BURLEIGH HEADS, Queensland/Australia – The opening day of the Billabong World Junior Championships Gold Coast was treated to 2 - 3 foot (1.5 meter) surf rolling through the Burleigh Heads rock break. Competitors were reviling in the super clean conditions that offered a mix of long walls, ramps for airs and even a couple of tube sections.Santa Barbara's Conner Coffin opened the day with a solid heat win, showing the rest of the competitors the way the section of Burleigh known as 'rockies' … [Read more...]
Coffin follows World Junior Tour to Brazil
Monday, October 24, 2011 By 1 Comment
ARPOADOR, Rio de Janeiro / Brasil – The second stop on the 2011 ASP World Junior Tour, the Arnette World Pro Junior, capitalized on the clean two-to-foot waves on offer at Rio de Janeiro’s lefthand pointbreak of Arpoador to complete men’s Round 1 as well as the first four heats of Round 2 on the opening day of the waiting period.The Arnette World Pro Junior is the second of three ASP World Junior Tour events which hosts several of the finest male and female under-21 surfers as they … [Read more...]
Sundance Beach breaks down Rip Curl Pro Portugal
Friday, October 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
If it were not for the giant tubes at Teahupo’o last August, this event in Peniche would have been the best waves on tour all year. For three days straight, Supertubos lived up to its name and offered the world’s best surfers left and right barrels of superb quality. All the praise in the world should be given to contest director, and former 2-time World Champion, Damien Hardman as he was not afraid to pull the trigger for all-day 12 hour marathons that allowed the contest to finish in 2 and … [Read more...]
Conner Coffin edged in semifinals at Bali World Pro Junior
Monday, October 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
In an all-American semifinal, Santa Barbara's Conner Coffin lost a closely fought battle with Andrew Doheny of Newport Beach at the Oakley ASP World Pro Junior Championship in Bali on Monday.The heat started slow, but finished with a bang. Both surfers had similar scores and it came down to the last exchange. The heat was over and both surfers were on the sand when it was announced that Doheny got the score required to progress to the final. He scored 15.37 to Coffin’s 14.73."I'm … [Read more...]
CJ Hobgood Wins Billabong Pro Azores!
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
With only 3 days before the start of the ASP World Tour Quiksilver Pro France event, the ASP PRIME Billabong Pro Azores drew some of the current and former ASP Elite 34 looking for valuable points to either stay on tour, or re-qualify for 2012. Ten year ASP veteran and 2001 World Champion CJ Hobgood was one of the freshly cut World Tour surfers and used the Billabong Pro Azores to show the world that he still has what it takes to be in the big leagues.CJ surfed with reckless abandon … [Read more...]
Lakey lands a spot on ASP World Tour for 2012
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Santa Barbara’s Lakey Peterson has made it to the big leagues of professional surfing.Peterson has earned one the coveted 17 spots on the ASP Women’s World Tour for 2012. The World Tour is the elite professional competition for women.Peterson learned of the selection on Wednesday. She will be one of four rookies on the tour, and the youngest competitor — she turns 17 this week.The other rookies will be Malia Manuel, 18, of Hawaii; Sage Erickson, 20, of the U.S. and Justine … [Read more...]
Bali awaits Coffin, Peterson for WJC
Monday, September 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment
KERAMAS, Bali/Indonesia - The ASP regions have selected their representatives for the ASP World Junior Tour via their respective ASP Pro Junior Series events, and these surfers will now shift focus from local events to taking on the world’s best surfers under 21-years-old as they campaign for the highly-coveted ASP World Junior Title.Each ASP Region (North America, South America, Africa, Hawaii, Europe, Japan and Australasia) will send their top representatives to compete on the ASP World … [Read more...]
Parker Coffin captures first ASP Pro Junior title
Sunday, September 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Santa Barbara’s Parker Coffin scored his inaugural ASP Pro Junior victory, taking out the 1-Star Fins Pro Junior with the highest heat-total of the event in the final. Coffin scored 15.57 (out of 20) in wind-blown one-to-three foot surf in Belmar, New Jersey. Coffin, who finished runner-up at the Fins Pro Junior last year, quietly built momentum over the opening days of competition and eventually roared to life on the final day, belting the event’s highest single-wave score of 8.33 (out of … [Read more...]
Lakey’s Lines: Portugal, Spain, and More!!
Friday, September 16, 2011 By 1 Comment
Well Hello everyone! Hope Ya’ll are doing great!! At the moment, I'm on my 40th plane flight of 2011!Haha - yes, I have kept track of them all in my phone. It's pretty crazy to go back and look at all of the places I have gone to this year. I'm on my way from Spain to Portugal's Azores Islands. The Azores are these beautiful islands off the coast of Portugal. I have never been there before, but I have heard great things!I am going to Azores for the last QS (qualifying series) of the … [Read more...]
Martinez kicked off ASP Tour after tirade
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Santa Barbara’s Bobby Martinez was suspended indefinitely from the ASP Pro Tour after his profanity-laced tirade against the professional surfing tour in a live webcast interview Wednesday at the Quiksilver Pro event in New York.Martinez, who has continually railed against the ASP’s ranking system, went into a barrage of complaints about the organization.An official statement from the ASP said Martinez has been kicked off of the world tour, and immediately disqualified from the … [Read more...]
Peterson takes second at ASP Sri Lankan event
Sunday, September 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Going for her third straight title, Santa Barbara’s Lakey Peterson ran out of time and came up short against fellow Southern Californian Courtney Conlogue in the final of the Sri Lankan Airlines Pro ASP Women’s 6-Star contest on Sunday at Arugam Bay.Peterson landed a huge air-reverse on her last wave, but it came just after the siren sounded to end the competition. She finished with 10.33 points to Conlogue’s 13.77."I was so bummed that I landed that air after the heat," the always … [Read more...]
Martinez opens up in interview with CI Surfboards
Thursday, August 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Santa Barbara surfing professional Bobby Martinez withdrew from the ASP World Tour event in Tahiti, where he’s a two-time champion.Martinez, not one to sugar-coat his comments about the tour, said in an interview on the Channel Islands Surfboard blog: “"I am not going to do the Chopes event. I love Tahiti and that wave; I just don't like being there for an event with everyone there.”Martinez also said in the interview that he's planning to leave the pro tour.Read the entire … [Read more...]
