ASSOCIATION OF SURFING PROFESSIONALS (ASP) INTERNATIONAL

Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast/Roxy Pro Gold Coast
Event No. 1 on the 2007 Foster’s ASP World Tour
Event No 1. on the 2007 ASP Women’s World Tour
Snapper Rocks, Coolangatta, Australia
February 27 – March 11, 2007

QUIKSILVER PRO ROUND 1 TO COMMENCE TODAY AT SNAPPER ROCKS
 
COOLANGATTA, Australia (Thursday, Feb. 9, 2007) – Round 1of the Quiksilver Pro
Gold Coast presented by Samsung will begin this morning at 8am in 3 to 4 foot
(1 to 1.2 metre) waves at Snapper Rocks.

Following a lengthy deliberation, event organizers and surfers have opted to
run Round 1 of the men’s event to ensure that competition gets underway in the
best possible conditions.

"We will run Round 1 today and while conditions are onshore, they are better
than yesterday," Contest Director Rod Brooks said. "We know the wave face is
clean, but there are onshore winds.  These conditions are expected to continue
for the next three or four days ahead of a tropical cyclone. We're not sure at
this stage whether the cyclone will be favorable or unfavorable so we're
covering our options by running Round 1 of the men's today."

A slew of dynamic match-ups will comprise the 16 heats of Round 1 including
Heat 9 where local indigenous Australian and Trials Winner Dale Richards (AUS)
will face off against former Foster’s ASP World Champion Andy Irons (HAW), and
Heat 8 where wildcard Julian Wilson (AUS) will do battle with reigning and
eight-time Foster’s ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA).

All the action will commence LIVE at 8am local time on www.aspworldtour.com.

Check out photos, videos, stories and audio grabs from all the action up until
now at www.aspworldtour.com, www.quiksilver.com and www.roxy.com. 

Quiksilver Pro Round 1 Match Ups

Heat 1: Dean Morrison (AUS), Pancho Sullivan (HAW), Bernardo Miranda (BRA)
Heat 2: Taylor Knox (USA), Mark Occhilupo (AUS), Gabe Kling (USA)
Heat 3: Tom Whitaker (AUS), Luke Stedman (AUS), Leonardo Neves (BRA)
Heat 4: Damien Hobgood (USA), Michael Lowe (AUS), Kai Otton (AUS)
Heat 5: Joel Parkinson (AUS), Travis Logie (ZAF), Rodrigo Dornelles (BRA)
Heat 6: Bobby Martinez (USA), Shaun Cansdell (AUS), Luke Munro (AUS)
Heat 7: Taj Burrow (AUS), Chris Ward (USA), Trent Munro (AUS)
Heat 8: Kelly Slater (USA), Daniel Wills (AUS), Julian Wilson (AUS)
Heat 9: Andy Irons (HAW), Greg Emslie (ZAF), Dale Richards (AUS)
Heat 10: Mick Fanning (AUS), Adriano de Souza (BRA), Jake Paterson (AUS)
Heat 11: Cory Lopez (USA), Victor Ribas (BRA), Ben Dunn (AUS)
Heat 12: Phillip MacDonald (AUS), Troy Brooks (AUS), Josh Kerr (AUS)
Heat 13: Bruce Irons (HAW), Raoni Monteiro (BRA), Neco Padaratz (BRA)
Heat 14: Bede Durbidge (AUS), Adrian Buchan (AUS), Dayyan Neve (AUS)
Heat 15: C.J. Hobgood (USA), Jeremy Flores (FRA), Royden Bryson (ZAF)
Heat 16: Fredrick Patacchia (HAW), Michael Campbell (AUS), Ricky Basnett (ZAF)

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Billabong Sebastian Inlet Pro Junior
Event No. 1 on the 2007 ASP North America Pro Junior Series (Men)
Event No 1. on the 2007 ASP North America Pro Junior Series (Women)
Sebastian Inlet, Florida, United States of America
March 3 - 6, 2007

ASP NORTH AMERICA PRO JUNIOR SERIES SET TO KICK OFF AT BILLABONG PRO JUNIOR
 
SEBASTIAN INLET, Florida (Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007) – The 2007 Association of
Surfing Professionals (ASP) North America Pro Junior series is poised to begin
with the Billabong Sebastian Inlet Pro Junior held at Central Florida’s
Sebastian Inlet from Mar. 3-6, 2007.

A grade-two ASP Pro Junior event, the Billabong Sebastian Inlet Pro Junior will
feature 72 junior men and 16 junior women vying for $10,000 and $2,500 in prize
money respectively, as well as bragging rights and the ever-valuable ratings
points.

The ratings points are then tallied into the junior surfers’ regional rankings
with the top five men and top two women qualifying for the prestigious
Billabong ASP World Junior Championships held in Australia at the beginning of
each year.  The ASP World Junior Championships boast marquee former champions
such as Joel Parkinson (AUS), Andy Irons (HAW), Adriano de Souza (BRA) and
reigning ASP World Junior Champ Jordy Smith (ZAF), ensuring that the pedigree
is both well-respected and a necessary platform to surfing stardom.

Eric Geiselman (New Smyrna Beach, FL), who won last season’s ASP North America
Pro Junior series, will be the heavy favorite going into 2007.  Although short
of the podium at January’s ASP World Junior Championships, Geiselman won an
astounding three ASP North America Pro Junior events and made the finals in
another four.

“In the off season, I have been out of town and trying to surf good waves,”
Geiselman said.  “I spent a month and a half in the South Pacific going to
Tahiti, Hawaii and Micronesia.  Although I did well last year, I’m not
claiming anything.  I’ve got some really good boards right now and I’m going
to try to surf as hard as I can.”

Blake Jones (Melbourne Beach, FL), who is the only returning finalist from last
year’s Billabong Sebastian Inlet Pro Junior, will be looking to improve upon
last season’s stellar result drawing upon his extensive local knowledge to do
so.

“I’ve been surfing there everyday and have been training hard,” Jones said. 
“I made the finals last year and I am hoping for better this year.  It is
important to get a good result and get that momentum going, but although I’ll
be serious this season, I’m just going to have fun.  I will be doing all the
events with the ultimate goal of qualifying for the ASP World Junior
Championships.”

Sage Erickson (Oxnard, CA), who won the last year’s Billabong Pro Junior
sending her to the World Juniors, understands the importance of a victory at
Sebastian and is hungry for a repeat performance. 

“Last year was a big leap for my surfing,” Erickson said.  “There are only
two events for the girls and I qualified through this one last year.  The
Billabong Pro Junior is my most important event of the year because it offers
the potential for qualifying for the ASP World Junior Championships.  Nicola
Atherton (2006 ASP World Junior Champion) gets the seed this year which really
gives her a step up in the ratings.  My main goal is to do well on the ASP WQS
and qualify for the ASP Women’s World Tour.  This is where it starts.”

The Billabong Sebastian Inlet Pro will begin on March 3 and will be webcast
LIVE on www.billabongpro.com.

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Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast/Roxy Pro Gold Coast
Event No. 1 on the 2007 Foster’s ASP World Tour
Event No 1. on the 2007 ASP Women’s World Tour
Snapper Rocks, Coolangatta, Australia
February 27 – March 11, 2007

LAY DAY CALLED FOR QUIKSILVER AND ROXY PROS
 
COOLANGATTA, Australia (Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007) – Less than ideal conditions
have prompted event organizers to call a lay day for both the Quiksilver and
Roxy Pros presented by Samsung.

"We've called a lay day due to the northeasterly wind and we're expecting this
wind to remain all day and even into tomorrow," Contest Director Rod Brooks
said. "We're not planning to run anything today and the next call will be 6am
tomorrow morning. We remain optimistic about the forecast for the weekend and
hope to be back in the water as early as possible."

Despite today’s average conditions, a cyclone brewing off of the coast of
Northern Queensland has competitors excited about the possibility of excellent
surf for the event.

“As a whole, I feel super relaxed and confident,” rookie competitor Royden
Bryson (ZAF) said.  “I’ve checked out the charts and I’ve seen the waves
that are coming and it looks really good.  What more could one want than to
surf his first heat on the World Tour in pumping waves?”

Bryson, just one of the handful of new rookies on this season’s Foster’s ASP
World Tour, is eager to pull on his jersey for the first time as an elite-tour
member and compete with the world’s best.

“The day before yesterday, we had two hours where the women and guys could
surf,” Bryson said.	“It’s good just to get out in the water with the guys
you’re going to be competing against.  I’ve spent four or five years on the
World Quaifying Series (WQS), and it’s almost like an imaginary barrier
(between the WQS and World Tour) and it’s almost like I’ve crossed that
now.	Just being out in the water, looking at the guys you’re going to be
surfing against, it’s a good feeling.  It’s insane.”

The next call will be made at 6am tomorrow, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2007.  Should
the call be made to run the Roxy Pro, competition will resume with Heat 1 of
Round 3.  Quiksilver Pro competition has yet to commence.

Check out photos, videos, stories and audio grabs from all the action up until
now at www.aspworldtour.com, www.quiksilver.com and www.roxy.com. 

Quiksilver Pro Round 1 Match Ups

Heat 1: Dean Morrison (AUS), Pancho Sullivan (HAW), Bernardo Miranda (BRA)
Heat 2: Taylor Knox (USA), Mark Occhilupo (AUS), Gabe Kling (USA)
Heat 3: Tom Whitaker (AUS), Luke Stedman (AUS), Leonardo Neves (BRA)
Heat 4: Damien Hobgood (USA), Michael Lowe (AUS), Kai Otton (AUS)
Heat 5: Joel Parkinson (AUS), Travis Logie (ZAF), Rodrigo Dornelles (BRA)
Heat 6: Bobby Martinez (USA), Shaun Cansdell (AUS), Luke Munro (AUS)
Heat 7: Taj Burrow (AUS), Chris Ward (USA), Trent Munro (AUS)
Heat 8: Kelly Slater (USA), Daniel Wills (AUS), Julian Wilson (AUS)
Heat 9: Andy Irons (HAW), Greg Emslie (ZAF), Dale Richards (AUS)
Heat 10: Mick Fanning (AUS), Adriano de Souza (BRA), Jake Paterson (AUS)
Heat 11: Cory Lopez (USA), Victor Ribas (BRA), Ben Dunn (AUS)
Heat 12: Phillip MacDonald (AUS), Troy Brooks (AUS), Josh Kerr (AUS)
Heat 13: Bruce Irons (HAW), Raoni Monteiro (BRA), Neco Padaratz (BRA)
Heat 14: Bede Durbidge (AUS), Adrian Buchan (AUS), Dayyan Neve (AUS)
Heat 15: C.J. Hobgood (USA), Jeremy Flores (FRA), Royden Bryson (ZAF)
Heat 16: Fredrick Patacchia (HAW), Michael Campbell (AUS), Ricky Basnett (ZAF)

Roxy Pro Round 3 Match Ups

Heat 1: Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS) vs. Amee Donohoe (AUS)
Heat 2: Rebecca Woods (AUS) vs. Melanie Bartels (HAW)
Heat 3: Megan Abubo (HAW) vs. Samantha Cornish (AUS)
Heat 4: Layne Beachley (AUS) vs. Carissa Moore (HAW)
Heat 5: Melanie Redman-Carr (AUS) vs. Rosanne Hodge (ZAF)
Heat 6: Silvana Lima (BRA) vs. Jacqueline Silva (BRA)
Heat 7: Claire Bevilacqua (AUS) vs. Stephanie Gilmore (AUS)
Heat 8: Chelsea Hedges (AUS) vs. Caroline Sarran (FRA)

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Roxy Pro Gold Coast
Event No. 1 on the 2007 ASP Women’s World Tour
Snapper Rocks, Coolangatta, Australia
February 27 – March 11, 2007

CHELSEA HEDGES HIGH-SCORES IN OPENING ROUNDS OF ROXY PRO GOLD COAST
Fourteen-year-old Moore beats reigning ASP World Champ Beachley

COOLANGATTA, Australia (Monday, Feb. 27, 2007): Former World Champion Chelsea
Hedges (formerly Georgeson) ushered in the first day of 2007 ASP Women’s World
Tour competition with a stellar performance at her home break of Snapper Rocks
on the Gold Coast of Australia today, Feb. 27, 2007.

Hedges is one of a handful of local elite-tour surfers who have not yet earned
ultimate honors at Snapper Rocks. Her performance today indicates that could
change at the 2007 Roxy Pro Gold Coast presented by Samsung. 

"I think that local advantage has proven itself over the last few years,”
Hedges said. “Joel (Parkinson), Mick (Fanning) and Dean (Morrison) have all
won an event here; Steph (Gilmore) has won here.	You can read which wave to
take off on and you have extra confidence too.  We'll just see what happens."

The 2005 ASP Women’s World Champion high-scored in Round 1 of the Roxy Pro,
posting the day’s highest heat total, an 18.40 out 20.00, after earning a
near-perfect 9.57 (out of 10.00) in the dying seconds of her heat.

"My last wave was a bit of a wide one and I just barely got onto it,” Hedges
said. “It had a nice open face and I did one hit off the top and then it
walled up again and again. I got off a little floater on the inside and then it
walled up again. I don't really remember my whole wave, but I remember it was
fun!"

Stephanie Gilmore, also a Snapper Rocks local and the 2005 Roxy Pro winner,
competed in her first event as an official ASP Women’s World Tour competitor
today. Gilmore has surfed numerous elite-tour events as a wildcard and has won
two.

"I feel a bit experienced,” Gilmore said. “I feel like I have some tour-time
up my sleeve so I guess that's an important thing if I want to do well in an
event.  Hopefully, I will end up in the final and it will be a really good
start to the year. “

Gilmore’s maiden performance slotted her just behind Hedges statistically with
a 17.40 heat total.

“Chelsea's really hungry. I can see it in her surfing,” Gilmore said. “She's
my favorite female surfer and she always improving. Chelsea is my pick for this
event, if it's not Layne [Beachley] or Carissa [Moore]."

Carissa Moore (HAW), the 14-year-old who won the Roxy Pro Trials to earn the
main-event wildcard, managed to win her Round 1 heat over reigning ASP Women’s
World Champion Layne Beachley (AUS), who finished second, and Jacqueline Silva
(BRA) who came third and was relegated to Round 2.

“I think Snapper is the perfect wave and it’s my dream come true just to be
here,” Moore said. “It’s not that big of a deal that I won, I just had fun
surfing against Layne. I was very honored so I’m just stoked.”

Beachley was not as ‘stoked,’ but did avoid Round 2 and will meet Moore again
in Round 3.

“It wasn’t really a great way to start the year,” Beachley said.  “I don’t
know whether I’m too relaxed or just exhausted, but either way, I’m not
putting on a good show and I need to step it up to keep up with these
teenagers.”

Beachley has indicated that it is rising talent such as Moore that has kept her
on tour again this year while she searches for her record eighth world title. 

“I can’t take anything away from Carissa Moore,” Beachley said.  “She
surfed well, her wave selection was impeccable and her heat strategy for a
14-year-old was just well and truly beyond her years.	I’m really proud of her
and I’m looking forward to coming up against her again.”

Rookies Roseanne Hodge (ZAF) and Caroline Sarran (FRA) both survived Round 2
elimination today. Elite-tour veteran Rochelle Ballard (HAW) and 2004 World
Champion Sofia Mulanovich (PER) were not as lucky and are no longer in Roxy Pro
crown contention. 

The Roxy Pro is being held in conjunction with the Quiksilver Pro, a Foster’s
ASP World Tour event. Another call on competition status will be made tomorrow
morning at 6am.

Round 1 Roxy Pro Gold Coast Results: 1st and 2nd move to Round 3 and 3rd surfs
Round 2
Heat 1: Melanie Bartels (HAW) 15.73, Silvana Lima (BRA) 15.16, Sofia Mulanovich
(PER) 11.24
Heat 2: Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS) 14.17, Megan Abubo (HAW) 10.10, Amee Donohoe
(AUS) 10.00
Heat 3: Carissa Moore (HAW) 15.00, Layne Beachley (AUS) 12.37, Jacqueline Silva
(BRA) 10.16
Heat 4: Samantha Cornish (AUS) 13.84, Melanie Redman-Carr (AUS) 9.80, Rosanne
Hodge (ZAF) 8.80
Heat 5: Chelsea Hedges (AUS) 18.40, Caroline Sarran (FRA) 8.77, Rochelle
Ballard (HAW) 8.27
Heat 6: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 17.40, Rebecca Woods (AUS) 11.86, Claire
Bevilacqua (AUS) 11.50

Round 2 Roxy Pro Gold Coast Results: 1st moves to Round 3; 2nd is eliminated
Heat 1: Jacqueline Silva (BRA) 13.17, Rosanne Hodge (ZAF) 12.70, Sofia
Mulanovich (PER) 10.06
Heat 2: Claire Bevilacqua (AUS) 14.50, Amee Donohoe (AUS) 13.13, Rochelle
Ballard (HAW) 9.84

Round 3 Roxy Pro Match-Ups
Heat 1: Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS) vs. Amee Donohoe (AUS)
Heat 2: Rebecca Woods (AUS) vs. Melanie Bartels (HAW)
Heat 3: Megan Abubo (HAW) vs. Samantha Cornish (AUS)
Heat 4: Layne Beachley (AUS) vs. Carissa Moore (HAW)
Heat 5: Melanie Redman-Carr (AUS) vs. Rosanne Hodge (ZAF)
Heat 6: Silvana Lima (BRA) vs. Jacqueline Silva (BRA)
Heat 7: Claire Bevilacqua (AUS) vs. Stephanie Gilmore (AUS)
Heat 8: Chelsea Hedges (AUS) vs. Caroline Sarran (FRA)

Roxy Pro Gold Coast
Event No. 1 on the 2007 ASP Women’s World Tour
February 28 – to March 12, 2007

ROXY PRO GOLD COAST TO COMMENCE AT SNAPPER ROCKS 

COOLANGATTA, Australia (Monday, Feb. 27, 2007): The first official heat of 2007
ASP Women’s World Tour competition will commence at 8am local time on the Gold
Coast of Australia today, Monday, Feb 27, 2007. 

Rounds 1 and 2 of the Roxy Pro Gold Coast presented by Samsung will run at
Snapper Rocks in three to four foot (one metre) waves. Two girls will be
eliminated from competition today – the very first day of their 2007 season.

“The girls are starting at 8am and will run through 12pm; it is the perfect
tide for that time of day and we have three to four foot, perfect lines running
through Snapper,” Contest Director Rod Brooks said. 

Making their ASP Women’s World Tour debuts will be France’s Caroline Sarran,
South Africa’s Roseanne Hodge and Australia’s Stephanie Gilmore. Back on tour
after short hiatuses from the elite-tier competition will be Hawaiian Melanie
Bartels and Australia Amee Donohoe.

Fourteen-year-old Carissa Moore (HAW) won yesterday’s Roxy Pro Trials to earn
a wildcard into the main event. She will meet reigning ASP Women’s World
Champion Layne Beachley (AUS) and Jacqueline Silva (BRA) in Heat 3 of Round 1.

At noon, the Foster’s 45 will surf in an exhibition to trial a new competition
format conceptualized by eight-time Foster’s ASP World Champion Kelly Slater
(USA). In the format, two two-man heats are in the water at the same time with
each heat surfing priority-free for the first half of the heat and with
man-on-man priority in place for the second.

“At 12pm we will trial Kelly Slater’s new format,” Brooks said. “That
format is four men in the water, surfing two separate heats, with priority for
one surfer in each heat. We are trialing the format for the final event of the
year at Pipeline where having four men in the water at once is mandatory.”

If the format is successful, it could also be adopted in situations where there
is waning time in an event waiting period as it cuts the time it takes to run a
contest in half.

ROUND 1 ROXY PRO GOLD COAST MATCH-UPS
Heat 1: Sofia Mulanovich (PER), Silvana Lima (BRA), Melanie Bartels (HAW)
Heat 2: Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS), Megan Abubo (HAW), Amee Donohoe (AUS)
Heat 3: Layne Beachley (AUS), Jacqueline Silva (BRA), Carissa Moore (HAW)
Heat 4: Melanie Redman-Carr (AUS), Samantha Cornish (AUS), Rosanne Hodge (ZAF)
Heat 5: Chelsea Hedges (AUS), Rochelle Ballard (HAW), Caroline Sarran (FRA)
Heat 6: Rebecca Woods (AUS), Claire Bevilacqua (AUS), Stephanie Gilmore (AUS)

For a full list of surfer profiles, season schedules, event profiles, news
stories and much more, be sure to log on to the new and improved
www.aspworldtour.com 

Media NB: The Foster’s Surf Showdown, the innovative new team exhibition which
will run in conjunction with all Foster’s ASP World Tour events in 2007, will
hold a Media Photo Op with this season’s team captains tomorrow at the
Quiksilver Pro event site (details to be confirmed on site at 8:00 am).
Foster’s Surf Showdown Teams include Australia, America, Hawaii, Brazil, South
Africa and the Foster’s Rookies captained by Tom Whitaker (AUS), Taylor Knox
(USA), Pancho Sullivan (HAW), Victor Ribas (BRA), Greg Emslie (ZAF) and Josh
Kerr (AUS – Foster’s Rookies)

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FUEL TV EXPANDS DEAL WITH ASP TO PRODUCE ASP WOMEN’S WORLD TOUR TV SERIES
 
COOLANGATTA, Australia (Monday, Feb. 26, 2007) – The Association of Surfing
Professionals (ASP) and FUEL TV have expanded their rights agreement for the
ASP Women’s World Tour to include an exclusive television production of each
2007 tour stop, as announced today by Brodie Carr, ASP CEO, and CJ Olivares,
FUEL TV Senior Vice President and Assistant General Manager. 

“The women pros on the ASP Women’s World Tour are performing at an
unprecedented level and deserve to have a consistent home that showcases their
talents and personalities,” Olivares said. “We’re excited to provide our
audience this unique coverage.”

"FUEL TV has been a long time promoter of the ASP and the men's tour, so we’re
thrilled that they have stepped up to support the ASP Women's World Tour,”
Carr said. “FUEL TV's demographics are so closely aligned with the ASP's that
we are guaranteeing every eyeball glued to the television is the audience we
want."

Often deemed the “Dream Tour,” the ASP Women’s World Tour is a seven-stop
pilgrimage that couples the world’s best female surfers with the world’s best
surf breaks. From the sandy beaches of Brazil and Spain to the time honored
breaks of Bells Beach, Australia and Sunset Beach, Hawaii, the top 17 female
surfers circumnavigate the globe battling it out for prize money, bragging
rights and ultimately an ASP Women’s World Title. 

Beginning in February at the Roxy Pro Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, FUEL
TV will film each competition showcasing marquee surfers such as seven-time ASP
 Women’s World Champion Layne Beachley, 2005 ASP Women’s World Champion
Chelsea Hedges, 2004 ASP Women’s World Champion Sofia Mulanovich, Melanie
Redman-Carr and Jessi Miley-Dyer among other top contenders.

In addition to women’s event coverage, starting April 1, FUEL TV will televise
the ten stop 2007 Foster’s ASP World Tour. 

“In 2006, FUEL TV produced and aired exclusive shows for several of the ASP
Women’s World Tour contests, so the surfers know the quality and style we
provide,” FUEL TV VP of Production and Programming Scott Paridon said. ”We
look forward to building on our solid foundation during the upcoming 2007
season.”

“I am 100 percent stoked that FUEL TV is backing us and producing a program
about our tour,” ASP Women’s World Tour starlet Claire Bevilacqua said.
“FUEL TV is the best channel out there and the only channel I watch on cable.
I’ve done projects with them before so I know they will do a really great gob
of portraying us and capturing who we are and what we do. Those guys are on
it!”

For specific air dates and times, visit www.fuel.tv. For more information on
the Association of Surfing Professionals World Tour visit www.aspworldtour.com.

2007 WOMEN'S ASP WORLD TOUR SCHEDULE
Roxy Pro, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia; Feb 27-Mar 11 
Rip Curl Pro, Bells Beach, Victoria, Australia; Apr 3-8
Billabong Girls, Praia da Tiririca, Itacare, Bahia, Brazil; Aug 20-27
Rip Curl Girls Festival, Santander, Liencres, Spain, Sept 1-9
Havaianas Beachley Classic, Northern Beaches, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Oct 8-14
Roxy Pro, Sunset Beach, Oahu, Hawaii; Nov 23-Dec 6 
Billabong Pro, Honolua Bay, Maui, Hawaii; Dec 8-20

2007 FOSTER'S ASP WORLD TOUR SCHEDULE 
Quiksilver Pro, Gold Coast, Qld, Australia; Feb 27-Mar 11
Rip Curl Pro, Bells Beach, Victoria, Australia; April 3-13
Billabong Pro Teahupoo, Teahupoo, Taiarapu; Tahiti, May 4-14
Rip Curl Pro Search, Somewhere in Chile; June 20-July 1
Billabong Pro, Jeffreys Bay, South Africa; July 11-22
Boost Mobile Pro of Surf presented by Hurley, Trestles, CA, USA; September 7-18
Quiksilver Pro France, South West Coast, France; September 21-30
Billabong Pro, Mundaka, Euskadi, Spain; October 1-14 
Nova Schin Pro Brasil presented by Billabong, Santa Catarina, Brazil; October
30-Nov 7
Billabong Pipeline Masters, Banzai Pipeline, Oahu, Hawaii; December 8-20

Additional Info: Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP)

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Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast/Roxy Pro Gold Coast
Event No. 1 on the 2007 Foster’s ASP World Tour
Event No 1. on the 2007 ASP Women’s World Tour
Snapper Rocks, Coolangatta, Australia
February 27 – March 11, 2007

ALL SYSTEMS ARE GO ON THE GOLD COAST FOR QUIKSILVER AND ROXY PROS

COOLANGATTA, Australia (Monday, Feb. 26, 2007) – The world’s best surfers
have congregated on Australia’s Gold Coast for the opening events of the 2007
Foster’s ASP World Tour and ASP Women’s World Tour, the Quiksilver Pro Gold
Coast and Roxy Pro Gold Coast respectively.

This morning’s Quiksilver Pro press junket featured reigning and eight-time
Foster’s ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA), 2006 Foster’s ASP World Tour
runner-up Andy Irons (HAW), and Australian superstars Joel Parkinson (AUS) and
Jake Paterson (AUS) as the international press corps fired off questions about
world titles, event favorites and new faces.

Slater, who has been absent from the water as of late, assured all that he is
both motivated and relaxed as he prepares for the opening days of competition.

“I haven’t surfed in about three weeks so I’m excited to get in the water
each time now,” Slater said. “I have a bunch of new boards and I’m on a bit
of a health kick right now. I’m juicing every morning and watching the surf –
I feel very relaxed and in a good place at the moment.”

Although guarded about his aspirations for an unprecedented ninth Foster’s ASP
World Title, Slater made clear his intention at the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast.

“I’m here now and I’m just focused on winning this next contest,” said
Slater. “That’s how you win titles – just by winning the next heat.”

Last year’s Foster’s ASP World Tour runner-up Andy Irons (HAW) is hungry to
regain his former world champion form, however a current bout of the flu has
the powerful Hawaiian cautious when measuring up his competition on the Gold
Coast.

“The locals here definitely have the advantage,” Irons said. “They know the
wave so well; they know how to surf it properly. Those are definitely the guys
you have to look out for.”

The former three-time Foster’s ASP World Champion won’t have to look long as
he has drawn local indigenous Australian, and Quiksilver Pro Trials Winner,
Dale Richards (AUS) in the opening round of competition.

Out of a star-studded trials final that included reigning ASP World Junior
Champion Jordy Smith (ZAF), former Foster’s ASP World Tour competitor Kirk
Flintoff (AUS) and Tahitian powerhouse Michel Bourez (PYF), it was the
19-year-old Richards who stole the win and the remaining Quiksilver Pro
wildcard from the rest of the fold.

“It’s all a bit too much for me right now – I guess it really hasn’t set it
yet,” Richards said. “I couldn’t hear the scores or anything out there, just
my mates hooting every time I took off. I’m really stoked. I’m frothing so
hard to be in the main event right now, I don’t even care who I draw.”

Reigning and seven-time ASP Women’s World Champion Layne Beachley (AUS)
fielded a barrage of questions at this morning’s Roxy Pro press launch about
her motivations for another world title. 

Surrounded by former ASP World Champion Chelsea Hedges (AUS) and highly-touted
rookie Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), the veteran competitor assured the media that
the swarm of talented rookie faces will have her as motivated as ever to prove
her mettle against the world’s best.

“I am really looking forward to surfing Snapper,” Beachley said. “It’s one
of the best waves in the world and I’m looking forward to seeing how the girls
have improved over the last few months, and especially the likes of Stephanie
(Gilmore) and Caroline (Sarran) and Amee (Donohoe) and all the new girls coming
on. That’s one of the main things that has motivated me to stay on tour this
year is the young crop of surfers coming on because they really inspire me to
be a better surfer.”

Beachley will have her first chance to surf against the future in the opening
round of competition as she has drawn Roxy Pro Trials Winner, 14-year-old
Carissa Moore (HAW). Moore left the field of fellow trialists finalists needing
two rides to catch her after netting 17.20 out of a possible 20.

“We just arrived two days ago, and I’ve been surfing a lot with my friend
Coco (Ho),” Moore said. “I’m very thankful for this opportunity that Roxy
has given me and I am looking forward to the main event. Layne (Beachley) will
be a tough first draw, but I am just going to keep surfing how I am surfing.”

Former Roxy Pro Gold Coast Champion Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) is the heavy rookie
favorite for both this year’s Roxy Pro and potentially the ASP Women’s World
Title, yet despite the substantial hype surrounding this season, the prodigious
natural-footer remains calm.

“I am feeling pretty relaxed this year,” Gilmore said. “No more trials, I’m
straight in there. I know there are a few expectations floating around, but
I’m just really excited. I want the tour to start already so I can get
straight into it and see how I do.”

The waiting period for the Quiksilver and Roxy Pros begins tomorrow, Feb. 27th,
2007. Be sure to catch all the action at www.aspworldtour.com,
www.quiksilver.com and www.roxy.com. 

For a full list of surfer profiles, season schedules, interview transcriptions,
event profiles, news stories and much more, be sure to log on to the new and
improved www.aspworldtour.com 

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Foster’s ASP World Champion’s Crowning
Conrad Jupiter's Casino
Broadbeach, QLD, Australia
February 24, 2007

SLATER AND BEACHLEY HONORED AT FOSTER’S ASP WORLD CHAMPIONS CROWNING 

COOLANGATTA, Australia (Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007) – The world’s best surfers
swapped wetsuits for gowns and formal wear last night to attend the 25th Annual
Foster’s ASP World Champions Crowning held at Conrad Jupiter’s Casino on the
Gold Coast of Australia. 

Professional surfing’s superstars, both past and present, turned out in force
for the red carpet affair. 

Hawaiian Senator Fred Hemmings, who (along with Randy Rarick) founded the
International Professional Surfers (IPS) which laid the framework for when ASP
would takeover in 1983, made a special appearance at the event.

“Thirty years ago, Randy Rarick and I knew where we wanted to go, but we
didn’t know how to get there,” Hemmings said. “I have to tell you we’re so
thrilled to let you know we’re there.  We were surfers with dreams.  We
dreamed that our sport would be respected in the pantheon of athletics, dreamed
that our sport would be healthy and vibrant, that our athletes would be
respected.	Layne Beachley and Kelly Slater, and all the surfers on tour, I want
to tell you that you are our dreams.”

Eight-time Foster’s ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA) and seven-time ASP
Women’s World Champion Layne Beachley (AUS) took center stage for their
official crowning as king and queen of the sport, with both champions imparting
insightful words to the 600-strong audience. 

“Two of my very good friends, Sunny Garcia and Rob Machado, very narrowly lost
world titles when I won them, and no matter how great it was to me at that
time, it was so bittersweet,” Slater said.  “Contests are fun though, and
that’s why we’re all here – this is what’s bringing us together.  Without
these competitions, we wouldn’t have these friends, we wouldn’t have these
experiences, we wouldn’t have these wins and losses and be able to experience
such highs and lows in life and see such broad pictures.”

Beachley, who encouraged fellow world champion Slater to continue his
competitive tenure, was also gracious and humble despite achieving what few
other female athletes in sport have accomplished.

“I feel grateful and very honored to be able to call surfing my profession,”
Beachley said.  “I am overwhelmed with the fact that I was able to come back
and win a seventh world title, and ultimately, I want to thank surfing for
giving us the life that we all have and we all share. I’m just thankful for my
job and I look forward to an incredibly competitive season this year.”

Runner-up awards were bestowed upon Andy Irons (HAW) and Melanie Redman-Carr
(AUS) for the Foster’s ASP World Tour and ASP Women’s World Tour
respectively.

Other award winners included ASP Men’s World Junior Champion Jordy Smith
(ZAF), ASP Women’s World Junior Champion Nicola Atherton (AUS), ASP Women’s
World Tour Rookie of the Year Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS) and Foster’s ASP World
Tour Rookie of the Year Bobby Martinez (USA).

The inaugural Peter Whitaker award, an honor given to the individual who
displays exemplary poise and selflessness in service to the sport of surfing,
went to 2006 Foster’s ASP World Tour rookie Pancho Sullivan (HAW).

Retiring surfers Jake Paterson (AUS), Peterson Rosa (BRA) and Trudy Todd (AUS)
were also recognized for their commendable careers on the ASP’s elite tours. 

The Foster’s ASP World Champion’s Crowing Honourees included:

•	Foster’s ASP World Tour Champion – Kelly Slater  (AUS) 
•	Foster’s ASP World Tour Runner Up – Andy Irons (HAW)

•	ASP Women’s World Tour Champion – Layne Beachley (AUS)
•	ASP Women’s World Tour Runner-Up – Melanie Redman Carr (AUS)

•	ASP Men’s World Junior Champion – Jordy Smith (ZAF)
•	ASP Women’s World Junior Champion – Nicola Atherton (AUS)

•	Foster’s ASP World Tour Rookie of the Year – Bobby Martinez (USA)
•	ASP Women’s World Tour Rookie of the Year – Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS)

•	Foster’s ASP World Tour Most Improved Surfer – Tim Reyes (USA)
•	ASP Women’s World Tour Most Improved Surfer – Rebecca Woods (AUS)

•	ASP Men’s World Longboard Champion – Josh Constable (AUS)
•	ASP Women’s World Longboard Champion – Schuyler McFerran (USA)

•	ASP World Qualifying Series #1 Ranked Man – Jeremy Flores (FRA)
•	ASP World Qualifying Series #1 Ranked Woman – Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS)

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Foster’s ASP World Champion’s Crowning
Conrad Jupiter's Casino
Broadbeach, QLD, Australia
February 24, 2007
 
FOSTER’S ASP WORLD CHAMPIONS CROWNING TO HONOR THE BEST OF 2006
 
COOLANGATTA, Australia (Friday, Feb. 23, 2007) – It’s a safe bet that persons
patronizing Conrad Jupiters Casino on the Gold Coast of Australia Saturday
night, Feb. 24, will be rubbing shoulders with surf royalty. 
 
Kelly Slater (USA) and Layne Beachley (AUS) will be among those stepping out of
extra slick Aston Martin vehicles and straight onto the red carpet to attend
the 25th Annual Foster’s ASP World Champion’s Crowning.
 
Recognized as the “surfers’ night”, the 600-person gala affair is organized
to honour the achievements of ASP athletes each year and, in this instance,
their 2006 performances.
 
Held just prior to the launch of the 2007 Foster’s ASP and ASP Women’s World
Tours at Snapper Rocks, the World Champion’s Crowning will acknowledge a bevy
of accomplishments by surfers of all disciplines.
 
Headlining the evening’s festivities will be the official crowning of
eight-time Foster’s ASP World Champion Kelly Slater and seven-time ASP
Women’s World Champion Layne Beachley. 
 
Rewriting the record books yet again, both athletes continue to indisputably
illustrate that they are the greatest surfers of all time.
 
“To win seven and eight world titles in any discipline is an amazing feat, so
to have athletes of this calibre with careers as long and decorated as Kelly
and Layne’s is a testament to our sport,” said ASP CEO Brodie Carr. “The
fact that they are both revved up to go back on tour and do again this year is
even better!” 
 
The Foster’s ASP World Champion’s Crowning Honourees on Saturday Evening will
include:
 
• Foster’s ASP World Tour Champion – Kelly Slater (AUS) 
• Foster’s ASP World Tour Runner Up – Andy Irons (HAW)
 
• ASP Women’s World Tour Champion – Layne Beachley (AUS)
• ASP Women’s World Tour Runner-Up – Melanie Redman Carr (AUS)
 
• ASP Men’s World Junior Champion – Jordy Smith (ZAF)
• ASP Women’s World Junior Champion – Nicola Atherton (AUS)
 
• Foster’s ASP World Tour Rookie of the Year – Bobby Martinez (USA)
• ASP Women’s World Tour Rookie of the Year – Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS)
 
• ASP Men’s World Longboard Champion – Josh Constable (AUS)
• ASP Women’s World Longboard Champion – Schuyler McFerran (USA)
 
• ASP World Qualifying Series #1 Ranked Man – Jeremy Flores (FRA)
• ASP World Qualifying Series #1 Ranked Woman – Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS)
 
Following the event, 20 of the top surfers will compete for a $5000 donation to
their nominated charity in the Conrad Jupiter’s ASP World Champions Poker
Showdown.

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Roxy Pro Gold Coast
Event No. 1 on the 2007 ASP Women’s World Tour
Snapper Rocks, Coolangatta, Australia
February 27 – March 11, 2007

BEACHLEY, GILMORE & GEORGESON HEADLINE ROXY PRO GOLD COAST LINE-UP

COOLANGATTA, Australia (Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007) – Seven-time World Champion
Layne Beachley (AUS) will be formally honored for her 2006 title at the
Foster’s ASP World Champion’s Crowing this weekend, but from next week
forward, it’s all about 2007 and ASP Women’s World Title No. 8.

“Starting the season defending the world title and having the first event on
my home turf is a great way to start the tour and I’m really looking forward
to getting off to a good start,” Beachley said. “I’m also looking forward to
seeing how the new girls like Stephanie Gilmore, Caroline Sarran and Rosy Hodge
perform in their debut event as ASP World Tour surfers.”

The 34-year-old champion, whose career spans a very decorated 18 years, will be
drawing challengers nearly half her age when the Roxy Pro Gold Coast, the first
stop on the 2007 ASP Women’s World Tour, kicks off next week. Beachley’s
confidence remains unfaltering.

“Mentally, I’m one of the toughest competitors you can come up against so I
don’t really need to work too much on my mental strength,” Beachley said. 
“My preparation has really been about spending more time in the water and more
time working on my equipment.” 

Beachley has won countless ASP Women’s World Tour events, but has never
clinched a Roxy Pro Gold Coast crown. Local girl and tour rookie Stephanie
Gilmore (AUS) has. 

Gilmore won the Roxy Pro as a wildcard in 2004 and beat Beachley in the final
of the inaugural Havaianas Beachley Classic to post her second elite tour win
as a wildcard last October.

“I know that Stephanie (Gilmore) probably knows this wave better than anyone
– she proved that in 2004,” Beachley said.  “But at the end of the day, it
comes down to competitiveness, being confident with your surfing ability and
just being patient. Every girl on tour is a good surfer, everyone has the
ability to win events so it just comes down to who wants it the most, who’s
willing to work hardest for it and who’s going to be the most patient in the
lineup.”

Gilmore has spent more time in the Snapper Rocks line-up than the rest of the
world’s Top 17 female surfers, but expectations and media speculation
surrounding Gilmore’s rookie year could place additional pressure on the
19-year-old.

“There are definitely a lot of expectations floating around, but I think a lot
of them are ones I have put on myself because I really want to perform at my
best and prove to everyone that I am here to stay,” Gilmore said.  “I'm
thinking the best way to deal with it is to try to put it out of my mind and
have some fun. Plus, I think I have a little bit of an advantage living here -
I surf Snapper almost every day. Hopefully I'll be able to take that local
knowledge and use it to get myself all the way to the final.”

And on Beachley and their budding rivalry: “I have come out on top in the
couple of heats I've had against Layne, so I think she is pretty keen to put me
back in my place and show me who's boss,” Gilmore said. “It will be pretty
interesting if we draw each other again at Snapper. Layne is a seven-time world
champ with nothing to prove, so I think that's the advantage she'll have, less
pressure.”

Sitting slightly under Beachley and Gilmore on the radar but reveling in that
fact, is another local, 2005 ASP Women’s World Champion Chelsea Hedges
(formerly Georgeson).

"I would say that Steph is definitely going to be one of the hardest girls to
beat out there because she's got so much experience and she’s been surfing
this wave ever since she could stand up on a board,” Hedges said.  “Steph
will be really good for our tour, as is Layne (Beachley) having seven world
titles now.  All the focus is probably going to be on those two girls, which is
good for me because I can just cruise along quietly and do my own thing. It's
going to be a really good year for us and I think this event is going to really
set the standard for the rest of the year.  It's going to be really exciting."

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Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast
Event No. 1 on the 2007 Foster’s ASP World Tour
Snapper Rocks, Coolangatta, Australia
February 27 – March 11, 2007

ASP FOSTER'S 45 GEAR UP FOR QUIKSILVER PRO GOLD COAST

COOLANGATTA, Australia (Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007) – With the clock ticking
down for event No. 1 on the 2007 Foster’s ASP World Tour – the Quiksilver Pro
Gold Coast – many of the world’s biggest surfing superstars have descended
upon the world class wave of Snapper Rocks, Australia to get in some early
practice. 

With a solid swell pounding the coastline in the week leading up to the event,
the world’s best have had ample opportunity to become acquainted with the
famed break’s sandbar and with a forecasted swell on the way, the Quiksilver
Pro could begin as early as day one of the official waiting period – Tuesday,
Feb. 27, 2007.

Reigning and eight-time Foster’s ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA) will be
back to defend both his World and Quiksilver Pro Titles when competition
commences. 

Slater took out Taj Burrow (AUS) to win the Quiksilver Pro last year and
despite the extra media attention he’ll receive when he’s honored at this
weekend’s Foster’s World Champion’s Crowing at Conrad Jupiters Casino,
Slater remains focused on the job at hand.

“You have to just get into the surf and the vibe, and not worry too much about
the hoopla,” Slater said. “There's a lot of music, gambling, etc., but the
best thing about the Gold Coast is the surf; getting excited thinking about the
waves is the best way to prepare.”

Slater is the only non-Australian in the five-year history of the event to walk
away with a Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast crown. He has acknowledged that defending
his title may prove slightly more difficult citing a number of Australian
challengers eager to see the trophy back in the hands of a countryman.

“Joel (Parkinson) could be a threat, coming off a great end of the year run,”
Slater said. “Mick (Fanning) is always ready and I think Taj (Burrow) was
amongst those thinking they may have let some opportunities pass them by last
year.” 

Of the 11 rookies on this year’s tour, five are Australian and two, Josh Kerr
and Luke Munro, are local. 

“The rookies will surprise some people too,” Slater said. “Josh is the dark
horse because the World Tour guys don't know much about him and Luke, who has
surfed Snapper as a wildcard, has already had some experience here.”

The Quiksilver Pro will also host the inaugural exhibition of the Foster’s
Surf Showdown specialty event. 

This innovative new exhibition format will pit nation against nation in an
exciting team competition. 

The world’s best will be divided into five national teams: North America,
South America, Hawaii, South Africa, Australia and Foster’s Rookie team. 

Captained by Taylor Knox (USA), Victor Ribas (BRA), Pancho Sullivan (HAW), Greg
Emslie (ZAF), Tom Whitaker (AUS) and Foster’s Rookie Josh Kerr (AUS)
respectively, the captains will select two members from their teams to compete
in the new format which replaces the Foster’s Expression Session.

“The Foster’s Surf Showdown will provide an excellent forum to showcase the
already friendly yet passionate rivalries between the different nations on
tour,” said ASP CEO Brodie Carr. “The exhibition will provide the perfect
compliment to the high-performance action that spectators get through the
Foster’s ASP World Tour events already.” 

The Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast Trials will be held on Monday, Feb. 26, 2007 and
will feature an array of internationally recognised and dynamic surfers. 

Competing for highly-coveted event wildcard will be 16 trialists: Joan Duru
(FRA), Clay Marzo (HAW), Teale Vanner (AUS), Maz Quinn (NZL), Ry Craike (AUS),
Dale Richards (AUS), Michel Bourez (PYF), Mar Ohno (JPN), Dean Bowen (AUS),
Dave Reardon-Smith (AUS), Corey Ziems (AUS), Brent Dorrington (AUS), Wade
Goodall (AUS), Kirk Flintoff (AUS), Jay Thompson (AUS) and a final trialist to
be determined later in the week. 

The winner of the trials will join Julian Wilson (AUS) and Jake Paterson (AUS)
as one of three Quiksilver Pro Wildcards – each will draw top seeds in round
one of competition.

The waiting period for the Quiksilver and Roxy Pros begins February 27th, 2007.
Be sure to catch all the action LIVE at www.aspworldtour.com,
www.quiksilver.com and www.roxy.com

For a full list of surfer profiles, season schedules, event profiles, news
stories and much more, be sure to log on to the new and improved
www.aspworldtour.com. 

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Roxy Pro Gold Coast
Event No. 1 on the 2007 ASP Women’s World Tour
Snapper Rocks, Coolangatta, Australia
February 28 – March 12, 2007

ROXY PRO WILCARD TO DRAW LAYNE BEACHLEY; 
HOPEFULS LINE-UP IN ROXY PRO TRIALS 

COOLANGATTA, Australia (Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007): The world’s top female surfers
will have a steady eye trained on the Roxy Pro Trials next Monday, Feb 26, to
see if yet another wildcard giant-killer will emerge to claim scalps in event
number one on the ASP Women’s World Tour – the Roxy Pro Gold Coast.

Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), now a 2007 ASP Women’s World Tour rookie, took the
world by storm when she earned the Roxy Pro Gold Coast wildcard and went on to
win the main event as a 17-year-old in 2005. 

Gilmore was granted an automatic wildcard into last year’s tournament as the
defending champion; hence no Roxy Pro Trials were staged in 2006.

This year, the highly coveted opportunity to surf against the world’s best
will go to the winner of the class-field of eight Australian and four
international trialists. 

The 12 surfers will battle it out at Snapper Rocks, the main Gold Coast
tournament site, early next week.

Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) has proved time and again that age and experience are
no barrier to her enormous talent and the 16-year-old is expected to be one of
the main challengers for the coveted wildcard.

“It is great to have the opportunity to surf in an event with such prestige
and it’s also a tough trials line-up,” Fitzgibbons said. “It’s definitely
going to be no easy feat to win the trials and I would be over the moon to win
the wildcard. It’s going to be a blast, I can’t wait.”

The wildcard winner will dive straight into deep water up against seven-time
world champion Layne Beachley (AUS) and another world ranked opponent in the
opening round of the main event. 

“Competing against Layne and another one of the world’s best surfers would be
a dream come true,” Fitzgibbons said. “That heat would be a learning curve on
tactics and positioning for waves. 

“I am sure it will be fun and I’ll hopefully handle the atmosphere and the
moment the best way I can,” Fitzgibbons said.

Laura Enever (AUS) is another whose recent form has been impressive with the
15-year-old breaking through for her first ASP Junior event victory earlier
this month. 

“To pit myself against the world’s best would be amazing,” Enever said.
“I’m just so happy I have been given the opportunity to surf out at Snapper
with only a few other girls and be able to show the best girls in the world
what I can do.”

Enever is in no way intimidated by the fact she is taking on one of the
sport’s greatest athletes and is in fact excited by the prospect.

“It would pretty much be a dream to surf up against the world champ,” said
Enever. “I would probably be ‘frothing’ to the max and it will also give me
the opportunity to pick up a few pointers as well as gain an invaluable
experience you can only get when you surf in a world tour event.”

Joining Fitzgibbons and Enever in the Roxy Pro Trials are Carissa Moore (HAW),
Alize Arnaud (FRA), Pauline Ado (FRA), Ashleigh Smith (AUS), Airini Mason (NZ),
Laurina McGrath (AUS), Rebecca Oakley (AUS), Sheridan Shields (AUS), Angela
Keighran (AUS) and Lindsay Noyes (AUS). 

The Quiksilver Pro Trials will also be staged at Snapper Rocks on Monday,
February 26th with 16 surfers fighting for the chance to be included in the
Foster’s ASP World Tour event.

The US$80,000 Roxy Pro presented by Samsung will be staged in conjunction with
the US$300,000 Quiksilver Pro presented by Samsung. 

Both tournaments have waiting periods from February 27th to March 11th. 

The worlds top 45 men and top 17 female surfers will descend on the Gold Coast
this month and all fingers will be crossed for a cyclone swell so the world
famous “Superbank” stretching from Snapper Rocks all the way through to Kirra
Beach can crank up the action.

Both opening world tour events are mobile, granting access to some of the best
surf breaks on the planet. The tournament will be based at Snapper Rocks, yet
it can travel from Stradbroke Island to Duranbah Beach on the Queensland/New
South Wales state border in search of optimum conditions.

Venues such as Snapper Rocks, Greenmount, Kirra and Burleigh will hold
priority, with visions of long, right-hand barrels filling competitors' minds
in the lead up. 

All spots offer great viewing for spectators to soak up the phenomenal surfing
assured to take place.

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Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast 
Roxy Pro Gold Coast 
Event No. 1 on the Foster’s ASP and ASP Women’s World Tours
Snapper Rocks, Gold Coast, Australia
February 24 – March 12, 2007

SURFING'S ELITE GATHER DOWN UNDER TO KICK OFF 2007 WORLD TOURS

COOLANGATTA, Australia (Monday, Feb. 19, 2007) – The 2007 Foster’s ASP World
Tour and ASP Women’s World Tour will kick off at Snapper Rocks on the Gold
Coast of Australia with the Quiksilver and Roxy Pros presented by Samsung next
week. 

In addition to a plethora of dynamic rookies, improved judging technology and
an innovative nation versus nation team event, the Foster’s Surf Showdown,
will add to the anticipation of the Gold Coast event.

This season’s Foster’s ASP World Tour will match last season’s record 14 new
faces set to storm the top ranks. 

Ten of the new comers include complete rookies such as Australians Luke Munro,
Kai Otton, Ben Dunn, Josh Kerr and Dayyan Neve, along with South Africans Ricky
Basnett and Royden Bryson, Brazilian Leonardo Neves, American Gabe Kling and
Frenchman Jeremy Flores. 

In addition, returning veterans Rodrigo Dornelles (BRA), Neco Padaratz (BRA),
Bernado Miranda (BRA) and former ASP world tour runner-up Mick Campbell (AUS),
are back in action after their various absences from the top-tier tour.

The ASP Women’s World Tour will also feature some fresh faces this year. South
African Rosanne Hodge, Frenchwoman Caroline Sarran and Australian Stephanie
Gilmore will each make their ASP Women’s World Tour debuts, with Hawaiian
Melanie Bartels and Australian Amee Donohoe returning after a brief hiatus from
the ASP World Tour stage. 

“This season’s rookies are really going to shake things up,” ASP CEO Brodie
Carr said. “On the men’s side, you have aerial freak Josh Kerr and the
prodigious Jeremy Flores, and on the women’s side, we have the giant slayer
Stephanie Gilmore. It’s going to be exciting to see how the old guard deals
with the onslaught of new faces this year.”

Following the 2007 ASP World Tour season opener at Snapper Rocks, the Foster’s
ASP World Tour will travel to the dream venues of Bells Beach, Australia;
Teahupoo, Tahiti; ‘Somewhere’ in Chile; Jeffreys Bay, South Africa; Lower
Trestles, California; Hossegor, France; Mundaka, Spain; Imbituba, Brazil and
Pipeline, Hawaii. 

The ASP Women’s World Tour will join the men’s tour in Bells Beach before
branching off and heading to Itacare, Brazil; Santander, Spain; Sydney,
Australia; Sunset Beach, Hawaii and Maui, Hawaii.

Both the men’s and women’s tours will benefit from the addition of an instant
replay system this season, increasing the precision of the already top-notch
judging panel. 

The instant replay system will further ensure that scoring and the delivery of
scoring is as accurate and immediate as possible. 

All the action kicks off on February 24, 2007 with the Foster’s ASP World
Championship Crowning Banquet. 

A gala event where the world’s best swap wetsuits for lavish gowns and penguin
suits and enjoy a night of revelry and honor, the 2007 Foster’s ASP World
Championship Crowning Banquet will take over the world famous Jupiter’s Casino
on Australia’s Gold Coast Saturday night. 

The evening will see the crowning of the 2006 Foster’s ASP World Champion,
Kelly Slater (USA), and 2006 ASP Women’s World Champion, Layne Beachley (AUS),
as well as the ASP World Junior champions Jordy Smith (ZAF) and Nicola Atherton
(AUS).

The waiting period for the Quiksilver and Roxy Pros begins February 27, 2007.
Be sure to catch all the action at www.aspworldtour.com, www.quiksilver.com and
www.roxy.com 

For a full list of surfer profiles, season schedules, event profiles, news
stories and much more, be sure to log on to the new and improved
www.aspworldtour.com 

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HOBGOOD CHALLENGE PRESENTED BY PACSUN
Caroline Islands, Micronesia
February 1-10, 2007

OWEN WRIGHT VICTORIOUS AT INAUGURAL HOBGOOD CHALLENEGE PRESENTED BY PACSUN
 
HUNTINGTON BEACH, California (Wednesday, February 14th, 2007) – Rising
Australian surfer Owen Wright (Culburra, AUS), 17, stormed passed a cadre of
top-notch juniors late last week to capture the Inaugural Hobgood Challenge
Presented by PacSun title.

The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) North America Pro Junior
specialty event was contested in pumping four-to-six-foot surf at an outer
island reef pass near the village of Sokehs in Micronesia.

The Inaugural Hobgood Challenge Presented by PacSun was the first ever ASP
North America sanctioned Pro specialty event and included a field of six of the
world’s best surfers under 21 years of age.	The brainchild of 2001 ASP world
champion C.J. Hobgood (current #16 in the world) and his twin brother, Damien
(current #7 in the world), the event featured a cash purse of $13,001.

The one-day event was held near the end of a waiting period that ran from
February 1-10, allowing the surfers ample time for tuning up and becoming
acquainted with the barreling righthander.	 In addition to Wright, the Hobgood
Challenge featured a crew of elite young surfers comprised of Dion Atkinson
(Seaford, AUS), Clay Marzo (Lahaina, HAW), Dusty Payne (Lahaina, HAW), Eric
Geiselman (New Smyrna Beach, FL) and Garut Widiarta (Kuta, IND).

Competition was intense from the outset as surfing’s future generation of
superstars continuously pushed themselves and the Hobgood brothers to new
heights with progressive aerials, fin-free snaps, sweeping cutbacks and deep
barrels.

“These kids are taking surfing to a whole different level,” Hobgood remarked.
 “CJ and I get a lot out of the event from just seeing what these kids are up
to and what they’re doing.	It makes us surf that much harder knowing these
guys are right behind us.”

After a series of tight man-on-man heats, it was Wright’s name alone sitting
on top of the scoreboard.	

“Winning the Hobgood Challenge means a lot to me,” Wright said.  “This was
the best contest surf I’ve ever competed in, and the competition was
tough.	It’s a real highlight for my career and me personally.”

The contest offered a U.S. $13,001 prize purse that was split equally between
the six competitors.  Wright received one extra dollar for the victory.

Atkinson scored the Anon Optics Best Wave Award with a near-perfect 9.99 tube
ride in the semi-finals.	

Beginning March 1, 2007, the first of six webisodes documenting the event will
be available at www.pacsun.com.	

For more information check out ASPNorthAmerica.org, SurfingTheMag.com and
PacSun.com

RESULTS:

1	- Owen Wright (AUS)
2	- Dion Atkinson (AUS)
3	- Clay Marzo (HAW),  Garut Widiarta (IND)
       5      - Eric Geiselman (USA), Dusty Payne (HAW)

ASSOCIATION OF SURFING PROFESSIONALS (ASP) INTERNATIONAL

ASP WORLD TOUR SURFERS SCORE PREMIUM SURFLINE MEMBERSHIPS

COOLANGATTA, Australia (Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2006) – The men and women of the
Foster’s ASP World Tour and ASP Women’s World Tour approach their surfing
like a science. Thanks to a recent deal brokered between the ASP and Surfline,
the world’s Top 45 men and 17 women now have state-of-the-art surf forecasting
at their fingertips.

"Surfline has worked with many of the world's best surfers for over 20 years
and is stoked to formalize our relationship with the ASP by providing the
surfers with premium Surfline memberships,” Sean Collins, President/Founder of
Surfline said.

“Our primary goal will always be to score the best waves in the world, because
we know that success will surely follow for the ASP World Tour and the entire
surfing community when surfers everywhere can logon to the webcast to witness
the best surfing on the planet," Collins said. 

Because the ASP is committed to putting the world’s best surfers in the
world’s best waves and Surfline’s mission is to identify the planet’s most
idyllic conditions at any given moment, the arrangement was a no-brainer. 

“We travel the world in search of perfect waves and I am thrilled to be able
to give our surfers access to the world’s best surf forecasting,” Brodie
Carr, ASP CEO, said. “Surfline has been a long time supporter of the ASP and
it is great to extend our partnership further.”

Surfline's Premium Forecasts, which will furnish the Foster’s ASP World Tour
and ASP Women’s World Tour surfers with comprehensive surf conditions from
Australia, Hawaii and every tour stop in between, are updated and accurate up
to five days in advance. 

In addition, the surfers can now log onto LOLA, the world's only
computer-generated, automated surf forecasting tool, to forecast waves down the
street or at their favorite secret spots between ASP World Tour events.

“There is not an internet session that goes by that I don't look at LOLA,”
Kelly Slater, eight-time ASP World Champion said. “It's so cool to check out
the places you have been or are going to get an up-to-the-minute look at what's
happening.”