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The ASP World Tour is a professional competitive surfing

Surfing

Surfing' is a surface water sport in which the surfer rides a surfboard on the crest and face of a wave which is carrying the surfer towards the shore...

league. It is run by the Association of Surfing Professionals

Association of Surfing Professionals

The Association of Surfing Professionals is the governing body for professional surfers and is dedicated to showcasing the world’s best talent in a variety of progressive formats.- Predecessors to the ASP :...

Tournaments

Date	Location	Event	Ref
February 23-March 5	Gold Coast Gold Coast, Queensland Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...	Quiksilver Pro Quiksilver Pro Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast is an event on the ASP World Surfing Tour. The event is held every year at Coolangatta in Queensland, Australia.- Results :...	Report
March 18-March 29	Bells Beach Bells Beach Bells Beach is a coastal locality of Victoria, Australia in Surf Coast Shire and a renowned surf beach, located 100 km south-west of Melbourne, on the Great Ocean Road near the towns of Torquay and Jan Juc....	Rip Curl Pro Rip Curl Pro Formerly the Bells Beach Surf Classic, The Rip Curl Pro is an ASP World Tour surfing competition held in and around Torquay, Victoria. The event is based at Bells Beach, Victoria, Australia...	Report
May 8-May 18	Teahupoo, Tahiti Tahiti Tahiti is the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of the Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is the economic, cultural and political centre of French Polynesia. The island was formed from volcanic activity and is high and mountainous...	Billabong Pro Teahupoo	Report
May 24-June 6	Tavarua Tavarua Tavarua is a heart shaped island in Fiji. It has an area of . The island is close to the main Fijian isand, Viti Levu, and is surrounded by a coral reef....	Globe Pro	Report
July 9-July 20	Jeffreys Bay Jeffreys Bay Jeffreys Bay is a town located in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The town is situated just off the N2 Highway, about an hour's drive southwest of Port Elizabeth.- History :...	Billabong Pro	Report
July 30-August 10	Bali Bali Bali is an Indonesian island located in the westernmost end of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to the east...	Rip Curl Pro Search	Report
September 7-September 13	Trestles Trestles Trestles is a collection of surfing spots at San Onofre State Beach in San Diego County, California. Trestles consists of, from north to south, Upper Trestles , Lower Trestles , and Middle Trestles . North of Upper Trestles is the surf spot called Cottons...	Boost Mobile Surf Show Presented By Hurley	Report
September 19-September 28	Hossegor	Quiksilver Pro France Quiksilver Pro France Quiksilver Pro France is an event on the ASP World Surfing Tour. The event is held every year at Hossegor and Seignosse in France at the end of September.- 2009 :- Precedents years :Other renowned competitors :* Kelly Slater* Taj Burrow...	Report
September 29-October 12	Mundaka Mundaka Mundaka is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain. On the coast, Mundaka is internationally-renowned for its surfing scene....	Billabong Pro	Report
October 28-November 5	Santa Catarina Santa Catarina (state) Santa Catarina is a state in southern Brazil with one of the highest standards of living in Latin America. Its capital is Florianópolis, which mostly lies on the Santa Catarina Island. Neighbouring states are Rio Grande do Sul to the south and Paraná to the north. It is bounded on the east by...	Hang Loose Santa Catarina Pro	Report
December 8-December 20	Pipeline Banzai Pipeline The Banzai Pipeline, or simply "Pipeline" or "Pipe," is a surf reef break located in Hawaii, off Ehukai Beach Park in Pupukea on O'ahu's North Shore. A reef break is an area in the ocean where waves start to break once they reach the shallows of a reef... , Hawaii Hawaii Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...	Billabong Pipeline Masters Billabong Pipeline Masters The Billabong Pipeline Masters is an event in surfing held annually at Banzai Pipeline in Oahu, Hawaii. It was established in 1970 and attracts the top 45 surfers from the Association of Surfing Professionals as well as 16 surfers who compete in walk on trials. The surfers compete for a share of...	Report

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Final Standings

Rank	Surfer	Points
1	Kelly Slater Kelly Slater Robert Kelly Slater is an American professional surfer known for his competitive prowess and style. He has been crowned ASP World Champion a record 11 times, including 5 consecutive titles from 1994–98. He is the youngest and the oldest to win the title...	8,042
2	Bede Durbidge Bede Durbidge Bede Durbidge is an Australian professional surfer. He is one of the most promising surfers of the ASP World Tour. Durbo, Bej and The White Fijian are his nicknames.-Life:...	6,780
3	Taj Burrow Taj Burrow Taj Burrow is an Australian professional surfer who is currently competing in this 14th year on the ASP World Tour.-Career:...	6,324
4	Joel Parkinson Joel Parkinson Joel Parkinson is an Australian surfer who competes on the ASP World Tour. Known as Parko, he grew up on the Gold Coast with fellow surfer Mick Fanning...	6,180
5	C.J. Hobgood	5,860
6	Adriano De Souza	5,748
7	Adrian Buchan Adrian Buchan Adrian 'Ace' Buchan is a professional Australian surfer. He was introduced to the ocean by his father at age four and since then he has won numerous World Junior Championships in the under 16 and 18 divisions....	5,370
8	Mick Fanning Mick Fanning Michael Eugene "Mick" Fanning, nicknamed "White Lightning", is an Australian professional surfer and dual world champion. Fanning won both the 2007 and 2009 ASP World Tour.-Early years:...	5,310
9	Bobby Martinez Bobby Martinez Bobby Martinez is a professional surfer from Santa Barbara, California.-Career:Martinez began surfing at age 6. When he was old enough, he joined the National Scholastic Surfing Association where he went on to win a record seven national titles. After several injury prone years he joined the...	5,282
10	Jeremy Flores Jeremy Flores Jeremy Flores is a French surfer who was born in Reunion Island, France, where he began surfing at the age of 3. He continued his surfing development on family trips to Australia, Europe and Hawaii, all the while maintaining his education through correspondence courses...	5,214

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Tournaments

Date	Location	Event	Ref
February 23-March 6	Gold Coast Gold Coast, Queensland Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...	Roxy Pro	Report
March 19-March 24	Bells Beach Bells Beach Bells Beach is a coastal locality of Victoria, Australia in Surf Coast Shire and a renowned surf beach, located 100 km south-west of Melbourne, on the Great Ocean Road near the towns of Torquay and Jan Juc....	Rip Curl Pro Rip Curl Pro Formerly the Bells Beach Surf Classic, The Rip Curl Pro is an ASP World Tour surfing competition held in and around Torquay, Victoria. The event is based at Bells Beach, Victoria, Australia...	Report
August 28-September 1	Hossegor	Rip Curl Pro Mademoiselle	Report
September 11-September 18	Rio De Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...	Billabong Girls Pro Rio	Report
October 7-October 12	Manly Beach	Beachley Classic	Report
October 27-November 3	Mancora Máncora Máncora is a town and beach resort in the Piura Region, in northwestern Peru. It is located in the Talara Province and is capital of the Máncora District. The town has 8,852 inhabitants ....	Movistar Classic	Report
November 24-December 6	Sunset Beach Sunset Beach - United States :* Sunset Beach , in Cape May, New Jersey* Sunset Beach , in Pupukea, Oahu, Hawaii* Sunset Beach State Recreation Site, in Oregon* Sunset State Beach, near Watsonville, California- Canada :* Sunset Beach, Alberta... , Hawaii Hawaii Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...	Roxy Pro	Report
December 8-December 20	Honolua Bay, Hawaii Hawaii Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...	Billabong Pro	Report

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Final Standings

Rank	Surfer	Country	Points
1	Stephanie Gilmore Stephanie Gilmore Stephanie Louise Gilmore is an Australian professional surfer and four-time world champion on the Women's ASP World Tour . She was born in Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia on 29 January 1988 and currently resides in Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia.Gilmore's life as a surfer began at...		7,188
2	Silvana Lima		5,534
3	Sofía Mulánovich Sofia Mulanovich Sofía Mulánovich Aljovín is a Peruvian surfer. She is the first Peruvian surfer ever to win an Association of Surfing Professionals World Championship Tour event. She is the first South American ever to win the World Title. In 2004, she won three out of the six World Championship Tour events, and...		5,323
4	Layne Beachley Layne Beachley Layne Beachley is a former professional surfer from Manly, Australia. She won the World Championship seven times.-Surfing career:At the age of 16 Beachley became a professional surfer. By the age of 20 she was ranked sixth in the world. Beachley became the Women's ASP World Champion in 1998, and...		5,210
5	Amee Donohoe		4,051
6	Samantha Cornish Samantha Cornish Samantha Cornish is a professional surfer from New South Wales, Australia. She began surfing at an early age and entered her first competition at the age of 11. Her father, Peter Cornish, was also a pro surfer. At the age of 15 she won the 1996 World Junior Championships and was named the Young...		3,972
7	Melanie Bartels	Hawaii	3,876
8	Rebecca Woods		3,602
9	Jessi Miley-Dyer Jessi Miley-Dyer Jessica Candice "Jessi" Miley-Dyer is a professional surfer from New South Wales, Australia. She currently resides in Sydney....		3,564
10	Jacqueline Silva Jacqueline Silva Jacqueline Silva is a professional surfer from Florianopolis, Brazil. She is considered to be a pioneer in women's Brazilian surfing and has garnered the best results from someone from Brazil, male or female. She began at a time when there were no female categories in Brazilian surfing championships...		3,398

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