Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
The Billabong Pro Mundaka is expected to kick off today in Spain and Kelly Slater only needs to make it to the fourth round to secure his record ninth world title. It was only two years ago that Slater captured his eighth title at the very same venue after losing ...
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Sunday, September 28th, 2008
Former ASP World Champ Chelsea Hedges has missed several months of surfing this season, but there's a good reason. The 25 year-old Aussie gave birth to her first child, daughter Mieka, four months ago and took a much-needed break from competition.
Hedges finished seventh on the Women's World Tour in '07 ...
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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
Last year Tahitian wildcard Michael Bourez took out Kelly Slater from the Quiksilver Pro making it look less likely that Slater would take the 2007 ASP World Title. Today was a different day because the Tahitian actually helped Slater by eliminating one of the two surfers in his way to ...
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Thursday, September 18th, 2008
After several days off the ASP Women's Tour was finally able to resume action on the Billabong Girls Pro Rio. Hawaiian Melanie Bartels took on Sofia Mulanovich in the final and edged her with a 14.34 score to Mulanovich's 10.60.
The match of the day, however, wasn't the final -- it ...
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Sunday, September 14th, 2008
Stephanie Gilmore in action in Brazil..
Yes, there are other events going on this weekend in addition to the Dew Tour. Specifically in surfing the Billabong Girls Pro Rio has already been whittled down to the Quarterfinals, with most of the top women still in the race (check the bottom of ...
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Thursday, September 11th, 2008
Taj Burrow gave it a good run, but in the end Kelly Slater could not be denied as he took home the 2008 Boost Mobile Pro title today at Lower Trestles in California. Slater, who won the event last year, started his run to victory Wednesday with a perfect 10 ...
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Sunday, September 7th, 2008
The Boost Mobile Pro presented by Hurley didn't start today but conditions are looking sweet for the contest to start as early as tomorrow.
“There are nice conditions this morning and the swell is about two to four feet and on the increase but we have a great window with four ...
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Sunday, September 7th, 2008
Dane Reynolds
In a word, possibly. The waiting period does kick off Sunday, Sept. 7 for the contest at Lower Trestles, CA, but the weather forecast shows a possible swell coming in around Tuesday. The waiting period is only one week, so it's possible round one may take place Sunday to ...
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Monday, September 1st, 2008
Phil MacDonald scored his first win of the season in Portugal after taking the Buondi Billabong Pro in Portugal over Patrick Gudauskas. MacDonald, who did not requalify for the ASP World Tour after last season, finds himself ranked #14 on the WQS after the win. Gudauskas now moves ...
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
The top forty-eight remaining surfers at the ASP World Qualifying 6-Star Boundi Billabong Pro in Ericeira Portugal saw three to four foot waves and posted great scores going for the valuable 2500 ratings points, which will go to the winner of the event. So it’s no surprise that the top ...
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