Iain 'Ratso' Buchanan crowned ASP Grand Masters World Champion

Quiksilver's Kelly Slater clinched an historic and unprecedented 11th ASP World Title today in the cold and challenging waters of San Francisco's Ocean Beach. Slater, 39, is the first surfer to achieve 11 ASP World Titles, an accomplishment spanning two decades of an astounding career during which he has dominated competitive surfing as both the youngest and oldest ASP World Champion.

Coco Ho is a native Hawaiian and a descendant of surfing legends. Brought up in the best waves of the world, the 21-year-old pursues to live her dream by competing in the ASP Women's World Championship Tour with both confidence and style.

LAY DAY AT ZARAUTZ. CONTEST IS OFF FOR TODAY .

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The SWATCH GIRLS PRO FRANCE got underway on the very first day of the waiting period at Les Bourdaines, Seignosse. A 2ft (chest high) mix of overnight windswell and a distance pulse of Atlantic groundswell offered select scoring opportunities for surfers in the early rounds, but despite the technically challenging conditions, high scores were laid down by a stand-out trio of Hawaiian surfers. Leila Hurst, 18, earned an excellent 9.0 point ride on her way to a heat total of 17.25 (out of 20) i...

The SWATCH GIRLS PRO FRANCE at Les Bourdaines, Seignosse, France ended with excellent surfs from the girls and crowning Courtney Conlogue as the Champion of the event and Bianca Buitendag as 3 Pro Junior winner. The video wraps up the whole four day event and also shows footage of the preparation of the girls. This sums up the daily highlight clips, including the one from Day 3 -- the lay day - plus the signing session of the SWATCH Pro Team at the SWATCH store Hossegor and the BBQ Party in t...

The SWATCH GIRLS PRO FRANCE ran another marathon day at Les Bourdaines, Seignosse, France. With the day before's blustery windswell building and cleaning up into lined-up 3ft (head high) peaks, the top seeds entered proceedings as Round 4 kicked off early this morning. Suitably impressed with the standard of manoeuvres, the judges were handing out excellent (8-10 point) scores like hot croissants as the likes of Sage Erickson, Leila Hurst, Canelle Bulard, Alessa Quizon and Courtney Conlogue a...