Paris Hilton fait ses courses chez Ocean&Earth...

MACCA qualifié pour l'ASP WORLD TOUR

Ca y est Phil est de retour sur l'ASP WORLD TOUR!!!! Congratulation dude!

Julian Wilson remporte l'Ocean & Earth Teenage Rampage

Julian Wilson : photo Kirstin Scholtz

Ocean and Earth International Teenage Rampage

Surfing Australia
Curl Curl Beach New South Wales
27 - 30 December 2008

Julian Wilson wins the Ocean & Earth Teenage Rampage

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 30 December, 2008 : - - Curl Curl, Sydney -- Former ISA World Junior Champion Julian Wilson (Coolum) made an impressive comeback from injury to win the premier U20 boys division of the Ocean and Earth International Teenage Rampage at Sydney's Curl Curl Beach today.

Wilson, who has not surfed a contest in four months due to a plaguing ankle injury, rose to the top of the 50-strong field that included nearly 20 top international competitors, to win Aus $2500 when he defeated ASP Australasia Pro Junior rated No. 2 surfer Heathe Joske (Nambucca Heads) in the final.

"This feels so good to come back with a win after so much time out of competition," Wilson said. "Heathe (Joske) is a great surfer and I knew he'd be tough to beat here today." Wilson scored a near perfect 9.00 (out of ten) followed by a 7.5 in the first five minutes of the heat leaving Joske to play catch-up for the remainder of the final.

"I'd been watching the conditions all day and with the tide going out I chose to sit on a different bank where I saw a few rights coming through," Wilson explained. " It was a good call and my win today is just the confidence boost I needed going into next week's World Juniors."

Wilson will be competing in the trials of the ASP World Juniors at North Narrabeen next week after which he will focus his attention on making his new surf film in 2009. Joske finished with a runner-up placing earning AUS$1500 while Magno Pacheco (Bra) finished in third with Matt Wilkinson (Copocabana) took home fourth.

In the Boys U16 division it was the very stylish Matt Banting (Port Macquarie) who took top honors winning a hotly contested final over Jack Freestone (Coolangatta), Ryan Callinan (Merewether) and Max Ayshford (Maroubra).

Banting, who's refined contest savvy saw him sit patiently out the back waiting for only the best looking waves with the most scoring potential, sealed his victory with two impressive scores.

"I couldn't have asked for a better way to end the year," Banting said. "Jack (Freestone) and Ryan (Callinan) are always tough competition, I've competed against them all year and there were some heated exchanges between them in that heat. I'm just stoked it went my way today."

Freestone and Callinan went toe for toe for second place but it was the more critical surfing from Freestone that saw the Queenslander eclipse Callinan to finish in second.

Phillipa Anderson (Merewether) emerged as a firm standout in both the U20 and U16 Girls divisions where she took two consecutive first place finishes.

Anderson held off a strong charge from Japanese surfer Nao Oura in the U16's and despite an early lead from Oura it was the two radical rides from Anderson in the last few minutes that saw her seal her victory with Oura placing second, Brodie Doyle (Coolangatta) third and Skye Burgess fourth.

The U13 boys division saw some sensational surfing from overall winner Eli Steele (Moffat beach) who surfed well beyond his years to defeat O'Neil Massin (Tahiti), Matt King (Ulladulla) and Chris Robertson (Cronulla).

The U13 Girls division was won by Kirsten Ogden (Crescent Heads) who topped Stephanie Single (Lennox Head), Sophie Bernard (Manly) and Cali McDonagh (Curl Curl).

Macca et Drew s'arrêtent en Demi...

La Santa Surf Pro
ASP WQS 6 Star Prime Men's Event
San Juan, Lanzarote Canary Islands
14 - 19 October 2008

Phil Macca MacDonald et Drew Courtney terminent 3ème du Santa Surf Pro ASP WQS 6* prime.
San Juan, Lanzarote – Philip Macca MacDonald et Drew Courtney, surfers Australiens du Team OceanEarth, viennent d’accrocher chacun une très belle troisième place de l’ ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS) 6-Star Prime Santa Surf Pro à Lanzarote aux Canaries.
Shaun Gossmann, un autre australien du team et éliminé par son pote Macca en huitième, termine 9ème.

Après cette étape dans l’archipel espagnol et les 2250 pts engrangés, Drew devient numéro 4 mondial, Macca se propulse à la 10ème place du Classement WQS tandis que Shaun se rapproche du top20 (#21).
Ils se positionnent ainsi comme de candidats sérieux à la montée en ASP World Tour (WCT – Tour mondial élite).
Le jeu des blessures et des listes de repêchage (au moment du forfait de surfers du World Tour) avait offert à Macca la possibilité de reprendre le Tour qu’il a quitté en fin d’année dernière dès cette saison mais, préférant se concentrer sur le WQS, il a décliné l’offre.

Il leur faudra rester dans les 16 premiers du classement pour accéder le prestigieux ASP World Tour. Les 3 dernières compétitions de l’année seront donc décisives. La première sur la liste aura lieu du 21 au 26 octobre à Carcavelos (Lisbonne) – Portugal.
FINAL
1st, Nick Muscroft (AUS) 14.43 pts
2nd, Kekoa Bacalso (HAW) 14.00 pts
SEMIFINALS
Heat 1: Nic Muscroft (AUS) 13.83 pts Def. Drew Courtney (AUS) 11.17 pts
Heat 2: Kekoa Bacalso (HAW) 16.00 pts Def. Phil MacDonald (AUS) 14.67 pts
QUARTERFINALS RESULTS
Heat 1: Nic Muscroft (AUS) 10.16 pts Def. Heitor Alves (BRA) 8.84 pts
Heat 2: Drew Courtney (AUS) 14.67 pts Shaun Cansdell (AUS) 11.50 pts
Heat 3: Kekoa Bacalso (HAW) 16.84 pts Def. Nathan Yeomans (USA) 14.43 pts
Heat 4: Phil MacDonald (AUS) 16.23 pts Def. Gabe Kling (USA) 16.17 pts

ROUND 5 RESULTS
Heat 1: Heitor Alves (BRA) 16.27 pts Def. Austin Ware (USA) 10.17 pts
Heat 2: Nic Muscroft (AUS) 15.36 pts Def. Adam Robertson (AUS) 12.94 pts
Heat 3: Drew Courtney (AUS) 12.34 pts Def. Bobby Hansen (NZL) 10.83 pts
Heat 4: Shaun Cansdell (AUS) 12.00 pts Def. Tiago Pires (PRT) 10.03 pts
Heat 5: Kekoa Bacalso (HAW) 17.50 pts Def. Greg Emslie (ZAF) 10.93 pts
Heat 6: Nathan Yeomans (USA) 14.33 pts Def. Simao Romao (BRA) 12.30 pts
Heat 7: Gabe Kling (USA) 13.16 pts Def. David Weare (ZAF) 8.56 pts
Heat 8: Phil MacDonald (AUS) 14.83 pts Def. Shaun Gossmann (AUS) 13.77 pts

WQS ratings after the La Santa Surf Pro
1 Curran,Nathaniel USA 13200
2 Davidson,Chris AUS 12525
3 Boal,Tim FRA 11888
4 Courtney,Drew AUS 11600
5 Weare,David ZAF 11450
6 Gudauskas,Patrick USA 11438
7 Kerr,Josh AUS 11325
8 Emslie,Greg ZAF 11188
9 Kling,Gabe USA 11163
10 MacDonald,Phillip AUS 11075
…
21 Gossmann,Shaun AUS 10113
73 Wilson,Blake AUS 6632

Daniel Ross wins all at Ocean & Earth Pro in El Confital

Daniel Ross wins all at Ocean & Earth Pro in El Confital

Daniel Ross : photo Aquashot/ASPEurope

Ocean & Earth Pro
ASP 4 Star WQS Mens Event
Las Palmas, Gran Canaria-Canaries
6 - 12 October 2008

Live Coverage | Results/Photos/Videos etc

Ross Takes Top Honours in ASP WQS 4-Star Ocean & Earth Pro in Gran Canaria

El Confital, Gran Canaria – Daniel Ross (Yamba, AUS), 25, won the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 4-Star Ocean & Earth Pro pres. by La Caja de Canarias in pumping five to six foot (1.5 to 2 meter) waves at the world famous venue of El Confital today.

Ross, who defeated Stuart Kennedy (Lennox Head, AUS), 18, in an exciting 100% Australian 35-minute Man-on-man clash, rose throughout the week with excellent skills and variety in his surfing to end up 1st of the 2008 edition and clinch the valuable 1500 winner's ratings' points.

Ocean & Earth Pro ASP 4 Star WQS Event, Confital - Las Canarias

Ocean & Earth Pro
ASP 4 Star WQS Mens Event Las Palmas,Gran Canaria-Canaries
6 - 12 October 2008

Cette année encore "l'Hawaii" de l'Atlantique accueille sur le célèbre spot de Confital l'Ocean & Earth Pro ASP 4 Star WQS Mens Event. Durant une semaine les meilleurs riders européens et mondiaux se retrouvent pour l'une des dernières épreuves de la Saison.

Suivez la compétition en direct sur:

http://www.aspeurope.com/2008/events08/confital08/live.php

OceanEarth est partenaire du Hyuga Pro 2* ASP WQS Event Okuragahama BeachJapan

Hyuga Pro
2-Star ASP World Qualifying Series Event
Okuragahama Beach, Hyuga Miyazaki Japan
8 -12 October 2008
Suivez l'épreuve en direct:
http://www.aspjapantour.com/live/2008/hyugapro/index.php?rLingua=gb