Surfing Holidays to France and South Africa
Posts tagged ASP World Tour
Last men standing at the Boardmasters
09 months ago
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
010 months ago
by Dan
in ASP World Tour
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!!!!!!!
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 South Africa surf holiday to Jeffrey’s Bay we surf the legendary point breaks of Jeffrey’s Bay, and stay in a beautiful guest house overlooking the cape with direct access to the beach. The surf is so good here they made a film about it – twice! See the Endless Summer films for all the amazing footage of surfing in South Africa. See our surf trips holiday pages for more information about our France surf holiday and our South Africa Surf holiday.
On our France surf holiday we travel to Seignosse, SW France. Our France 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!
If you have any questions about our guided surfing holidays we are happy to help – please ask; email us – surfadventures@live.co.uk
Adriano de Souza wins the Billabong Rio Pro mens event
01 year ago
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!
On our South Africa surf holiday to Jeffrey’s Bay we surf the legendary point breaks of Jeffrey’s Bay, and stay in a beautiful guest house overlooking the cape with direct access to the beach. The surf is so good here they made a film about it – twice! See the Endless Summer films for all the amazing footage of surfing in South Africa. See our surf trips holiday pages for more information about our France surf holiday and our South Africa Surf holiday. If you have any questions we are happy to help – please ask.
How fast is a surfer?
01 year ago
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!
