Sri Lankan Airlines Pro underway in the Maldives
The 2009 6 Star Sri Lankan Airlines Pro wrapped up its fourth day of competition on Thursday in the Maldives, setting the stage for the Round of 24 for when competition resumes.
While the first few days have suffered from less than perfect conditions, many of the world’s best and brightest have turned out and fought [...]
Billabong Pro Teahupoo - Round 1 is done - Dane Reynolds and other favorites are out
The “Dream Tour” has jumped back into action this week at the Billabong Pro Teahupoo. Six days into the event, the contest has managed to crawl through Round 1 and the first 6 heats of Round 2, before calling yet another lay day on Thursday.
Let’s take a look at the winners and losers so far [...]
Concurrent Quiksilver WQS events wrap up - Brazilians kick ass, take names
The 6 Star Prime Quiksilver Pro Durban and the 6 Star Estoril Quiksilver Pro completed in fine fashion this weekend, propelling two Brazilians up the current ASP World Qualifying Series ratings. Serious campaigner Jadson Andre took down the 2009 Quiksilver Pro Durban, while fellow countryman Alejo Muniz destroyed the local competition at the 2009 [...]
Estoril Quiksilver Pro goes live in Portugal - Euros dominate the early heats
Running concurrently with the 6 Star Prime Quiksilver Pro Durban, the Estoril Quiksilver Pro went live on Tuesday in Portugal.
World Tour surfer and German Portugal local, Marlon Lipke was the standout surfer on Tuesday, showing his elite tour training by posting the highest heat score of the day,16.23 out of 20. Advancing alongside Marlon on [...]
Catching up with Melvin Lipke
I had the pleasure of meeting Melvin Lipke in the water this past summer, while casually heading out for a surf at my local not-so-secret spot. As luck would have it, my chance meeting with Melvin occurred just a few days after I had interviewed his big bro who was then in strong contention for [...]
Surfline weighs in on the 2009 World Tour newcomers
In his regular Power Rankings approach, Surfline’s Lewis Samuels weighed in recently on the newcomers to this year’s tour. The outlook, if Lewis is to be believed, looks bleak. He suggests that the newcomers and the returning World Tour surfers are an underwhelming group as a whole, referring to them as “a rag-tag crew of [...]
Catching up with Melvin Lipke
Later this week we’ll be bringing you the latest on one of the fastest rising young talents out of Europe, Melvin Lipke. As the name suggests, Melvin is the younger brother of the ASP World Tour’s newest Euro talent, Marlon Lipke. Though born and raised in Portugal, Melvin and his brother Marlon both surf under [...]
Wildcards chosen for 2009 World Tour
In addition to Marlon Lipke (DEU), whose wildcard we already announced, Cooly Kid, Dean Morrison (AUS) and Basque superstar, Aritz Aranburu, have received the remaining wildcards for the 2009 World Tour.
Marlon Lipke was gifted the honor, after finishing 16th on the WQS, and losing his second chance to qualify when his friend and fellow countryman, [...]
Marlon Lipke makes the 2009 World Tour!
I just received an email from Melvin Lipke, confirming that his big brother Marlon has been given a much deserved wildcard spot on the 2009 World Tour.
Following a stellar season on the World Qualifying Series, Marlon Lipke, everyone’s favorite German national/Portugese local, found himself one spot shy of making the 2009 World Tour. Marlon still had another [...]
Tiago Pires pulls out of Pipeline
Top Portugese surfer, Tiago Pires was forced to pull out of Pipeline today, due to a nagging back injury. The good news, Tiago has already requalified through the WQS and did not need a strong finish at Pipeline to requalify for tour. The bad news, Marlon Lipke (DEU), the lone WQS surfer who could have qualified [...]
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