Tag: Surfing News Archive

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

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

Oxbow ASP World Longboard Championship
ASP World Longboard Tour (WLT) (Men’s)
October 30 – November 7, 2010
Makaha, Oahu, Hawaii

Duane DeSoto Wins Oxbow ASP World Longboard Championship

Pictured: Duane DeSoto (HAW), 33, 2010 ASP World Longboard Champion.
Credit: ASP/SHADLEY

MAKAHA, Oahu/Hawaii (Thursday, November 4, 2010) – Duane DeSoto (HAW), 33, won the Oxbow ASP World Longboard Championship over Antoine Delpero (FRA), 25, clinching his first ASP World Longboard Title at his local break of Makaha after 17 years of ASP WLT competition.

The Oxbow ASP World Longboard Championship was a standalone event, with Desoto’s single event victory over the world’s best longboarders earning him the 2010 ASP World Longboard Title.DeSoto, who posted some of the event’s highest scores, took five heat victories to clinch his inaugural ASP World Title in front of his friends and family at his home beach of Makaha, marking a career high for the talented Hawaiian.… Read the rest

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

Kelly Slater Claims Rip Curl Pro Search Puerto Rico, 2010 ASP World Title

Pictured:Just a two hours after claiming his historic 10X ASP World Title, Kelly Slater (USA), 38, took down his 45th elite tour event, the Rip Curl Pro Search Puerto Rico.
Credit:© ASP / SCHOLTZ

SOMEWHERE, Porta Del Sol/Puerto Rico (Saturday, November 6, 2010) –Kelly Slater (USA), 38, newly-crowned 10-time ASP World Champion, has claimed his 45th elite tour event, taking down the Rip Curl Pro Search Puerto Rico over Bede Durbidge (AUS), 27, in pumping three-to-four foot (1.5 metre) waves in Porta Del Sol.Event… Read the rest

Movistar Peru Classic presented by IPD
Stop No. 5 on the 2010 ASP Women’s World Tour
San Bartolo, Lima, Peru
June 5 – 9, 2010

ASP Top 17 Invade San Bartolo for Movistar Peru Classic

Pictured: Sofia Mulanovich (PER), 26, defending Movistar Peru Classic winner and current ASP Women’s World No. 3, will look to defend her title in San Bartolo.
Credit: © ASP / ROWLAND

SAN BARTOLO, Lima/Peru (Wednesday, June 2, 2010) – The world’s best female surfers will assault the South American continent this week for the fifth stop on the 2010 ASP Women’s World Tour, the Movistar Peru Classic presented by IDP.

For the first time in the event’s storied four-year history, the Movistar Peru Classic will whisk the ASP Top 17 away from the lengthy, sandbar lefts of Lobitos and Mancora in exchange for the punchy reefbreaks of San Bartolo in Lima.… Read the rest

Hurley Pro at Trestles
Stop No. 6 of 10 on the 2010 ASP World Tour
Lower Trestles, California, USA
September 12 – 18, 2010

Kelly Slater Claims Hurley Pro at Trestles, Takes ASP Title Race Lead in Process

Pictured:Kelly Slater (USA), 38, collects his 43rd elite tour victory today at the Hurley Pro at Trestles. He now sits at the top of the ASP World Title Race rankings.
Credit:© ASP / ROWLAND

LOWER TRESTLES, California/USA (Saturday, September 18, 2010) – Kelly Slater (USA), 38, past nine-time ASP World Champion, has taken out the 2010 Hurley Pro at Trestles in flawless six-foot (2 metre) waves over lethal Australian Bede Durbidge (AUS), 27.

Event No. 6 of 10 on the 2010 ASP World Tour, the Hurley Pro at Trestles culminated in stunning fashion today with the iconic Floridian collecting an unprecedented 43rd elite tour victory.“What… Read the rest