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Rip Curl Pro Search Puerto Rico
Stephanie Gilmore Claims Fourth Consecutive ASP Women’s World Title
Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 22, has claimed her fourth, consecutive ASP Women’s World Title, making history at the Rip Curl Women’s Pro Search Puerto Rico. With her Quarterfinal win over Melanie Bartels (HAW), 28, Gilmore amassed enough points to knock sole remaining contender, Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), 19, out of the running for the (...) -
ASP Europe
Pauline Ado claims ASP Euro Junior Women’s title in Lacanau
Pauline Ado (Hendaye, FRA), 19, has won an unprecedented third ASP Grade-2 Oakley Girls Pro Junior today in Lacanau, France, besting fellow finalists Alizee Arnaud (Hossegor, FRA), Justine Dupont (Lacanau, FRA) and Canelle Bulard (St Leu, REU). Destroying the tricky but clean two-foot waves (0.5 meter) on offer, Ado was unstoppable and claims (...) -
ASP Women’s World Tour 09
Third consecutive world crown for Stephanie Gilmore
Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 21, has claimed her third consecutive ASP Women’s World Title, making history as the only surfer ever to win the prestigious crown each year they have competed at the elite ASP World Tour level (men’s or women’s). -
Billabong ISA World Surfing Games
Team USA wins ISA World champ in Costa Rica
It was a fitting end to an event steeped in a mix of camaraderie and tough competition as Team USA took the overall gold medal today over Team France at the Billabong ISA World Surfing Games presented by Monster Energy in Costa Rica. It was the first time that the Americans have won an overall gold medal in since the 1996 World Surfing Games (...) -
WWLC • Roxy Jam
Jennifer Smith claims ASP Women’s World Longboard Title
Jennifer Smith (California, USA), 23, won the Roxy Jam in Biarritz today to claim the second ASP Women’s World Longboard Longboard #Longboard title of her brilliant career after defeating fellow finalist and outsider Coline Menard (Reunion Island, FRA), 21, in the final exchange of the 2009 edition. Smith, who dominated the final bout (...) -
Billabong ASP World Junior Championships
Pauline Ado Claims ASP World Junior Title
Pauline Ado (FRA), 17, has just made ASP history as the first non-Australian female to claim the undisputed ASP Junior World Title, defeating opponent Bethany Hamilton (HAW), 18, in a hard-fought Final at the Billabong ASP World Junior Championships. -
Billabong ASP World Junior Championships
Aussie Sally Fitzgibbons wins 07 junior world title
ASP Australasian Champion Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) may have been one of the smallest competitors in the Billabong World Junior Championships but her performances were by far the biggest; the diminutive was surfer crowned the 2007 ASP World Junior Champion, at Sydney’s North Narrabeen Beach (...) -
Billabong Girls Pro • Itacaré Brazil
Sam Cornish captures first crown in 4 years
Rising out of a four-year shadow, 26-year-old Samantha Cornish (AUS) won her first ASP Women’s World Tour title since 2003, at the Billabong Girls Pro Itacaré, this morning. Cornish defeated Brazilian sensation Silvana Lima (BRA) with 12.00 points (out of a possible 20.00) to Lima’s 8.10, winning US$ 12,000 and simultaneously (...) -
Roxy ASP Women’s World Longboard Championship
Jennifer Smith crowned 07 longboard world champ
Jennifer Smith (USA) has been crowned the 2007 ASP Women’s World Longboard Longboard #Longboard Champion, following her victory in the Roxy ASP WWLC in Biarritz, France this afternoon. “I feel so blessed to be in the situation I’m in right now,” Smith said. “I made the final last year and lost, so to come back (...) -
ASP World Junior Championships
Nicola Atherton claims world women’s crown
After a putting a on a tremendous performance in the one metre (three foot) Narrabeen beach-breaks Nicola Atherton (AUS) has taken out the girls division of the most prestigious junior professional surfing event on the planet – the Billabong ASP World Junior (...)