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Mick Fanning Wins Billabong Pro Tahiti
What a super exciting last day of competition yesterday was at the Billabong Pro Tahiti. Congrats to Mick for not only winning the event but also adding to his points lead in the rankings. Video highlights, photos, heat results, and full recap below. More »
Billabong Pro Tahiti Day 3 Recap
Day 3 of competition turned out to be the 11th and second to last day of the waiting period for the 2012 Billabong Pro Tahiti and we’ve got highlights, heat results, a full recap, and photos of all the action. More »
Billabong Pro Tahiti Day 2 Recap
Clean conditions and pulsing three-to-four foot surf greeted the world’s best surfers today as Round 2 was completed at the primary venue of Teahupo’o. Event No. 5 of 10 on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour, the Billabong Pro Tahiti enjoyed historic conditions for the 2011 installment, but faces the challenge of a less-than-ideal swell forecast for this season’s event. Despite this hurdle, the world’s best surfers have been tearing into the chunky lefthander of Teahupo’o the past two days and, once again, the Brazilians proved to be in top form. More »
Billabong Pro Tahiti Day 1 Recap
The waves may have not been as good as last year’s event but there was still plenty of action for the first official day of the Billabong Pro Tahiti. All of round 1 was completed along with the first two heats of round 2. Some standout moments of the first day include Adriano de Souza’s top heat score of 19.43, Josh Kerr going right (!), and Jordy Smith getting knocked out of the contest in second heat of round 2. We’ve got highlights, photos, and all the results all right here. More »
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Billabong Pro Tahiti Von Zipper Trials
The Billabong Pro Tahiti starts tomorrow and the round one matchups are ready to go. Earlier in the week the Von Zipper Trials were held to determine the two wildcard spots. Twenty-two year old Brazilian Ricardo Dos Santos and Tahiti local Alain Riou finished first and second, respectively and will be surfing in the main event. More »
Billabong Pro Tahiti Heat Matchups
It feels like forever since the last world tour contest but later this week the waiting period of the 2012 Billabong Pro Tahiti event will begin. The official start of the contest is August 16th and it will run until the 27th. It looks like there is some swell on the way so we could see surfers in the water on the very first day. The round one heat matchups have been drawn and we’ve got them below. More »
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Billabong Pro Tahiti Teaser
It’s been just about two months since there was a WCT contest but the Billabong Pro Tahiti is just around the corner. The holding period for the contest will run from August 16th to August 27th and if it’s anything like last year’s event it should be exciting. More »
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Volcom Fiji Pro Perfect 10′s
Surfing Life has put together this quick clip that highlights the 5 waves ridden during the Volcom Fiji Pro that were awarded with scores of a perfect 10. More »
John Florence Wins First ASP Event in Brazil
Nineteen year-old Hawaiian John John Florence won his first ever ASP world tour event at the Billabong Rio Pro in Brazil on Wednesday. After dominating competition in the final day of the event John John went head to head with Joel Parkinson in the finals and won convincingly with a score of 16.37. More »
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Billabong Rio Pro Day 6 Highlights
The 2012 Billabong Rio Pro is really starting to turn on. Here are highlights from yesterday’s round 2 and 3 action. More »
Nike Lowers Pro Heat Matchups
Today kicks off the first day of the Nike Lowers Pro at Lower Trestles in California. This event is the third event on the ASP PRIME schedule and according to the forecasts it looks like there’s going to be great waves for the entire 5 day waiting period. Along with the usual PRIME event surfers there are a handful of past and current top 34 pros that will be competing at Trestles. We’ve got the entire Round of 96 heat matchups below. More »
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