John John Florence (HAW), 19, has won his maiden ASP ASP World Championship Tour event, taking out the Billabong Rio Pro over Joel Parkinson (AUS), 31, in barreling three-to-four foot (1 metre) waves at Barra da Tijuca.
 

Pictured: John John Florence (HAW), 19, your 2012 Billabong Rio Pro Champion. Credit: ASP/SCHOLTZ 

BILLABONG GOES GLOBAL WITH “LIFE’S BETTER IN BOARDSHORTS”

Life’s Better in Boardshorts, a Billabong initiative designed to capture the moments that enrich our individual summer experiences, has officially gone into launch mode.

Fitzgibbons Wins Billabong Rio Pro, Closes ASP World Title Gap

Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), 21, has taken out the Billabong Women’s Rio Pro over Coco Ho (HAW), 21, by a score of 14.10 to 14.03 in peaky one-to-three foot (.5 metre) waves at the primary venue of Barra da Tijuca.
 

Pictured: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), 21, winner of the 2012 Billabong Women’s Rio Pro. Credit: ASP/SCHOLTZ

Girl power galore on French waves – that’s the Girls Pro 2012! From May 30th to June 3rd, 2012, this outstanding event will shine with sun, sandy beaches and surfing. French surfing hot spot Seignosse Hossegor will welcome the world’s best female surfers to the third edition of this 6-star event of the ASP Tour. The female waveriding elite will compete at some of the planet’s finest beach breaks and deliver loads of female style and athleticism.

Girl power galore on French waves – that’s the Girls Pro 2012!  

Denne gang har Juliane Furch svaret på vores spørgsmål På hendes første rejse til Costa Rica for ti år siden begyndte hun at surfe og lige siden er hun rejst i mange lande rundt om i verden, altid på jagten efter den perfekte bølge. I dag er Jule er overbevist om, at Costa Rica er en af de bedste surfing destinationer i verden. Hendes største drøm har hun gjort til virkelighed og tilbyder med den egne virksomhed "blue nature travel " surfrejser til Costa Rica. 

Hvad Juliane tænker om sig selv, surfing og livet, får du at vide i det følgende 6 +6 +6 interview.

The Surf-Devil holdet sender en stor tak til Freiburg, og ønsker en djævelsk god tid! 

Photo: Juliane Furch 

‚The Surfer’s Bottle Project’ – REuse, REfill, REduce & REcycle

The idea of a reusable water bottle isn’t exactly new to most Europeans, but for the inhabitants of the Indonesian island Bali, it is. Blue Tomato, the Balicamp and SAMA SAMA Boat Trips are setting a strong example in environmental awareness and sustainability with ‚The Surfer’s Bottle Project’.

Blue Tomato supports regional engagement through water bottle sales 

South Americans Hold Momentum Heading into Billabong Rio Pro

The world’s best surfers are descending on Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro for the next stop on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour season, the Billabong Rio Pro, to be held from May 9 – 20, 2012.
 

Pictured: Adriano de Souza (BRA), 25, current ASP World No. 2 and defending Billabong Rio Pro winner,
will be back at Barra da Tijuca this week to rekindle the magic from last season. Credit: © ASP / SCHOLTZ 

A new world surfing record has been recognized at the Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards fueled by Monster Energy, with Hawaiian surfer Garrett McNamara (Haleiwa, Hawaii) winning the Biggest Wave Award for a wave measured by experts as 78ft.

The Haleiwa surfer rode the wave at Paraia do Norte off the coast of Portugal on 1st November 2011, eclipsing the previous record held by Californian Mike Parsons who in 2008 rode a 77ft wave at Cortes Bank, California.

Ride of the year Award winner Nathan Fletcher - Photo: Billabong