Tag: Surfing News Archive

BILLABONG GIRLS PRO BRAZIL
Itacare, Brazil
Saturday, August 26, 2006

ITACARE, BRAZIL (Saturday, August 26, 2006) – Layne Beachley (AUS) won the inaugural Billabong Girls Pro Brazil today to post her first ASP Women’s World Tour event win in two years. Beachley is now the No. 1-rated female surfer in the world – an honor she hasn’t shouldered since winning her sixth world title in 2003.”It was a fairy tale ending for me. I’ve worked so hard all week and I’ve been participating and making the call and hoping I’m doing the right thing,” Beachley said. “The conditions have been so challenging and then it all just fell into place for me in the final. It couldn’t have happened any better and I’m really excited that I’m No. 1 in the world and made such great ground on Mel (Redman-Carr) – it’s such an integral part of the year.”… Read the rest

Rip Curl Pro Mademoiselle
Event No. 5 on the ASP Women’s World Tour Les Estagnots, Seignosse, France Aug. 31-Sept. 5, 2006

www.aspworldtour.com and www.ripcurl.com

SEIGNOSSE, France (Friday, Sept. 1, 2006) – World No. 2 Melanie Redman-Carr (AUS) and world No. 3 Chelsea Georgeson (AUS) will surf the event’s first elimination round when the Rip Curl Pro Mademoiselle reconvenes at Seignosse. Both surfers finished third in their Round 1 heats at Les Estagnots today.Early morning conditions were perfect; a building four-foot swell and offshore winds were a welcome sight for the ASP Women’s World Tour surfers who had to surf the often closed-out waves of Brazil last week. Unfortunately for Redman-Carr, the wind whipped onshore right before her heat and she was unable to advance over Brazil’s Silvana Lima and French wildcard Pauline Ado.

Ado, who is the current ASP Europe champion was pleased to advance straight to round three: “I’m just very happy because they are the best girls in this contest.… Read the rest

BODYBOARDING NEWS – Bodyboarding.tv,USA National Tour Launch,
Jeff Hubbard

Welcome to the first world wide 662MOB Bodyboarding newsletter! This
newsletter is sent out to over 20,000 bodyboarders world wide! That
is more than any Bodyboarding Magazine in the worlds distribution. OK
lets get started with some of the latest happenings in the great sport
of Bodyboarding!!1. BODYBOARDING.tv launches as the official site of the United States
Bodyboarding Association.

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news, rankings, media and contests updates you can handle!
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us so we can put your profile on the website!… Read the rest

Saltwater Dreaming
10th September 2007

PHUKET SURFING CONTEST AT KATA BEACH 2006

Phuket’s surfing contest at Kata beach was held over the weekend from the 8th to the 10th of September. A large contingent of surfers enrolled for the 5 divisions to be contested, Open shortboard, open longboard, bodyboard, grommits, and beginners.The first day the conditions could have been better with rain squalls strong winds and 2 feet waves, although the conditions weren’t perfect the atmosphere and enthusiasm of local and other surfers made day 1 a success.

Day 2 everyone woke to the surprise of 4-6 feet clean waves. With over 60 surfers and surfing enthusiast onlookers the day ended with a beautiful sunset and the finalists looking forward to great waves for the next day. Day 3 of the Kata surfing contest waves had dropped to about 2-3 feet and very clean in the morning.… Read the rest