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THE ALAS OF MEXICO, IN IXTAPA ZIHUATANEJO, GUERRERO.

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After several attempts to bring an event ALAS to Mexico finally we will have the first shutdown of tour Latin American of surfing in our country, from the 6 to the 9 of September 2007, was carried out the international event of surfing in the marine beach Escolleras of Ixtapa Zihuatanejo Mexico.Best surfers Latin American will be present and of course the Mexican hosts, in an event of pure quality with these competitors of high performance, a true spectacle like never has seen seen, will be been present at by thousands of spectators who will occur to beach appointment Escolleras.

The Latin American Association of Surfing (ALAS) of recent creation on the 2001, in the 2003 initiate tours Latin professionals and in the 2005 leader in the region constitutes itself like a promotional company, having like President to Antonio Sotillo of Venezuela and Executive Director of Peru, Karin Sierralta, whose to grow to improve the Latin level of surfers and in a medium term to reach the level of Brazil and the United States, tour also understands, special of Ladies, Long board and Youthful stages (sub.… Read the rest

ASP INTERNATIONAL AND FANTASYSURFER.COM JOIN FORCES

COOLANGATTA, Austraila (Thursday, Sept. 6, 2007) – ASP International and Fantasy Surfer, an online fantasy surf league created by Surfer Magazine, are pleased to announce their official partnership effective this weekend at Stop No. 5 of 10 on the Foster’s ASP World Tour, the Boost Mobile Pro presented by Hurley.“The ASP are eager to promote Fantasy Surfer to our global audience and to further enhance interactivity between our fans and the webcast,” ASP CEO Brodie Carr said. “The game is a great opportunity for tour followers from around the world to increase their involvement in each and every round of ASP events.”

Created in the wake of popularity gained by fantasy leaguing in more mainstream sports like basketball and football, Fantasy Surfer was built to bring greater recognition to the Top 45 and to help the fans get more out of the webcast.… Read the rest

ISA ANNOUNCES HOST OF 2008 QUIKSILVER ISA WORLD JUNIOR SURFING CHAMPIONSHIP
San Diego, Calif. – September 5, 2007 – The International Surfing Association (ISA), the World Governing Authority for surfing, has chosen France as the location for the 2008 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship. The event will be organized by the ISA’s National Governing Body for surfriding in France, Federation Francaise de Surf (FFS).

France last hosted an ISA event in 1992 with the World Surfing Games in Lacanau. “The ISA is very happy to go back to the great waves of France. By having the event in late May, we will be able to have great waves. I would like to thank Quiksilver Europe President Pierre Agnes for his leadership in bringing this event back to France,” said ISA President Fernando Aguerre.The Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship has become the premier annual junior surfing event.… Read the rest

Rip Curl Girls Festival Spain
Stop No. 4 of 7 on the 2007 ASP Women’s World Tour Santander, Liencres, Spain September 4-9, 2007

LIENCRES, Spain (Friday, Sept. 7, 2007) – 2004 ASP World Champion Sofia Mulanovich (PER) stepped up to the poduim’s highest block at the Rip Curl Girls Festival in Liencres today, when she defeated Silvana Lima (BRA )to win Stop No. 4 of 7 on surfing’s elite ASP Women’s World Tour.

An absolute standout in the left breaking waves of Liencres, Mulanovich positioned herself as the event’s top scorer, posting the only pair of 9-piont rides (out of a possible 10.00 points) in the earlier rounds, as well as a an excellent 8.50 against Lima in the final.“I am so happy, I haven’t won a contest for a while so this feels amazing,” Mulanovich said. “I needed a pretty good score in that heat and I just thought to myself ‘I can do this, these waves are perfect for my surfing and there is no way she is going to get this one off me, this is my wave’!”… Read the rest

Following a study published in Nature magazine, we want you to read the synthesis below, wherever you are living, it is of greatest interest.

The threat described here is not immediate. It’s not the kind of the-house-is-on-fire warning message. Indeed, it is something to be remembered without cancellation date.

The densely-populated Bay of Bengal looks to be at risk from very large tsunami-producing earthquakes, according to a new analysis of modern and historical observations.Phil Cummins, a seismologist at the national Geoscience Australia agency in Canberra, who publishes the analysis in Nature (Cummins first paragraph for free here), is quick to say that his ideas need confirmation before “policymakers start doing anything”. But with the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami fresh in everyone’s mind, his conclusions are likely to raise the hairs on the back of a few necks. Furthermore, in Cummins paper, one certainty is that “the risk of another giant earthquake is high off central Sumatra, just east of the 2004 earthquake”.… Read the rest