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Kelly Slater, 36, has won a record ninth ASP World Title after advancing out of Round 3 of the Billabong Pro Mundaka – the ninth event of 11 on the 2008 ASP World Tour.
In hot almost summer like conditions at Jan Juc Beach, talented Gold Coast surfer Thomas Woods and Victoria’s own Nikki Van Dijk (Phillip Island) took convincing wins in the blue ribbon 16 year Boy and Girl divisions of the prestigious Rip Curl GromSearch Series in clean small 0.5m surf.
Europe’s first artificial surf reef is currently being built in Boscombe, Bournemouth, this year and is set to put Bournemouth firmly on the UK surf map.
Grant ‘Twiggy’ Baker rode what he says was the biggest wave he has ever ridden in Cape Town on Saturday when he and fellow Billabong team rider Greg Long towed each other into waves estimated to be over 70 feet (22 meters) in height.
Bruce Irons (HAW) has defeated fellow finalist Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) to claim the 2008 Rip Curl Pro Search in rifling four-foot (1.5 meters) lefthanders 'somewhere' in Indonesia.
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The most successful competitive surfer of all time, Kelly Slater, rode what may have been the last heat of his 24-year professional career.
Jack Robinson and Gabriela Bryan have taken out the 2024 Margaret River Pro.
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