Author: surf@saltwater-dreaming.com

MOVEMENT: BODYBOARDING MAG HITS USA SOILS

[i]EDJE Media Prepares for Launch of Movement Magazine US Edition in Spring 2006

Movement Magazine US Edition will serve as the “missing link” in American Bodyboarding media coverage left open by other publications.

Laguna Niguel, CA December 1, 2005 — Spring of 2006 EDJE Media(http://www.edjemedia.com) will be offering an American version of the prestigious Movement Magazine. The magazine will be available for the U.S market focusing on American bodyboarding.[/i]Movement magazine has become a dominant publication in Australia since it was started two years ago. “This has been a long awaited move for us” said Ben Player founder of the magazine, “We have been waiting for the right people to work with in America since we began and now all the pieces of the puzzle are complete”.

EDJE media joins forces with Movement Magazine in order to provide unparalleled editorial, and advertising content for the U.S… Read the rest

STARTING GUNS AT THE READY FOR 35TH ANNIVERSARY RIP CURL PRO PIPELINE MASTERS

[i]Wednesday 30 November, 2005
Pipeline, Ehukai Beach, Oahu, Hawaii

RIP CURL PRO PIPELINE MASTERS
(8-20 December)


Photo courtesy of www.aspworldtour.com

Live on www.aspworldtour.com and www.ripcurlpro.com

Pipeline Hawaii, the world’s most photographed and most famous (or infamous) wave, will play host to the penultimate event on the 2005 Foster’s ASP Men’s World Tour next week – the Rip Curl Pro Pipeline Masters.

In its 35th year the Rip Curl Pro Pipeline Masters is the11th and final contest on the Foster’s ASP Men’s World Tour calendar and has been appropriately tagged “the greatest show on surf”.[/i]Such is the nature of surfing, and the beast that is Banzai Pipeline, competitors can go home from a heat here with the buzz of a lifetime after surviving some of the best barrels on the planet. Or alternatively they could leave the beach in an ambulance. The atmosphere at the location throughout the Masters is spurred on by 35 years of tradition, bravado and showmanship from Mother Nature.… Read the rest

MAUI TO CROWN 2005 ASP WOMEN’S WORLD TOUR CHAMPION

[i]Tuesday, 29 November, 2005
Honolua Bay, Hawaii, USA

BILLABONG PRO MAUI (8 December – 20 December)


Photo courtesy of www.aspworldtour.com

Live on www.aspworldtour.com and www.billabongpro.com

Chelsea Georgeson (AUS) has the odds stacked in her favour to win the 2005 ASP Women’s World Tour crown heading into the Billabong Pro Maui presented by Hawaiian Airlines.

The stylish goofy-footer is defending event champion at the world famous Hawaiian break of Honolua Bay and is well-placed, at 612 ratings points ahead of reigning world champion Sofia Mulanovich (PER).[/i]The two-way showdown between the 22 year-old “best-mates” has been inevitable as despite coming from different countries Georgeson (from Queensland, Australia’s Gold Coast) and Mulanovich (from the town of Punta Hermosa, just south of Lima, Peru) have come through the ranks on a parallel rise.

Between them they have won six of the eight ASP Women’s World Tour events staged so far this year, with three wins apiece.… Read the rest

TWENTY THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE BILLABONG PRO MAUI

[i]BILLABONG PRO MAUI (8 December – 20 December)

EVENT #9 ON THE ASSOCIATION OF SURFING PROFESSIONALS (ASP) WOMEN’S WORLD TOUR

Live on www.aspworldtour.com and www.billabongpro.com

The 2005 ASP Women’s World Tour is rapidly approaching its apex. In just two short weeks, the final stop on this year’s tour, the Billabong Pro Maui, will enter its 13-day waiting period at Honolua Bay located on the island of Maui in Hawaii.

With only two days of the December 8-20 competition window needed to decide the Billabong Pro champion, the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing champion and most importantly, the 2005 ASP Women’s World Tour champion, all are hedging their bets on whether the highest honour will go to current ratings leader Chelsea Georgeson (AUS), or reigning world champion Sofia Mulanovich.

For the rundown of facts on the event please see below [/i]Event Name: Billabong Pro Maui presented by Hawaiian Airlines

Status: The Billabong Pro Maui presented by Hawaiian Airlines is the ninth and final event on the 2005 ASP Women’s World Tour.… Read the rest

GEORGESON HITS THE JACKPOT AT THE ROXY PRO HAWAII

[i]Friday, 18 November, 2005
Haleiwa, Hawaii, USA

ROXY PRO HAWAII (12 November – 23 November)


Photo courtesy of www.aspworldtour.com
Live on www.aspworldtour.com and www.roxy.com/roxypro

It only took Chelsea Georgeson twenty-five minutes to score a perfect 10 point wave, win the Roxy Pro Hawaii and jump to first place on the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) world ratings at Ali’i Beach Park in Haleiwa, this afternoon[/i]Performing three indisputably vertical top to bottom turns on a solid six foot (2 meter) face, Georgeson earned the only perfect 10 point wave score of the event to overcome Claire Bevilacqua (AUS), Melanie Redman-Carr (AUS) and Megan Abubo (HAW) respectively in the final.

A true testament to the fitness of the women of the World Championship Tour (WCT) the finalists performed brilliantly despite having to surf a total of four rounds today. The event ran from start to finish today, taking advantage of what may have been some of the best conditions the women have enjoyed all year.… Read the rest