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Friday, May 9, 2008 - TEAHUPOO, Tahiti The Billabong Pro Tahiti will not run today, Friday, May 9, 2008. The small waves on offer at Teahupoo this morning are inadequate for ASP World Tour competition and there are nine more days in which to run the four days of competition it will take to crown a Billabong Pro Tahiti champion. According to Kevin Wallis of Surfline, conditions are expected to stay small throug… Continue Posted May 9th, 2008 at 12:19pm — No Comments (Add)
Friday, May 9, 2008: ANGLET, Les Dunes, France Round 3 of the Oxbow WLT pres. by Orange started at Noon at Les Dunes, South to the main venue of Les Cavaliers, in clean two to three foot (0.5 to 1 meter) waves and light off-shore wind. With the high tide not allowing any surf at Anglet, twelve heats were done today and eighteen remain before the champion is crowned. Taylor Jensen (USA), 24, was the man of the day when he advanced through to Round 4 posting the highest heat score of the Oxbow W… Continue Posted May 9th, 2008 at 12:54pm — No Comments (Add)
Thursday, May 8, 2008 - TEAHUPOO, Tahiti Today is the first of an 11-day waiting period for the Billabong Pro Tahiti but the ASP Top 45 and event wildcards will not paddle out for their Round 1 heats today. Contest Director Luke Egan eyed conditions all morning before opting to call things off for the day. "We had a good look at it and we are opting not to run today,” Egan said. “I watched it for an hour last… Continue Posted on May 8th, 2008 at 12:21pm — No Comments (Add)
Wednesday, May 7, 2008 - TEAHUPOO, Tahiti The waiting period for the Billabong Pro Tahiti – Stop No. 3 of 11 on the 2008 ASP World Tour – starts tomorrow, May 8, 2008. According to contest director and former ASP Top 45 surfer Luke Egan, the action could commence right away. “I had a dream last night that we were going to get a swell like we did for the trials but then I woke up to the reality that I don’t thi… Continue Posted on May 7th, 2008 at 11:00am — No Comments (Add)
Wednesday, May 7, 2008 - COOLANGATTA, Australia 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.… Continue Posted on May 7th, 2008 at 9:00am — No Comments (Add)
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 - ANGLET, Les Cavaliers, France The Oxbow WLT pres. by Orange, stop No. 1 of 2 on the 2008 ASP World Longboard Tour (WLT), was blessed with clean two to three foot (0.5 to 1 meter) waves today at the famed break of Les Cavaliers in Anglet. It was a day of big clashes with six former ASP World Longboard Champions getting their start in the event. Josh Constable (AUS), 27, ASP World Longboard Champion… Continue Posted on May 6th, 2008 at 12:30pm — No Comments (Add)
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 - TEAHUPOO, Tahiti The Billabong Pro Tahiti, the third of 11 stops on the 2008 ASP World Tour, enters its official waiting period on Thursday, May 8, 2008. Eight-time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA) enters the event World No. 1 after claiming victories in the first two events of the year. Slater and the rest of the world’s Top 45 surfers last donned ASP World Tour competition singlet… Continue Posted on May 6th, 2008 at 11:30am — No Comments (Add)
Saturday, May 3, 2008 - SAN CLEMENTE, California Ben Bourgeois (Wrightsville Beach, NC -> Carlsbad, CA) took down the 2008 6.0 Lowers Pro in pumping three-to-four foot (1 metre) surf at Lower Trestles over fellow finalists Fredrick Patacchia (North Shore, HI), Joel Centeio (North Shore, HI) and Patrick Gudauskas (San Clemente, CA). The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 4-Star event wrapped up a week’s worth of competition this afternoon with Bourgeois… Continue Posted on May 3rd, 2008 at 8:00am — No Comments (Add)
Saturday, May 3, 2008 - SAN CLEMENTE, California Sebastian Zietz (Hanalei, HI) has claimed the 2008 Oakley Pro Junior Global Challenge North American Qualifier in firing three-to-four foot (1 metre) surf at Lower Trestles over fellow finalists Jason Harris (Huntington Beach, CA), Travis Beckmann (Vero Beach, FL) and Dusty Payne (Lahaina, HI). The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Grade-2 Pro Junior event culminated a week’s worth of competition this afternoon as performance levels wen… Continue Posted on May 3rd, 2008 at 8:00am — No Comments (Add)
Friday, May 2, 2008 - SAN CLEMENTE, California Day four of the 6.0 Lowers Pro began with the arrival of a highly anticipated south swell gracing the lineup with four-to-five foot (2 metre) waves, and the top-seeded surfers of the event unleashed their talents on the pumping sets in classic Lower Trestles conditions. The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 4-Star event completed Rounds 5 and 6 of the men’s competition today, as well as the opening round and… Continue Posted on May 2nd, 2008 at 8:00am — No Comments (Add)
Thursday, May 1, 2008: SAN CLEMENTE, California The 2008 6.0 Lowers Pro is into Day 3 of competition and with projected south swell filling in throughout the morning and the top seeds hitting the lineup for Rounds 4 and 5, today’s action promises to further push the performance barriers down at Lower Trestles. The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 4-Star event is seeing improved, clean two-to-three foot (1 metre) swell this morning and is preparing for so… Continue Posted on May 1st, 2008 at 11:35am — No Comments (Add)
Wednesday, April 30, 2008: SAN CLEMENTE, California Day 2 of the 6.0 Lowers Pro opened up in unfavorable two-to-three foot (1 meter) stormy conditions at Lower Trestles this morning, but competitors overcame the testing winds to produce the biggest scores of the event thus far. Completing both Rounds 2 and 3 of the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 4-Star event, Day 2 of the 6.0 Lowers Pro saw the upcoming generation of surfers revel in the tricky-yet-per… Continue Posted on April 30th, 2008 at 11:30am — No Comments (Add)
Tuesday, April 29, 2008: SAN CLEMENTE, California The opening day of the 6.0 Lowers Pro has hit the water in clean, two-to-three foot (1 metre) waves at Lower Trestles, California, and 192 of the hungriest competitors in the world are kick starting their respective campaigns for prize money, valuable ratings points and the highly-coveted 6.0 Lowers Pro Title. The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 4-Star event is the third stop on the 2008 ASP North Americ… Continue Posted on April 29th, 2008 at 11:00am — No Comments (Add)
Monday 28th April 2008: Teahupoo, Tahiti HAWAIIAN hot-shot Jamie O’Brien, 24, has added another prestigious title to his list of achievements by winning the Air Tahiti Nui – Von Zipper Trials in heaving 6-8ft slabs at Teahupoo in Tahiti.
amie O'brien Wins The Air Tahi… Continue 
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Monday, April 28, 2008: THURSO, Brims Ness, Scotland The remaining 48 surfers of the O'Neill Highland Open by Swatch experienced typical Scottish weather today, battling it out for a Round 4 ticket in wind-blown three foot (one meter) waves at Brims Ness. Today's main upset came with the elimination of Nathan Hedge (AUS), defending Highland Open champion, who lost to Nic Muscroft (AUS) and Rhys Bombaci (AUS) in Heat 7. Josh Kerr (Gold Coast, AUS), 24, who failed to requalify for the ASP World… Continue Posted on April 28th, 2008 at 10:00am — No Comments (Add)
Saturday, April 26, 2008: THURSO, Brims Ness, Scotland Day four of the O'Neill Highland Open by Swatch got underway at 6 PM today, after surfers and officials decided to take advantage of the wind blown three foot (one meter) waves at Brims Ness. The expected push in the swell showed up during last heat and swell charts are promissing for tomorrow. Clint Kimmins (AUS), 24, was the first winner in today's late afternoon tricky conditions and found enough potential to post an 8.00 point ride hal… Continue Posted on April 26th, 2008 at 8:00am — No Comments (Add)
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