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This day at Teahupoo- Aug 27th 2011 during the Billabong Pro waiting period is what many are calling the biggest and gnarliest Teahupoo ever ridden. Chris Bryan was fortunate enough to be there working for Billabong on a day that will go down in the history of big wave surfing. The French Navy labeled this day a double code red prohibiting and threatening to arrest anyone that entered the water.

Kelly Slater described the day by saying “witnessing this was a draining feeling being terrified for other people’s lives all day long, it’s life or death. Letting go of that rope one time can change your life and not many people will ever experience that in their life.”

All images where shot by Chris Bryan using the Phantom HD Gold camera. To see more of Chris’ work check out his website. WWW.CHRISBRYANFILMS.COM
Music: Lower Your Eyelids to Die with the Sun’ by M83.
by Chris Bryan

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ASP International has initiated a new Anti-Doping Policy for the world’s best surfers which will be activated for 2012 ASP World Title season.

“This policy represents a consensus between our surfers, events and administrators in evolving the sport of surfing to a more professional level,” Richard Grellman, ASP Executive Chairman, said. “The desire to initiate this kind of policy has existed within ASP for several years now and with the approval of resource and budget allocation at the November 2011 Board Meeting, we are pleased to announce its activation. We believe this to be an important further step in enhancing professional surfing.”

The new ASP Anti-Doping Policy will apply to ASP Top 34 and ASP Top 17 members competing on the ASP World Title Series and ASP Women’s World Title Series respectively. ASP surfers played a crucial role in the initiation of this policy and are in full support of its activation.

“The men strongly support the implementation of the ASP Anti-Doping policy,” Kieren Perrow, ASP Top 34 competitor and surfers’ representative, said. “It is a positive step which enhances the professionalism of competitive surfing and sends a great message to the kids out there who look up to us as role models.”

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The inaugural Asian Surfing Championships Award Party will be held on Saturday evening starting at 7:00 pm at the Wave House Sentosa on Sentosa Island in Singapore to celebrate and honor the Asian region’s first professional surfing champions as well as to announce the media partnership of the ASC with the Outdoor Channel.

The ASC is proud to introduce to you Asia’s first surfing champions from the inaugural 2011 Asian Surfing Championship (ASC) season.  These professional surfers have traveled throughout the Asian region this year and competed against the best surfers in Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore and other countries to achieve their goal and place in history as the first-ever Asian regional surfing champions.

The Outdoor Channel in partnership with the ASC will be bringing future ASC events into living rooms all across Asia and beyond, so everyone will be able to learn about and experience the thrill of surfing as the ASC tour takes them to in the many beautiful beaches in the Asian region via their television sets and the Internet.

At the ASC Awards, champions will be crowned in four categories, Open, Women’s, Longboard and Masters, with the general public and media all invited to meet and greet these dedicated athletes. And the champions are:

Open Division Champion:  Raditya Rondi from Bali, Indonesia

Women’s Division Champion:  Yasnyiar “Bonne” Gea from Sumatra, Indonesia (current Indonesian Women’s Champion)

Longboard Division Champion:  Arip Nur Hidayat from West Java, Indonesia (current Indonesian Longboard Champion)

Master’s Division Champion:  Decha Sithidej from Phuket, Thailand.

The ASC Awards will be held in conjunction with the B.Y.O.B (Bring Your Own Board) event that includes a full day of Flowboarding, Skateboarding, Wake Surfing, Stand Up Paddling, BMX and Bodyboarding, followed by the awards presentation and a night of partying with top local bands and DJ’s.

For more information on the B.Y.O.B event

The Asian Surfing Championship Awards is brought to you by the Wave House Sentosa, the Surfing Association of Singapore, and Bigfoot Industries with the support of the Coca-Cola ISC Tour, Billabong, Oakley, Quiksilver, and Rip Curl, and media partners Outdoor Channel, Surfersvillage.com, Lines Magazine, Baliwaves.com, Thai Surfrider Magazine, SurfTime Magazine, and Royal Video Magazine.

www.asiansurfingtour.com