HANGING BY A THREAD:
Jordy Smith’s Latest Loss Means He’s Riding the Bubble
Day 3 results and wrap-up from the Hang Loose Santa Catarina Pro
HANGIN' ON
Big Names Fight for Survival in Brazil
Day 2 results and wrap-up from the Hang Loose Santa Catarina Pro
ASP Goes AWOL
World’s Best Go Missing in Brazil
Day 1 results and wrap-up from the Hang Loose Santa Catarina Pro
THE BRAZILIAN BUBBLE
Figuring Out The Hang Loose Pro
It's not too much of a secret that come Brazil there are going to be some notable names absent from the Hang Loose Pro heat sheet.
TRIALS TO TRIUMPH
14-Year-Old Tyler Wright Wins the Beachley Classic
Whenever there are little waves on tour, it's universal knowledge that just about anybody can win.
BEACHLEY CLASSIC
Day 2 Dispatch From Jessi Miley-Dyer
I reckon it's a pretty gutsy effort to have your own event. I guess Layne woke up one day and went Wow, seven world titles, what else should I do...run an event?
THE BEACHLEY CLASSIC
Five Things You Should Know
Former World Champion Chelsea Hedges is back! Hedges has been on hiatus from the tour, having given birth to her daughter, Mieka, just four months ago, but will be competing in the Oakley Trials on Day One in an attempt to secure the wildcard slot in the main event.
SOO GOOD
CJ Hobgood Wins Mundaka In Last-Second Miracle
It's been a hell of a few days for Florida. Yesterday the newswire was abuzz with Kelly Slater's ninth title, today it's CJ Hobgood’s name who's all over the headlines.
KELLY INTERVIEW
Skies Part As Slater Claims Ninth World Title
Results from the Billabong Pro Mundaka. Kelly Slater wins his 9th world title.
MUNDAKA COMES TO LIFE
Round 2 Fires In Classic Basque Conditions
Day two results from the Billabong Pro Mundaka.
2008'S ONLY TITLE RACE
Women’s Tour Heads to Sydney
As much as much as everyone is deliriously overjoyed at the crowning of the nine-time world champion, there is no title race on the Men's WCT this year.
ONE HEAT AWAY
Slater Marches Towards #9 As Conditions Suffer In Mundaka
I've got some good news and some bad. First the good: Round 1 is done and over. Kelly won, and now stands one heat away from claiming his ninth world title.
MUNDAKA PREVIEW: Spanish Revolution Redux - Sort Of
We should be hyping up how great of a wave Mundaka is, how you should be picking tuberiding specialists for your Fantasy Surfer team, and how tight the title race is coming into the homestretch, but we'd be full of shit if we did.
ACE'S WILD
Buchan Defeats Slater In Historic Final
To surf against Kelly in a final, it's like a dream come true, stated Ace Buchan prior to paddling out for the final of the Quiksilver Pro.
ONE DAY AWAY?
Slater Could Clinch As Bede Falls Out of Contention
This is the event that could see Kelly crowned as the 2008 World Champ. As you'll read below, there were only two people left standing in his way.
POST-HEAT INTERVIEW
Adriano De Souza After Round 2
I did a lot of work in the offseason and throughout this year. This is my third year on tour now and I think I'm finally starting to get the hang of it.
RETURN TO NORMAL
Round Two Continues In More Predictable Fashion
Well folks, things finally returned to normal here in France (or at least as normal as they get). For the most part everybody that was supposed to win today did.
ROUND ONE SHOCKER
Quiksilver Pro Underway To Dismay of Top 10
Every heat surfed in France is a gamble. It's hard to say for sure, but my feeling is that this has rarely been more evident than today as the world tour's top 10 was absolutely decimated by wildcards and underlings.
HALFWAY THERE
A Neck and Neck Race for the Title
The race is on. Unlike the Men's tour, where Kelly has secured a 1400-point lead over fellow competitors, halfway through the Women's tour season only 12 points separate former world champions Steph Gilmore and Sofia Mulanovich, with 7-time champ Layne Beachley not far behind.
BEACHLEY BASHES ON
Billabong Girls Pro Rio Day Two
Layne Beachley, 36, former seven-time ASP Women's World Champion and current No. 3 on the 2008 ASP Women's World Tour ratings, has been under the weather since the last event in France, but the phenomenal natural-footer rose to the occasion today, nailing the event-high single wave score of a 9.00 out of a possible 10.