first event in over a year, moved to current World No. 2, and broke a world record Record #sailingrecord after beating Pancho Sullivan (HAW) in the Final of the 2007 Boost Mobile Pro presented by Hurley (...) -
Billabong Girls Pro • Itacaré Brazil
Sam Cornish captures first crown in 4 years
Rising out of a four-year shadow, 26-year-old Samantha Cornish (AUS) won her first ASP Women’s World Tour title since 2003, at the Billabong Girls Pro Itacaré, this morning. Cornish defeated Brazilian sensation Silvana Lima (BRA) with 12.00 points (out of a possible 20.00) to Lima’s 8.10, winning US$ 12,000 and simultaneously (...) -
Roxy ASP Women’s World Longboard Championship
Jennifer Smith crowned 07 longboard world champ
Jennifer Smith (USA) has been crowned the 2007 ASP Women’s World Longboard Longboard #Longboard Champion, following her victory in the Roxy ASP WWLC in Biarritz, France this afternoon. “I feel so blessed to be in the situation I’m in right now,” Smith said. “I made the final last year and lost, so to come back (...)