David Mailman, in his third year as President of the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Europe, just got back from the Rip Curl Pro Search in Portugal where he spent a couple of weeks along with the world’s best surfers as official announcer.

Also known as one of the ASP events’ main beach and web announcers, President Mailman sat down with ASP media to discuss about next year’s official changes that will give the sport a new boost in its evolution.

Apart from being the President of one of the seven ASP regions in the world (along with South America, North America, Hawaii, Japan, Australasia and Africa), Mailman has spent more than a decade around professional surfing events witnessing the evolution of the sport through different positions including four years as a marketing director for Quiksilver Europe.

Find out what Mailman a.k.a the Voice has to say about the changes that will occur in 2010 for the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) in Europe…

read the interview at surfeuropemag

Ron Jon Surf Shop is launching “50 Days of Ron Jon” – a Twitter based contest designed to promote the world famous surf shop while giving fans 50 daily chances at winning Ron Jon gift cards.

Beginning November 12 through December 31, the 50 Days of Ron Jon contest invites fans to follow Ron Jon Surf Shop on Twitter (twitter.com/ronjons) and win prizes by including the #RonJons hashtag in their tweets. For each day of the contest, of those tweeting #RonJons that day, one winner will be randomly selected to receive a $25 Ron Jon gift card to use at any Ron Jon store location or the ronjons.com online store. On December 31, one grand prize winner will be chosen from all entries received throughout the 50 day contest to receive a $1,000 Ron Jon gift card.

“50 Days of Ron Jon is another fun and interactive way of engaging our fans and surf enthusiasts during this, our company’s 50th anniversary,” commented Heather Lewis, director of marketing at Ron Jon Surf Shop. “Like many businesses, social media has become an integral part of our marketing efforts to keep our brand in front of our target audiences and to engage them through the sources they themselves are utilizing every day.”

All you surfers, skaters, beachgoers, bodyboarders, skimboarders and Ron Jon fans have 50 days to try your luck! Tweet #RonJons on Twitter daily to enter for a chance to win. Full details and contest rules are posted at ronjons.com.

check out more info at ronjohn.com

The world’s first $1,000,000 surf series, the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing presented by Rockstar Energy Drink, gets underway on Oahu’s North Shore today with the battle for the record “Triple Threat” prize purse. Haleiwa plays host to the first jewel in the crown: the Reef Hawaiian Pro, an Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 6-Star PRIME event.

Competition will get underway at 8am in the three-to-five-foot (2 – 3 metre) surf and there will be no time for warming up with the action thick and heavy from the starting horn. Round 1 features Dane Gudauskas (CA), Mark Mathews (Aus), and four former Vans Triple Crown champions in Hawaii’s Sunny Garcia, Derek Ho, Myles Padaca and Kaipo Jaquias.

Find out the call for the day, each day, as soon as it’s made by Director Randy Rarick by signing up for mobile text alerts at www.triplecrownofsurfing.com

For the latest surf updates, stay tuned to Surfline.com, the official surf foreer of the Vans Triple Crown Triple Threat.

All the action will be broad live on the web at www.triplecrownofsurfing.com, as well as on Hawaii television on Oceanic channel 250.

read more at asp