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BIG NAMES TO BATTLE IN SOLID 4FT WAVES TODAY!

Wednesday, August 6, 2008:
Some solid four to five foot (1.2 to 1.5 meter) waves are breaking for Day 2 of competition and all top seeds will paddle out in order to complete the 24-Heat round. With 25-minute battles, officials aim at completing 10 hours of contest today and the last 48 men in the Rip Curl Boardmasters will be known tonight. UK surfers Jayce Robinson, Oli Adams, Matt Capel and Alan Stokes will be battling it out for a spot in the next round.

Fanning Claims Quiksilver Pro France Crown

SEIGNOSSE, France (Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007) –Mick Fanning (AUS) the newly crowned 2007 Quiksilver Pro France Champion, is mathematically capable of clinching his maiden Foster’s ASP World Title in Mundaka, Spain next week. Fanning beat South Africa’s Greg Emslie, in three to five foot (one to one half meter) surf at Les Bourdaines this afternoon.

Title Contenders Into Quiksilver Pro France R3

HOSSEGOR, France (Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007) - The Top 5 rated surfers on the Foster's ASP World Tour have advanced to Round 3 of the Quiksilver Pro France, but Taj Burrow (AUS), Andy Irons (HAW) and Joel Parkinson (AUS) had to negotiate Round 2 before earning their berths today. Heats 7-12 of Round 1 and Heats 1-6 of Round 2 were run in favorable six foot (two metre) conditions at La Graviere.

Burrow Defeats Slater To Win Billabong Pro J-Bay

JEFFREYS BAY, South Africa (Saturday, July 21, 2007) – Australian Taj Burrow beat eight-time Foster’s ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA) to win the Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay today. The victory is Burrow’s second on the 2007 Foster’s ASP World Tour and has moved him to World No. 2 on the ASP ratings."It feels amazing!” Burrow said. “I'm so stoked to have won two events. I've had so many bridesmaids over the last couple of years and to get this monkey off my back, it just feels really good!

Irons Defends Rip Curl Pro Search In Chile

ARICA, Chile (Thursday, June 28, 2007) - Defending Rip Curl Pro Search champion Andy Irons (HAW) found the form to grab another globe-shaped trophy with his win over Damien Hobgood (USA) in Arica, Chile today. The former 3X Foster's ASP World Champion bested Hobgood 16.84 to 8.67 in the four foot (1.3 metre) waves off Ex Isla Alacran.

Morrison Eliminates Slater at Rip Curl Pro Chile

ARICA, Chile (Tuesday, June 26, 2007) – Australia’s Dean Morrison dazzled in his Round 4 heat against Kelly Slater (USA) to eliminate the 8X Foster’s ASP World Champion from the Rip Curl Pro Search Chile today. Slater was on the first plane out of Arica after earning his second equal 9th place finish of the season. Morrison walked away with the highest two-wave heat total of the event – 18.83 out of 20.00 – and a quarterfinal berth. Morrison and Slater went wave for wave, before Morrison made it out of an almost impossible looking barrel to post a perfect 10.00 – the second of the event.

Irons Narrowly Escapes Elimination At The Rip Curl Chile

ARICA, Chile (Thursday, June 20, 2007) - Only seven heats of the Rip Curl Pro Chile, stop No. 4 of 10 on the 2007 Foster's ASP World Tour, were run today, but near perfect rides were ridden in four of them. Former three-time ASP World Champion Andy Irons (HAW) earned a much-needed 9.70 out of 10.00 with just three minutes left in his heat against local Chilean wildcard Manuel Selman. The defending Rip Curl Pro Search champion was critically close to adding another 33rd (last) place result to his ratings scoreline when he twisted fate with a deep tuberide in the dying minutes of the heat.

UK leg of the Moskito Tour goes off!

The UK leg of the Moskito Tour went off this past weekend in great 4 to 5 foot conditions at Fistral Beach! With just under a 100 groms entering the 2 day event and great conditions throughout the weekend the UK leg of the European Moskito Tour has proved to be the best yet in 2007!

Great surf predicted for the UK leg of the Moskito Tour!

After rocking France, Spain, and Portugal the 2007 Moskito Tour is on its way to Newquay! With great contest waves predicted for the coming weekend, UK grommets are eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Moskito circus to blow into town and get the event underway. With many grom’s pre-registering for the event, via the Moskito Myspace page, the forthcoming weekend is looking to be packed with competitors surfing heats back to back.

Damien Hobgood Takes Top Honors In Tahiti

TEAHUPOO, Tahiti (Wednesday, May 16th, 2007) – Damien Hobgood (USA) has been crowned the 2007 Billabong Pro Tahiti Champion after beating Foster’s ASP World Tour ratings leader Mick Fanning (AUS) in a last-minute victory in 5 to 7 foot (1.5 – 2 metre) surf at Teahupoo. Hobgood bowed out of the 2005 Billabong Pro Tahiti Final halfway through after dislocating his shoulder – a circumstance which made his win today that much more meaningful.