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Jordy Goes Back-to-Back at J Bay! Progressive ace Jordy Smith put on an unstoppable run with the support of the hometown crowd behind him to take out his second consecutive Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay Title. In conditions ranging from small runners, to four foot and perfect to stormy onshore, Smith’s performance at J Bay show’s he’s nearly unstoppable at the South African gem. While Smith’s win moves him to No. 2 on the ASP World Title Race, Joel Parkinson’s 3rd place result catapulted him over Brazilian Adriano de Souza as the frontrunner in the race for the crown! FULL REPORT: Volcom Fiji Pro Confirmed for 2012! ASP International and Volcom are pleased to announce the return of the world’s best surfers to one of the most perfect waves on the planet with the confirmation of the Volcom Fiji Pro to the 2012 ASP World Title season. The contest will mark Volcom’s first ASP World Title event and a much-desired return to the world-class breaks of Cloudbreak and Restaurants for the ASP Top 34. After three years away from the ASP Dream Tour roster, the Volcom Fiji Pro will be a guaranteed fixture for the next three years!FULL REPORT: Watch the SuperSurf ASP World Masters The ASP World Masters Championships will be contested for the first time in seven years next week at the Supersurf ASP World Masters Championships in Rio de Janiero. Held at the high-performance lefthander of Arpoador, the Supersurf ASP World Masters Championships will run two divisions: Masters (36 – 49 years of age) and Grand Masters (50 and over). With a ton of surfing’s most iconic names ready to dawn the singlet once again, this event is set to be one for the ages!CHECK IT OUT! Bruce Irons Opens Up about Brother Andy The Irons family produced perhaps the most potent sibling force the surfing world has ever seen. While it was younger brother Bruce that would see competitive success early as an amateur, it was Andy that would fuel his own fire and rampage to unprecedented heights, dethroning King Kelly Slater and claiming back-to-back-to-back ASP World Titles. The events of November 2, 2010 sent shockwaves throughout the sporting world, but nowhere were they felt as hard as upon Andy’s family. Sam McIntosh of STAB recently caught up with Bruce on a boat trip to the Mentawais to get his first impressions on record since this tragedy.GET THE FULL STORY: Parko’s Impact on South Africa The ASP World Tour offers surfers the chance to impact people’s lives in far-flung locations around the world. From the aesthetics of their surfing styles to a casual autograph for a star-struck grom, surfing’s elite can and do touch the lives of the people they come into contact with around the globe. Current ASP World No. 1 and former two-times winner of the Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay, Joel Parkinson is one such surfer who has made an enormous impact here in Jeffreys Bay by reaching out a hand to help a friend who was in desperate need of support.FULL STORY: | | |