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FUEL TV Airs Boost Mobile Pro of Surf Presented by Hurley

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 23 October, 2008 : - - Airing Thursday, October 23, 2008 at 8:00 pm Eastern Time (5:00 pm Pacific Time), again at 11:00 pm Eastern Time (8:00 pm Pacific Time) and re-airing several more times over the next month, FUEL TV will showcase Boost Mobile Pro of Surf Presented by Hurley.

FUEL TV will showcase mainland America's only ASP World Tour event with a telecast of the seventh annual Boost Mobile Pro of Surf presented by Hurley -- the seventh of eleven stops on the ASP World Tour.

Debuting at 8 pm ET/PT on October 23 (check local listings), FUEL TV's one-hour broadcast of the Boost Mobile Pro will highlight 48 of the world's top professional surfers as they compete in high-performance waves for a total of $365,000 (plus an unprecedented $45,000 additional first place bonus to the winner from Bob Hurley) in prize money.

This year's Boost Mobile Pro show will feature Kelly Slater's phenomenal 39th career victory and three wildcards, former ASP World No. 2 Rob Machado (USA), Brett Simpson (USA) and Yadin Nicol (AUS), being pitted against the World's top 45 pro surfers.

The show will also give a behind-the-scenes look at the lifestyles of professional surfing and highlights from one of the busiest weeks in the action sports industry including the Surfer Poll Awards where Kelly Slater won his monumental 14th award and Dane Reynolds won the Best Maneuver Award for his aerial artistry in the film "Dude Cruise."

Boost Mobile Pro of Surf Air Date Schedule 
Thursday 10/23/2008 8:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm PT
Thursday 10/23/2008 11:00 pm ET / 8:00 pm PT
Saturday 10/25/2008  10:00 am ET / 7:00 am PT
Saturday 11/08/2008  3:00 pm ET / 12:00 pm PT
Thursday 12/18/08   8:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm PT
Thursday 12/18/08   11:00 pm ET / 8:00 pm PT
Saturday 12/20/08   10:00 am ET / 7:00 am PT

* Check local listings to confirm air dates/times

About Boost Mobile
Boost Mobile is a division of Sprint Corporation (NYSE: S) that offers wireless phones and services with no long-term contracts, credit checks or activation fees. Boost is among the most popular prepaid wireless brands in the U.S. and has approximately four million customers -- the majority of which are 18 to 34 years old.

Boost-branded wireless phones with its exclusive Boost? Walkie-Talkie service are available nationwide at approximately 17,500 major retail and independent wireless dealer locations; with Re-Boost? available at approximately 100,000 locations throughout the U.S. Purchase and experience Boost on the web at MySpace, Facebook and boostmobile.com 

About Fuel TV
FUEL TV is the action sports lifestyle network for skateboarding, snowboarding, surfing, BMX, freestyle motocross, and wakeboarding. A unit of Fox Cable Networks, FUEL TV was launched July 1, 2003 and is seen in 25 million U.S. homes. To subscribe to FUEL TV, call 877-4-FUEL-TV.

www.fuel.tv
www.boostmobile.com 

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