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Action, Excitement And Upsets On Day 1 Of The Billabong World Junior Championships Gold Coast

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CAPTION: Jack Robinson (Margaret River, WA/AUS), the youngest surfer in the Men’s draw. Pic ASP/Dunbar.

BURLEIGH HEADS, Queensland/Australia (Saturday, 21 January, 2012) – The opening day of the Billabong World Junior Championships Gold Coast was treated to 2 – 3 foot (1.5 meter) surf rolling through the Burleigh Heads rock break. Competitors were reviling in the super clean conditions that offered a mix of long walls, ramps for airs and even a couple of tube sections.Connor Coffin (California, USA) opened the day with a solid heat win, showing the rest of the competitors the way the section of Burleigh known as ‘rockies’ should be surfed with his rail carves and snaps timed to perfection.

“It’s really, really fun out there!” Coffin said. “I’ve never seen it break right along the rocks so clean and perfect like this before.… Read the rest

In a Tense Final, Irishman Glenn Hall Wins the Inaugural Hainan Classic at Riyue Bay

With all the surfing he’s done, and now to have the winner’s trophy for the ASP 4-Star and the $15,000 winner’s check, Glenn Hall was ecstatic to have made the trip to China. Photo: ISA/Billy Watts
South Africa’s Royden Bryson Starts the Year With a Second-Place Finish
Hainan Wanning Riyue Bay International Surfing Festival Presented by Quiksilver
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Wanning, Hainan Island, China

Despite smaller conditions on the final day of the competition at the Hainan Classic, the Final was an action-packed, wave-for-wave affair. Glenn ‘Micro’ Hall (IRL) managed to take control early with a long, excellent-scoring wave mid-way through the heat and hold off Royden Bryson (ZAF) in order to be crowned the first-ever champion of the Hainan Classic, an ASP 4-Star organized by the ISA.“China’s… Read the rest

ASP World Surfing Awards
Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre
2012

Revamped ASP World Surfing Awards Ready for World’s Best Surfers this February

Pictured: Kelly Slater (pictured) at last year’s ASP World Surfing Awards will be on stage again this year to accept his 11th ASP World Title trophy.
Credit: © ASP / SCHOLTZ

COOLANGATTA, Queensland/AUS (Wednesday, January 11, 2012) – The ASP World Surfing Awards will draw the world’s best surfers to Australia’s Gold Coast once again this February, but this season’s incarnation of the gala event will provided in an exciting new format with both surfers and fans participating in the awarding of athletes. New awards have been added, the production has been enhanced, tickets will be available to the general public and the event will be webcast LIVE via YouTube.Surfing’s “night of nights”, the 2012 ASP World Surfing Awards will be held at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre on Thursday, February 23, and will officially recognize last season’s top performers.… Read the rest

O’Neill Cold Water Classic Santa Cruz
Stop No. 10 of 11 on 2012 ASP World Title Series
Steamer Lane, Santa Cruz, California USA
November 2 – 12, 2012

O’Neill Cold Water Classic Santa Cruz Confirmed for 2012 ASP World Title Series

Pictured: The Northern Pacific power of Steamer Lane will host the world’s best surfers next year as the O’Neill Cold Water Classic Santa Cruz joins the 2012 ASP World Title schedule.
Credit: © O’NEILL

SANTA CRUZ, California/USA (Thursday, December 22, 2011) – The O’Neill Cold Water Classic Santa Cruz has been confirmed as an elite ASP World Title event for 2012. The world’s best surfers will journey to Northern California next November for the 10th of 11 stops on next season’s ASP World Title Series.

“We’re very happy to confirm the O’Neill Cold Water Classic Santa Cruz as an ASP World Title event in 2012,” Renato Hickel, ASP World Tour Manager, said.… Read the rest