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Woman on Waves: A History of Women in Surfing
posted on March 12, 2010 at 3:14pm

by :  Nicole Grodesky <a href="http://www.dylamagazine.com/feature/woman-waves-history-women-surfing"><img src="http://www.dylamagazine.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/Headline_420_300/images/WOW_HEADLINER...more

Roxy Pro Gold Coast: Steph keeps sweeping
posted on March 11, 2010 at 7:10am

by : Jenna Goldberg Sources say Stephanie Gilmore is not a name soon forgotten. Checking the ASP archives alone- the 22-year old Australian from New South Wales has nabbed 3 consecutive ASP World Titles; one for every year she has competed on tour sinc...more

Gilmore Retains ASP Women’s World No. 1 Spot with Roxy Pro Gold Coast Win
posted on March 9, 2010 at 6:20pm

Pictured: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 22, reigning three-time ASP Women’s World Champion, claims the Roxy Pro Gold Coast, retaining the ASP Women’s World No. 1 spot. Gilmore (left) showers Runner-Up Melanie Bartels (HAW), 27, on stage after their Final...more

Layne Beachley & Rabbit join Surfing Australia's board
posted on March 9, 2010 at 6:07pm

Layne Beachley : photo Surfing Australia Surfing Australia is proud to announce that Layne Beachley has accepted a position on the Board of Surfing Australia concurrently with Wayne 'Rabbit' Bartholomew also accepting the position as the first ever  P...more

The Keep A Breast Be Love Bus Tour
posted on March 3, 2010 at 2:52pm

The Be Love Bus girls began their journey on the Gold Coast last crew at the Quiksilver/Roxy Pro to raise money for the Keep A Breast Foundation. With a donated van from Wicked Campers, the "Be Love Bus" is currently being painted by local artists from Co...more

Roxy Invitational Mozambique gearing up for May launch
posted on March 3, 2010 at 2:12pm

The Roxy Invitational event is one of the most popular female surfing events in the country, and an entry is one of the most coveted. Only ten of the best female surfers in the country get the nod and are invited to surf in an event at a remote location...more

Holly Beck opens surf and yoga retreat, launches blog
posted on March 3, 2010 at 11:10am

Holly Beck : photo courtesy Nikki Brooks Retreats to provide quality surf coaching, daily yoga, healthy, local meals & community support After spending the last ten years traveling the world for contests and photo shoots, pro surfer Holly Beck will co...more

Thoroughbreds and new bloods mix up Quiksilver & Roxy Pro Gold Coast Round 2
posted on March 3, 2010 at 10:58am

Pictured: Dean Morrison (AUS), 29, former event winner (2003) and current ASP World No. 16, posted the highest-scoring heat total of the round this afternoon, detonating in familiar surroundings to the tune of 15.17 out of a possible 20, dispatching of ...more

Ladies Euroforce: Lee Ann Curren debuts big at Roxy Pro
posted on March 2, 2010 at 6:38pm

Lee Ann Curren : photo ASP / Cestari Lee Ann Curren (Biarritz, FRA), 20, 2010 ASP Dream Tour rookie and daughter of legendary three-time ASP World Champion Tom Curren (USA), 45, blitzed her opening heat of the Roxy Pro Gold Coast, posting a 16.07 out o...more

Save the Waves runs Chile earthquake humanitarian aid
posted on March 2, 2010 at 1:51pm

A massive earthquake and tsunami hit Chile this weekend. The earthquake epicenter was just 5km from Save The Waves Coalition's Vigilante Costero (Coastkeeper) office and the focus of Save The Waves' many years of environmental campaigns. The earthquake an...more

Three-Time ASP World Champ Gilmore rocks Roxy Pro Gold Coast Round 1
posted on February 28, 2010 at 9:50pm

Pictured: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 22, reigning three-time ASP Women’s World Champion, was on fire for Round 1 of the Roxy Pro Gold Coast. Photo credit: © ASP / CESTARI The Roxy Pro Gold Coast, the opening event of the 2010 ASP Women’s World Tour,...more

Shimabukuro and Smith lead opening rounds of Ocean Beach PLA Pro
posted on February 28, 2010 at 5:03pm

The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Longboard Qualifying Series (LQS) 2-Star Ocean Beach PLA Pro and Ocean Beach PLA Pro presented by Gidget saw men’s and women’s professional longboarders battle through the early rounds of competition in...more

Tsunami threat forces Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast OFF for today
posted on February 27, 2010 at 3:30pm

A magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Chile early Saturday morning, resulting in a tsunami warning for the East Coast of Australia effective today. Event organizers, coordinating with the Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology, were for...more

It’s ON- ASP World Tour is amped for 2010
posted on February 27, 2010 at 11:19am

The ASP World Tour is set to kick off for 2010 on the Gold Coast of Australia. The Roxy Pro, now in its 10th year running, will be the season opener, seeing the top 10 surfers on tour from 2009, with new faces from the WQS.   Three- time world cham...more

American ASP LQS Kick-Off Hits Ocean Beach
posted on February 26, 2010 at 3:17pm

The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) North America Longboard Qualifying Series (LQS) will kick off the first of six events on the regional tour with the PLA Pro and Gidget PLA Pro at Ocean Beach Pier in San Diego this weekend, February 28 and ...more

Lined up at Raglan for 10 years: Rip Curl contest takes aim
posted on February 25, 2010 at 7:01pm

Billy Stairmand : photo Silas / Kiwi Surf Magazine 2010 will mark the tenth anniversary for the Rip Curl Pro held at Raglan’s famous Manu Bay.  The event is set to take place this weekend from the 26th – 28th of February and features the best surf...more

Solid swell slated for Corona Extra Pro, ASP Puerto Rico
posted on February 25, 2010 at 6:01pm

Karina Petroni : photo APSPR This Saturday, Feb.27, the Corona Extra Pro Surf Circuit will kick off the competition at their first event of 2010, at Domes Beach in the town of Rincon. The tournament will decide the 2009 circuit champions for both the M...more

ASP Launches iPhone App for World’s Best Surfing LIVE Wherever You Go
posted on February 24, 2010 at 6:50pm

Pictured: Get the ASP iPhone application today and check out the world’s best surfers in the upcoming Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast pres. by Land Rover Credit: © ASP / SCHOLTZ ASP International iPhone application, ASPtogo, is now available for download...more

Gilmore leads world’s best female surfers at Roxy Pro Gold Coast
posted on February 23, 2010 at 10:08am

Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 22, reigning three-time ASP Women’s World Champion and defending Roxy Pro Gold Coast winner, will begin her campaign for a fourth ASP Women’s World Title at home in Snapper Rocks. Photo credit: ASP / SCHOLTZ The world’s b...more

Is she the female Dane Reynolds? Silvana Lima airs it out
posted on February 20, 2010 at 2:44pm

Silvana Lima : photo Billabong After an amazing season, the Brazilian surfer Silvana Lima finished at the second place of the Dream Tour. Freaksurf Magazine decided to catch up with her to get the story on this girl, some kind of female Dane Reynolds w...more

Beaches of Sydney viewable in hand with new iPhone app
posted on February 16, 2010 at 3:05pm

SURFit is a new iPhone app from SURFit.com featuring the famous beaches of Sydney Australia in a world-first, fun, interactive experience where you can control LIVE HD surfcams, optimized for 3G on your iPhone.

 What makes this app so hot?  Via a...more

In Mavericks surf comp, Spectators invited to take part
posted on February 16, 2010 at 12:25pm

This past weekend, the Mavericks Surf Competition at Half-Moon Bay (NorCal) took an unexpected turn when what some media outlets are calling a “rogue wave” (although they were not technically rogue waves, as rogues typically occur offshore) came and w...more

Red Bull Project Air tunes up Red Bull's elite surf team
posted on February 16, 2010 at 12:23pm

At the heart of Red Bull's Project Air is a single objective - exposing the elite surf team to new and innovative ways of progressing the most exciting move in surfing today, the aerial. And for each athlete, behind this objective lies a deeper, persona...more

Missed Maverick's this weekend? Here's a report from the world's biggest wave contest!
posted on February 16, 2010 at 8:34am

Where in the world are the biggest waves? Surfers claim some of the biggest waves ever rolled through Northern California's Pillar Point area on Saturday, February 13, 2010,  the day that an elite group of surfers decided to hold the infamous Maverick's...more

Catch the Mavericks surf contest live on Ustream
posted on February 13, 2010 at 9:46am

Weather forecast?  Freezing.  Swell?  EPIC!!! The Mavericks Surf Contest, presented by Sony Ericsson, will be going on throughout the day today near Half Moon Bay, CA, and in case you can’t catch the action live … no worries!  Ustream (one of my c...more
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