Category: ASP (WSL) Surfing News 2005-2015

ASP Top 34 Finalized for 2014 ASP World Championship Tour Season

LOS ANGELES, California/USA (Sunday, December 15, 2013) – With the completion of the Billabong Pipe Masters in Hawaii yesterday and the crowning of Mick Fanning (AUS), 32, as the 2013 ASP World Champion, this season’s ASP World Championship Tour (WCT) has drawn to a dramatic close.
In a year that witnessed the world’s best surfers compete at Snapper Rocks, Bells Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Tavarua, Keramas, Teahupo’o, Trestles, Hossegor, Peniche and the Banzai Pipeline, 2013 not only hosted an incredible battle between Fanning and 11-time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA), 41, for the world surfing crown, but also a fierce fight in terms of qualification and re-qualification for next year’s elite tour.

The 2014 ASP Top 34, the most elite surfers on the planet, will be comprised of the Top 22 finishers on the 2013 ASP WCT rankings, the Top 10 finishers on the ASP Qualification Series (QS) rankings (barring surfers who have already qualified through the Top 22 on the ASP WCT rankings) and two ASP wildcards.2013 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT) Top 22:
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BILLABONG PRESENTS THE COASTAL EDGE
STEEL PIER CLASSIC & SURF ART EXPORT

0th Annual Event Supports VA Gentlemen Foundation
(VIRGINIA BEACH, VA – April 10, 2013) – Billabong presents the Coastal Edge Steel Pier Classic and Surf Art Expo this Memorial Day Weekend, May 25-27 in Virginia Beach, Va,
according to the Virginia Longboard Federation (VLF), the producers and organizers of the Steel
Pier Classic (SPC).

Both the professional Men’s and Women’s longboard contests will offer cash purses,
including a $5,000 men’s division; the women’s purse will be announced closer to the event. In
addition, a $5,000 Men’s pro shortboard contest will be part of the event.

“For 10 years, surfers and fans have come to expect the high caliber competition,
unsurpassed judging and unique community spirit at this event,” said Mary Knight, president of
the Virginia Longboard Federation (VLF). “From year one we were committed to those
principles and after a decade, it’s still what the Steel Pier Classic is known for.””We… Read the rest

JORDY SMITH WINS X-GAMES REAL SURF GOLD MEDAL

Jordy Smith won the Judges Award of the inaugural
X-Games Real Surf Contest.

Surfing has been added to the X Games – but not with a regular surf contest, but with an innovative video contest. Eight pro surfers were invited to produce a 1-minute video and a panel of surf industry experts judged them.

Jordy Smith filmed the best footage and with his progressive style was able to beat Kelly Slater, Chippa Wilson, Dion Agius, Josh Kerr, Gabriel Medina, Matt Meola and Albee Layer. Jordy pocketed the $ 50.000 prize cheque and a gold medal in the X Games – one of his life-long dreams!”Most of my video was filmed in Africa, in Mozambique. My girlfriend Lyndall told me about this spot and I never believed her at first. I was like, ‘Yeah yeah, babe, just another little wave…'”, explains Jordy Smith.… Read the rest

Billabong Rio Pro
Event No. 3 of 10 on 2013 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT)
Colgate Plax Girls Rio Pro
Event No. 5 of 7 on 2013 ASP Women’s World Championship Tour (WCT)
Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
May 8 – 19, 2013

Jordy Smith Wins Billabong Rio Pro, Adriano de Souza Takes ASP WCT Rankings Lead

Pictured: Jordy Smith (ZAF), 25, wins the 2013 Billabong Rio Pro over Adiano de Souza (BRA), 26.

Credit: ASP/Kirstin

BARRA DA TIJUCA, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil (Sunday, May 19, 2013) -Jordy Smith (ZAF), 25, has won the Billabong Rio Pro in a hard-fought final over national favorite Adriano de Souza (BRA), 26, by a score of 17.80 to 16.34 in clean two-to-four foot (1 metre) waves at Barra Da Tijuca.

Stop No. 3 of 10 on the ASP World Championship Tour (WCT), the Billabong Rio Pro utilized the entirety of the event waiting period, culminating in a high-performance showdown from the ASP Top 34 amidst a bevy of barrels and ramps of Barra Da Tijuca.… Read the rest

VOLCOM FIJI PRO
EVENT NO. 4 OF 10 ON THE 2013 ASP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR
CLOUDBREAK/RESTAURANTS, FIJI
JUNE 2 – 14, 2013

Kelly Slater Wins Volcom Fiji Pro, Takes ASP WCT Rankings Lead

Pictured: Kelly Slater (USA), 41, took out his second consecutive Volcom Fiji Pro Title, defeating Mick Fanning (AUS), 31, to move to No. 1 on the ASP WCT Rankings.

Credit: ASP/ROBERTSON

CLOUDBREAK, Tavarua/Fiji (Wednesday, June 12, 2013) – Kelly Slater (USA), 41, has won the Volcom Fiji Pro over Mick Fanning (AUS), 31, in pumping six-to-eight foot (2 metre) barrels at Cloudbreak, simultaneously launching to No. 1 on the ASP World Championship Tour (WCT) rankings.
Stop No. 4 of 10 on the ASP WCT, the Volcom Fiji Pro saw several days of world-class surf at both Restaurants and Cloudbreak and a series of mixed results from the ASP Top 34 frontrunners shook up the current race for the ASP World Title.… Read the rest