Next week, February 27, the 2007 Foster's ASP World Tour for men and the ASP Women's World Tour both kick off at Snapper Rocks on the Gold Coast of Australia with the Quiksilver and Roxy Pros presented by Samsung.
The preceding Saturday night, February 24, the world?s best surfers will swap wetsuits for lavish gowns and penguin suits, for the ASP World Championship Crowning Banquet at the famous Jupiter?s Casino on Australia?s Gold Coast. That said, I once attended a ball where a dedicated surfer refused to surrender his beach gear and who's only concession to dressing up, was to wear a bow-tie.
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), plus a host of other awards and no doubt a good deal of revelry.
Labels: ASP, championship, men's, surfing, women's, world, World Tour
2007 FOSTER'S ASP MEN'S WORLD TOUR SCHEDULE
February 27-March 10
Gold Coast,Qld-Australia Quiksilver Pro
April 3-13
Bells Beach,Victoria-Australia Rip Curl Pro
May 4-14
Teahupoo,Taiarapu-Tahiti Billabong Pro Teahupoo
May 20-31
Tavarua/Namotu-Fiji Globe Pro Fiji
June 20-July 1
Some where Rip Curl Pro Search
July 11-22 Jeffreys Bay-South Africa Billabong Pro
September 1-8
Japan TBA
September 11-15
Trestles,California-USA Boost Mobile Pro of Surf presented by Hurley
September 22-October 1
South West Coast-France Quiksilver Pro France
October 2 or 3-14
Mundaka, Euskadi-Spain Billabong Pro
October 29-November 7
Santa Catarina-Brazil Nova Schin Pro Brasil presented by Billabong
December 8-20
Banzai Pipeline,Oahu-Hawaii Rip Curl Pro Pipeline Masters
Total prize money on the tour $3,360,000
WOMEN'S 2007 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR SCHEDULE
February 27-Mar 10
Gold Coast,Queensland-Australia Roxy Pro
April 3-8
Bells Beach,Victoria-Australia Rip Curl Pro
April 21-26
Tavarua/Namotu-Fiji Roxy Pro
August 20-27
Praia da Tiririca,Itacare,Bahia-Brazil Billabong Girls
September 4-9
Santander,Liencres-Spain Rip Curl Girls Festival
October 8-14
Northern Beaches,Sydney, NSW-Australia Havaianas Beachley Classic
November 23-December 6
Sunset Beach,Oahu-Hawaii Roxy Pro
December 8-20
Honolua Bay,Maui-Hawaii Billabong Pro
Total prize money on the tour $583,300
Labels: 2007, ASP, dates, locations, men's, schedule, surfing, tour, women's, world
In a reversal of fortunes from Sunset Beach, Layne Beachley won a seventh ASP Women?s World Tour Title in Honolua Bay, Maui, following the quarterfinal exit from the Billabong Pro Maui of last year's world champion and fellow Australian, Chelsea Georgeson. Layne went into her quarterfinal, knowing that she was already the ASP Women?s World Tour Champion for 2006; Melanie Redman-Carr (AUS) bowed out of contention for the title, with an early round three loss and therefore finished second in the rankings after a commanding lead at the beginning of the tour.
2006 Final ASP Women?s World Tour Ratings
- Layne Beachley (AUS) 6374
- Melanie Redman-Carr (AUS) 5802
- Chelsea Gerogeson (AUS) 5797
- Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS) 4440
- Sofia Mulanovich (PER) 4105
- Rebecca Woods (AUS) 3794
- Claire Bevilacqua (AUS) 3564
- Keala Kennelly (HAW) 3516
- Silvana Lima (BRA) 3408
- Megan Abubo (HAW) 3398
- Rochelle Ballard (HAW) 3312
- Samantha Cornish (AUS) 3218
- Heather Clark (ZAF) 3180
- Julia Christian (USA) 2834
- Trudy Todd (AUS) 2244
- Serena Brooke (AUS) 2232
- Jacqueline Silva (BRA) 2142
Labels: ASP, Beachley, Billabong, champion.2006, Layne, Maui, Pro, surfing, tour, women's, world
