Tag: Surfing News Archive

DAMIEN HOBGOOD TAKES VICTORY IN GLOBE WCT FIJI

TUESDAY 30 MAY, 2006
TAVARUA, FIJI

GLOBE WCT FIJI
21 MAY to 2 JUNE

LIVE on www.globefiji.com or www.aspworldtour.com

Flashy Floridian Damien Hobgood (USA) has won the Globe WCT Fiji in near perfect two metre (six foot) waves on the reef known as Cloudbreak.

Hobgood outpointed Foster’s ASP Men’s World Tour rookie Shaun Cansdell who hails from country New South Wales, Australia.

The final was a superb ending to an incredible event, which showcased some of the finest surfing ever in some of the best waves in the world.Both surfers in the final were easily the form athletes of the event and in the hotly contested 30-minute affair, Hobgood grabbed the upper-hand early and went on with the job to take a well-deserved victory.

The turning point in the final came when both surfers took advantage of a set with Cansdell taking the first, using his priority.… Read the rest

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INAUGURAL ASP WOMEN’S WORLD LONGBOARD CHAMPIONSHIP ANNOUNCED

Friday 31 March, 2006

Association of Surfing Professionals International Ltd (ASP)
Coolangatta, Queensland, Australia


[size=x-small]Longboard sensation and Roxy model Kassia Meador (USA)[/size]

The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) is pleased to announce that the Roxy ASP Women’s World Longboard Championship (WWLC), the world’s premiere ASP-sanctioned women’s longboard event, will make its debut in the playful beachbreaks of Biarritz, France, from July 3 to 9, 2006.”We are very pleased to announce the creation of the first ever stand-alone women’s ASP world longboard championship to be held in the famous town of Biarritz, the birthplace of surfing in Europe,” Roxy Europe Marketing Director, Maritxu Darrigrand, said.

Held as part of the Roxy Jam Biarritz, a festival designed to celebrate women’s surfing in and out of the water, the inaugural Roxy ASP WWLC will award the first-ever ASP Women’s Longboarding World Title, an internationally recognized honor.… Read the rest

RABBIT KEKAI EVENT TO HOST MEN’S ASP WORLD LONGBOARD CHAMPIONSHIPS

TUESDAY 6 JUNE 2006

BOCA BARRANCA,
COSTA RICA


13TH ANNUAL RABBIT KEKAI INTERNATIONAL LONGBOARD SURFING CLASSIC

ASSOCIATION OF SURFING PROFESSIONALS (ASP) MEN’S WORLD LONGBOARD CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Association of Surfing Professionals International Ltd. is pleased to announce that the 13th Annual Rabbit Kekai International Longboard Surfing Classic will crown the 2006 ASP Men’s World Longboard Champion.Held at Boca Barranca, Costa Rica from June 21 to June 30, 2006 the event will feature the best riders from the longboarding world stage in what is universally recognized as one of the world’s premier longboarding venues.

The line-up of top seeds includes:
Colin McPhillips (USA)
Bonga Perkins (HAW)
Taylor Jensen (USA)
Kekoa Uemura (HAW)
Mathew Moir (ZAF)
Alex Salazar (BRA)
Marcelo Freitas (BRA)
Diego Rosas (BRA)
Paulo Kid (BRA)
Jye Byrnes (AUS)
Grant Thomas (AUS)
Danilo Rodrigo (BRA)

ASP is extremely proud to be associated with such a prestigious event held in honour of one of the sport’s truly legendary characters – Rabbit Kekai.… Read the rest

NEW WORLD BODYBOARDING CHAMP CROWNED AT ROCKSTAR GAMES PIPELINE PRO

[i]Rockstar Games Pipeline Pro – Final Day
IBA, 14/01/06 OAHU , HAWAII

FORMER WORLD CHAMP, AUSSIE DAMIAN KING WINS


Photo www.ibatour.com

Australian Damian King relished in perfect high-performance conditions to win the Rockstar Games Pipeline Pro, presented by Mike Stewart Science Bodyboards . However, it wasn’t enough for the current reigning world champ to retain his title, and second place finisher, Ben Player from Sydney’s Northern Beaches took the crown in a title race that came down to the final.[/i]Solid 4-6-foot (Hawaiian scale, or 1.5 – 2.5m) waves produced picture- perfect conditions for the final day of three at the world’s most famous wave, Pipeline. The only other contender, Gold Coast’s Mitch Rawlins , lost in the quarterfinals leaving Ben needing at least a second place finish to win the title. “That quarterfinal was actually the most stressful moment in the entire contest for me.… Read the rest