Flores Takes Pipe Masters, Parko Grabs Triple Crown! After nearly a week of lay-days, the Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons roared back to life, delivering firing four-to-six foot barrels for the world’s best surfers to display their technical tube-riding skills to wrap up the 2010 ASP World Tour season. Young Frenchman Jeremy Flores (FRA), 22, won his first ASP World Tour event over veteran Kieren Perrow (AUS), 33, making him the first European to ever win the Billabong Pipe Masters after several come-from-behind heat wins while Aussie Joel Parkinson (AUS), 29, made a heroic comeback from his brutal foot injury to win his third-consecutive Vans Triple Crown title.
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D Payne, Requalification Heroics at Pipe Maui’s Dusty Payne pulled out one of the most memorable stops of the 2010 Billabong Pipe Masters, overtaking two-time ASP World Champion Mick Fanning (AUS), 29, in the final seconds of their Round 3 matchup to requalify for the 2011 ASP World Tour. The innovative natural-footer threaded the needle on a smoking Backdoor-Pipeline barrel with a near-flawless 9.87 to oust the former champ after clawing his way out of a combination situation and back on to the ASP World Tour for 2011. Does Dusty’s remarkable comeback represent a turning point for his 2011 season? Read the full report to see how it all went down!
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Gilmore Wins Vans Triple Crown Reigning four-time ASP Women’s World Champ Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 22, capped off her amazing 2010 season by clinching her third consecutive Vans Triple Crown title while making history by winning the Vans Duel for the Jewel, a one-heat, winner-take-all battle at Pipeline for the prestigious Hawaiian Series Crown. Will Gilmore continue her reign in 2011?
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Meet Alejo Muniz by ESPN Alejo Muniz (BRA), 20, defied the odds this year to achieve his dream of qualifying for the 2011 ASP World Tour. After the initiation of the ASP World Ranking and the crop from a 45 man field down to 34, Muniz’s introduction to the ASP Dream Tour marks him as the only first-timer to jump into the elite ranks for the beginning of next season aside from Julian Wilson (AUS), 22. The Argentinean-born natural-footer who was raised in Santa Catarina, Brazil recently sat down with ESPN to fill them in on his 2010 campaign and his thoughts on joining the Top 34.
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Stay in Tune with Twitter With the 2011 ASP World Tour season peeping its face around the corner, it’s time to make sure you’re prepped and ready to receive all of the latest in ASP action. By following the ASP on Twitter.com, you won’t have to miss anything that goes down next season. From World Junior titles to World Ranking Races to the sparks of new World Title campaigns to the latest in your favorite surfer’s editorial pieces, Twitter.com can deliver it all to your mobile phone so you’re constantly up to speed on the latest in the professional surfing world, so join the Twitter team!
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