Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
Day one of the ASP WQS 6-Star Rip Curl Pro took place today in Seignosse France presented by Sprite with the beach’s world-renowned beachbreaks. The Rip Curl Pro is only the fifth prime event of eight this year. The day saw twenty heats in the first round with pretty good ...
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
It was an exciting final yesterday in Newquay England for the ASP 5-Star Rip Curl Boardmasters with four to six foot waves at Fistral Beach. Wiggoly Dantas of Ubatuba Brazil who is only 18 years of age took the crown defeating fellow countryman Pablo Paulino in an all Brazilian final. ...
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
It was an ideal day for waves as the 27th Annual ASP World Qualifying Series 5-Star Rip Curl Boardmasters began with the first round going off in Newquay England. The beaches saw consistent three foot waves as a men’s field of 48 surfers battled it out to earn their way ...
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
Bruce Irons dominated the day at the Rip Curl Pro Search in Indonesia, knocking out current ASP World Champ Mick Fanning, Ben Dunn, Chris Ward then Freddy Patacchia in the finals
Irons scored a near-perfect 9.92 in the Semis, along with a 9.77 in the Quarter Finals to help seal the ...
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Saturday, August 2nd, 2008
Kelly Slater won't win his fifth event of the season in Indonesia after being ousted in the third round of the Rip Curl Pro Search by Tiago Pires. Slater held the lead for much of the heat until Pires scored a 9.17 followed soon by an 8.40, to defeat Slater ...
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Friday, August 1st, 2008
There were only six heats of action left at the Rip Curl Pro Search contest in Indonesia and all went down today in about four-foot waves meaning the scores weren't too high for the most part but good enough.
There weren't many upsets but Dane Reynolds' ouster at the hands of ...
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Sunday, July 27th, 2008
Nathaniel Curran scored the biggest win of his career Sunday as he took home the U.S. Open of Surfing title in Huntington Beach, CA. Curran defeated Tim Boal by a score of 11.66 to 10.70, though conditions were less than ideal. The win boosted Curran to the top of the ...
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Saturday, July 26th, 2008
History was made in Huntington Beach at the U.S. Open of Surfing today as 14-year-old Malia Manuel became the youngest woman ever to win the contest. She took the final over fellow Hawaiian Coco Ho, 17, making the finals the youngest-ever.
Ho was coming off an earlier win of the S-3 ...
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Saturday, July 26th, 2008
It's been a bad secret for weeks now but the Rip Curl Pro Search is scheduled to take place at Padang-Padang in Bali and a recent incident won't change things.
A ship was left abandoned by its crew and washed up right in the middle of the line-up where it threatened ...
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Thursday, July 24th, 2008
The highest seeded surfers saw action for the first time today in the 3rd round of the U.S. Open of Surfing presented by Honda in Huntington Beach. With 2 – 3 foot waves, it gave the marquee surfers to show when they have for the 6-Star event. Cory Lopez of ...
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