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Today was the final day of the Billabong Pro Junior Series 2007 and also the series event Billabong Pro Hyuga 2007. This event concludes the 2007 ASP Japan Tour.

Seven times ASP Women’s World Champion Layne Beachley (AUS) has vowed not to let history repeat itself at her own ASP Women’s World Tour event, the NAB Beachley Classic, which kicks off at Sydney’s Manly Beach tomorrow. photo ASP

Teenage sensation SALLY FITZGIBBONS (Gerroa, NSW) added the nations most prestigious U/20 surfing title to her already impressive collection of crowns today by claiming the 2007 ASP Australasian Junior title .

San Miguel, Baja California (Thursday, Oct. 4, 2007) - The Hawaiian contingent dominated Day 1 of the No Fear Mexican Surf Fiesta in the one-to-three foot (1 metre) surf at Baja California's San Miguel.

U/18’s Australian champion SALLY FITZGIBBONS (Gerroa, NSW) and Kiwi sensation AIRINI MASON (Gold Coast based NZ) secured the two Australasian U/20 Girls berths on offer in the Billabong ASP World Junior Championships today. photo ASP

The ASP Women’s World Tour will add a jewel to its crown with the addition of the Mancora Peru Classic slated to run from Oct. 30 – Nov. 4, 2007. 2005 ASP Women’s World Champion Sofia Mulanovich (PER), who was instrumental in the addition of the event, is following in the footsteps of reigning and 7X World Champion Layne Beachley (AUS) by bringing an elite tour event to one of her home breaks. photo ASP

The Vans Triple Crown of Surfing, the world's premier professional surfing series for men and women, will celebrate its 25th anniversary this winter.

Será nos dias 5, 6 e 7 de Outubro que a costa sul do Algarve receberá a 1ª Etapa do European Longboard Tour 2007. On the 5th, 6th and 7th October, the south coast of the Algarve, Portugal will host the first event of the European Longboard Tour 2007.También texto en español

Reigning Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Women’s Longboard Champ Jennifer Smith (San Diego, CA) can add another accolade to her growing list of accomplishments, scalping the ASP North America Women’s Longboard Title with an impressive win at the Roxy Jam Cardiff today. photo ASP

Surfing young gun Sally Fitzgibbons (Gerroa, NSW) has trumped Australia’s hottest junior surfers to win her respective divisions at the $13,000 Billabong Pro Junior Series tournament at Bulli Beach in Wollongong today. photo ASP

At 16-years-old, Pauline Ado (FRA) seized the Caixanova Surfing Girls 3 Star WQS, staying on the great roll that already gave her a runner-up finish in the Rip Curl Boardmasters 5 Star WQS and the 2007 ASP Europe Women’s Junior title.

Young British surfers across the country are putting in hours of training in preparation for the 2007 Billabong British Junior Championships. The teams at the British Surfing Association (BSA) and sponsors Billabong, Calypso and North Cornwall District Council are also planning the final arrangements and preparing themselves for what is expected to be the biggest ever entry. photo Estpix

2004 ASP World Champion Sofia Mulanovich (PER) stepped up to the poduim’s highest block at the Rip Curl Girls Festival in Liencres today, when she defeated Silvana Lima (BRA )to win Stop No. 4 of 7 on surfing’s elite ASP Women’s World Tour. photo ASP

It was a whole women’s day in Pantin, under perfect blue skies and beating sun. Waiting for better waves after round 1 was completed, the quarterfinals were sent out in tiny still clean waves and the four heats ended at 8 PM.

September 6 – DAY 2 –Rip Curl Girls Festival, Santander - Draw

September 5 – DAY 1 – Rip Curl Girls Festival, Santander - Draw

Our girls have just finished up in Brazil and have traversed the Atlantic on their way to Spain for the Rip Curl Girls Festival

Hawaiian Alana Blanchard (Kauai) outclassed a quality field of young European surfers today to win the Rip Curl Girls Pro Junior in small 1-3ft (0.5-1m) waves at Liencres Beach in Spain.

SANTANDER, Spain (Sunday, Sept. 2, 2007) – The ASP Women’s World Tour battle resumes in the Northern Hemisphere this week, where ASP World Champions will be looking to set the record straight during Stop No. 4 of 7, the Rip Curls Girls Festival in Santander, Spain (Sept. 4- 9, 2007).

SANTANDER, Spain (Sunday, Sept 2, 2007) - Hawaiian Alana Blanchard (Kauai) outclassed a quality field of young European surfers today to win the Rip Curl Girls Pro Junior in small 1-3ft (0.5-1m) waves at Liencres Beach in Spain.

Following the completion of Stop No. 3 of 7 on the ASP Women’s World Tour in Brazil this week, the World’s Top 17 Women now head to Spain for the Rip Curl Girls Festival which will get underway in Santander, from Sept. 4-9, 2007.

Rising out of a four-year shadow, 26-year-old Samantha Cornish (AUS) won her first ASP Women’s World Tour title since 2003, at the Billabong Girls Pro Itacaré, this morning.

Californian longboarding veteran Julie Whitegon, 42, tasted victory in the annual Duke’s OceanFest at Waikiki for a third time, winning the Roxy Jam Honolulu by Schick Quattro For Women today. photo ASP

The next scheduled tour date for the 3rd leg of the UK Pro Surf Tour is The 2007 “Summer of ‘69” Hot Tuna Pro surfing championship, set to start August 25th through August 26th at Widemouth Bay in Bude.

The European ratings leader, Lee-Anne Curren (FRA) takes the second leg of the tour in extreme conditions on the beach at Guincho, Portugal. photo ASP

The Australian is now in the top 6 of the WQS and will compete in the WCT in Brazil. photo ASP