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Oxbow ASP World Longboard Champion Decided at Makaha

Taylor Jensen Longboard
Pictured: Taylor Jensen (USA), 27, is a top seed in this year’s Oxbow ASP World Longboard Championships.

MAKAHA, Oahu/Hawaii (Wednesday, October 27, 2010) – The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Oxbow ASP World Longboard Championships is headed to Makaha on the Hawaiian Island of Oahu from October 30th through November 7th, 2010 to decide this year’s men’s ASP World Longboard Champion.

The Oxbow ASP World Longboard Championships will see an assemblage of the world’s finest competitive longboarding talent flock to Oahu’s west-coast the with winner taking this year’s ASP World Longboard Title.Kai Sallas (Waikiki, HI), 29, who enters the Makaha event as the No. 2 seed on his native island, is out to capitalize on his familiarity of the wave and the comfort of competing at home to post an impressive result over the international competition in front of his home crowd.… Read the rest

Peruvian Gold! Billabong ISA World Surfing Games

Peruvian Gold!
2010 10 28 Billabong ISA World Surfing Games presented by Amarok of Volkswagen
Punta Hermosa, Peru
October 27, 2010

Local boy, Matías Mulanovich will be looking forward to giving Peru it first World Surfing Games team gold medal. Photo: ISA/Paolo López

Forty five hundred years after first riding waves in reed boats and 45 years after the World Contest was held in Peru, surfers from this proud nation took back a small but precious piece of their gold – as Team Gold Medalists in the Billabong ISA World Surfing Games Presented by Amarok of Volkswagen.

It was a fairytale ending to an event steeped in a mix of camaraderie and cutthroat competition as Team Peru gave every ounce of effort to take the overall gold medal today from Team Australia in solid 5-foot Señoritas lefts at Punta Hermosa, near Lima, Peru.… Read the rest

4X ASP Women’s World Champ Gilmore Takes Out Rip Curl Women’s Pro Search PR

Rip Curl Pro Search Puerto Rico
Stop No. 9 of 10 on the 2010 ASP World Tour
Rip Curl Women’s Pro Search Puerto Rico
Stop No. 7 of 8 on the 2010 ASP Women’s World Tour
Somewhere, Puerto Rico
October 30 – November 10, 2010

4X ASP Women’s World Champ Gilmore Takes Out Rip Curl Women’s Pro Search PR

Stephanie Gilmore World Champion
Pictured:Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 22, newly-minted four-time ASP Women’s World Champion, has taken out her 16th elite tour event, the Rip Curl Women’s Pro Search Puerto Rico.
Credit:© ASP / CESTARI

SOMEWHERE, Porta Del Sol/Puerto Rico (Monday, November 1, 2010) – Newly-minted four-time ASP Women’s World Champion Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 22, has taken out her 16th elite tour event today, defeating rookie sensation Carissa Moore (HAW), 18, in two-to-three foot (1 metre) waves in Porta Del Sol to claim the Rip Curl Women’s Search Pro Puerto Rico.… Read the rest

In Memoriam: Andy Irons (1978 – 2010)

Pictured:Andy Irons (HAW), 32, former three-time ASP World Champion, passed away from illness-related complications while en route back to Kauai.
Credit:© ASP / CESTARI

HUNTINGTON BEACH, California/USA (Tuesday, November 2, 2010) – Andy Irons (HAW), 32, three-time ASP World Champion, passed away today en-route from Puerto Rico back home to Kauai from complications due to illness.

Official Irons Family Statement:
The world of surfing mourns an incredibly sad loss today with the news that Hawaii’s Andy Irons has died. Andy was a beloved husband, and a true champion.Irons, 32, withdrew from a professional surfing event in Puerto Rico last weekend due to illness, and passed away during a layover en-route to his home in Kauai, Hawaii. He had reportedly been battling with Dengue Fever, a viral disease.

At this time the family thanks his friends and fans for their support, and asks that the community respect its privacy.… Read the rest

Rip Curl Pro Search Officially Postpones Competition Until Friday Out of Respect for the Tragic Passing of Andy Irons

Pictured:A paddle out memorial service for Andy Irons was held on-site in Porta Del Sol, attended by the world’s best surfers and hundreds of admirers.
Credit:© ASP / CESTARI

SOMEWHERE, Porta Del Sol/Puerto Rico (Wednesday, November 3, 2010) – The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP), Rip Curl and surfers unanimously decided to cancel competition at the Rip Curl Pro Search Puerto Rico today out of respect for yesterday’s unexpected passing of surfing icon and current ASP World Tour competitor Andy Irons (HAW), 32.Irons,… Read the rest