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Quiksilver does the iPhone just in time for the Gold Coast

By ASP Addict · February 18, 2010
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The 2010 Quiksilver Pro on the Gold Coast kicks off next weekend, ushering in the start of the 2010 ASP World Tour.
The problem - you made plans to take away your significant other for a romantic weekend, leaving you computerless and unable to watch the opening heats.
There’s an app for that. Worry no more. Quiksilver [...]

Scratching the Surface with Julian Wilson

By ASP Addict · January 18, 2010
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We recently had the chance to catch up with one of Quiksilver’s hottest talents - Australian wunderkind, Julian Wilson - during his brief return to Australia for the holidays. Julian is resting up at home, fresh off a year of traveling and shooting his first major solo project, “Scratching the Surface”. Drop in and [...]

Mark Healey’s got Brass Balls - a Q&A with DailyStoke.com

By Messy Jesse · January 14, 2010
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You may have seen Mark Healey in the February 2009 issue of Surfer Magazine, surfing this new slab of a wave called the Yeti. You’ve probably seen him riding a bull, pictured here. BUT you sure as sh!t have have not seen him jumping! out! of! a! perfectly! good! airplane! Watch the here. Insanity. We [...]

Quiksilver is heating things up – review of the Quiksilver Cypher Heated Vest

By ASP Addict · January 5, 2010
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I recently had the opportunity to give the new Quiksilver Cypher Heated Vest an extended test run. So how did the vest work? Well, let’s just say that I really, really, really didn’t want to give back the sample.
Quiksilver has made an impressive opening volley into the slowly growing field of heated wetsuits. Moreover, they’ve [...]

2009 Quiksilver Pro France - Dane Reynolds dominates, Adriano de Souza bows out

By ASP Addict · September 24, 2009
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And you probably didn’t even get a chance to change your team on Fantasy Surfer……
While the surf world has barely recovered from the bloodshed at Trestles, where former world tour fixture Rob Machado came in as a wildcard and ousted frontrunners, Joel Parkinson and Taj Burrow, the World Tour has moved on to France. Wednesday [...]

Estoril Quiksilver Pro goes live in Portugal - Euros dominate the early heats

By ASP Addict · April 22, 2009
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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 [...]

Quiksilver Pro Durban off and running – South Africans shine

By ASP Addict · April 22, 2009
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After a lay day on Monday, the 6 Star Prime 2009 Quiksilver Pro Durban presented by Virgin Mobile officially kicked off on Tuesday. With 3,500 points and $20,000 on offer for the winner, the Durban event has attracted many of the world’s top competitive surfers.
Standout performances on Tuesday went to rising Australian talent, Owen [...]

World Qualifying Series power week – 6 Star Prime and 6 Star running through Sunday

By ASP Addict · April 21, 2009
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Following on the heels of the 4 Star Protest Vendee Pro in France, and the earlier 6 Star Prime Drug Aware Pro in Western Australia and 6 Star O’Neill Coldwater Classic in Tasmania, the World Qualifying Series kicks into overdrive this week with two high ranking events running through Sunday April 26th.
The 6 Star Prime [...]

Kelly Blogs for WorldProSurfers.com, ASP Addict blogs about it

By ASP Addict · March 17, 2009
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WorldProSurfers.com got the scoop from Kelly Slater following his early exit at the Quiksilver Pro on the Gold Coast. It appears that – surprise, surprise – he’s been up to a little bit of surfing in the down time between the Quik Pro and Bells Beach.
Kelly talks about his trip to “The Cape”, Benji Weatherly’s [...]

Quiksilver posts losses, but still expanding

By ASP Addict · March 16, 2009
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While analysts are debating the feasibility of Quiksilver’s current model, which continued to post losses in the first quarter of 2009, the brand that houses the likes of nine-time World Champ, Kelly Slater, and “Young Guns”, Dane Reynolds, Jeremy Flores and Julian Wilson, along with a host of other super talented stars, is continuing with [...]