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Sporting a white men’s rash guard shirt, surfer TJ Barron won the ASP Hawaii / Macy’s E-Series Event #1 in fun, 2 foot surf at Oahu’s Maili Point on Saturday, May 17th. Barron’’s victory in the 1-star World Qualifying Series (WQS) event earned him $2,500 dollars and 250 WQS points. Second place went to Joel [...]

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Sunday, May 11th, Surfers Paradise Queensland – Teenage surfing sensation Ellie-Jean Coffey, (NSW), has made her mark as a future surfing star by beating a group of the nation’s best female surfers to win the open women’s division of the inaugural Lizzy Surf Series at Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast. Stop no.1 of 3 [...]

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This just in from the California State Parks Foundation: San Onofre State Beach needs our help! The toll road backers in Orange County are appealing to the federal government to override the Coastal Commission and get special approval to build their toll road through San Onofre State Beach. Click here and take 30 seconds to [...]

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SAN CLEMENTE, California (Tuesday, April 29, 2008) – The opening day of the 6.0 Lowers Pro has hit the water in clean, two-to-three foot waves at Lower Trestles, California, and 192 of the hungriest competitors in the world are kick starting their respective campaigns for prize money, valuable ratings points and the highly-coveted 6.0 Lowers [...]

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Kelly Slater (USA) rang his third Bell by winning the Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach for the 3rd time today. Slater now has back-to-back wins in the first 2 opening events of the 2008 ASP World Tour securing his spot as #1 in the World. Slater launched some huge air to earn a last [...]

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Surfers were greeted with 8′ waves on the opening day of the Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach in Australia yesterday. The boys were happy to take advantage of the big waves and show off their skills with ASP top-ranked surfer Kelly Slater (USA) posting the highest heat total and single wave score of the [...]

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PRESS RELEASE More than 300 professional and amateur men and women surfers of all ages are scheduled to compete in the Ron Jon Surf Shop 44th Annual Easter Surf Festival, scheduled from Thurs., March 20 to Sun., March 23 in Cocoa Beach. Competing surfers will travel from around the globe to participate in the annual [...]

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Sofia Mulanovich – Roxy Pro Gold Coast Winner COOLANGATTA, Australia – Sofia Mulanovich (PERU), 2004 ASP Womens World Champion and world runner-up last season, won the 2008 Roxy Pro Gold Coast defeating Samantha Cornish (AUS) in clean three foot waves at Snapper Rocks on Saturday, March 1. The Roxy Pro Gold Coast is the opening [...]

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Stephanie Gilmore – Round 1 Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), who is the reigning ASP Women’s World Champion, was surfing in perfect form as she claimed a Round 1 victory in the 2-3′ surf at Duranbah Beach, Australia today. Gilmore, who clinched the ASP Women’s World Title last December, posted an impressive 15.84 out of a possible [...]

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PRESS RELEASE February 20, 2008 With the wind chill in the single digits, and a solid 2-3 foot swell produced by a winter nor’easter, it seemed to be a perfect day to celebrate the 40th Annual New England Mid-Winter Surfing Championships, this being the longest running winter surfing contest in the world. Sunny skies masked [...]

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