JettyGirl: Archives / January 2012

Bringing the titles back to Hawaii. ASP World Junior Champ, Leila Hurst (HAW) alongside Billibong World Junior event winner, Alessa Quizon (HAW). Photo: ©ASP/Kirstin For Immediate Release Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) International Ibelli And Hurst Claim ASP World Junior Titles At The Billabong World Junior Championships BURLEIGH HEADS, Queensland/Australia (Saturday, 28 January, 2012) – Caio Ibelli (BRA) and Leila Hurst (HAW) have claimed the Men's and Women's ASP World Junior Titles at the Billabong World Junior Championships today. The pair join a prestigious...

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Calling all SoCal Surf filmmakers, established and emerging! San Diego Surf Ladies and The Loft at UC San Diego present: Board Shorts: a festival of short surf films by Socal artists, inspired by women. Date: Saturday, February 25th Venue: The Loft at UC San Diego Time: 7pm Afterparty: 9.30pm Media Contact: Liz Bradshaw – ejbradshaw@ucsd.edu / 858.405.4589 Following the success of the Oceanides premiere last October the San Diego Surf Ladies have decided that more events are in order to celebrate the athlete’s and artists that make up the surf community in Southern California! On...

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Sarah Baum (ZAF) was the day's standout, top scoring with the day's highest heat total of 18.53 (out of 20.00) Photo: ©ASP/Dunbar For Immediate Release Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) International The Women Step Up At The Billabong World Junior Championships Gold Coast BURLEIGH HEADS, Queensland/Australia (Sunday, 22 January, 2012) – Today saw a slight decrease in swell size at Burleigh Heads for Day 2 of the Billabong World Junior Championships Gold Coast, and the call was made to run Rounds 1 and 2 of the Women's event. The women went for it in the fun 2 foot (1 meter)...

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About six years ago I posed the question on Jettygirl about Anastasia Ashley being the "most famous surfer in the world." It was a simple question based on results I was seeing on various search engines at the time but I was taken to task by numerous people both online and off for daring to post such a thing. Fast forward to this morning and a quick search garnered the same results with Anastasia's name coming up twice as much as even the 11x men's world champ, Kelly Slater, who'd I'd assumed would be the most famous surfer of all-time. Anastasia Ashley...12,700,000 results and counting... Whether...

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By Bec Woods People tell you to live in the now. I'm living in the now, I enjoy my life, why would I not… I am a professional surfer. It can be the best job in the World! I am also in the midst of running an event for the second year in a row with my mate and Pro surfer Amee Donohoe. The local community is providing awesome support. The local businesses and media are into it and back our passion to pass onto people our love for not just female surfing but surfing in general. With 120 girls last year entered and some cool happenings this year you should come along to the RA Girls Surf Show. Left:...

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