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ASP WORLD & WOMENS TOUR

The 2010 ASP World Tour schedule is as follows:

Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast, February 27 - March 10, 2010

Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, March 30 - April 10, 2010

Hang Loose Santa Catarina Pro, April 21 - April 30, 2010

Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay, July 15 - 25, 2010

Billabong Pro Teahupoo, August 23 - September 3, 2010

Hurley Pro Trestles, September 12 - 21, 2010

Quiksilver Pro France, September 25 - October 5, 2010

Rip Curl Pro Portugal, October 7 - 18, 2010

Rip Curl Pro Search, October 30 - November 10, 2010

Billabong Pipe Masters, December 8 - 20, 2010

The 2010 ASP Women's World Tour schedule is as follows:

Roxy Pro Gold Coast, February 27 - March 10, 2010

Rip Curl Women's Pro Bells Beach, March 30 - April 5, 2010

Taranaki Women's Surf Festival, April 11 - 16, 2010

Commonwealth Bank Beachley Classic, April 21 - 26, 2010

Movistar Peru Classic pres. by Rip Curl, TBA

Rip Curl Pro Portugal, October 7 - 11, 2010

Rip Curl Pro Search, October 30 - November 4, 2010

Gidget Pro Sunset Beach, November 24 - December 6, 2010

Billabong Pro Maui (Tentative), December 8 - 20, 2010

ASP Updates - December, 2009

Qualifiers Set for 2010 ASP World Tour and ASP Women's World Tour
Coolangatta -- With the culmination of the 2009 ASP World Tour and ASP Women's World Tour in Hawaii, the qualifiers for the 2010 ASP Dream Tour season have been decided.

Taking the Top 27 surfers from the 2009 ASP World Tour, the Top 15 from the 2009 ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS) and three ASP wildcards, the 2010 ASP Top 45 are as follows:

ASP Top 27 (ASP World Tour)
Mick Fanning (AUS)
Joel Parkinson (AUS)
Bede Durbidge (AUS)
Taj Burrow (AUS)
Adriano de Souza (BRA)
Kelly Slater (USA)
C.J. Hobgood (USA)
Bobby Martinez (USA)
Damien Hobgood (USA)
Dane Reynolds (USA)
Jordy Smith (ZAF)
Taylor Knox (USA)
Tom Whitaker (AUS)
Kieren Perrow (AUS)
Fredrick Patacchia (HAW)
Dean Morrison (AUS)
Kai Otton (AUS)
Kekoa Bacalso (HAW)
Mick Campbell (AUS)
Chris Davidson (AUS)
Michel Bourez (PYF)
Ben Dunn (AUS)
Adrian Buchan (AUS)
Tiago Pires (PRT)
Jeremy Flores (FRA)
Roy Powers (HAW)
Drew Courtney (AUS)

Top 15 (ASP WQS)
Dan Ross (AUS)
Patrick Gudauskas (USA)
Jadson Andre (BRA)
Adam Melling (AUS)
Owen Wright (AUS)
Luke Munro (AUS)
Jay Thompson (AUS)
Nathan Yeomans (USA)
Dusty Payne (HAW)
Brett Simpson (USA)
Matt Wilkinson (AUS)
Tanner Gudauskas (USA)
Travis Logie (ZAF)
Marco Polo (BRA)
Blake Thornton (AUS)

ASP Wildcards:
Andy Irons (HAW)
Luke Stedman (AUS)
Neco Padaratz (BRA)

The national breakdown for the 2010 ASP World Tour is:
Australian: 46.7%
American: 22.2%
Hawaiian: 11.1%
Brazilian: 8.9%
South African: 4.4%
French: 2.2%
Tahitian: 2.2%
Portuguese: 2.2%

The ASP Top 45 will be featured in the first five events of the 2009 ASP World Tour season before reducing the elite field down to 32 surfers. The 32 surfers will come directly from the top-placing members of the ASP Top 45. The ASP Top 45 will first do battle at the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast from February 27 - March 10, 2010.

Taking the Top 10 surfers from the 2009 ASP Women's World Tour, the Top 6 surfers from the 2009 ASP Women's World Qualifying Series (WQS) and one ASP wildcard, the 2010 ASP Top 17 are as follows:

Top 10 (ASP Women's World Tour)
Stephanie Gilmore (AUS)
Silvana Lima (BRA)
Sofia Mulanovich (PER)
Coco Ho (HAW)
Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS)
Melanie Bartels (HAW)
Chelsea Hedges (AUS)
Paige Hareb (NZL)
Rebecca Woods (AUS)
Rosanne Hodge (ZAF)

Top 6 (ASP WQS)
Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS)
Carissa Moore (HAW)
Claire Bevilacqua (AUS)
Lee Ann Curren (FRA)
Bruna Schmitz (BRA)
Nikita Robb (ZAF)

ASP Wildcard
Amee Donohoe (AUS)

The national breakdown for the 2010 ASP Women's World Tour is:
Australian: 41.2%
Hawaiian: 17.7%
Brazilian: 11.8%
South African: 11.8%
Peruvian: 5.9%
New Zealand: 5.9%
French: 5.9%

The ASP Top 17 will first face off at the Roxy Pro Gold Coast from February 27 - March 10, 2010.

courtesy www.aspworldtour.com

About ASP: The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) is the governing body of professional surfing. Crowning surfing's undisputed world champions since 1976, the ASP sanctions the following tours: the ASP World Tour, the ASP Women's World Tour, the World Qualifying Series (WQS) and the World Longboarding, Junior and Masters Championships. The ASP is dedicated to showcasing the world's best surfing talent in a variety of progressive formats and has revolutionized the way the world watches surfing via their webcasts. The organization is divided into seven different regions: Africa, Japan, Australasia, Europe, Hawaii, North America, and South America.