SAQUAREMA, Rio de Janeiro / Brazil (Friday, May, 24, 2013) - After having to face extreme conditions yesterday, surfers were met with waves in the 4-6 foot (1.5-2 meters) range and light winds throughout the day at Itauna Beach for the Quiksilver Saquarema Prime presented by Coca-Cola. Despite the decrease in size, the athletes kept [...]
SAQUAREMA, Rio de Janeiro / Brazil (Thursday, May, 23, 2013) - Competitors were put to the test in extremely challenging conditions on Thursday for the Quiksilver Saquarema Prime presented by Coca-Cola at Itauna Beach in Rio de Janeiro. The second day of competition started off with heavy waves in the 6-8 foot range (2-3 meters) [...]
SAQUAREMA, Rio de Janeiro / Brazil (Wednesday, May, 22, 2013) - Conditions with light winds and waves in the 4-6 foot range (1.5-2 meters) were on hand for the first day of competition at the left-hand point break at Itauna Beach, in Rio de Janeiro, for the ASP 2013 Quiksilver Saquarema Prime presented by Coca-Cola. [...]
LOS ANGELES, California/USA (Wednesday, May 22, 2013) – Travis Logie (ZAF) , 34, is the consummate event dark horse. Over the course of his eight-year tennior among the ASP Top 34, Logie has combined his under the radar presence and world class ability to top the likes of Dane Reynolds, Kelly Slater, Joel Parkinson and [...]
CÔTE SAUVAGE, Royan – France (Wednesday, May 22, 2013) – We are pleased to confirm today our very first event of the 2013 season in Royan early July! The ASP 1-Star Men and Women’s Soöruz Royan Atlantique Pro Junior returns to the beautiful coastline of the Côte Sauvage after a successful first edition last year [...]
COOLANGATTA, QLD/Australia (Wednesday, May 22, 2013) - The Novocastrian coast can lay claim to being the training ground for some of Australia’s most influential surfers with the likes of 4-time ASP World Champion Mark Richards, Luke Egan, Matt Hoy and more recently Craig Anderson. But over the past few years there’s been a fresh face [...]
CASCAIS, Portugal (Wednesday, May 22, 2013) – ASP International is pleased to confirm the addition of the EDP Cascais Girls Pro to the 2013 ASP Women’s World Championship Tour schedule, operating as the eighth and final event of the season from October 3 – 7 in Portugal. “We’re excited to confirm the addition of Portugal [...]
SAQUAREMA, Rio de Janeiro / Brazil (Tuesday, May, 21, 2013) - With a favorable weather forecast predicted for the following days, a lay day was called by the event organizers at the Quiksilver Saquarema Prime presented by Coca-Cola. The next call is scheduled for 7am (local time) on Wednesday at Itauna beach, in the state [...]
BALLITO, South Africa (Tuesday, May 21, 2013) – South Africa’s premier surfing event the ASP Prime Mr Price Pro Ballito has once again attracted the crème of international professional surfing, with eight of the Top 32 surfers in the world confirming their entries into the event that offers a R2,2 Million prize purse. In its [...]
BARRA DA TIJUCA, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil (Sunday, May 19, 2013) -Jordy Smith (ZAF), 25, has won the Billabong Rio Pro in a hard-fought final over national favorite Adriano de Souza (BRA), 26, by a score of 17.80 to 16.34 in clean two-to-four foot (1 metre) waves at Barra Da Tijuca. Stop No. 3 of 10 [...]