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2010 Roxy Jam to Host ASP Women’s World Longboard Championships from July 10

Roxy ASP Women’s World Longboard Championships (WWLC)
ASP Women’s World Longboard title decider
La Côte des Basques, Biarritz – France
July 10 to 14, 2010

2010 Roxy Jam to Host ASP Women’s World Longboard Championships from July 10

Jenifer Smith Women's World Longboard Champion
Caption: Jennifer Smith (Califonria, USA), two-time and reigning ASP Women’s World Longboard Champion, returns to Biarritz from July 10 to 14 to defend her crown [Photo credit: Aquashot/aspeurope.com]

LA COTE DES BASQUES, Biarritz – France (Saturday, July 3, 2010) – The 2010 edition of the Roxy Jam will once again host the prestigious Roxy ASP Women’s World Longboard Championships (WWLC) from July 10 to 14, gathering an international 32-woman field ready to battle for the undisputed ASP Women’s World Longboard title.Staged at the world famous spot of La Côte des Basques on the South West coast of France for the fourth consecutive year, the Roxy Jam will witness the battle of the world’s best female longboarders in quality longboard-adapted waves, La Côte des Basques offering long sand banks and great potential to display both classical and progressive committed longboard surfing.… Read the rest

Fanning and Slater to fight it out at the Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay

Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay
Stop No. 4 of 10 on the 2010 ASP World Tour
Jeffreys Bay, South Africa
July 15 – 25, 2010

ASP World Title Races and Rebirth at the Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay

Pictured: Mick Fanning (AUS), 29, reigning ASP World Champion and current ASP World No. 4, will look to ignite his 2010 ASP World Title campaign at the Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay. Credit: © ASP / CESTARI

JEFFREYS BAY, South Africa (Thursday, July 1, 2010) – The Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay, Stop No. 4 of 10 on the 2010 ASP World Tour, is poised to be one for the ages as the best assemblage of surfing talent in history prepare to do battle on one of the world’s greatest canvases, the iconic righthanders of Jeffreys Bay.

After three events this season, the ASP World Tour journeys to South Africa amidst a red-hot ASP World Title race as well as the cutthroat, mid-year field reduction to the ASP Top 32.… Read the rest

Julian Wilson Takes Down First Ever ASP 6-Star SriLankan Airlines Pro Arugam Bay

ARUGAM BAY, Sri Lanka (Thursday, June 24, 2010) – Australia’s Julian Wilson has won the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) 6-Star SriLankan Airlines Pro in flawless four-to-six foot (2 metre) feet surf on an epic final day.

Wilson came into this event courtesy of a wildcard from the sponsor and throughout the event he dominated, continually posting the day’s highest scoring rides and took a deserved win over 19 year-old USA surfer Nat Young.

Wilson and Young were unquestionably the worthy finalists here as both verified their status as two of the most exciting, emerging ASP surfers.Wilson controlled the Final from start to finish and capitalized early by taking wave priority when Young took off on a poor opening wave.

By mid-Final, Wilson had a solid lead and Young faulted slightly going for some gigantic floating re-entry moves that never quite came off while Wilson continued to build on his lead scoring a 7.40 ride late in the Final which left Young chasing an outstanding 9-point ride to bridge the gap.… Read the rest

Storm Surfers: New Zealand Showcases Big Wave Surfing Legends Facing the Ultimate Challenge

The latest in the series of the acclaimed [url=http://stormsurfers.tv]Storm Surfers TV[/url] documentaries takes two times World Champion surfer Tom Carroll and world renowned big wave surfer Ross Clarke-Jones to a remote corner of New Zealand. This epic adventure, airing on the Discovery Channel, July 14, 2010, follows the duo as they face almost insurmountable odds on land and in the sea.Using state-of-the-art GPS devices and satellite storm tracking technology, meteorologist and surf forecaster Ben Matson helps the Storm Surfers find what they’re looking for – the world’s biggest waves in the most challenging conditions. After several hair-raising adventures, they finally achieve their goal in remote Fiordland, an uninhabited region in New Zealand’s far south.

After a 44 kilometer (27 miles) Jet Ski trek down the stunningly beautiful but frigid Cascade River, the surfers, camera crew and support team finally reach their destination.… Read the rest

International Surfing Day

Message From the ISA President Regarding the International Surfing Day

Dear Friend of surfing,

Tomorrow, June 20th, we celebrate surfing. We celebrate something that we really love and enjoy. But as in any true love, our love for the sport of surfing should be demonstrated each day. We should take the time to enjoy the waves, the ocean, the beaches, but we also should be defenders of the health and integrity of the ocean, so that it, too, can have a long and healthy life.For thousands of years, human beings saw the ocean as something endless andeternal, a symbol of something indestructible. But nowadays we have a better understanding that that’s not the way it is. It is very big, but it’s also very fragile. For thousands of years we have been destroying and polluting it and thereby shortening its healthy life.… Read the rest