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| 1/24/2012 |
| Trade Federation Information Team from Trade Federation |
| New York Cancelled, Santa Cruz Confirmed |
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| Quiksilver and the ASP (Association of Surfing Professionals) recently announced that the
Quiksilver Pro New York will not be returning to the East Coast of the U.S. in 2012. In 2011, the Quiksilver Pro New York marked the 6th of 11 events on the elite ASP World Title Series. |
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| "The 2011 Quiksilver Pro New York event was a huge success for the surfers and fans with great conditions and incredible support from New Yorkers." said Rob Colby, President of Quiksilver Americas. |
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World Tour New York Cancelled |
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| "It is unfortunate that we announce the cancellation of the 2012 Quiksilver Pro New York,” Dave Prodan, ASP International spokesman, said. “We understand the factors leading to Quiksilver’s withdrawal of the New York event from the 2012 schedule.” ASP did not respond to a Trade Federation request for specific reasons leading up to the cancellation. |
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| However, the O’Neill Cold Water Classic Santa Cruz has been confirmed for 2012 as an elite ASP World Title event. |
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| Renato Hickel, ASP World Tour Manager, said. "Santa Cruz offers a variety of world-class waves for our surfers to perform on and we’re hopeful that conditions will deliver for the world’s best to do battle in." |
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| Next year’s status as a returning elite ASP World Title event coincides with the 60th anniversary of the O’Neill family’s contribution to surfing. |
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| "We are excited to see a World Tour level event return to Santa Cruz as part of O`Neill`s 60 Year anniversary," Pat O’Neill, President & CEO of O’Neill Wetsuits, said. "Mainland surfing started in Santa Cruz, Jack O’Neill developed many pioneering surf inventions here and it’s been home to the O’Neill brand for over half a century. With a World Tour event in 2012 and the possibility of the
World Champion being crowned, we expect to see an exciting chapter in surfing history written right in our front yard." |
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| As an ASP event for over three decades, the O’Neill Coldwater Classic was championed by California standouts such as Tom Curren and Bobby Martinez from Santa Barbara, Kieran Horn, Adam Replogle and Nat Young from Santa Cruz, Richie Collins from Newport Beach and San Clemente’s Nathan Yeomans. |
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ASP Media Broadcast 12/16/2011, 12/22/2011
Long Beach, NY image
Credit: © ASP |
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| 1/20/2012 |
| Trade Federation Information Team from Trade Federation |
| Now that the 2011 ASP World Tour is complete, ASP has determined the Top 34 for 2012. This elite group of surfers will compete for the 2012 ASP World Title. The excitment starts on the Gold Coast of Australia on February 25, 2012. |
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2012 ASP WORLD TITLE COMPETITORS:
1. Kelly Slater (USA)
2. Joel Parkinson (AUS)
3. Taj Burrow (AUS)
4. Gabriel Medina (BRA)
5. Owen Wright (AUS)
6. Adriano de Souza (BRA)
7. Julian Wilson (AUS)
8. Jordy Smith (ZAF)
9. Alejo Muniz (BRA)
10. Michel Bourez (PYF)
11. Josh Kerr (AUS)
12. Damien Hobgood (USA)
13. John John Florence (HAW)
14. Mick Fanning (AUS)
15. Jeremy Flores (FRA)
16. Heitor Alves (BRA)
17. Miguel Pupo (BRA)
18. Adrian Buchan (AUS)
19. Kieren Perrow (AUS)
20. Bede Durbidge (AUS)
21. Raoni Monteiro (BRA)
22. Brett Simpson (USA)
23. Adam Melling (AUS)
24. Kolohe Andino (USA)
25. C.J. Hobgood (USA)
26. Tiago Pires (PRT)
27. Jadson Andre (BRA)
28. Matt Wilkinson (AUS)
29. Patrick Gudauskas (USA)
30. Dusty Payne (HAW)
31. Travis Logie (ZAF)
32. Taylor Knox (USA)
33. Kai Otton (AUS) *surfer wildcard (next on the ASP World Rankings)
34. Yadin Nicol (AUS) *surfer wildcard (injury)
1st Alternate: Fredrick Patacchia (HAW)
2nd Alternate: Willian Cardoso (BRA)
3rd Alternate: Chris Davidson (AUS)
4th Alternate: Thiago Camarao (BRA) |
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Surfing the World Tour |
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| On December 27, 2011 ASP announced they will deactivate the Midyear Rotation for 2012. |
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| Dave Prodan, ASP International spokesman, stated "We believe that the 2011 rotation brought in some incredible talent that proved they deserved to be amongst the world’s best with their performances throughout the back half of the year. However, the instability of the ASP schedule (especially in 2012) makes the concept very difficult to manage. Where would we schedule the rotation? How do we ensure there are fair and balanced opportunities in every rotation for surfers to qualify? As we have been since our inception, we are a sport governed by the surfers for the surfers and it is in this spirit that we have voted to deactivate the midyear rotation in 2012. We believe this decision is best for the upcoming season and we will continue to discuss the future of the rotation within the sport." |
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| "The midyear rotation worked out better than we could have imagined this season, but looking ahead, the surfers feel that it will not have the long-term effects desired for the sport," Perrow said. "This is felt by the majority of the surfers from the very top of the ASP Top 34 to the qualifiers in the Prime and Star events. What we have created is a system in which the very best surfers in the world are currently within the ASP Top 34, but the process of getting there is becoming disorganized. We don’t want that and the decision to not have the midyear rotation in 2012 is the best thing for the sport." |
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ASP Media Broadcast 12/12/2011, 12/27/2011 |
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| 12/13/2011 |
| Philip from Trade Federation |
| 12/10/2011 |
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Vans Pipe Masters
ASP World Tour Event
Pipeline, Oahu, Hawaii
December 8th, 2011 - December 10th, 2011 |
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The Pipeline World Tour event is one of the most prestigious events in
professional surfing. The Pipe Masters events is part of two distinct
competition series that overlap. It is the last surfing event in the Triple
Crown of Surfing and the last World Tour event of the year. The event is
scheduled during a time frame that is typically known for receiving the biggest
ocean swells at a location that is known for the some of the world's largest
waves, Winter time at the North Shore of Hawaii. The 2011 Pipe Masters had an
event window that spanned between December 8th and December 20th, 2011. This
year the event was able to be completed in the first 3 days of the event window.
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a bit wally. Round 1 began in 12-15 foot surf in sunny weather and a bit of
light wind. There was a huge crowd in attendance. A lot of pin-tail
surfboards were in use. In heat 4, Bruce Irons went over the falls on a huge
wave. Travis Logie ended up beating Bruce Irons in heat 4. Kai Otton pulled
off a good barrel at the beginning of heat 5. Later in heat 5, Kai Otton
pulled into a nice barrel but the lip clipped his head and knocked him down.
Ian Walsh pulled into a close out barrel and broke his board but he headed
back out to the line up with a backup board. Ian Walsh went on to win his
heat. Then the action picked up in heat 8. Jamie O'brien, who lives right
next to Pipe, started off heat 8 with a double barrel. According to one of the webcasters, the biggest board Jamie uses at pipeline is a 6' 11". Dane
Reynolds opened up his account, in heat 8, with two low scoring close out
waves. Jamie won the heat by the time the horn sounded out. In Heat 9,
Laurie Towner dislocated his shoulder. Laurie came to the beach in the
middle of the heat and had his arm reset and paddled back out for one more
wave. Later in heat 11, Tanner Gudauskas also suffered a board loss when a
giant wave landed on the board. Coco Ho was on the beach for the contest and
watched her brother Mason win his heat in round 1. In round 2, John John
Florence collected a few barrels including a single wave with a double
barrel ride that earned him a perfect 10 and a heat win against Kai Barger. |
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| On day two of the event, Round three produced more insane
action. Backdoor was not opening up much in round 3. Most of the waves were
coming through at Pipeline and Gums with an average wave height of 10-12
feet. John John Florence again shredded Pipeline and won his heat. Kelly
Slater had his leash ripped right out of his board in his heat, but won his
heat against Marcus Hickman. Kelly Slater used a 5' 11" surfboard which is
considered a small surfboard for huge waves and pipeline. Tahitian Michel
Bourez won his heat in round 3 as well. Michel said that it you have to
paddle harder to get into Hawaiian waves compared to Tahitian waves. |
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Kieren Perrow - Pipe Masters 2011
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| On day 3 of the competition, the waves were about 6-8 foot
and junky. Local boy Jamie O'brien barely lost to Joel Parkinson in his
quarter final heat. Then Kelly Slater faced John John Florence. Kelly Slater
chose to ride a 5' 6" surfboard. John John dominated the first half of the
heat. With less than 9 minutes in the heat, John John took off going left
into a backdoor barrel and came out of it. That wave looked un-makeable and
earned John John a 9.70 score. Then Kelly Slater matched the backdoor wave
with his own successful barrel. John John gave up priority to answer back
again with another great backdoor wave. Then Slater battled back with
another backdoor wave. It was a punch for punch heat all the way to the end
of the heat. With controversial / questionable scoring by the judges, Kelly
Slater won the heat. |
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| By the time the final heat started the waves had dropped to
about 5-6 feet in height. The final heat was set to run 35 minutes long. The
contest pushed forward with Kieren Perrow being crowned as the winner of the
Pipe Masters contest. The Pipe Master is not only a World Tour event but is
also part of a 3 contest Hawaiian series known as the Triple Crown. John
John Florence did not win the Pipe Masters event but earned enough points to
win the Hawaiian Triple Crown of Surfing. John John is the youngest surfer
to ever win the Triple Crown. Congrats to both surfers for their epic
performances. |
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| Surf Sources: |
Vans Webcast
http://vanstriplecrownofsurfing.com 12/8/2011, 12/9/2011, 12/10/2011
Webcaster Joe Turpell 12/8/2011-12/10/2011
www.prosurfblog.com
ASP Media Broadcast 12/10/2011
Kieren Perrow Photo by ASP / Kirstin 12/10/2011
Copyright all rights reserved
2011
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| 12/9/2011 |
| Trade Federation Information Team from Trade Federation |
| 12/1/2011 |
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Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau
ASP Specialty Event
Waimea Bay, Oahu, Hawaii
December 1st, 2011 - February 29th, 2012 |
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This event has been held just eight times in a span of 27 years. The Quiksilver
In Memory of Eddie Aikau is a one-day big wave surfing event that only runs
when, and if, waves at Waimea Bay reach a minimum height of 20 feet. It was last
held in December of 2009. The story of Eddie Aikau, a Hawaiian hero who saved
and inspired lives as Waimea Bay’s resident lifeguard and big wave charger.
Eddie Aikau surfed Waimea Bay in the late ’60s and early ’70s and saved lives as
its first full-time lifeguard.
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| The event window / waiting period for the Eddie Aikau event
started, December 1st, and runs through to February 29th, 2012. The
defending champion is California’s Greg Long. Past champions are Denton
Miyamura (Hawaii), Keone Downing (Hawaii), Clyde Aikau (Hawaii), Noah
Johnson (Hawaii), Ross Clarke-Jones (Australia), Kelly Slater (USA), and
Bruce Irons (Hawaii). |
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| Surf Sources: |
www.prosurfblog.com
ASP Media Broadcast 12/2/2011
Copyright all rights reserved
2011 |
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| Related surfing content:
Surfing News Website |
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| 12/9/2011 |
| Trade Federation Information Team from Trade Federation |
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ASP World Tour Schedule 2012 |
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Trestles Shoreline 2011
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On 11/15/2011, ASP released the 2012 World Tour Schedule. The World Tour series
is at the top of the professional surfing circuit. Competitors battle in Star
Events and Prime Events in order to gain access into the prestigious World Tour
of Surfing Series. Major world tour contest sponsors for 2012 include
Quiksilver, Rip Curl, Billabong, Volcom, and Hurley. The schedule gets a little
hectic during the months of September and October. |
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| Event Dates |
Event Location |
| February 25 – March 7, 2012 |
Gold Coast Australia |
| April 3 – April 14, 2012 |
Bells Beach Australia |
| May 9 – May 20, 2012 |
Rio De Janeiro Brazil |
| June 3 – June 16, 2012 |
Fiji |
| July 11 – July 22, 2012 |
Jeffreys Bay South Africa |
| August 16 – August 27, 2012 |
Teahupoo Tahiti |
| September 2 – September 14, 2012 |
New York USA |
| September 15 – September 23, 2012 |
Trestles USA |
| September 26 – October 6, 2012 |
France |
| October 7 – October 17, 2012 |
Portugal |
| December 8 – December 20, 2012 |
Pipe Masters Hawaii |
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The 2012 ASP World Title Series schedule will not include
the Rip Curl
Pro Search that has been part of the world tour schedule in recent years.
The search event is expected to return in 2013.
"We are taking a year off from the front line of running the event and
putting a solid 18 months into the planning of the 2013 Rip Curl Pro Search.
To take the Search to the next level is always the goal. We do that every
year, but following San Francisco and the twist it delivered to the surfing
world we feel we need more time and care to really blow minds," said Rip
Curl`s Neil Ridgway. "In that time we have had everything from ASP world
titles to underworld rip offs, terrorist alerts to perfect tubes, great
personal and professional difficulty and epic celebration parties. This
event more than any other combines the discipline of professional sport with
the traveling lifestyle and freedom surfers love. It needs to be nurtured
so it grows better than ever. A year tending to it in planning is the right
way to develop it." |
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| Surf Sources: |
www.prosurfblog.com
ASP Media Broadcast 11/15/2011
Trestles photo by Philip Dominguez 2011
Copyright all rights reserved
2011 |
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| Trade Federation Information Team from Trade Federation |
| 11/9/2011 |
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ASP 6-Star Vivonne Bay Surfing Event
Conditions: 2-3 foot waves and windy |
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Kolohe Andino 2011
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Kolohe Andino clinched his 3rd-consecutive ASP 6-Star event at the Fantastic
Noodles Kangaroo Island Pro on 11/9/2011. Vivonne Bay served as the event
location. Kolohe beat out Jay Quinn (NZL) to win the event. Kolohe is in a
likely position to qualify/join the elite ASP World Tour for the 2012 season.
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ASP 6-Star Vivonne Bay, Australia Final:
1 – Kolohe Andino (USA)
2 – Jay Quinn |
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| Surf Sources: |
www.prosurfblog.com
ASP Media Broadcast 11/9/2011
Kolohe photo by ASP/Robertson 2011
Copyright all rights reserved
2011 |
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Surfing News Website |
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| Trade Federation Information Team from Trade Federation |
| 11/2/2011 |
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Stop No. 2 of 3 on ASP World Junior Tour
Waves: 2-3 foot |
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On 11/2/2011, Caio Ibelli from Brazil won the second event out of three events
that combine to form the ASP World Junior Championships. The contest finals were
held in two-to-three foot waves at the backup venue of Praia Do Diabo.
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Arnette ASP World Junior Final:
1 – Caio Ibelli (Brazil) 15.27
2 – Jack Freestone (Australia) 12.94 |
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| Surf Sources: |
www.prosurfblog.com
Philip Dominguez
ASP Media Broadcast 11/2/2011
Caio photo by ASP/Rowland 2011
Copyright all rights reserved
2011 |
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Surfing News Website |
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| Philip from Trade Federation |
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ASP World Tour Event - Ocean Beach 2011
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Ripcurl Pro Ocean Beach
ASP World Title Event No. 10 of 11
Ocean Beach, California
November 1st – 7th, 2011
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2011 Ocean Beach - Gabriel Medina |
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The 2011 World Tour event in Ocean Beach, San Francisco produced some
large waves and historic action. The contest wave size was a solid
3-5 foot plus. The conditions ranged from good to tricky. The water temp
was very cold. Just days before the contest began there was also a shark
attack at the same beach. Kelly Slater was entering the contest with
enough points earned to grip his 11th world tour title sometime during
this event, with one world tour event still remaining. The
intensity was at an all time high.
On the first day of the competition (11/1/2011) Rippers like Kelly Slater, Adriano De Souza, and Gabriel Medina won their heats. Dusty Payne exited the contest after spotting a shark in the line up. "I was sitting out there and saw something in the lineup,” Payne said. “I’ve seen dolphins before and that wasn’t a dolphin. That’s the biggest fin I’ve ever seen in my life and it came straight for me. The waves are terrible so I just opted to stay in instead of deal with the shark.".
Then on 11/2/2001 ASP makes a historic calculation error. ASP announced that Kelly Slater had won the 2011 season title prematurely. Kelly Accepted the honor only to have it taken away. Kelly Slater went on to officially win the title on 11/6/2011.
By the end of the contest, it was Brazilian surfer Gabriel Medina that won the Ocean Beach World Tour event 2011.
Gabriel Medina is only 17 years of age but has been earning respect on
the World Tour.
Ripcurl PRO Ocean Beach FINAL RESULTS:
1 –
Gabriel Medina (Brazil)
2 –
Joel Parkinson (AUS)
Ripcurl PRO Ocean Beach SEMIFINAL RESULTS:
SF 1: Gabriel Medina (BRA) defeated Taylor Knox (USA)
SF 2: Joel Parkinson (AUS) defeated Alejo Muniz (BRA)
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www.prosurfblog.com 2011
Gabriel Medina Photo Credit: © ASP / Cestari
ASP Media / Dave Prodan 11/1/2011, 11/6/2011, 11/7/2011
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2011
Gabriel Medina surfing at the 2011 US Open of Surfing Event:
Gabriel Medina Video |
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ASP World Tour News Update 2011
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Ocean Beach, California
ASP World Title Winner 2011
November 6th, 2011
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2011 Ocean Beach - Kelly Slater - ASP False Season Victory Photo |
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On 11/2/2011, The Association of Surfing Professionals (the governing body for professional surfing) announced that Kelly Slater had won the 2011 World Tour of Surfing Season championship title (and Kelly Slater's 11th World Title win). The
announcement came during the 2011 World Tour event in Ocean Beach, San
Francisco.
Amongst other statements made, Kelly Slater said "I think 39 is actually
pretty young to most people, I guess in the past, you would top out once
you hit 30, but that’s definitely not the case now. I feel like I’m
surfing at the highest level of my career and I feel like I can keep
going. I haven’t thought about it too much, but I plan on relaxing for
the rest of the year and enjoying my time in Hawaii. We’ll see what 2012
brings to the table."
On 11/4/2011, ASP admits to a calculation error related to Kelly Slater season title victory.
"Our rankings’ system is designed to split tie-breaks based off of seed
points," Renato Hickel, ASP World Tour Manager, said. "Kelly (Slater)
and Owen (Wright) tied at best nine of 11 results, so we went to best
eight of 11 results and the system gave it to Kelly based off his higher
seed position. We were operating under that assumption and created the
ASP World Title scenarios based off of that. This was a mistake. In the
end, we’re responsible for this and should be held accountable. We
apologize to our fans, the surfers and to Owen and Kelly."
Then on 11/6/2011 it really happened. Kelly Slater finally won the
2011 season title and his 11th world tour season title to date.
Kelly Slater had some words for press.
"It was a confirmed the other day, but we’re sure now, I’m stoked. I was upset about it, but I also thought it was really funny. There are no hard feelings towards ASP and mistakes happen. It’s easy to point things out. It was a little tough to readjust and I was going against kids who could be my kids and they throw radical airs. I was hoping for big offshore barrels, not closeout onshore ramps. I just didn’t know what to expect out there. I didn’t know if we’d have air sections and it was kind of flat with a lot of power. The waves were closeouts and fast with a weird landing." Slater went on to say "It’s a little anticlimactic, I texted my mom, because it’s funny because I didn’t really have the emotion the other day. This is my profession and it’s a little on me to know the situation and it’s not just everyone else’s fault. There have been a few of these mistakes over the course of history, but this one was a bit weird, but I called Renato (Hickel) in the morning after I won because I was supposed to do this Dan Patrick show and I hadn’t won yet. I knew we wouldn’t surf for a day or two so people could get it out of their system and I could have a few days to refocus."
Although Kelly Slater earned enough points to seal the season title, he did not end up winning the event taking place at Ocean Beach. Gabriel Medina, on of the younger competitors on tour, powered his way to the World Tour event at Ocean Beach
the very next day (11/7/2011).
Then two days after the contest was completed (11/9/2011), ASP CEO Brodie Carr submitted his resignation. Brodie Carr served as CEO, to the Association of Surfing Professionals, for 6 years.
Brodie Carr made the following public statement with his resignation "It
is my duty to accept responsibility for the recent calculation error
that resulted in the premature crowning of Kelly Slater’s 11th ASP World
Title. The determination of the ASP World Title is the most important
moment in professional surfing. Ultimately, the responsibility for every
activity within ASP lies with me. Therefore, I have elected to resign my
position as CEO." Richard Grellman, Independent Chairman of the ASP
Board, will temporarily act as Executive Chairman while a global search
for a new CEO is undertaken.
ASP 2011 World Tour Season Champion:
Kelly Slater (USA)
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Kelly Slater surfing at the 2011 Trestles World Tour Event:
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Miguel Pupo Wins !
O`Neill Cold Water Classic California
ASP PRIME Event
Steamer Lane, Santa Cruz, California
October 26th – 30th, 2011
COLD WATER CLASSIC FINAL:
1 – Miguel Pupo (Brazil) 18.93
2 – Tiago Pires (PRT) 11.20
COLD WATER CLASSIC SEMIFINALS RESULTS:
Semi-Final Heat 1: Miguel Pupo (BRA) 15.33 defeated Willian Cardoso (BRA) 8.80
Semi-Final Heat 2: Tiago Pires (PRT) 12.33 defeated Jordy Smith (ZAF) 10.43
Miguel Pupo has been fitting in Prime level surfing events in between his World
Tour contests. Typically this contest is held at Steamer Lane, which is a point
break. Due to wave conditions the contest utilized a backup location. The back
up location for this event is Waddell Creek, which is a beach break. The finals
were held in 1-3 foot waves at Waddell Creek. Check out this picture of
Miguel Pupo / Facebook
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