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Billabong Pipe Masters
Event No. 10 of 10 on 2012 ASP World Championship Tour
Event No. 3 of 3 on the 2012 Vans Triple Crown of Surfing
Banzai Pipeline, Hawaii/USA
December 8 – 20, 2012

Joel Parkinson Wins 2012 ASP World Title, Seals Season with Billabong Pipe Masters Victory

Caption: Joel Parkinson (AUS), 31, claimed the 2012 ASP World Title at the Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons.
Image Credit: © ASP/ SCHOLTZ

BANZAI PIPELINE, Oahu/Hawaii (Friday, December 14, 2012) – Joel Parkinson (AUS), 31, has claimed his maiden ASP World Title today at the final stop of the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT) season, by winning the Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons. The Billabong Pipe Masters was also the third and final leg of the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing series.

Only Parkinson and reigning 11-time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater(USA), 40, were in contention for the world title heading into the final day.… Read the rest

Billabong Pipe Masters
Event No. 10 of 10 on 2012 ASP World Championship Tour
Event No. 3 of 3 on the 2012 Vans Triple Crown of Surfing
Banzai Pipeline, Hawaii/USA
December 8 – 20, 2012

ASP World Title Showdown Continues at Billabong Pipe Masters, Zietz Claims Vans Triple Crown

Caption: Kelly Slater (USA), 40, reigning 11-time ASP World Champion, continues his showdown for the 2012 ASP World Title with Joel Parkinson (AUS), 31, at the Billabong Pipe Masters.
Image Credit: © ASP/ SCHOLTZ

BANZAI PIPELINE, Oahu/Hawaii (Sunday, December 9, 2012) – The Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons ran a marathon 22 heats today, completed in six-to-eight foot (2 – 2.5 metre) waves at the Banzai Pipeline.

The final stop on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT), the Billabong Pipe Masters ran its second consecutive day of competition with the event’s top seeds hitting the water and the 2012 ASP World Title on the line.Kelly… Read the rest

Kelia Moniz (HAW), the newest ASP World Champion. PIC ASP/Robertson

Kelia Moniz Claims ASP Women’s World Longboard Title at the SWATCH Girls Pro China

WANNING, Hainan Island/China (Sunday, November 25, 2012) – Kelia Moniz (HAW) has won the SWATCH Girls Pro China 2012 hosted by Wanning over Chelsea Williams (AUS), claiming her maiden ASP Women’s World Longboard Title. The pair repeated history by meeting in the Final as they did at last year’s SWATCH Girls Pro China, where Williams won, but today it was Moniz who took top honours.

Moniz is the second ASP World Champion crowned in China and is a well deserved winner after consistently posting excellent scores all event, but the Final was her most dominant heat by far. She rode the nose with style and grace, executed critical turns and read the shifty line-up to perfection.”We couldn’t hear the scores so after the heat I didn’t know what to think,” Moniz said.… Read the rest

Caption: (Left to right) Kassia Meador (USA), Chelsea Williams (AUS), Lindsay Steinriede (USA), Darci Liu (CHN) will be battling it out for the ASP Women’s World Longboard Title cup this week at the SWATCH Girls Pro China 2012. PIC ASP/Robertson.

SWATCH Girls Pro China 2012 Officially Launches

WANNING, Hainan Island/China (Tuesday, November 20, 2012) – The event that will crown the 2012 ASP Women’s World Longboard Champion, the SWATCH Girls Pro China 2012 hosted by Wanning got underway with style tonight. The event press conference was at the Sheraton Shenzhou Peninsula Resort followed by an opening ceremony in Wanning city attended by tens of thousands of locals, media and event athletes.Kassia Meador (USA), poster girl for the SWATCH Girls Pro China 2012 and Semifinalist at last year’s event is thrilled to be back in China, she even took a detour through Beijing on the way to Hainan Island to see more of the beautiful sights this country has to offer.… Read the rest