Kauai’s Reef McIntosh gets a screaming backside barrel at Cloudbreak, Fiji on June 8, 2012 during a break in the Volcom Fiji Pro. Video by Talon Clemow. An entry in the Ride of the Year category of the 2013 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards.
The final ASP Prime event of the 2012 season, the Vans World Cup of Surfing at Sunset Beach, has been completed but qualifiers for the 2013 ASP Top 34 have yet to be finalized.
The 2013 ASP Top 34 will be comprised of:
– Top 22 ranked surfers on the year-end ASP World Championship Tour (WCT) rankings.
– Top 10 surfers ranked on the year-end ASP World Rankings (not including surfers qualifying in the Top 22 on the ASP WCT rankings).
– Two ASP wildcards.
Adam Melling has conquered the Vans World Cup of Surfing 2012, at Sunset Beach, Hawaii. The Australian defeated Sebastien Zietz, Gabriel Medina and Adrian Buchan in the final heat.
Melling has retained a position on the ASP World Tour for 2013 and moved to equal second on the Vans Triple Crown series ratings.