Category: Surfing News Archive 2005-2014

Roxy ASP Women’s World Longboard Championship (WWLC) ASP Women’s World Longboard Tour Côte des Basques, Biarritz, France July 11-16, 2007

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BIARRITZ, France (Thursday, July 5, 2007) – With less than a week remaining to the start of the Roxy ASP Women’s World Longboard Championship (WWLC), the best women longboarders are beginning to converge on the beautiful French town of Biarritz.Commencing next Wednesday July 11, 2007, 48 surfers will compete for the ultimate prize in women’s longboarding – the ASP Women’s World Longboard Title. The international field sees surfers from as far a field as Japan, Tahiti, USA, Australia, Brazil and Hawaii battling it out with local European hopes from Spain, Great Britain and, of course, France.

Local hopes will be resting on Biarritz surfer and four-time European longboard champion Claire Karabatsos (FRA). In last year’s event Karabatsos had a remarkable run, advancing through to the semifinals where she was defeated by the eventual winner Schuyler McFerran (USA).… Read the rest

Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay
Stop No 5. of 10 on the 2007 Foster’s ASP World Tour Jeffreys Bay, South Africa July 11 -July 22, 2007

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JEFFREYS BAY, South Africa (Wednesday, July 11, 2007) – Top seeds and former Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay champions Joel Parkinson (AUS), Mick Fanning (AUS) and Andy Irons (USA) each advanced to Round 3 today. Heats 1 through 9 of the Billabong Pro, the 5th event of 10 on the 2007 Foster’s ASP World Tour, were run before unfavorable winds saw the event called off for the day.Parkinson, who won the event as a wildcard in 1999, asserted his intention to vie for a 2007 title with his commanding Round 1 performance. The current World No. 5 claimed both the highest heat total and single wave score of the day.… Read the rest

ANGELO LOZANO SHOWED HIS TALENT IN THE WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

During last January, Angelo Lozano became the first Mexican surfer who participated in the Junior World Cup that is organized by the ASP. The Billabong ASP World Junior Championship took place in Narrabeen, Sydney and gathered together an exclusive list of the most important 45 athletes who are less than 21 years old. Lozano obtained an International Wildcard by the ASP and finished the Championship on the 17th place of the ranking. An outstanding performance for a young man of 20 years old, with an entire career waiting for him, and who is the pride of Puerto Escondido.Adan Hernández, José Manuel Trujillo, Christian Corzo and Angelo Lozano had been the athletes chosen by the ASP to determine who would be Mexico’s representative in the Championship. Finally, it was Lozano’s honour to represent his country.… Read the rest

ASSOCIATION OF SURFING PROFESSIONALS (ASP) INTERNATIONAL

Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast
Roxy Pro Gold Coast
Event No. 1 on the Foster’s ASP and ASP Women’s World Tours
Snapper Rocks, Gold Coast, Australia
February 24 – March 12, 2007

COOLANGATTA, Australia (Monday, Feb. 19, 2007) – The 2007 Foster’s ASP World Tour and ASP Women’s World Tour will kick off at Snapper Rocks on the Gold Coast of Australia with the Quiksilver and Roxy Pros presented by Samsung next week.

In addition to a plethora of dynamic rookies, improved judging technology and an innovative nation versus nation team event, the Foster’s Surf Showdown, will add to the anticipation of the Gold Coast event.

This season’s Foster’s ASP World Tour will match last season’s record 14 new faces set to storm the top ranks.Ten of the new comers include complete rookies such as Australians Luke Munro, Kai Otton, Ben Dunn, Josh Kerr and Dayyan Neve, along with South Africans Ricky Basnett and Royden Bryson, Brazilian Leonardo Neves, American Gabe Kling and Frenchman Jeremy Flores.… Read the rest

Reef To Release Debut Movie Mixed Tape: Bobby Volume 1

Reef Entertainment, a division of the global action sports brand Reef, is proud to announce the production of their first global surf movie, Mixed Tape: Bobby Volume 1. Starring world ranked #5, Bobby Martinez and featuring the Reef Team, Mixed Tape is being directed by Pete Santa Maria and is set to release June 15, 2007.Mixed Tape is a movie about 2006 ASP Rookie of the Year, Bobby Martinez. The name “Mixed Tape” ties into Bobby’s mix of Latin and American culture, his love for music and the consolidation of countless tapes of footage shot over the years. The end result is an action packed movie of A+ surfing.

The movie features Bobby surfing at home in Santa Barbara, away on the WCT, and at various pumping surf spots across the globe.… Read the rest