RIP CURL PRO SEARCH WILL RELOCATE "SOMEWHERE IN THE CARIBBEAN" FOR 2010
2010 RIP CURL PRO SEARCH 最新消息 : 2010年SEARCH站將在加樂比海某浪點舉行

ASP巡迴賽中,唯一一站每年在不同浪點舉行,年年帶給大家新鮮感與驚喜的RIP CURL PRO SEARCH賽,在眾多猜測與謠傳後,RIP CURL澳洲總部於2/1正式對外宣佈,今年的SEARCH賽將在加樂比海舉行. 因此,2010年SEARCH正式命名為 SOMEWHERE IN THE CARIBBEAN.

繼Reunion Island to Mexico, Chile, Bali, 和去年2009的 Portugal站後, 今年RC將再引領世界頂尖的好手,帶大家再次挑戰全新的浪點!!

至於, 究竟10月份舉行的SEARCH是在加樂比海的哪裡呢? RC就先賣了個關子,請大家再耐心等等,答案會在4月份的RC BELLS PRO賽中公佈哦.

Monday, 1 February 2010 (Torquay, Australia): Rip Curl International has today revealed that the Rip Curl Pro Search - the ASP World Tour's only globally-mobile surfing tournament - will call "somewhere in the Caribbean" home this year, from October 30 to November 10.

The announcement comes on the eve of this season's first ASP World Tour event (Gold Coast, February 27) and is exciting news for the world's best male and female surfers as they finalize preparations for the busy year ahead. Although the official location won't be unveiled until the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach event in April, today's leak is sure to silence some of the potential destination rumors.

"We're excited to get that news off our chest," says Scott Hargreaves, Rip Curl International Event Manager. "There have been rumors galore and lots of gossip, but we've done a pretty good job of keeping things secret yet again."

"This year's event is going to be a new experience for everyone and will definitely take a few people by surprise. The Caribbean is home to some beautiful countries and many A-grade waves, so it's sure to be an exotic and eventful adventure."

The Rip Curl Pro Search has enjoyed a colorful and very successful few years since it's launch in 2005. The event has moved from Reunion Island to Mexico, Chile, Bali and Portugal respectively, scoring amazing surf at each spot.

"The Rip Curl Pro Search is always the event I most look forward to and I know it's also a favorite for the rest of the guys and girls tour," says Mick Fanning, reigning ASP World Champion and two-time defending Rip Curl Pro Search champion.

"It's exciting checking out somewhere new each year and seeing how the world's best surfers adapt to the new waves. Throwing a random stop in the schedule evens the field too, because generally speaking nobody on tour has spent much time at the spots Rip Curl chooses to run these Search events."

"The Caribbean looks insane! I've never been there but I've been checking out a lot of footage on the net and there definitely seems to be plenty of quality breaks down that way," continued Fanning. "Everyone I've asked about the place says the waves can get super punchy, which I love, so fingers crossed it delivers when we're there."

Rip Curl and the ASP will announce the official location for the 2010 Rip Curl Pro Search during the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach live webcast, in the break between the semi-finals and the final, March 30 to April 10.


* Image attached: 1st place Mick Fanning (AUS) and runner-up Bede Durbidge (AUS) celebrate onstage in Portugal at the 2009 Rip Curl Pro Search.

米氾寧 奪得 2009年 RC PRO SEARCH賽冠軍

TWO MORE RIP CURL WORLD CHAMPIONS
RIP CURL 未來之星誕生!!

RC TEAM 後繼有人!

Tyler Wright 和 Gabriel Medina 二位年輕小將,在紐西蘭站分別奪下ISA舉辦的18歲以下的女子及男子組衝浪冠軍後,
也正式成為今年"全球最有潛力的年輕衝浪男女選手"頭銜.

Look out Steph Gilmore and Mick Fanning!

Rip Curl team riders Tyler Wright and Gabriel Medina cemented their status as two of the planet’s most exciting young surfers with victories in the International Surfing Association (ISA) Under 18 World Championships in Piha, New Zealand today.

In winning today, Wright, a 15-year-old from the northern NSW town of Lennox Head, bettered 3-time world professional champion Stephanie Gilmore’s results in the junior ranks.

Wright’s triumph today comes on the back of her win in the same event last year in Ecuador, and a runner-up finish as a 13-year-old in 2008. (Gilmore was 4th as a 15-year-old, then won consecutive ISA World Under 18 titles as a 16 and 17-year-old, and has since gone on to win three consecutive ASP World Titles before the age of 22.)

“I feel on top of the world,” Wright said. “It’s two years in a row for me in one of the highest level of competitions there is. It was a tough final, so I’m just really happy with the result. It felt unreal to be chaired by my team once I got to the beach. I feel privileged.”

Wright is already the owner of the record as the youngest ever winner – male or female – of an open age professional competition, after her victory in the 2008 Beachley Classic World Tour. Coupled with the last 2 Australian Under 18 Championships, plus runner-up finishes in the 2008 and 2009 ASP Australasian Junior Series, the teenager’s trophy cabinet is already bulging.

Back in New Zealand, Brazilian 16-year-old Gabriel Medina produced an absolutely stunning performance in claiming the Boys Under 18 Title, scoring an incredible 19.90 points out of a possible 20 for his best two rides, one of which was awarded a perfect 10. His three opponents in today’s final were all left in the South American’s wake, none being able to match even Medina’s third and fourth best rides – a 9.4 out of 10 and an 8.5.

A very limited English speaker, Medina said: “I’m feeling so good, I’m so happy. The waves were so good for airs. I just love New Zealand.”

Medina’s meteoric rise began this time last year with a 2nd place finish in the Under 16 Boys division of the ISA World Junior Championships in Ecuador.

Two months later, he became the youngest male champion of an open age pro competition with a win in the ASP 6-star World Qualifying Series Maresia Pro at Praia Mole in Brazil.

Then in October at Hossegor in France, the quietly spoken teen took out the Quiksilver King Of The Groms, scoring two perfect 10s in the final. Finally, just two weeks ago, he was a semi-finalist in the ASP World Pro Junior Championships in Sydney.

Hawaii team rider Koa Smith almost made it a Rip Curl clean sweep of the ISA Titles earlier today, when he placed third in the final of the Under 16 Boys division, behind Australian Matt Banting and the USA’s Jake Halstead.

Tyler Wright

Gabriel Medina

RIP CURL, DAKINE, MAMBO 男女毛帽 全面 5 折特價搶購實施中!!

毛帽只要390元起吔!!
天冷了,買頂毛帽替自己的腦袋保保暖吧!!

7年前,我在澳洲雪梨的bondai beach遇見一個媽媽,
她指著水裡衝浪的兒子,對我說:
"我兒子在那裡! 他想要和Mick一樣."
"前陣子我們一家人到北澳,我們在海邊遇到了Mick!"
"他衝浪的爆發力和速度,沒有親眼見到,你無法想像有多厲害..."
"我覺得,他是世界第一!"

那時,Mick才是個年輕小伙子! RC也才簽下他不久.
和那位媽媽一樣,相信他會是世界第一.

沒幾年,他證明了他們是對的!

去年,他更告訴大家:"我的時代來臨了"

2010年誰是王? 我們還是壓他!

米氾寧,加油!!