With the culmination of the 2009 ASP World Tour and ASP Women’s World Tour in Hawaii, the qualifiers for the 2010 ASP Dream Tour season have been decided.
Taking the Top 27 surfers from the 2009 ASP World Tour, the Top 15 from the 2009 ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS) and three ASP wildcards, the 2010 ASP Top 45 are as follows:
ASP Top 27 (ASP World Tour)
Mick Fanning (AUS)
Joel Parkinson (AUS)Â Â Â …Â Details on the rest
Taj Burrow (AUS), 31, has claimed the 2009 Billabong Pipe Masters, defeating fellow Finalist Kelly Slater (USA), 37, in clean three-to-five foot (1 – 1.5 metre) waves at the Banzai Pipeline.
The final event of the 2009 ASP World Tour season, the Billabong Pipe Masters culminated the Vans Triple Crown (an ASP Specialty Series), and provided non-stop, high-caliber action from the outset.
Burrow wasted little time in putting Slater on the ropes … Details
Catching up with the newly-crowned World Champ on the secret to his success and the importance of family
A lot’s happened since I pedaled over and interviewed Mick Fanning a week ago today. Giant surf pounded the North Shore. Greg Long won the Eddie. The Billabong Pipeline Masters saw a couple days of amazing surf and crazy performances by relatively unknown guys like Miki Picon, John John Florence and Flynn Novak … Details
The Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau Invitational Big Wave Surfing Competition was held at Waimea Bay December 8 2009. The 25th anniversary of what is widely considered the world’s most prestigi…Â Â