Movistar Peru Classic Back ON for Rounds 2 and 3

LOBITOS, Piura/Peru – Clean two-to-three foot (1 metre) waves are on offer this morning, and with a projection for building swell throughout the day, the Movistar Peru Classic presented by Rip Curl has been called back on, with Round 2 commencing at 8am.

Event No. 5 of 7 on the 2009 ASP Women’s World Tour, the Movistar Peru Classic saw the top seeds dominate Round 1 of competition two days ago, and today’s improved conditions are poised to provide the ideal setting for the world’s best female surfers to do battle.

“As fore, a slight increase in swell has arrived so we will commence Round 2 at 8am,” Richie Porta, ASP Women’s World Tour Head Judge, said. “We plan on moving straight into Round 3 and if the swell continues to increase throughout the day, we will hold the Quarterfinals.”

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Huntington Beach-based clothing maker Quiksilver Inc. has laid off 125 workers at its headquarters and elsewhere in Southern California as part of its ongoing cost cutting.

In all, 200 jobs were cut including 75 vacant positions at Quiksilver, which makes clothes inspired by surfing, skateboarding and snowboarding.

The cuts came at Quiksilver’s America unit, including at its Roxy brand for young girls and women and DC Shoes, a maker of shoes and clothes inspired by skateboarding.

Cuts also came at the company’s Mira Loma warehouse.

Earlier this year, Quiksilver cut 200 jobs. The latest cuts bring Quiksilver’s layoffs to more than 700 in the past two years as its deals with the worst retail downturn in recent memory and its own financial issues.

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PASTA POINT, Chaaya Island/Dhonveli Maldives (Thursday, October 29, 2009) – The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Oxbow World Longboard Tour Maldives event today crowned two champions – Harley Ingeby (Australia) as the 2009 ASP World Longboard Champion and Kai Sallas (Hawaii) as the inaugural Oxbow Maldives event champion.

Sallas (Oahu, Hawaii) won the event, surfing clean three feet (1 metre) surf at Pasta Point, defeating Australasia’s Harley Ingelby in a high-scoring Final that saw Sallas take the win with a combined two-wave tally of 15.65 to Ingelby on 14.00.

Ingeby’s second placing in today’s final event on the two-event 2009 ASP World Longboard Tour secured him the ASP World Longboard Title.

“I’m so stoked to win this event,” Sallas said. “The waves have been super fun all week and to beat Harley in the final capped off a perfect week for me. “I started well with 7.65 on my first ride and felt confident that I could back that ride up and take the win, Ingelby came at me hard in the final few minutes but my best ride was my final one and it’s great to win and actually beat the current world champion as well!”

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