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Rip Curl Pro pres. by Snickers

Stop No. 2 of 11 on the 2008 ASP World Tour

Rip Curl Women’s Pro pres. by Ford Fiesta

Stop No. 2 of 8 on the 2008 ASP Women’s World Tour

Bells Beach, Victoria, Australia

March 18 – 29, 2008

Stephanie Gilmore Wins 2008 Rip Curl Women’s Pro pres. by Ford Fiesta

Pictured: Reigning ASP Women’s World Champion Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) came from behind with five minutes remaining to defeat current World No. 1 Sofia Mulanovich and claim her second consecutive Rip Curl Women’s Pro title.

BELLS BEACH, Australia (Monday, Mar. 24, 2008) – Reigning ASP Women’s World Champion Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) has defeated 2004 ASP Women’s World Champion Sofia Mulanovich (PER) to claim the 2008 Rip Curl Women’s Pro presented by Ford Fiesta in classic four-to-six foot (2 metre) surf at Bells Beach today.… Read the rest

Teahupoo Bares its Teeth as ASP Top 45 Prepare for Billabong Pro Tahiti

Pictured: Damien Hobgood takes a spill at Teahupoo in 2007.

COOLANGATTA, Australia (Thursday, Apr. 23, 2008)–The next stop on the 2008 ASP World Tour, the Billabong Pro Tahiti pres. by Air Tahiti Nui, could commence sans its defending champion Damien Hobgood (USA).Hobgood, who was free-surfing at the upcoming contest venue of Teahupoo on Monday, April 14, 2008, hesitated on an eight foot set wave, got caught on the lip and was subsequently piledriven onto the razor-sharp reef. He fractured his shoulder in three places, suffered a gash to the head and shredded his back on the coral.

“I knew I was going over,” Hobgood said. “I got pushed straight onto the reef. I knew I had hit hard and hit my head. I was trying to stay conscious and not fight it but also not blackout.”… Read the rest

ASP World Masters Championships

Barra de Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro

June 30 – July 6, 2008

Pictured: Brazil will host the 2008 ASP World Masters Championships

COOLANGATTA, Australia (Wednesday, May 7, 2008) – For the first time in five years, the ASP World Masters Championships will assemble some of the most legendary names in professional surfing to Rio de Janeiro’s Barra de Tijuca from June 30 through July 6, 2008 to crown the 2008 ASP World Masters and ASP World Grand Masters Champions.

The Rio Masters will feature two divisions in the ASP Masters (surfers aged over 35) and the ASP Grand Masters (surfers aged over 47). The top 14 in each division are invited directly off of ASP career ratings (points being accrued by winning ASP World Titles, Top 5 World rankings, Top 10 World rankings and time spent on the ASP World Tour).“To… Read the rest