Professional surfing surfboard carnage as it happened, see the full album: HERE
Showing posts with label ASP. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ASP. Show all posts
6 October 2012
21 June 2012
Snapped Surfboards on Tavarua Island, Fiji
Tavarua Island, Fiji
Photo: witness-this.com
Jon Jon Florence's mum taking care of dead sticks
Photo: ASP
Massive boost by Gabriel Medina in the final against Kelly Slater
2 of Joel Parkinson's boards and the yellow one Owen Wrights
Photo: ASL
7 February 2012
Swellnet Article - The Growth of Surfing in China: At What Cost?
A Swellnet article written by Clifton Evers about the establishment of 'surf culture' in China - READ HERE
30 October 2011
Surfboards used in protest against ASP
Another example of people protesting with dead surfboards! This time at Kangaroo Island against the proposed ASP event.
Read more:
Source: Latest edition (Sep/Oct 2011) of Smorgasboarder: smorgasboarder.com.au
25 October 2011
13 October 2011
Breaking Point: Quiksilver Pro France 2011
The Quiksilver Pro France 2011 was full of action this year, as per usual - big moves went down, but not without some big breakages too.
These photographs and video succinctly highlight the paradox currently facing surfboards: on one hand, toxic materials (mainly PU/polyester resin & EPS/epoxy resin) provide the perfect properties in a surfboard that allow high profile professionals to execute the most progressive moves surfing has seen to date, whilst on the other hand they simply snap.
Photos: ASP / Quiksilver
Video: Quiksilver
Surfers: Joel Parkinson, Julian Wilson, Adrian 'Ace' Buchan & Brett Simpson