2008 ASP World Tour Calendar: Globe Pro Fiji Back in ’08, the Search\u0085 Continues<\/p>\n
Pictured: CJ Hobgood gets barreled at Cloudbreak in Fiji. The Globe Pro Fiji is confirmed for 2008.<\/p>\n
COOLANGATTA, Australia (Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008) \u0096 The equation is a simple one \u0096 pair the world\u0092s best surfers with the world\u0092s best waves and a \u0091Dream Tour\u0092 is born. In 2008, the ASP World Tour will once again take the world\u0092s Top 45 surfers to 11 of the world\u0092s most revered waves in its quest to crown an indisputable ASP World Champion. <\/p>\n
The Globe Pro Fiji is back in 2008 after being sorely missed last year. It will take place off the Fijian islands of Tavarua and Namotu from May 23 to June 6, 2008.\u0093With the incredibly perfect point break waves of Cloudbreak and Restaurants, this is an event that stands out on the \u0091Dream Tour\u0092 as the surfers\u0092 favorite,\u0094 Michael Marckx, Vice President of Global Marketing at Globe International, said. \u0093Globe is stoked to be able to once again run this event and we have been extremely encouraged with the high level of support we have received from the ASP, everybody involved in Fiji and from the global community of surfers who understand the importance of this event.\u0094 <\/p>\n
On the heels of highly successful Rip Curl Pro Search events in Mexico and Chile, organizers of the 2008 installment of the Search, which boasts a floating license allowing them to hold the event at a different venue each year, are still \u0091Searching\u0085\u0092 so to speak. <\/p>\n
\u0093We\u0092ve identified three great potential locations for the event and are currently conducting research on the viability of those sites,\u0094 Andy Higgins, Rip Curl International Events & Sponsorship Manager, said. \u0093Once we find a feasible site, the next step is gaining local support. The Rip Curl Pro Search event is confirmed and is slated to happen somewhere within the June, July or August window in 2008.\u0094<\/p>\n
The season opener, the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast, takes place on home turf for reigning ASP World Champion Mick Fanning (AUS) and a number of other elite tour surfers. Held at Snapper Rocks in Coolangatta, Australia from Feb. 23 to Mar. 5, the reeling, right-hand wave has produced a host of accomplished surfers, each of whom will be eager to kick start their campaign at home. <\/p>\n
A week after the Gold Coast event wraps up, the tour takes a trip south to the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, held in Torquay, Australia from Mar. 18-29. A staple on the calendar since professional surfing\u0092s inception, winners of the Bells Beach event read like a who\u0092s who of the best surfers in the world, thus a win there is considered one of the sport\u0092s highest honors.<\/p>\n
After the Australian leg, the surfers have the month of April to prepare for the South Pacific portion of the tour. The Billabong Pro Teahupoo, is held at the monstrous, heaving reef break of Teahupoo in Tahiti from May 8-18 and is followed by the Globe Pro Fiji and Rip Curl Pro Search events.<\/p>\n
The Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay, held from July 9-20, marks the halfway point on this year\u0092s ASP World Tour. From there the surfers head to the Boost Mobile Pro in California from Sept. 7-13, the Quiksilver Pro France from Sept. 19-28 and the Billabong Pro Mundaka in Spain from Sept. 29 to Oct. 12. <\/p>\n
The penultimate event on the 2008 ASP World Tour, the Hang Loose Santa Catarina Pro, is held in Imbituba, Brazil from Oct. 28 to Nov. 5. The season finale, the Billabong Pipeline Masters, takes place at Pipeline on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii from Dec. 8-20.<\/p>\n
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2008 ASP World Tour Calendar
\nQuiksilver Pro Gold Coast pres. by LG \u0096 Snapper Rocks, Australia Feb. 23-Mar. 5, 2008
\nRip Curl Pro Bells Beach \u0096 Torquay, Victoria, Australia Mar. 18-29, 2008
\nBillabong Pro Teahupoo \u0096 Teahupoo, Tahiti May 8\u009618, 2008
\nGlobe Pro Fiji \u0096 Cloudbreak\/Restaurants, Tavarua\/Namotu, Fiji May 23\u0096Jun. 6, 2008
\nRip Curl Pro Search \u0096 Somewhere June, July or Aug
\nBillabong Pro JBay \u0096 Supertubes, Jeffreys Bay, South Africa July 9-20, 2008
\nBoost Mobile Pro pres. by Hurley \u0096 Lower Trestles, California, USA Sept. 7-13, 2008
\nQuiksilver Pro France \u0096 Seignosse\/Hossegor, France Sept. 19-28, 2008
\nBillabong Pro Mundaka – Mundaka, Basque Country\/Spain Sept. 29\u0096Oct. 12, 2008
\nHang Loose Santa Catarina Pro – Praia da Vila, Imbituba, Brazil Oct. 28\u0096Nov. 5, 2008
\nBillabong Pipeline Masters \u0096 Banzai Pipeline, Oahu, Hawaii, USA Dec. 8\u009612, 2008<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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