Sofia Mulanovich

 Brett Simpson : photo ASP North America

US Open of Surfing
Presented by Hurley, Nike 6.0 & Converse
ASP Prime Mens event
ASP 6-Star Womens event
ASP Grade-2 Pro Junior Mens event
ASP Grade-2 Pro Junior Womens event
Huntington Beach California
31 July - 8 August 2010

Mick Fanning : photo courtesy Fuel TV

Mick Fanning, Sofia Mulanovich & Red Bull Team rip in “Red Bull Surfing Mentawais” on FUEL TV

You started surfing at age 13, and this past year we saw semi-finals and finals on the ASP tour with the surfers all age 21 and under. What are some of the advantages and challenges of being one of the “older” surfers on tour?

Yeah all the new girls are amazing surfers and they’re pushing all of us so much to become better surfers. I think that the disadvantages of being an older surfer on tour is that you probably don’t have the same amount of energy as the younger ones, but the advantage is that you have way more experience and you surf smarter heats sometimes.

Silvana Lima scores her first event win of the year
Claiming the Movistar Peru Classic title launches Silvana Lima (BRA) from seventh to third place, and adds a third ASP event title to her career, making the stylish Brazilian surfer, very, very stoked.

“I feel great!” Silvana exclaimed after exiting the water. “I knew I needed to put up high scores early on because Sally has been surfing so well all event. I have some really good boards and I felt like I have been surfing well. I’m so stoked right now!”

Pictured: Claire Bevilacqua (AUS), 27, will face Nikita Robb (ZAF), 21,
and Valeria Sole in Heat Heat 2 Round 2 of the Movistar Peru Classic.
Credit: © ASP / MORRIS

Movistar Peru Classic presented by IPD
Stop No. 5 on the 2010 ASP Women’s World Tour
San Bartolo, Lima, Peru
June 5 – 9, 2010

Movistar Peru Classic presented by IPD
Stop No. 5 on the 2010 ASP Women’s World Tour
San Bartolo, Lima, Peru
June 5 – 9, 2010

Credit: © ASP / ROWLAND

Sofia Mulanovich : photo ASP/Rowland

ASP Women's World Tour stop #5
San Bartolo, Lima Peru
5 - 9 June 2010

Pictured: Paige Hareb (NZL), 19, will take on Melanie Bartels (HAW), 27, and Lee Ann Curren (FRA), 20, in the opening round of the TSB Bank Women’s Surf Festival.

Credit: © ASP / SCHOLTZ

Steph Gilmore Rings the Bell, Stays on Top of the ASP Women’s World Tour

With an index of frothing surfers on the ASP World Tour 2010, consistency can not be over- emphasized. As the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach comes to a close, the tour standings are distinct, as any surfer who has finished fifth or better has not slipped below that point, pushing the lower half of the tour to 9th and 17th place finishes.

"To ring the bell once is an amazing feeling, but three times? I don't think the gravity of it has sunk in yet", Stephanie Gilmore