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Caio Ibelli & Leila Hurst crowned World Junior champs |
| 28 January, 2012 : - Caio Ibelli and Leila Hurst have claimed the Men's and Women's ASP World Junior Titles at the Billabong World Junior Championships today. The pair join a prestigious list of former ASP World Junior Champions, including: Adriano De Souza, Joel Parkinson, Andy Irons, Jessi Miley-Dyer and Sally Fitzgibbons. Wade Carmichael... |
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Weekly World Wrap: Tube time in Mundaka, Scotland |
| 27 January, 2012 : - This week: Google robots invade the ocean; Aritz hits the pits; Aussie women throw rootsy contest; ASP is in no hurry to replace Brodie Carr; Nineties pro Shaun Brooks passes on; Luke Davis, Kai Otton & Matt Wilkinson add new sponsors; and some dude gashes his leg and sues Channel Islands and FCS. Yes he's actually doing that... |
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Race for women's title tight at Billabong World Jrs |
| 27 January, 2012 : - The race for the ASP Women’s World Junior Surfing Title has narrowed to just three contenders as the deciding event moves into the Quarter Final stage. In flood-effected but contestable 1.5 metre waves, Reunion Island’s Joanne Defay, Hawaiian Leila Hurst and Australian Philippa Anderson kept their hopes alive, each advancing... |
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Shaun Tomson joins management consulting firm |
| 27 January, 2012 : - WWA is pleased to announce that surf and industry icon Shaun Tomson is joining the company’s group as a senior associate. Shaun has over three decades of unparalleled apparel industry experience in both the action sports and outdoor market and we are very excited to have him on our team. Shaun has founded and managed his own... |
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Txaber Trojaola wins wildcard for Mundaka event |
| 27 January, 2012 : - Basque surfer Txaber Trajaola won on Thursday an invitation to the inaugural 2012 Billabong Mundaka Challenge after taking third place at the Mundaka tubes online contest. The invitation for the Mundaka challenge was an award for the winner of the Mundaka tubes online contest. However, Aritz Aranburu and Iker Fuentes... |
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South African Sarah Baum strong at the WJSCs |
| 27 January, 2012 : - Sarah Baum stormed into the quarterfinals of the Billabong World Junior Surfing Championships at Burleigh Heads in Australia this morning, posting the highest heat total of the day to dispatch highly rated Frenchwoman Maud Le Car from the event. Competing in stormy one metre conditions, Baum, opened her account with... |
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The Final Frontier keeps Kepa Acero searching... |
| 27 January, 2012 : - On his journey deep into Patagonia Kepa Acero questions himself when he realizes he is totally alone in one of the most remote places on earth, and that he faces certain death should he not make this last treacherous crossing to find surf. In true Kepa form he goes a little bit crazy and then finds a fantastic left... |
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Finnsurf wins Best Feature at Yallingup Surfilm Fest |
| 27 January, 2012 : - More than 2500 people attended the three-day festival, which included day and night film screenings, discussion forums, art exhibitions, live local music and even a fancy dress surf competition for charity. Awards for best feature and short film were presented on Sunday night to a packed house at Clancy’s... |
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Europe gathers for Ocean Initiatives campaign... |
| 27 January, 2012 : - Surfrider Foundation Europe is organising the 17th Ocean Initiatives 22, 23, 24, and March 25, 2012. The archetypal symbol for the protection and preservation of our coastlines in the fight against aquatic waste, This year the target is the plastic that represents from 60 to 90% of the waste found. Ocean Initiatives integrate... |
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Quiksilver opens new store in West Jakarta... |
| 27 January, 2012 : - Quiksilver Indonesia in partnership with PT Gagan Indonesia are proud to announce the opening of their latest Quiksilver sportswear and fashion store in the Summarecon Mal Serpong 2, a new family style mall located on the western edge of Jakarta in Serpong best known by its initials 'SMS 2.' Filled with the latest... |
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Orange County morphs John Wayne & Hobie Alter |
| 27 January, 2012 : - Hobie Designs is proud to announce the grand opening of the Hobie Sand Bar Restaurant inside John Wayne Airport’s new South terminal wing. Sporting an unofficial motto of 'A nice place to run aground', The Hobie Sand Bar’s menu and ambiance represents a beach lifestyle that Hobie Alter created over 60 years ago... |
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NSP partners with ISA for World Stand Up Champs |
| 27 January, 2012 : - Organizers of the 2012 International Surfing Association World Standup Paddle and Paddleboard Championships have selected the NSP 12’6 Race Board as the board of choice for athletes competing in the events’ open water Standup Paddle races. The championships, the ISA’s first world title event, will be held from February 20 to 25... |
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Las Olas Surf Safaris celebrates 15 years in business |
| 27 January, 2012 : - This year, Las Olas Surf Safaris will be celebrating its 'Quinceañera,' fifteen years of women surfing together in Mexico. In Mexican culture, the Quinceañera is a special 15-year birthday celebration marking the transition from girlhood to womanhood. Similar to a wedding, the event often showcases elaborate dresses, tiaras... |
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Big upsets at Billabong World Jr Surfing Champs |
| 26 January, 2012 : - Australian surfers have been buoyed at the Billabong World Junior Championships Gold Coast today. Jack Freestone and Garrett Parkes both posted big scores to advance to the next round. Trials winner Wade Carmichael eliminated current ASP World Junior number 1 rated surfer, Caio Ibelli. There's a multitude of scenarios that could... |
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10 x Panama champion Pucha launches 2012 calendar |
| 26 January, 2012 : - On the night of 21 January at Bocas del Toro, Panama's famous 10 x national champion and female surf ambassador Pucha Garcia launched her much anticipated 2012 Calendar. The 'Premier Party' was packed. Bambu Beach really turned it up a notch with South American fire juggler, Shanti Roots jamming classic reggae tunes, a local...
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