Billabong Pro Teahupoo: Prepare for Launch
Stop No. 5 on the ASP Dream Tour, the Billabong Pro Tahiti, is set kickoff one of the most exciting events in ASP history. With a deadly lefthand barrel and the globe’s finest Top 45 heaving themselves over the ledge of this Tahitian death-pit to survive the midyear cut down to 32, this is surely one event that you won’t want to miss. Between this year’s heated title race and the most talented rookie field to set foot on the ASP Dream Tour stage looking to keep their spot amongst the elite, the Billabong Pro has all of the makings for a historic showdown.
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Rio to Host Biggest ASP Event in History!
2010 has been a year of landmark changes for the world of professional surfing and next year will be no different. The Billabong Pro Brazil has announced a historic $500,000 prize purse for the ASP Dream Tour event next season while shifting the event’s location from Santa Catarina to Rio de Janeiro and is also adding a women’s event to its venue. With a mass of passionate Brazilians cheering on the beach and the biggest prize purse in surfing history up for grabs, the 2011 Billabong Pro will be one for the record books.
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Dream Tour Format Finalized
In addition to the record-breaking US Open of Surfing last week, Huntington Beach played host to the ASP Board of Directors meeting, where the ASP’s new international bases were determined, the seven-person Board was completed and the new 36-man ASP World Tour format was ratified. Formerly headquartered in Southern California, ASP International moved headquarters to Australia’s Gold Coast in 1999. Now, with key staff and strategists all over the world, the ASP Board of Directors has opted to transition its International headquarters to three main offices: Huntington Beach (USA), Hossegor (FRA) and Coolangatta (AUS).
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Andy Irons Uncensored
Former three-time ASP World Champion Andy Irons (HAW), 32, will be the first to admit he has a lot of demons. Following a sabbatical from professional surfing in 2009, Irons returned to the singlet this season and has been transitioning back into the new world of high performance surfing. Currently sitting at No. 18 at present on the ASP World Title rankings, Irons has exhibited flashes of brilliance this year, but has yet to live up to his own lofty standards. With the Billabong Pro Teahupoo coming up, Billabong compiled a video montage of the legendary Hawaiian as he prepares to slip back into familiar territory. This…is their story…
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Enever Wins in Azores
Reigning ASP Women’s World Junior Champion Laura Enever (AUS), 19, clinched her first major ASP Star Series win last week by taking out the ASP 6-Star Billabong Women’s Azores Islands Pro over Californian Courtney Conlogue (USA), 17, to launch the young Aussie to No. 2 on the ASP Women’s World Ranking, substantially helping her cause towards qualification for the ASP Women’s Dream Tour. The Aussie champion will continue her quest for a spot amongst the Top 17 at the upcoming ASP 6-Star in Spain.
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