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PUERTO ESCONDIDO OPEN 2013

MIKE VELASCO, HECTOR SANTIAGO, ASAYA BRUSA AND LILI GIRON ARE THE WINNER OF PUERTO ESCONDIDO OPEN 2013 .

With waves that came from less to more and that Sunday up to 7 feet out giving an excellent setting for the performance of the 30th edition of this traditional event at Zicatela beach parties in November and this time it paid tribute Jesus ” chuy ” Silva .

The kids marveled at its excellent performances in the local qualifying heats Mike Velasco 19 years surprised and took first place in the open category , also fine Julio Quiñones to the final performance , Jony Corzo was the revelation of the event to their 15 years achieving the podium with his third place and have made the best wave of the event that the judges awarded a tube with tapping out and three more, while eight-time national champion Roberto Salinas not found the wave .… Read the rest

Pulsing Pointbreak Riyue Bay Produces at the Swatch Girls Pro China

CAPTION: Kelia Moniz (HAW), reigning ASP Women’s World Longboard Champion picking up where she left off last year. Pic Daher

Pulsing Pointbreak Riyue Bay Produces On Day One of the Swatch Girls Pro China

WANNING, Hainan Island, China (Wednesday, November 20, 2013) – The Swatch Girls Pro China hosted by Wanning saw clean 3 to 4 foot left handers running 150 meters down the point at Riyue Bay all day today. All 12 heats of Round 1 and 10 heats of Round 2 were completed with the world’s best female longboarders putting on a show for the first day of the event that will decide the 2013 ASP Women’s World Longboard Champion.

Justine Dupont (FRA) won the first heat of the 2013 Swatch Girls Pro China this morning with some serious power turns and carves. Dupont competes on both long and shortboards and is competing at the Swatch Girls Pro China for her second time this year.”We… Read the rest

ASP World Title Showdown Set for Billabong Pipe Masters

Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons
Event No. 10 of 10 on the ASP World Championship Tour (WCT)
Pipeline, Oahu, Hawaii
December 8 – 20, 2013

ASP World Title Showdown Set for Billabong Pipe Masters, Possible Start Tomorrow

Pictured: Kelly Slater (USA), 41, and Mick Fanning (AUS), 32, will battle at the Billabong Pipe Masters to decide the 2013 ASP World Title.

Credit: ASP/CESTARI

PIPELINE, Oahu/Hawaii (Saturday, December 7, 2013) – The waiting period for the Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons begins tomorrow, December 8, and with a promising swell pulsing into the North Shore, the world’s best surfers could take on the heavy Hawaiian barrel of Pipeline and Backdoor as early as tomorrow morning.

The final stop on the 2013 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT), the Billabong Pipe Masters will see the culmination of the ASP World Title Race between Mick Fanning (AUS), 32, and Kelly Slater (USA), 41, the final 2014 ASP WCT qualifiers and the crowning of the coveted Vans Triple Crown of Surfing Champion.… Read the rest

Kelly Slater Wins Pipe Masters-World Title Mick fanning-Vans Triple Crown John John Florence

Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons
Event No. 10 of 10 on the 2013 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT)
Banzai Pipeline, Oahu/Hawaii
December 8 – 20, 2013

Kelly Slater Wins Pipe Masters-World Title Mick fanning-Vans Triple Crown Winner John John Florence

Pictured: Kelly Slater (USA), 41, 2013 Billabong Pipe Masters Champion.

Credit: ASP/CESTARI

BANZAI PIPELINE, Oahu/Hawaii (Saturday, December 14, 2013) – Kelly Slater (USA), 41, has won his 7th Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons after a day of incredible 10-to-15 foot (three to four metre) waves at Pipeline today. Slater defeated John John Florence (HAW), 21, in a hard-fought, 35-minute Final that ended with less than half-a-point separating the two. The runner-up finish for Florence saw him crowned 2013 Vans Triple Crown of Surfing champion.

The final day of the Billabong Pipe Masters capped off the 2013 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT) season in fine style, with epic conditions providing the ideal backdrop for the crowning of Mick Fanning (AUS), 32, as the ASP World Champion.… Read the rest

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:
1.… Read the rest