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NEW ZEALAND GETS ASP EVENT
By FRANK B | December 22, 2009
NEW Zealand will host its first world surfing event as the women’s ASP Tour expands from seven to nine events in 2010 as part of a major rejig of the international tour.
The Taranaki Women’s Surf Festival will be staged on New Zealand’s North Island in April as part of an extended Australasian leg, which begins with the Roxy Pro on the Gold Coast in February and concludes with the Commonwealth Bank Beachley Classic on the northern beaches.
Rip Curl will also run a new women’s event in Portugal on top of its annual Search event, at a yet-to-be announced location.
The move coincides with a rise in prizemoney from $90,000 to $100,000 for each women’s event. The Tour schedule has been altered to cash in on the best swell windows with the Moviestar Peru Classic switched from November to May.
The Beachley Classic has also been moved from late September to mid-April. ASP women’s tour manager Brooke Farris said the two additional events would help close a five-month gap in the World Championship Tour schedule which broke its continuity.
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The ASP was also in negotiations for a 10th women’s event. “We still have a bit of a gap in the middle but it is getting smaller so that’s exciting,” Farris said.
“We did lose one event [this year] due to the financial crisis and we were happy to finish with seven, but it’s definitely great looking at nine events next year and we are working on a 10th.”
ASP World Tour:
Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast, Australia, Feb. 27 – March 10
Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, Australia, March 30 – April 10
Hang Loose Santa Catarina Pro, Brazil, April 21 –
Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay, South Africa, July 15 – 25
Billabong Pro Teahupoo, Tahiti, Aug. 23 – Sept. 3
Hurley Pro Trestles, Sept. 12 – 21
Quiksilver Pro France, Sept. 25 – Oct. 5
Rip Curl Pro Portugal, Oct. 7 – 18
Rip Curl Pro Search, Portugal, Oct. 30 – Nov. 10
Billabong Pipe Masters, Hawaii, Dec. 8 – 20
ASP Women’s World Tour:
Roxy Pro Gold Coast, Australia, Feb. 27 – March 10
Rip Curl Women’s Pro Bells Beach, Australia, March 30 – April 5
Taranaki Women’s Surf Festival, New Zealand, April 11 – 16
Commonwealth Bank Beachley Classic, Australia, April 21 – 26
Movistar Peru Classic presented by Rip Curl, TBA
Rip Curl Pro Portugal, Oct. 7 – 11
Rip Curl Pro Search, Portugal, Oct. 30 – Nov.
Gidget Pro Sunset Beach, Hawaii, Nov. 24 – Dec. 6
Billabong Pro Maui (Tentative), Dec. 8 – 20
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