A big Thank You has to go out to everyone who submitted photos this month. A special mention has also got to go to everyone who had voted and rated on there favourite photos. There have been some great comments and interaction between users over most of the top pics. Sadly though, we have...

The Lowdown On Willsy's Busted Ear Canal --- Location: Hossegor, France. Posted: 20. 09. 2008 CANAL MINUS The Lowdown On Willsy's Busted Ear Canal [IMAGE-1929] Danny Wills has explained his return back to the water after bursting his eardrum before Trestles: "I didn...

"Rehab. I've already started to surf again ..." ANKLE REHAB (AGAIN) [IMAGE-1375] After being rehabilitated in Capbreton for three weeks I have already put the trunks on and have started to surf again, although I'm still taking it very easy. As you know, I could not participate in ...

"Punching out this blog from Venice Beach... " OK kids, I'm currently punching out this blog from my hotel "The Marina Pacific" on Venice Beach, California. I'm here gearing up for the Boost Mobile Pro that starts Sep 7th down at Lower Trestles in San Clemente. [IMAGE-1370] ...

FANNING, MARTINEZ & PERROW AT MEGA-QUICK KIRRA All Photos: SHIELD/WPS [IMAGE-1131] [IMAGE-1132] [IMAGE-1133] [IMAGE-1134] [IMAGE-1135] [IMAGE-1136] [IMAGE-1137] ...

KIEREN: "NO ONE AROUND AND A LITTLE BIT OF DANGER" Words: Kieren Perrow Photos: Andrew Shield/WPS [IMAGE-1157] [IMAGE-1158] [IMAGE-1159] [IMAGE-1161] [IMAGE-1160] ...

**EL CONFITAL, Gran Canaria (Wednesday, October 8, 2008)** – It has been another long day for all Round 1 competitors waiting to get the dust off their boards but officials had to call the event off for the third consecutive day. The Ocean & Earth Pro pres. La Caja de Canarias, an ASP World Qualif...

**MANLY BEACH, Australia (Thursday, October 9, 2008)** – Small surf in the one-to-two foot (0.5 metre) range on offer at Manly Beach today prompted event organizers at the Beachley Classic to postpone commencing until at least tomorrow with a possible site relocation in the coming days. [IMAG...

**MANLY BEACH, Australia (Wednesday, October 8, 2008)** – The 2008 Beachley Classic, stop No. 5 of 8 on the ASP Women’s World Tour, commences its waiting period tomorrow and the ASP Top 17 are geared up to do battle for the biggest prize purse of the year. [IMAGE-2046] In addition to t...

**EL CONFITAL, Gran Canaria (Tuesday, October 7, 2008)** – Conditions did not improve throughout the day and organisers and surfers agreed to call the second day of the ASP WQS 4-Star Ocean & Earth Pro pres. La Caja de Canarias off. [IMAGE-2045] The world famous righthander of El Confita...

[IMAGE-2043] **_WEEKLY REPORTS for 2008_** _**Report No:**_ 39-08 _**Period: **_ Monday Sept 29th to Sunday Oct 5th 2008 It was a very busy week at Sa’Moana, and a good one on the surf front @ Resorts. The majority of the surfing was at Pebbles but they broke th...

**EL CONFITAL, Gran Canaria (Monday, October 6, 2008)** – The Ocean & Earth Pro, an Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 4-Star event, officially started today but uncontestable two foot (0.5 meter) waves forced organisers to call the day off and have the 96-men...

HUNTINGTON BEACH, California (Sunday, October 05, 2008) The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Tour capped off an amazing week of action for North American surfers at the Billabong Pro Mundaka with Kelly Slater (Cocoa Beach, FL), 36, claiming his ninth world title and 2001 ASP World Ch...

**MUNDAKA, Basque Country/Spain (Saturday, October 4, 2008)** – Former ASP World Champion C.J. Hobgood (USA) defeated Joel Parkinson (AUS) in three-foot (one meter) barreling waves at the Billabong Pro Mundaka to claim his first ASP World Tour victory in four years today. [IMAGE-2013] Th...

**MUNDAKA, Basque Country/Spain (Saturday, October 4, 2008)** – A brand new Billabong Pro Mundaka champion will be crowned this afternoon. Not a single former winner of the event exists amongst the eight quarterfinalists competing at Mundaka today. [IMAGE-2012] With only seven heats of c...

**MUNDAKA, Basque Country/Spain (Friday, October 3, 2008)** – Tom Whitaker (AUS) received an early birthday present from Mother Nature today. The soon-to-be 29-year-old Australian (his birthday is tomorrow) scored a perfect 10 to beat newly crowned nine-time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater in Roun...