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Next Up..the Triple Crown

Dan — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:34:17 +0000

The ASP World Longboard Tour was in Italy recently,…. and as you can imagine there was a serious lack of waves in the Mediterranean! They finally moved the event to Andora, 180kms NW of the main event site in Levanto, where they got some small 1-2ft waves. The event was won by Kai Sallas (Hawaii) and the overall Longboard Tour was won by Taylor Jensen of the USA. Ben Skinner, our UK champion, was joint 11th overall. The Triple Crown is the next event starting on the 25th November in Sunset Beach, Hawaii. Watch it here live.

Kelly Slater goes for 11th in 2011

Dan — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:59:43 +0000

The 11th and penultimate part of the ASP World Tour, the Rip Curl Pro Search event, the only ASP World Title competition with have roving license, has confirmed Ocean Beach, San Francisco 1-11 November 2011, as the official destination. This is where Kelly Slater may well get his 11th World Title. He is well out ahead in the world rankings. The top 5 are:

1 – Kelly Slater – USA
2 – Owen Wright – AUS
3 – Adriano De Souza – BRA
4 – Joel Parkinson – AUS
5 – Taj Burrow – AUS

Watch it live here and follow tweets at #ripcurlpro. It should be a great event!!!

Bobby Martinez interview leads to disqualification

Dan — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:35:44 +0000

Bobby Martinez, currently ranked number 29 in the ASP rankings of the world’s top surfers, gave his uncensored and expletive-heavy views in a webcast interview on the ASP World Tour event in New York. As a result he has been disqualified from the ASP World Tour. Read the ASP news story here. This is not the first time Bobby has ‘said it as he sees it’. In an interview in 2010 he lets rip about his likes and dislikes!

What’s next on the ASP World Tour…?

Dan — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:34:45 +0000

Now that the Boardmasters held at Fistral Beach in Newquay, has finished what’s on the world surfing agenda for British surfers and those around the world?

Well 2 British longboarders did really well at the Boardmasters – Ben Skinner, who came second to the Fenchman Antonio Delpero in the longboarding and is now 17th place (along with a lot of others, the rankings contain lots of joint placements at the moment – see the ASP website for full placings) and Adam Griffiths, who came runner up, are now though to the next ASP Longboard World Tour event in Arugam Bay, Sri Lanka from August 30th to September 4th, 2011.

In the mens shortboarding at Newquay Romain Cloitre won the event after defeating Mitch Coleborn. The ASP world rankings now look like this -

Joel Parkinson (AUS)
Jordy Smith (ZAF)
Adriano De Souza (BRA)
Mick Fanning (AUS)
Taj Burrow (AUS)
Kelly Slater (USA)
Michel Bourez (PYF)
Bede Durbridge (AUS)
Josh Kerr Joint (AUS) 9th place with Owen Wright (AUS)

The next event is in Teahupoo,Taiarapu, French Polynesia from the 20th to 31st August 2011 with $425,000. The swell forecast is looking good for the first week of the waiting period so the event might start straight away. Some more good surfing to watch at the Billabong Pro Tahiti website and read about all the rankings and events at www.aspworldtour.com

Last men standing at the Boardmasters

Dan — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 20:36:12 +0000

Well done to Glen Hall from Ireland as he has made it though to the the last 16 of the WQS Boardmasters men’s main event. The long board final is tomorrow and with 2 British surfers in the final it should be great fun to watch. Ben Skinner and Adam Griffiths will battle it out against French surfers. Watch it live at Fistral Beach, Newquay, tomorrow here

Jordy Smith wins on home surf at Jeffrey’s Bay

Dan — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 12:34:13 +0000

Jordy Smith, only 23, and already a legend, from South Africa, has won the 2011 Billabong Pro Jeffrey’s Bay. He beat Mick Fanning in a wave to wave surf-off in front of a friendly & rowdy home crowd. The conditions were not ideal, but as it was the last day of the contest they had to proceed. To be expected, the world’s top surfers managed to make the most of it and select the best of the waves, and still shredded like it was 5ft and clean!

Joel Parkinson has now taken the lead from Adriano de Souza who had a knee injury less than 2 weeks before the contest, which probably contributed to him being knocked out in the early rounds. The top ranked surfers are now as follows:

ASP WORLD TITLE TOP 10
1. Joel Parkinson (AUS) 25700 pts
2. Jordy Smith (ZAF) 24750 pts
3. Adriano de Souza (BRA) 22250 pts
4. Mick Fanning (AUS) 19500 pts
5. Taj Burrow (AUS) 18250 pts
6. Kelly Slater (USA) 16950 pts
7. Michel Bourez (PYF) 16000
8. Bede Durbidge (AUS) 15000
9. Josh Kerr (AUS) 13900 pts
9. Owen Wright (AUS) 13900 pts

The next round is in Teahupoo, Tahiti on the 20th to 31st August. Expect big waves!!!!!!!

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Adriano de Souza wins the Billabong Rio Pro mens event

Dan — Sat, 21 May 2011 10:04:39 +0000

The ASP World Tour in Brazil has concluded and the Brazilian Adriano de Souza has won the Billabong Rio Pro and now tops the world rankings. The world rankings are now as follows:

1. Adriano de Souza – BRA
2. Joel Parkinson – AUS
3. Kelly Slater- USA
4. Taj Burrow – AUS
5. Jordy Smith – South African

The next ASP World Tour event is the Billabong Pro in Jeffrey’s Bay, South Africa – July 14 – 24, so you can see live the amazing waves we will be surfing! Start saving now for the surfing holiday of a lifetime!! And watch Jordy Smith surf in his home country!

Our guided surfing holidays

If you want to experience the best waves, in beautiful locations every day you should come on our amazing surf trips! We travel to the best locations at the optimum times to surf on our surfing holidays to South West France and South Africa.
On our France surf holiday we travel to Seignosse, SW France. Our surf camp is nestled under tall pines, close to the beach, and we surf the beast beach breaks along this coast. There are miles of white sandy beaches to sunbathe and surf. It really is a surfers paradise!

How fast is a surfer?

Dan — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 08:07:50 +0000

This question can now be answered by the GPS tracking device that has been used at the 2011 Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast, in Snapper Rocks, Australia. The fastest surfers so far are Mick Fanning going a stonking 39,1 km/h, with Joel Parkinson going 34,6 km/h and Bede Durbidge going 33,6 km/h, Kelly Slater going 32 km/h.

The GPS device is also tracking the surfers distance travelled, and Joel Parkinson has travelled the furthest overall – 3.99km metres. Fascinating stuff!

Slater snaked but 10th title still possible

Dan — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 07:45:05 +0000

The ASP continued last night in Puerto Rico and the surfing was expectedly world class. Dane Reynolds put on a show with load of different air manoeuvres that the commentators didn’t even have any names for! They kept making up names and invited in Tom Curran to commentate to take the pressure off them! In the mean time the old master Kelly Slater got a step closer to his 10th world title, partly due to a paddle interference call, which then gave him first place in the heat. He is now in the quarter final.

For the girls Stephanie Gilmore is once again Queen of women’s surfing, with yet another world title under her belt.

Looks like its a lovely water temperature over there, everyone is surfing in board shorts. Not like here where booties are now a necessary evil and the water is getting very cool at about 13C.

We are dreaming of warm surfing, have to be our next France Surf Holiday in September 2011 in South West France. Come with us for as little as £350 for a week of fun in the late summer sun! See our France page for details.

ASP World Tour continues

Dan — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 20:17:56 +0000

As we sadly come to the end of our France surf holiday 2010, we have been cheering ourselves up by watching the pros compete in the ASP World Tour. Kelly Slater has been practising out on the Bourdaines peaks where we surf. It has been really exciting watching him and surfing with (well alomst with?!) him.

It will be great to get back home though. Our family will be back together. My little boy has just turned 1 so we are very proud parents and we are looking forward to spending quality time together in Newquay,…. and hopefully surfing some of those annual October swells of course!

Our next France surf holiday is in 2011 but before then we will be updating you on our exciting new South Africa Surfing Holiday to Jeffrey’s Bay…… read about it here and on our South Africa page.