Smaller waves but big performances at the Reef Hawaiian Pro
After yesterday's dangerous and disorganized high surf, Haleiwa settled down and offered excellent conditions for the opening day of the REEF Hawaiian Pro today.
After yesterday's dangerous and disorganized high surf, Haleiwa settled down and offered excellent conditions for the opening day of the REEF Hawaiian Pro today.
"My preparations have changed quite a bit lately. I used to focus only on competitions before. Now my head is asking me to look for more instead. Happiness is the key to success for me."
I’m back in the water which is the best feeling ever. I’m obviously not going straight out and surfing 100%, I’m just easing into it. I’m just surfing every second day or so and having shorter surfs to prevent pushing it
With the DNA of a Sunset Beach surfing champion, 25-year-old Mason Ho followed his father Michael's legendary footprints to post his first ASP victory at the HIC Pro. His Dad won this particular event four times between 1988 and 1996, and now Mason becomes the 30th name on the HIC Pro winner's cup.
Torrey Meister claimed the O’Neill Coldwater Classic title today earning the enviable winner-take-all yearlong O’Neill sponsorship worth $50,000. Meister beat Avoca's Wade Carmichael in a seesawing final.
After opening the selection process up to peer polling for another year, there has been much movement on the Alternate list, but only one newcomer to the Invitee list.
The ASP World Junior Championship Title has been won by some of surfing’s most iconic talent including the likes of reigning ASP World Champion Joel Parkinson, Adriano de Souza, Jordy Smith , and Andy Irons.
Maui's Ian Walsh scored his first - and last - professional surfing victory at Sunset Beach eight years ago. Today, back at Sunset in a near-perfect performance, he showed he is clearly one of the most talented surfers to ever emerge from Hawaii.
Jadson Andre has won the ASP Prime Cascais Billabong Pro in clean three-to-four foot waves at Praia de Carcavelos in a one-way final over Conner Coffin. Andre was explosive from the start, building on all his scores to ultimately belt a perfect 10 point ride for an incredibly long barrel on his frontside to seal the deal.
2013 was a breakthrough year on the Women’s World Championship Tour for Tyler Wright with a runner-up finish in an epic title race that came down to the final day of the final event. Tyler spoke to ASP as she was boarding a plane to the US for an end of season Californian vacation.
Association of Surfing Professionals International is pleased to announce media/distribution agreements with ESPN, YouTube and Facebook across the linear broadcast, digital and social media spectrums. Each agreement will commence in 2014 to help celebrate and grow surfing worldwide. Today's announcements mark the first national and global media deals in the history of professional surfing.
The final had everything a great comp should, consistent sets, excellent surfing and a vocal crowd to boot as the guys went wave for wave. The lead changed several times but it was the power and dominance of Dion Atkinson that proved too much.