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KALIM SURFING CONTEST 2007

Kalim Surfing Contest 2007
The Monsoon Begins!

Presented by: Phuket Boardriders Club

Date: June 16-17, 2007
Time: 8.00am – 5.00pm
Location: Kalim Beach, Phuket, Thailand
Sponsor by: Static Group, Freedom Surf Adventure, Jack Danial, TAT, Shark Cool Bite!

Total Prize Value: 100,000 THBThe Phuket Boardriders Club presents the third annual 2007 Kalim Surfing Contest – The Monsoon Begins! All Club Members and interested visitors are invited to kick off the monsoon season during the 2 day event to be held at Kalim reef on the south end of Patong Bay. This year’s contest will be held on Saturday and Sunday, June 16-17.

With tons of sponsors and over 100,000THB in prizes, this year’s event promises to be the best yet, providing Mother Nature cooperates and sends us some swell! And, as always, the event will be capped off with the usual A-class awards party (venue to be announced).… Read the rest

DAMIEN HOBGOOD TAKES TOP HONORS AT BILLABONG PRO TAHITI

Billabong Pro Tahiti
Stop No 3. of 10 on the 2007 Foster’s ASP World Tour Teahupoo, Taiarapu, Tahiti May 4 -16, 2007


LIVE on www.aspworldtour.com and www.billabongpro.com

TEAHUPOO, Tahiti (Wednesday, May 16th, 2007) – Damien Hobgood (USA) has been crowned the 2007 Billabong Pro Tahiti Champion after beating Foster’s ASP World Tour ratings leader Mick Fanning (AUS) in a last-minute victory in 5 to 7 foot (1.5 – 2 metre) surf at Teahupoo.

Hobgood bowed out of the 2005 Billabong Pro Tahiti Final halfway through after dislocating his shoulder – a circumstance which made his win today that much more meaningful.“It’s insane – I was stoked to have another chance at it,” Hobgood said. “I feel that things happen for a reason and I did my best out here in 2005 and came up short. I replayed that wave in my mind a hundred times going, ‘I should have tried to stay in that barrel and not come out doggy-door,’ but I feel like I can put that out of my mind now.”… Read the rest

BODYBOARD CONTEST AT SAN VINCENTE

Cape Verde update


Source: http://www.skibosurf.com/

Bodyboard contest at San Vicente
“Bodyboarders mindelenses unidos, jamais serão vencidos”

Bodyboarders from Cabo Verde, São Vicente Island, working as volunteers will be organizing an independent Bodyboard contest in April at Praia Grande. The event is not going to be sanctioned by the National Governing Body, the Skibosurf Surf Club, but the initiative is totally supported by the Club.With the note “Bodyboarders mindelenses unidos, jamais serão vencidos –Mindelenses Bodyborders united will never be defeated-”, the group of bodyboarders decided to hold the contest in order to keep working for the sport of the island.

According to Jorge Freitas, Director of Skibosurf, “Is a great initiative, this spontaneous contest because in the present we don’t have much time to make everything involved in getting a contest done because of our jobs and responsibilities”.

Jason Macarenhas made it to the second round at Pipe
Cabo Verde´s bodyboarder Jason Macarenhas made it to the second round of the Rock Star Games, making history for his country, after he placed second in a heat that had:

1st JAMES MURDOCK (USA ) 13.33p,Win by 6.2O
2nd JASON MASCARENHAS (CV ) 7.13p, Needs 8.6O
3rd TYLER WIEMANN (USA ) 6.93p, Needs 8.73
4th RAFAEL RIVIERA ( ) 4.8Op, Needs 4.54
5th DANIEL DORN (HAW) 4.74p, Needs 4.37
6th MARK WATTS ( )

He lost in the second round, but all the Cabo Verdians were happy with the result.… Read the rest

USUAL SUSPECTS DOMINATE DAY ONE OF THE RIP CURL PRO AT BELLS BEACH

Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach presented by Snickers Stop No 2. of 10 on the 2007 Foster’s ASP World Tour Bells Beach, Victoria, Australia April 3 – 13, 2007

BELLS BEACH, Australia (Tuesday, Apr. 3, 2007) –Round 1 of the Rip Curl Pro presented by Snickers saw proven Bells Beach performers dominate proceedings in the four to six foot (one to one half metre) and slightly onshore conditions on offer today.

Former champions and perennial Top 5 Foster’s ASP World Tour surfers Kelly Slater (USA), Andy Irons (HAW), Joel Parkinson (AUS) and Mick Fanning (AUS) made their way through the opening round of the event with ease and will advance straight to Round 3.Slater and Parkinson, both of whom made the Rip Curl Pro final last year, tied for the day’s highest single wave score: 9.17 out of 10.00. Slater may have come out on top last year, but the eight-time world champ pointed to Parkinson as the surfer to beat after watching him the heat before.… Read the rest

GILMORE RINGS THE BELL AND MOVES TO EQUAL FIRST ON ASP RATINGS

Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach presented by Snickers Stop No 2. of 7 on the ASP Women’s World Tour Bells Beach, Victoria, Australia April 3 – 13, 2007

BELLS BEACH, Australia (Friday, Apr. 6, 2007) – ASP Women’s World Tour Rookie Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) is on top of the world after winning the Rip Curl Women’s Pro and her first victory as an elite tour surfer at Bells Beach today.

Gilmore’s trouncing of defending Rip Curl Pro and 2004 World Champion Sofia Mulanovich (PER) in the Final has catapulted her to equal World No. 1 for the first time in her career. She shares the rating with 2005 World Champion Chelsea Hedges (AUS).“I’m just over the moon, this is unbelievable,” Gilmore said. “To compete against Sofia, a defending champ, in the final and manage to win means I’m back on track.… Read the rest