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Margaret River Pro
Margaret River Pro is an event on the ASP World Tour, ASP World Surfing Tour currently WSL World Surfing League. It was established in 1985. It has had a range of sponsors over time, including various agencies of the Western Australian government.2008 Drug Aware Pro : Margaret River : 7–13 April : Surfers Point, Western Australia. Presented by O'Neill. The event has been held every year since at Margaret River in Western Australia, except in 2018 when the third and subsequent rounds for men and fourth and subsequent rounds for women were held in Uluwatu, Indonesia because of shark attacks. Results See also * Surfing locations in South West Western Australia References External links * * {{Surfing Margaret River Pro, Surfing competitions in Australia World Surf League Margaret River, Western Australia Recurring sporting events established in 1985 1985 establishments in Australia Sports competitions in Western Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordy Smith
Jordan Michael "Jordy" Smith (born 11 February 1988) is a South African professional surfer, competing on the World championship tour surfing (WCT). In 2007 Smith won surfing's World Qualifying Series, the second-tier tour which leads to qualification for the World championship tour (WCT) surfing. Jordy Smith won both the 2010 and 2011 Billabong J-Bay competitions in South Africa. He has also won 2014 and 2016 Hurley Pro at trestles California . In 2013 he won the Rio Pro in Brazil. All of these contests are part of the world championship tour. Smith grew up in Durban and started surfing at age 3. He attended a local Durban high school, Glenwood High School. Smith is known for the manoeuvres "rodeo flip" and full rotation "alley-oops", and he has been sponsored by O'Neill since 2007. In 2014, Smith married South African model Lyndall Jarvis. Outside surf, Smith is a supporter of S.L. Benfica. He qualified to represent South Africa at the 2020 Summer Olympics The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Medina
Gabriel Medina Pinto Ferreira (born 22 December 1993) is a Brazilian professional surfer. He won the 2014, 2018 and 2021 WSL World Championships. In two appearances at the Olympic surfing tournament, Medina won a bronze medal at the 2024 Olympic Games. In 2009, at age 15, Medina became the youngest surfer ever to win a major Qualifying Series event. He joined the World Surf League Tour in 2011 alongside eventual rival John John Florence, and in his rookie year he finished within the top 12 of the ASP (now WSL) World Tour. Since 2015, Medina has earned more Championship Tour victories than any other competitor. Media sources credit him as being the second person to have executed a maneuver called the "Backflip". Medina also became the first person to land this move in competition, during the Oi Rio Pro 2016. Life and career Medina was born in São Sebastião, São Paulo, and raised in the city's district of Maresias. He is the son of Simone Pinto Medina and Claudio de Je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Bourez
Michel Bourez (born 30 December 1985) is a French professional surfer. Biography Bourez was born on the island of Rurutu in the Tuamotus Islands in French Polynesia and started surfing at age 13. European champion in 2006, Michel entered the ASP World Tour in 2009. His best results on the World Tour came in 2014, with a fifth place in the overall classification, having won twice during the year; at Margaret River Pro 2014 and Rio de Janeiro and third place in Fiji Pro. His 2015 season was hampered by a severe injury in May, when doing a free surf session at Teahupoo. A fractured hand and cervical vertebra forced him out of the Rio and Fiji Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about ... events. In 2016, he earned his third career victory at the Billabong Pipeline Mast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret River Pro 2015
The Margaret River Pro 2015 was an event of the Association of Surfing Professionals for 2015 ASP World Tour. This event was held from 15 to 26 April at Margaret River, (Western Australia, Australia) and contested by 36 surfers. The tournament was won by Adriano De Souza (BRA), who beat John John Florence John "John John" Alexander Florence (born October 18, 1992) is an American professional surfing, surfer. He is considered one of the most dominant Banzai Pipeline, pipe surfers of his era and won back-to-back world titles on the 2016 World Surf ... (HAW) in final. Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Quarter finals Semi finals Final References {{Surfing 2015 World Surf League Margaret River Pro 2015 in Australian sport Sports competitions in Western Australia Margaret River, Western Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Wilson (surfer)
Julian Wilson (born 8 November 1988) is an Australian professional surfer who competes on the World Surf League Men's World Tour. Personal life Wilson was born and raised in Coolum Beach, Queensland. He is an ambassador for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. Wilson's mother is a breast cancer survivor, and he was inspired to ride a pink board by a close family friend and international cricketer, Matthew Hayden, who plays with a pink bat for the corresponding cause. Wilson was in the water during the final of the J-Bay Open 2015 in South Africa when three-time world champion Mick Fanning was attacked by a great white shark The great white shark (''Carcharodon carcharias''), also known as the white shark, white pointer, or simply great white, is a species of large Lamniformes, mackerel shark which can be found in the coastal surface waters of all the major ocea .... he rides a 9ft foamy on 1ft waves in albany toward Fanning to assist, was praised for his act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastian Zietz
Sebastian Zietz (born February 6, 1988) is a professional American surfer. Zietz was born in Fort Pierce, Florida, but grew up in Kauai, Hawaii, after his parents moved there in 1988; he started surfing at 4 years old. In 2013, he qualified for the World Championship Tour for the first time, after winning the Reef Hawaiian Pro at Haleiwa, Hawaii. In 2016, he won his first World Surf League event, the Drug Aware Margaret River Pro held in Margaret River, Western Australia. Career Victories References External links * Pro Spotlight: Sebastian Zietzat ''Men's Journal ''Men's Journal'' was an American men's lifestyle magazine focused on outdoor recreation and comprising editorials on the outdoors, environmental issues, health and fitness, style and fashion, and gear. It was founded in 1992 by Jann Wenner of ...'' 1988 births Living people People from Kauai Sportspeople from Kauai County, Hawaii American surfers World Surf League surfers {{US-surfing-bio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret River Pro 2016
The Margaret River Pro 2016 was an event of the Association of Surfing Professionals for 2016 World Surf League. This event was held from 15 to 26 April at Margaret River, Western Australia and contested by 36 surfers. The tournament was won by Sebastian Zietz Sebastian Zietz (born February 6, 1988) is a professional American surfer. Zietz was born in Fort Pierce, Florida, but grew up in Kauai, Hawaii, after his parents moved there in 1988; he started surfing at 4 years old. In 2013, he qualified for ... (HAW), who beat Julian Wilson (AUS) in final. Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Quarter finals Semi finals Final References {{Surfing 2016 World Surf League Margaret River Pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret River Pro 2017
The Margaret River Pro 2017 is an event of the Association of Surfing Professionals for 2017 World Surf League. This event was held from 29 March to 9 April at Margaret River, Western Australia and contested by 36 surfers. It was won by John John Florence John "John John" Alexander Florence (born October 18, 1992) is an American professional surfing, surfer. He is considered one of the most dominant Banzai Pipeline, pipe surfers of his era and won back-to-back world titles on the 2016 World Surf .... Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Quarter finals Semi finals Final References External links Results {{Surfing 2017 World Surf League Margaret River Pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolohe Andino
Kolohe Andino (born March 22, 1994) is an American surfer. Andino began surfing at a young age and holds the record for winning the most National Scholastic Surfing Association (NSSA) titles of any male competitor, becoming the youngest to win one at age 15 in 2009. His breakthrough happened in 2011 after he won the Vans Pier Classic and the World Surf League, ASP 6-Star Quiksilver Brazil Open of Surfing. In 2019, Andino qualified to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Surfing at the 2020 Summer Olympics, surfing. His name, Kolohe, means "little rascal" in Hawaiian language, Hawaiian. Surfing career Son of top-ranked surfer, Dino Andino, Kolohe Andino began surfing at a young age as he followed his father on surfing trips; by age 8, Andino had already begun fielding sponsors who wished to represent him. By high school, he had retained professional surfer Mike Parsons (surfer), Mike Parsons as his coach and at age 15, Andino became the youngest winner of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret River Pro 2019
The Margaret River Pro 2019 was the fourth event of the Men's Championship Tour in the 2019 World Surf League. It took place from 29 May to 4 June in Margaret River, Western Australia, and was contested by 36 surfers. In the final, Hawaii's John John Florence defeated American Kolohe Andino to win the seventh Championship Tour event of his career. Format A new competition format was introduced for the 2019 Championship Tour. All 36 surfers take part in the Seeding Round. The top two surfers in each heat advance directly to the Round of 32, while the lowest-placed surfer in each heat enters the Elimination Round. In each of the four heats in the Elimination Round, the top two surfers advance to the Round of 32, while the lowest-placed surfer is eliminated from the competition. From the Round of 32 onwards, the competition follows a single elimination A single-elimination knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of a match-up is im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filipe Toledo
Filipe Toledo (born 16 April 1995) is a Brazilian professional surfer who has competed on the World Surf League Men's World Tour since 2013. He is a second-generation pro who grew up outside of Ubatuba, Brazil, on the northeastern coast of the state of São Paulo. His father, and long-time coach, Ricardo, was a two-time national champion. In 2014, as his career took flight, Filipe convinced his entire family to move to San Clemente, California. Toledo won the World Surf League championship in 2022 World Surf League, 2022 and 2023 World Surf League, 2023. He Surfing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification, qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games. Surfing career In 2014, after also competing in some events on the Qualifying Series (WQS), Toledo became the WQS champion. In 2015, Toledo had one of the best year of his professional career on the WSL World Championship Tour (CT), managing to grab his first 3 CT event wins and getting at least one perfect 10 in each final he competed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
