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ASP World Title Possibilities Heading into Season-Ending Billabong Pipe Masters

Caption: The Billabong Pipe Masters will decide the 2012 ASP World Champion!
Image Credit: © ASP / CESTARI

COOLANGATTA, Queensland/Australia (Wednesday, November 7, 2012) – Event No. 9 of 10 on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT), the O’Neill Coldwater Classic at Santa Cruz’s Steamer Lane, has been completed and won by Taj Burrow (AUS), 34.

Heading into the final event of the season, the Billabong Pipe Masters, three surfers remain mathematically in contention for the 2012 ASP World Title: Joel Parkinson (AUS), 31, Kelly Slater (USA), 40, and Mick Fanning (AUS), 31.

Due to the altered format for the Billabong Pipe Masters, all three surfers will automatically be seeded into Round 3 of competition and finish no worse than Equal 13th (1750 points).

ASP WCT surfers’ year-end rankings are based off their top eight finishes from the 10 ASP WCT events in 2012.As… Read the rest

O’Neill Cold Water Classic
Event No. 9 of 10 on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour
Steamer Lane, Santa Cruz, California/USA
November 1 – 11, 2012

Field Finalized for O’Neill Cold Water Classic Santa Cruz, Possible Start Tomorrow

Caption: Miguel Pupo (BRA), 20, winner of last year’s ASP Prime rated O’Neill Cold Water Classic, will attempt to defend his title this season.
Image Credit: © O’Neill

SANTA CRUZ, California/USA (Wednesday, October 31, 2012) – The world’s best surfers have arrived in Santa Cruz, California for the penultimate event of the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT) season, the O’Neill Cold Water Classic at the iconic Steamer Lane.

A staple of the ASP’s qualifying circuit, the O’Neill Cold Water Classic has been sanctioned at the elite level of competition this season, celebrating the brand’s 60th anniversary of operations. The event will play a crucial role in both the 2012 ASP World Title Race and the requalification campaigns of the world’s best surfers and could commence as early as tomorrow.Mick… Read the rest

Rip Curl Pro Portugal
Event No. 8 of 10 on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour
Supertubos, Peniche/Portigal
October 10 – 21, 2012

Julian Wilson Wins Rip Curl Pro Portugal, Parkinson Retains ASP WCT Lead

Caption: Julian Wilson (AUS), 23, claimed his maiden ASP WCT win today at the Rip Curl Pro Portugal.
Image Credit: © ASP/ SCHOLTZ

SUPERTUBOS, Peniche/Portugal (Friday, October 19, 2012) – Julian Wilson (AUS), 23, has claimed his maiden ASP World Championship Tour (WCT) victory today, besting a rampaging Gabriel Medina (BRA), 18, in the dying seconds of the Rip Curl Pro Portugal.

Stop No. 8 of 10 on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour, the Rip Curl Pro Portugal played host to pivotal moments in the hunt for the 2012 ASP World Title as well as today’s dramatic culmination between two rising superstars.

In a re-match of the surfers’ Final bout from France last season, Medina and Wilson went blow-for-blow in today’s Final in front of a capacity crowd at Supertubos.… Read the rest

Caption: Jack Freestone (AUS), two time winner of the Oakley World Pro Junior Bali, and two-time ASP World Junior Champion. Perfect 10 aerial Pic ASP/Robertson.

Jack Freestone Wins Second ASP World Junior Title at Oakley ASP World Junior Championships

KERAMAS, Bali/Indonesia (Tuesday, October 16, 2012) – Jack Freestone (AUS) took out the Oakley ASP World Junior Championships Bali over Hawaiian Ezekiel Lau (HAW) in a battle of the in-form surfers of the event. With the swell dropping and unfavourable winds, the surfers were forced of unleash their aerial attacks in the 2 to 3 foot (1.5 meter) punchy surf at Keramas today.

Freestone who also won the ASP World Junior Title in 2010 joins current ASP WCT No.1 Joel Parkinson (AUS) and Pablo Paulino (BRA) in an elite club of three surfers to have claimed multiple men’s ASP World Junior Titles.”It’s… Read the rest