Category: ASP (WSL) Surfing News 2005-2015

Mick Fanning Wins Fourth Quiksilver Pro France

QUIKSILVER PRO FRANCE

Event 8 of 10 on the 2013 ASP Men’s World Championship Tour

South-West Coast, France

September 26 – October 6, 2013

Mick Fanning Wins Fourth Quiksilver Pro France, Solidifies WCT Rankings Lead

Mick Fanning

Mick Fanning (AUS) 4-time winner of the Quiksilver Pro France chaired up the beach.
Pictured: Mick Fanning (AUS) 4-time winner of the Quiksilver Pro France chaired up the beach.

Credit: ASP/Scholtz

LE PENON, Seignosse/France (Friday, October 4, 2013) – Mick Fanning (AUS) 32, has just won the Quiksilver Pro France in an action packed final over Gabriel Medina (BRA) 19, in 3-4Ft (1 metre) waves at the back up venue of Le Penon in Seignosse.

Stop No.8 of 10 on the ASP World Championship Tour, the Quiksilver Pro France juggled with a difficult forecast to showcase the World’s Best surfers in quality waves over the two iconic spots of La Graviere and Le Penon.… Read the rest

Crowned 2013 ASP Women’s World Champion Carissa Moore

EDP Cascais Girls Pro pres. by Billabong
Event No. 8 of 8 on the 2013 ASP Women’s World Championship Tour
Cascais, Portugal
October 3 – 7, 2013

Carissa Moore

Newly-Crowned 2013 ASP Women’s World Champion Carissa Moore Claims EDP Cascais Girls Pro pres. by Billabong

GUINCHO, Cascais/Portugal (Saturday, October 5, 2013) – Freshly-crowned 2013 ASP Women’s World Champion Carissa Moore (HAW), 21, capped off a banner day at Guincho Beach by claiming the EDP Cascais Girls Pro presented by Billabong over an in-form Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), 22.

Moore, who clinched her second ASP Women’s World Title earlier in the day with the elimination of Tyler Wright (AUS), 19, in the Quarterfinals by Fitzgibbons, carried her momentum into the Final to collect her fourth elite tour victory of the season.“Conditions got tough there in the end – no doubt,” Moore said. “I was still riding the high of clinching the world title and I think that momentum helped me push through in the end.… Read the rest

Showdown at Rip Curl Pro Portugal- Kai Otton Wins

Rip Curl Pro Portugal presented by Moche
Event No. 9 of 10 on the 2013 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT)
Supertubos, Peniche, Portugal
October 9 – 20, 2013

World’s Best Surfers Ready for Showdown at Rip Curl Pro Portugal, Possible Start Tomorrow

Pictured: Supertubos will host the world’s best surfers for the upcoming Rip Curl Pro Portugal presented by Moche.

Credit: ASP/SCHOLTZ

SUPERTUBOS, Peniche/Portugal (Tuesday, October 8, 2013) – The Rip Curl Pro Portugal presented by Moche, Event No. 9 of 10 on the 2013 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT), will commence its competition window tomorrow and the world’s best surfers have arrived in Peniche ready to do battle in the barrels of Supertubos.

Mick Fanning (AUS), 32, two-time ASP World Champion (2007, 2009) and current ASP WCT No. 1, is coming off a win last week in France and holds the frontrunner position in the hunt for the 2013 ASP World Title.“The… Read the rest

Ella Williams Claims Women’s ASP World Junior Title

HD World Junior Championship pres. By Devassa
ASP World Junior Championships (Men’s and Women’s)
Joaquina Beach, Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
October 27 – November 5, 2013

New Zealand’s Ella Williams Claims Women’s ASP World Junior Title at HD World Junior Championships

Ella Williams
Pictured: Ella Williams (NZL), 18, your 2013 Women’s ASP World Junior Champion.

Credit: ASP/SMORIGO

JOAQUINA BEACH, Florianopolis/BRA (Saturday, November 2, 2013) – Ella Williams (NZL), 18, has won the 2013 Women’s ASP World Junior Title, defeating Kauai’s Tatiana Weston-Webb (HAW), 17, in a hard-fought final to win the HD World Junior Championships presented by Devassa at Joaquina Beach in Florianopolis, Brazil.

Williams’ victory places her name among some of surfing’s finest female talent, with past winners including the likes of ASP Women’s World Championship Tour (WCT) standouts Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), 22, Pauline Ado (FRA), 22, and Laura Enever (AUS), 22.… Read the rest

Pulsing Pointbreak Riyue Bay Produces at the Swatch Girls Pro China

Moniz
CAPTION: Kelia Moniz (HAW), reigning ASP Women’s World Longboard Champion picking up where she left off last year. Pic Daher

Pulsing Pointbreak Riyue Bay Produces On Day One of the Swatch Girls Pro China

WANNING, Hainan Island, China (Wednesday, November 20, 2013) – The Swatch Girls Pro China hosted by Wanning saw clean 3 to 4 foot left handers running 150 meters down the point at Riyue Bay all day today. All 12 heats of Round 1 and 10 heats of Round 2 were completed with the world’s best female longboarders putting on a show for the first day of the event that will decide the 2013 ASP Women’s World Longboard Champion.

Justine Dupont (FRA) won the first heat of the 2013 Swatch Girls Pro China this morning with some serious power turns and carves. Dupont competes on both long and shortboards and is competing at the Swatch Girls Pro China for her second time this year.”We… Read the rest