Heather Clark Wins Grand Masters Silver at ISA World Masters Surf Champs
Two-times masters champ Heather Clark’s powerful backhand was good enough to inspire hopes of another ISA World Masters Surfing title win, but Hawaii’s Rochelle Ballard emerged the standout in the Grand Masters division in El Salvador
Duo in Line for ASP Tour Spots
Bianca Buitendag and Sarah Baum continue to fly the flag for South Africa after another successful weekend of surfing on the ASP Tour.
Rosy Opens Tour with Confidence
Rosy Hodge (ZAF) chats to one of the Roxy crew in the competitors area, during the ASP’s opening 2008 event, the Roxy Pro Gold Coast in Coolangatta, Australia. ASP Kirstin (c) Covered Images Rosanne Hodge surfed well enough, but couldn’t make it past the ASP’s 2008 season’s opening event’s quarterfinals at the Roxy Pro Gold […]
Rosy Waits for Round 3 in Gold Coast
Roxy Pro Gold Coast qualifier Carissa Moore gives the ASP Women’s World Tour top 17 something to worry about, as organisers decide to delay Round 3 for another day, in the hope that better surf will arrive. Picture: ASP Kirstin (c) Covered Images After deliberating all morning, event organizers for the Roxy Pro Gold Coast […]
Nerves as Pro Maui Postponed Again
ASP World Tour surfers may not have been rewarded with a good enough swell for the Billabong Pro Maui in Honolua Bay, Hawaii, but the beautiful rainbow to the contest site made it worth it. Picture: ASP Kirstin © Covered Images. Although a small pulse of swell is projected to push surf in the three-to-four […]
Do or Die for Rosie
Australian 2007 ASP World Tour rookie Stephanie Gilmore defeated national favourite, former world champ Sofia Mulanovch in the semi-finals, before defeating seven-time world champ Layne Beachley in the Finals. Picture ASP Towner © Covered Images Australian rookie sensation Stephanie Gilmore extended her lead at the top of the ASP Women’s World Tour rankings by beating […]
Rosie Out of Mancora Classic
Layne Beachley (Australian) will advance to round four, after clenching the high combo in her round three heat against South Africa’s Rosanne Hodge. Photo Credit: ASP Towner © Covered Images Sole South African on the ASP Women’s World Tour Rosie Hodge has come unstuck against Australian Layne Beachley in the third round of the Mancora […]
Rosy Rides into Third Round
Rosanne Hodge throws a sheet of spray curtting back powerfully during her Round One, heat in the Mancora Peru Classic on Wednesday. Hodge placed second behind Jessie Miley-Dyer (AUS) to advance directly to Round 3, in the R560 000 ASP Women’s World Tour event. Photo Credit: ASP Towner © Covered Images Rosanne Hodge, South Africa’s […]
Rosie and the World’s Best in Peru
The blissful settings awaiting South Africa’s Roseanne Hodge, as she continues her rookie year on the ASP Women’s World Tour. Picture: ASP Towner © Covered Images Rosie Hodge will take to the waves later today half-way around the world in Peru’s Mancora Peru Classic, the sixth in the season’s eight international events, and will […]
Rosie Looks to Rise in Rankings
Roseanne Hodge works the white-water at the Rip Curl Girls Festival in Spain, for a tour-best finish in the lead-up to the ASP Women’s World Tour NAB Beachley Classic, in Australia. Picture ASP Cestari © Covered Images The ASP Women’s World Tour NAB Beachley Classic gets underway in Australia on Tuesday, and South Africa is […]
Nikita Aims for WQS Top10
Rookie ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS) campaigner East Londoner Nikita Robb was a top South African surfer at the Rip Curl Boardmasters in Newquay, England on the weekend.
Nikita Robb into Last Eight
Rookie South African surfing pro Nikita Robb stayed on track for her best result of the year, by advancing to the last eight at the 5 Star R175 000 Rip Curl Boardmasters women’s event at Fistral Beach in Newquay, England, on Friday.