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Friday, November 21st, 2008
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The 2008 Women's ASP World Qualifying series ended Thursday with 16-year-old Carissa Moore taking the title over 7x world champ Layne Beachley and two fellow teens, Laura Enever and Coco Ho, both 17.
Moore, who won 11 National Scholastic Surfing Association (NSSA) National Championships, becomes the youngest winner of ...
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Friday, November 21st, 2008
The 2008 Reef Hawaiian Pro resumed action Thursday after several days off and some of the world tour surfers appeared to caught off guard, getting bounced uncharacteristically early in the contest during the round of 64.
Last year's world champ Mick Fanning was the first to go, knocked out in the ...
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Thursday, November 20th, 2008
Los Angeles’ KCRW looks to be tapping into the world of “Extreme Sports”. Possibly because they are one the country’s leading extreme radio stations. Not extremist, but extreme. Just last week they had TONY HAWK as a guest on superstar rave DJ, Jason Bentley’s radio show. There he discussed some of ...
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Thursday, November 20th, 2008
When the Globe Pro went down in Fiji earlier this year, it was the return of the World Tour to the island after one year off. The location didn't disappoint, with spectacular waves greeting the surfers and resulting in some of the best surfing of the year. Kelly Slater led ...
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Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
The Billabong Pro Maui presented by Hawaiian Airlines at Monolua Bay, Maui is in its 10th year and will celebrate its anniversary next month on December 8-20. The crown jewel of surfing marks the final stop of the 2008 ASP Women’s Tour and the Triple Crown of Surfing. The worlds ...
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Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
In front of a jury today in a San Diego Courtroom, Seth Cravens was found guilty for the murder of professional surfer Emery Kauanui. Cravens was charged for the murder of Kauanui outside his mother’s home in La Jolla California. Seth and his crew called “The Bird Rock Bandits” tracked ...
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Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
The 14th Annual Roxy Pro Hawaii at Sunset Beach, which is the 7th stop of the ASP Women’s World Tour is set to go down this coming Monday the 24th of November and is scheduled on through December 6th. The event takes place at the infamous North Shore on the ...
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Monday, November 17th, 2008
The PXM International Vans Pro complete competition yesterday in Puerto Escondido, Mexico yesterday and it was a local, 21 year old Angelo Lozano who took the ASP World Qualifying Series 3-Star title. The day saw a consistent 6-8 foot surf with plenty of tough competition from all over the world ...
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Sunday, November 16th, 2008
Out with the old and in with the new. That just might be what many are thinking after the first day of action for the women at the Reef Hawaiian Pro. After 44 women started the day, the field was whittled down to 16 in the semifinals, with seven aged ...
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Saturday, November 15th, 2008
There's probably no thing more useless than speculating whether Kelly Slater will be there when the ASP World Tour kicks off its 2009 tour next February at Australia's Gold Coast. After all, it was a shot in the dark figuring out whether he would show up at this year's events, ...
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