Mick Fanning takes the title - apparently plain vanilla lightning strikes twice
With a tip of his hat to mate and co-title chaser, Joel Parkinson, Mick Fanning has securely locked in his second World Title. Protein cafes and weightrooms everywhere sung out in chorus, while I hung my head in angst. Maybe it’s because I’m not Australian, or perhaps because I’m not a fan of robots, but [...]
Pipeline pre-quarters recap - Who’s out, who’s off & who’s still going
After a few exciting days of competition at the 2009 Billabong Pipeline Masters, we’ve crowned our 2009 World Champ (Mick Fanning), closed in on our 2009 Vans Triple Crown Champ (CJ Hobgood or Joel Parkinson), finalized our rookie rankings (seeing Kekoa Bacalso at the head of the 2009 pack), and seen a huge number of [...]
Joel Parkinson wins the 2009 O’Neill World Cup of Surfing
Joel Parkinson took home the win on Sunday at Sunset Beach on the final day of the 2009 O’Neill World Cup of Surfing, the second event in the 2009 Vans Triple Crown of Surfing. Though, the win doesn’t put him any closer to winning his much deserved World Title, it does put him in a [...]
Rip Curl Pro Search Portugal - Fanning takes another, blah, blah, blah…
The Rip Curl Pro Search Portugal wrapped up on Tuesday at the world famous Supertubes, and we all know how it ended. Mick won the event in steadily degrading conditions (especially considering the epic, mega barrels of the previous day), topping a charging Bede Durbidge, and officially turning the title race into a two-man show [...]
2009 Billabong Pro Mundaka - Parko out, Slater dominates
The 2009 Billabong Pro Mundaka finally went live again on Monday. After a truncated start way back on the 5th of October, where the event only ran through the first eight heats of round 1, the nod was finally given to resume the event during what appears to be one of the best of the [...]
2009 Hurley Pro at Trestles - Fanning wins, Reynolds goes down fighting
The 2009 Hurley Pro at Trestles concluded on Saturday in inconsistent conditions, running through all of round four and the finals. While waves and conditions were less than stellar, the final day’s performances were solid.
Former world champ Mick Fanning returned to his machine like form, taking down all challengers and improving his chances in the [...]
2009 Hurley Pro at Trestles - Slater dominates, Parko exits
Day three of the 2009 Hurley Pro kicked off with a exciting start on Wednesday, with clean but inconsistent conditions.
Local Californian and fan favorite Dane Reynolds through a huge frontside reverse air to take the first win of the day over Australia’s Ben Dunn. Former World Tourer and fellow Californian, Rob Machado followed, shutting down [...]
Hurley Pro at Trestles - Slater surges, Taj falls
The 2009 Hurley Pro at Trestles got off to an exciting start on Sunday in small and textured conditions. Opting to use the old contest format with all surfers surviving through the first round, there were no shocking first round upsets, but there were a few surprise wins.
Kelly Slater posted the highest heat score of [...]
2009 ASP World Tour rankings following Parko’s win in South Africa
Australia’s Joel Parkinson does it once again, taking his third win of the year and proving to all that 2009 is his year. Now even more solidly in the lead, by some 1400 plus points, Parko’s widening the gap on his way to his very first world title.
While Kelly Slater looked poised to strike [...]
Joel Parkinson takes his third win of the year at the Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay
Yet another event win for Australia’s Joel Parkinson and it’s time to hop back on the Parko bandwagon. What, you say? You never got off? Well, Kelly Slater and Adriano de Souza distractions aside, Joel has increased his point lead once again, further separating himself from the pack of title contenders.
Parko took [...]
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