Category: ASP (WSL) Surfing News 2005-2015

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

ASP World Title Showdown Set for Billabong Pipe Masters

Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons
Event No. 10 of 10 on the ASP World Championship Tour (WCT)
Pipeline, Oahu, Hawaii
December 8 – 20, 2013

ASP World Title Showdown Set for Billabong Pipe Masters, Possible Start Tomorrow


Pictured: Kelly Slater (USA), 41, and Mick Fanning (AUS), 32, will battle at the Billabong Pipe Masters to decide the 2013 ASP World Title.

Credit: ASP/CESTARI

PIPELINE, Oahu/Hawaii (Saturday, December 7, 2013) – The waiting period for the Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons begins tomorrow, December 8, and with a promising swell pulsing into the North Shore, the world’s best surfers could take on the heavy Hawaiian barrel of Pipeline and Backdoor as early as tomorrow morning.

The final stop on the 2013 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT), the Billabong Pipe Masters will see the culmination of the ASP World Title Race between Mick Fanning (AUS), 32, and Kelly Slater (USA), 41, the final 2014 ASP WCT qualifiers and the crowning of the coveted Vans Triple Crown of Surfing Champion.… Read the rest

Kelly Slater Wins Pipe Masters-World Title Mick fanning-Vans Triple Crown John John Florence

Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons
Event No. 10 of 10 on the 2013 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT)
Banzai Pipeline, Oahu/Hawaii
December 8 – 20, 2013

Kelly Slater Wins Pipe Masters-World Title Mick fanning-Vans Triple Crown Winner John John Florence

Kelly Slater Wins Pipe Masters
Pictured: Kelly Slater (USA), 41, 2013 Billabong Pipe Masters Champion.

Credit: ASP/CESTARI

BANZAI PIPELINE, Oahu/Hawaii (Saturday, December 14, 2013) – Kelly Slater (USA), 41, has won his 7th Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons after a day of incredible 10-to-15 foot (three to four metre) waves at Pipeline today. Slater defeated John John Florence (HAW), 21, in a hard-fought, 35-minute Final that ended with less than half-a-point separating the two. The runner-up finish for Florence saw him crowned 2013 Vans Triple Crown of Surfing champion.

The final day of the Billabong Pipe Masters capped off the 2013 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT) season in fine style, with epic conditions providing the ideal backdrop for the crowning of Mick Fanning (AUS), 32, as the ASP World Champion.… Read the rest