Category: ASP (WSL) Surfing News 2005-2015

2009 ASP World Tour
2009 ASP Women’s World Tour

Bacalso and Ho Take ASP Rookie of Year Honors in Hawaiian Sweep

Pictured: Kekoa Bacalso (HAW), 24, takes down the 2009 ASP World Tour Rookie of the Year Award.

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COOLANGATTA, Queensland/Australia (Friday, December 18, 2009) –Hawaiians Kekoa Bacalso (HAW), 24, and Coco Ho (HAW), 18, have claimed the 2009 ASP World Tour and ASP Women’s World Tour Rookie of the Year Award following impressive performances amongst the world’s finest surfers throughout year

Bacalso, who finished ASP World No. 18, proved to be the dark horse amongst his rookie class, smashing the competition and constantly stringing together impressive results to claim the 2009 ASP Rookie of the Year award.“I’m super stoked to win this award,” Bacalso said. “My main goal coming into this season was to finish within the Top 27, so to claim the Rookie of the Year award is a bonus and I wasn’t expecting it.… Read the rest

2010 ASP World Tour

ASP One Ranking System Unveiled for 2010 and Beyond

Pictured: Taj Burrow (AUS), 31, winner of the Billabong Pipe Masters and 2009 ASP World No. 4, will look to continue the momentum as the 2010 season commences.

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COOLANGATTA, Queensland/Australia (Tuesday, December 29, 2009) – Beginning in 2010, ASP International will activate a One Ranking system for the men’s ASP Dream Tour and the ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS).

The concept of the ASP One Ranking system is to make ASP-sanctioned World Tour and Qualifying Series events contribute to a surfer’s year-end rating. The ASP One Ranking system will be the primary means for determining if a surfer is eligible to compete in ASP World Tour events and the highly-rated ASP Qualifying events.Surfers will begin to accumulate their respective ASP One Ranking points from the start of the 2010 season.… Read the rest

2009 ASP World Tour
2009 ASP Women’s World Tour

2010 ASP World Tour and ASP Women’s World Tour Schedules Released

Pictured: 2010 promises more surfing perfection from the ASP.

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COOLANGATTA, Queensland/Australia (Tuesday, December 22, 2009) – With a historic 2009 coming to a close, the 2010 ASP schedule has been released and will mark some major shifts in venues and dates in order to ensure that the world’s best surfers battle one another in the world’s best waves.“2010 will mark some major changes for professional surfing and the schedule reflects this,” Brodie Carr, ASP International CEO, said. “We’re moving dates of certain venues to ensure that we get the best possible surf as well as adding landmark new events. Across all disciplines, the 2010 ASP schedule will see nearly $12,000,000 paid out in prize money.… Read the rest

Billabong ASP World Junior Championships
Von Zipper Trials
North Narrabeen, Sydney, New South Wales Australia
January 9 – 17, 2010

World’s Best Juniors Descend on Sydney for Billabong ASP World Junior Championships

Pictured: Owen Wright (AUS), 19, 2010 ASP World Tour rookie, is an odds-on favorite at the upcoming Billabong ASP World Junior Championships.
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COOLANGATTA, Queensland/Australia (Tuesday, January 5, 2010) – The world’s best junior surfers are descending upon the Sydney suburb of North Narrabeen to hunt down the most prestigious crown in junior surfing, the ASP World Junior Title, as the Billabong ASP World Junior Championships prepare to run at the famed beachbreak from January 9 – 17, 2010.

Contesting in their respective regional ASP Pro Junior Series throughout the 2009 season, qualifiers for the prestigious Billabong ASP World Junior Championships include 48 men and 18 women from the seven ASP regions: Africa, Australasia, Europe, Japan, North America and South America.While… Read the rest

Billabong Pipeline Masters
Stop No. 10 of 10 on the 2009 ASP World Tour
Pipeline, Oahu/Hawaii
December 8 – 20, 2009

Massive Unruly Swells Force Lay Day for Billabong Pipeline Masters

Pictured: Plenty of swell on the North Shore and the Billabong Pipeline Masters will be looking to commence in the coming days.

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PIPELINE, Oahu/Hawaii (Monday, December 8, 2009) – The Billabong Pipeline Masters, Event No. 10 of 10 on the 2009 ASP World Tour, has called a lay day today, with unruly 20-foot (7 metre) seas closing out the famed break at the Banzai Pipeline.

Surfline, official forecasters for the Billabong Pipeline Masters, are calling for today’s fetch of swell to slowly decline over the next several days meaning there will be plenty of surf on offer to kickstart the final event of the 2009 ASP World Tour season.… Read the rest