Tag: Surfing News Archive

CYCLONIC CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO HAMMER QUIKSILVER AND ROXY PRO EVENTS

Sunday 5 March, 2006
Snapper Rocks, Queensland, Australia

QUIKSILVER PRO PRESENTED BY SAMSUNG
ROXY PRO PRESENTED BY SAMSUNG
(28 February to 12 March)


[size=x-small]Day five of the waiting period and swells are breaking half a mile out to sea along the Gold Coast.[/size]
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Torrential rains and gale force gusts are toppling trees on Australia’s Gold Coast this morning.

Also felled are any plans to resume action on the Quiksilver and Roxy Pro events presented by Samsung, the first events on the Foster’s ASP Men’s World Tour and ASP Women’s World Tour.

Three metre (10 to 12 foot) plus and highly unruly surf has pounded Snapper Rocks for the past couple of days, but according to Ben Matson, from Swellnet.com.au, the low pressure system responsible for these conditions is expected to slowly move away from the coastline with an improvement in weather expected starting tomorrow.”Large… Read the rest

CATHAY SEAS – HAINAN AND SURFSPOTS IN CHINA

110 East
www.CathaySeas.com
09 march 2006

This is ‘110 East’, the periodical yet erratic newsletter of the sophisticated, rugged and facetious surfers in China and South East Asia.

CONTENTS :
Hainan, China
Hot Spot : Xuejiadao, Shandong, China (01 map)

HAINAN, China :
* By June 2006, the private company ‘Hainan Surfing World’ will begin
operating for surfers willing to visit, surf and have fun on this island.
Inquiries can be sent in english at : HainanSurfingWorld@hotmail.com , ask for Bryan.

HOT SPOT : Xuejiadao, Shandong, China
In the Yellow Sea, waves are not uncommon during typhoons season, from May to October. Each typhoon crossing the line of Ryukyu islands (draw a line between Japan and Taiwan) is keen to send swell in the dead-end of Yellow Sea, towards Shandong province and its capital city Qingdao.HAINAN, China :
** On the other hand, we keep on receiving e-mails from travellers who need
first-hand information to surf Hainan. …… Read the rest

MELANIE REDMAN-CARR WINS THE ROXY PRO

[i]Tuesday 7 March, 2006
Snapper Rocks, Queensland, Australia

ROXY PRO PRESENTED BY SAMSUNG
QUIKSILVER PRO PRESENTED BY SAMSUNG
(28 February to 12 March)


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Nine-year ASP Women’s World Tour veteran Melanie Redman-Carr (AUS) has defeated six-time world champion Layne Beachley (AUS) to win the first event of the year, the Roxy Pro.[/i]“I didn’t smash Layne as much as I would have liked to, but I ended up winning,” Redmann-Carr said of their final held in three to four foot waves at Duranbah Beach on the Gold Coast of Australia this afternoon.

This marks Redman-Carr’s first victory since the Roxy Pro in Fiji in 2002. The Western Australian, who finished runner-up to Beachley in 2001, came into this contest seeded third. She leaves the event rated number one in the world, ahead of reigning world champ Chelsea Georgeson (AUS) and the rest of the “new generation” of up-and-coming talent.… Read the rest

KELLY SLATER WINS QUIKSILVER PRO PRESENTED BY SAMSUNG

Friday 10 March, 2006
Snapper Rocks, Queensland, Australia

QUIKSILVER PRO PRESENTED BY SAMSUNG
ROXY PRO PRESENTED BY SAMSUNG
(28 February to 12 March)


Live on www.aspworldtour.com and www.quiksilver.com

Kelly Slater (USA), the man considered the greatest surfer of all time, has lived up to expectation once again by winning the first event of the 2006 Foster’s ASP Men’s World Tour, the Quiksilver Pro presented by Samsung, which climaxed in ultra clean one metre (three foot) waves at Duranbah beach on the southern end of Queensland’s Gold Coast today.Against Australian surfing icon Taj Burrow (AUS), Slater, the seven-time world champion was back to his absolute best, and the 34-year-old wasted no time in securing a lead in the 30 minute final.

Thousands of fans cheered on as their surfing heroes went wave for wave, with both Burrow and Slater pulling out all the stops as they vied for the US$30,000 first place winners’ cheque and the all important ratings lead in the chase for the 2006 world surfing title.… Read the rest

THE WOMEN’S BODYBOARDING FINAL HALTED BY SHARK SIGHTING DURING THE T&C SURF WOME

WHAT: T&C Surf Women’s Pipeline Pro presented by Tony Volkswagon at the Tony Group Autoplex
WHEN: Waiting period, March 1 – 14, 2006 [held on best two – three days].
WHERE: PIPELINE surf break, Ehukai Beach Park, North Shore, Oahu.
WHO: Approximately 110 of the best female surfers and bodyboarders will take on Pipeline.
CONTEST SANCTIONING: Association of Surfing Professionals and International Bodyboarding Association regional competition.


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North Shore, HAWAII – A dramatic end the the women’s bodyboarding final at this years T&C Surf Women’s Pipeline Pro Championship titles when a 7-foot shark swam into the line up during the last heat of the day. As a result, officials were unable to complete the bodyboarding final. The four bodyboarding finalist, Japan’s Aoi Koike and Moe Watanabe as well as Australia’s Mandy Zieren and Lilly Pollard unanimously decided to equally split the prize purse to get $750 each.”I’m… Read the rest