Our current SSW(200-220) groundswell holds on Thursday with steady waist+-head high range surf. High pressure over the Central SPAC and a low off South America last week cranked out a solid, long-period SSW(195-210) groundswell. The SSW'er builds in with ... [full story]

SAN CLEMENTE, California (Saturday, May 3, 2008) - ASP Top 45 member Ben Bourgeois (Wrightsville Beach, NC / Carlsbad, CA) took down the 2008 6.0 Lowers Pro in pumping three-to-four foot (1 metre) surf at Lower Trestles over fellow finalists ... [full story]

 Well don't think about booking with British Airways. The airline has declared surfboards too bulky and has banned them from all flights along with kayaks and windsurfs. Most other airlines charge between 15 and 27 pounds each way to carry ... [full story]

MARGARET RIVER, Australia (Sunday, April 13, 2008) - Surfing history was created on the final day of the Drug Aware Pro Margaret River presented by O’Neill, as two new champions were crowned at Surfers Point. Tom Whitaker (Bronte, NSW) ... [full story]

Kelly Slater Back to World No. 1 with Quiksilver Pro Win Over Fanning COOLANGATTA, Australia (Tuesday, Mar. 4, 2008) – Eight-time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA) is once again World No. 1 after beating Reigning ASP World Champion Mick ... [full story]

COOLANGATTA, Australia (Wenesday, Jan. 30, 2008) – The 2008 ASP World Tour roster has been eliciting excitement among the surfers and ASP enthusiasts alike since the new Top 45 were confirmed last December. In three short weeks, the world will ... [full story]

SEBASTIAN INLET, Florida (Thursday, January 10, 2008) – Patrick Gudauskas (San Clemente, CA) has won the O’Neill SI Pro presented by Ron Jon over fellow finalist Mike Losness (San Clemente, CA) in the first all-California Final ever experienced at the ... [full story]

SYDNEY, Australia (Sunday, Jan. 6, 2008) – It’s been three years since Pablo Paulino (BRA) has called himself World Junior Champion but at Sydney’s North Narrabeen beach today, the 20-year-old surfer made sure he could again shoulder the honour, winning ... [full story]

HONOLUA BAY, Maui (Thursday, Dec. 13, 2007) – Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) has just made ASP History as the first-ever surfer to claim the ASP World Title in their rookie season, having bested fellow contenders Sofia Mulanovich (PER) and Silvana Lima ... [full story]

SUNSET BEACH, Hawaii (Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2007) A childhood dream came true for Sunset Beach resident Makuakai Rothman today, when he won the biggest professional surfing event of his career - the $125,000 O’Neill World Cup of Surfing - at ... [full story]

SUNSET BEACH, Hawaii (Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007) – Former ASP World Champion Sofia Mulanovich (PER) tamed 8 to 10 foot (three metre) surf at Sunset Beach to win the Roxy Pro Hawaii today. Her victory has put her just 101 ... [full story]

IMBITUBA, Brazil (Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007) - Australian Mick Fanning clinched his maiden Foster’s ASP World Title after winning the Hang Loose Santa Catarina Pro in Brazil today. Fanning was in the water about to surf a semifinal heat against ... [full story]

Fanning Claims Quiksilver Pro France Crown, Can Clinch Title Next Week 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 ... [full story]

LOWER TRESTLES, California (Saturday, Sept. 15, 2007) – Reigning and 8X Foster’s ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA) has won his first event in over a year, moved to current World No. 2, and broke a world record after beating ... [full story]

ERICEIRA, Portugal (Saturday, Sept 1, 2007) - Crowned after a marathon day and five heats in a row, Jeremy Flores (Fra) seized his maiden 6 Star World Qualifying Series event, defeating Josh Kerr (Aus) in the last heat of the ... [full story]

SEIGNOSSE, France (Saturday, August 25th, 2007) - Australian 24-year-old Shaun Cansdell (Emerald Beach, NSW) has defeated 21-year-old American Dane Reynolds (Ventura, CA) to win the year’s biggest World Qualifying Series surfing contest – the Rip Curl Pro Super Series in ... [full story]

LACANAU, France (Sunday, August 19th, 2007) - Jordy Smith (Zaf) won today the first 6 Star WQS event of his career, defeating Spanish Basque surfer Arits Aranburu (Euk) in a 35-minute final, where the two men had to face testing ... [full story]

HUNTINGTON BEACH, California (Sunday, July 29, 2007) - C.J. Hobgood (Melbourne Beach, FL) has taken the 2007 Honda U.S. Open of Surfing presented by O’Neill title today, defeating Jeremy Flores (Hossegor, FRA) in an all-elite Foster’s ASP World Tour final. ... [full story]

PAPARA, Tahiti (Saturday, July 28, 2007) - After yesterday’s interruption in the last heat of round 3, what a relief it was fro everyone to get back to the beach knowing Keoni Perkins (Haw) was definitely safe. We could then ... [full story]

Australia's Taj Burrow is your 2007 Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay champion! After an excellent heat, scoring an 8.50 and an 8.00, Burrow left Kelly Slater (USA) in a combination situation, and has rocketed to second place on the Foster's ASP ... [full story]

BIARRITZ, France (Sunday, July 15, 2007) – Jennifer Smith (USA) has been crowned the 2007 ASP Women’s World Longboard Champion, following her victory in the Roxy ASP WWLC in Biarritz, France this afternoon. “I feel so blessed to be ... [full story]

CORDOAMA, Portugal (Saturday, July 14, 2007) - The quarterfinals of the Superbock Pro were sent out at 1 PM, in nice shaped waves, giving our ultimate sixteen men the opportunity to express all their talent. In a close heat, Txaber ... [full story]

HUNTINGTON BEACH, California (Sunday, July 8, 2007) – Adam Wickwire (Satellite Beach, FL) scored a sensational victory over fellow finalists Cory Arrambide (Ventura, CA) and Wesley and Granger Larsen (Lahaina, HI) to claim the inaugural Nike 6.0 Pier Pressure Pro ... [full story]

Federico Pilurzu from Costa Rica ends 4th in his heat, after a 2nd place in his previous heat, a really tie heat between Pilurzu,De Sousa and Ross,  in the same round Mike Losness, Eric Rebiere, Nathan Yeomans, Nathan Hedge, were also defeted, ... [full story]

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. “They’re the best trophies ... [full story]

ARICA, Chile (Friday, June 22, 2007) – The Rip Curl Pro Search Chile, stop No. 4 of 10 on the Foster’s ASP World Tour, will not run today. Contest officials surveyed the heavy eight to 10 foot (three metre plus) ... [full story]

HUNTINGTON BEACH, California (Friday, June 15, 2007) – The Nike 6.0 Pier Pressure Pro Junior will join this season’s Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) North America Pro Junior Series for its inaugural event at the famed Huntington Beach Pier from ... [full story]

THEY are riding a wave of success in America, but now it's time for the Gold Coast to jump on a Firewire. Firewire Surfboards, a Burleigh Heads-based company which boldly released its product to the US last year, has ... [full story]

COOLANGATTA, Australia (Friday, June 8, 2007) – Globe International today announced that it has signed an agreement with the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) to conduct the Globe Pro Fiji for another three year period commencing May 2008. Globe ... [full story]

PASTA POINT, Maldives (Friday, June 8th, 2007) - Super hot and perfect conditions provided the ideal climax to the SriLankan Airlines Pro and Brazil’s Heitor Alves took a deserved victory defeating Jarrad Howse from Australia. In the events six year ... [full story]