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A cross-section of the ASP’s principle stakeholders convened two weeks ago on Australia’s Gold Coast for a two-day summit, dubbed “Rabbit Camp 2009” (after former ASP President Wayne “Rabbit” Bartholomew’s annual strategy sessions), ...

As the Azores Islands Pro wrapped-up its second round of competition, the best conditions seen so far in the ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS) 6-Star rated event made the sixteen-heat day another great spectacle with all event top seeds getting th...

The second day of action of the ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS) 6-Star event saw twenty heats run in smaller but still consistent four to five foot (1.2 to 1.5 meter) waves, Round 1 being completed before event top seeds could paddle out to get ...

C.J. Hobgood (USA), 30, current ASP World No. 2, has been on a tear this season, collecting three 5ths, a 3rd and a 9th during the first half of the year. Looking phenomenally fit and having been an historic doom-bringer during the back half of th...

Plenty of ASP WQS action all around the Northern Hemisphere this week with events in Hawaii, Japan and France. In Hawaii at the South Shore’s Ala Moana was the ASP WQS 1-Star “Sponsor Me Hawaii” event taken out by Flynn Novak. It was an a...

Marc Lacomare (Hossegor, FRA), 18, has won the ASP Grade-3 Rip Curl Pro Junior at Seignosse in France today after defeating Hawaii’s wunderkind John John Florence (Oahu, HAW), 15, in testing five foot (1.5 meter) waves. Lacomare, who claimed his...

The ASP WQS 6-Star Sooruz Lacanau Pro experienced another short day of competition as three heats only were completed during the outgoing tide at Lacanau this morning. Some two to three foot (0.5 to 1 meter) waves allowed the twelve getting their ...

The third day of the waiting period saw seven heats only take place in the early morning, the outgoing tide delivering some fun and clean waves until the dead-low tide made the conditions uncontestable. Some two to three foot (0.5 to 1 meter) sets...

Clay Marzo (Maui, HI), 19, claimed the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 3-Star Quiksilver Pro Puerto Escondido in impressive fashion today when he put fellow finalists Junior Faria (BRA), 22, Angelo Lozano (...

The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 3-Star Quiksilver Pro Puerto Escondido launched back in to action today in barreling two-to-four foot (1 metre) conditions at Playa Zicatela and saw Clay Marzo (Maui, HI)...