Quiksilver Pro France 2008 Surf Contest Headlines

Quiksilver Pro France 2008 Surf Contest Headquarters

The Quiksilver Pro France, with a waiting period running from September 19 - 28, 2008, is the next stop on the 2008 ASP World Tour and will feature the PacSun-powered live scores tallying the ASP Top 45 and will be webcast LIVE . The competition sites (between Seignosse and Saint-Jean-de-Luz and including Hossegor and Capbreton), the dates (19-28 September) and the list of competitors are set to guarantee a truly unmissable show.

Kelly Slater, who already has an amazing eight world titles to his name and who was initially unsure of competing again this season, is in pole position to walk away with a ninth championship, after having won four of the first five legs of the tour! Updated Daily Quiksilver Pro France Event Coverage, Live Webcast, Daily News Updates, Video, Photos and more on Pro Surfing .com

Buchan Defeats Slater in France, ASP World Title Race Heads to Spain

HOSSEGOR, France (Wednesday, September 24, 2008) - Adrian Buchan (AUS), 26, has just defeated eight-time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA), 36, at the Quiksilver Pro France, sending the ASP World Title race onward to Spain.

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TIME DIFFERENCE: GMT + 1

COORDINATES: 43º40’ N, 1º27’ W

BAGGAGE CLAIM: TBD

TRANSPORTATION: TBD

ATTITUDE: All that stuff about the French being nasty - it’s not true. Just do yourself a favour and learn a French phrase or two - once you butcher it they’ll be much more likely to oblige with English of their own. The French are also major surf fans. They LOVE the tour coming to town.

THE WAVE: The main contest break of La Nord in Hossegor has been known to toss up a 10-to 12-foot face or two when autumn swells arrive. Extremely tidal, the soft sand beaches of the region offer the world’s best the perfect canvass for progressive surfing and reckless abandon.

PERKS: Topless tanning, mile after mile of potentially firing beachbreaks, and locals doing their utmost to get you drunk.

PERILS: Chocolate-filled croissants, crepes mixed with oodles of red wine do not a thin man make, and you try to concentrate on your heat when you have to walk through a beach full of stunning topless babes on your way to the water. It’s a trip and fall over on the fins disaster in the making.

APRES SURF: The Rock Food and Dick’s Sand Bar are two of Hossegor’s most happening hotspots. They virtually roll out the red carpet and treat the surfers like royalty when they come to town. That and also the fact that Spain is a short one-hour ride away can lay claim to an eve or two of good times.

WCT HISTORY: Quiksilver was granted a French ASP World Tour event license in 2001 and the rest is history. Hossegor has wailed during the autumn waiting period annually since its inception.

NOTABLE: The Irons brothers met in their first-ever man-on-man final in France in 2004… still hurting after losing his heat against little brother Bruce the event prior, Andy was more than amped to beat his brother and win the event. He repeated the win in ’05 for good measure.