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Mick Fanning (AUS), has been crowned the 2009 ASP World Champion, following an excellent showing at the Banzai Pipeline over the weekend. The 28 year-old has claimed his 2nd ASP World Surfing Title! Great job Mick!The Banzai Pipeline was the last event on the ASP 2009 World Tour and Mick beat out his fellow mate, Joel Parkinson, to claim the crown. Not only did he wrap up the 2009 ASP World Title, Mick also took home a sweet $50,000 from the Vans Triple Crown bonus package. That will be a nice bonus to add to his 2009 tour earnings of $235,000. Not bad for 10 months of work this year!

Here are Mick’s 2009 ASP World Tour results:

Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast: Equal 3rd
Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach: Equal 5th
Billabong Pro Teahupoo: Equal 9th
Hang Loose Santa Catarina Pro: Equal 5th
Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay: Equal 17th
Hurley Pro Trestles: WINNER
Quiksilver Pro France: WINNER
Billabong Pro Mundaka: Equal 9th
Rip Curl Pro Search: WINNER
Billabong Pipeline Masters: Equal 9th

Find out more info on the 2009 ASP World Surfing Tour

Congratulations Joel Parkinson!!

Parko gets it done at the 2009 Quiksilver Pro presented by LG Mobile. The local Cooly kid wins and starts off the ASP world surfing tour in 1st place. He will also take home a nice $12,000 paycheck.

This was his first event win since 2006 and he did it in true Aussie style. I watched the semi-final and final LIVE online and saw Joel tear it up. After winning the final heat, he was carried up the beach with a nice, cold Corona in his hand. It only took a few lay days and a few shifts in contest location, but Joel ended up posting two 10-point rides on the final day of competition. That’s all it took to beat out Mick Fanning (Semi-final) and Adriano de Souza (Final). Joel Parkinson put up a 10-point ride in his semi-final and one more in the final against Brazilian, Adriano de Souza.

The last 3 winners of this event have gone onto win the ASP world surfing title. Will Joel Parkinson win his world title this year??

See photos from this years event

A local 22 year-old Aussie beats the 9-time world surfing champ at the 2009 Quiksilver Pro…..

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No swell, no waves.

One more day off of surfing at the 2009 Quiksilver Pro – Gold Coast, Australia.

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Another day and another lay day for the 2009 Quiksilver Pro -Gold Coast, Australia.

The contest organizers will make another call Tuesday at 6am local Australian time.

Watch surfing highlights from the first day of the 2009 Quiksilver Pro – Gold Coast, Australia.

Check out Kelly Slater riding a 5′4″ rounded nose surfboard that he shaped→ Go to Round 1, Heat# 8. Slater is insane! I have a 5′6″ fish surfboard (about 3″ thick and lime green) from the 1980’s and I think that thing is hard to ride. But Slater is Slater for a reason. That’s why he has 9 world titles. What else does he have to prove?

The event was called off Sunday due to strong onshore winds and smaller swell. The contest directors will make a call Monday morning (Local Snapper Rocks time).

LIVE surfing contest webcast

The 2009 Quiksilver Pro started February 27 with surfers competing at Duranbah Beach.

Check in everyday for live streaming contest video, results, photos and news.

Quiksilver Pro presented by LG Mobile

The first event of the 2009 ASP World Surfing Tour kicks off this week on the Gold Coast of Australia. The 2008 ASP awards ceremony will also go down this Thursday in Coolangatta, Australia. This event will precede the first 2009 ASP surfing tour event. The Quiksilver Pro presented by LG main event runs from February 27 – March 11.

Kelly Slater (age 37) will be back this year contending for his 10th world title. He already has a record 9 ASP world titles and this year he could make it an even 10. Kelly Slater is the youngest (age 20) and the oldest (age 36) surfer to win a world surfing title. That is a pretty amazing achievement!

Does anybody think Slater will make it a Slate(n)r this year??

The second 2009 ASP event, the Rip Curl Pro, will take place at Bells Beach April 7 – 18.

Here are some notable surfer awards at the 2009 Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast awards ceremony.

Awards Recipient List:

2008 ASP World Champion: Kelly Slater (USA)
2008 ASP Women’s World Champion: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS)

2008 ASP World Tour Runner-Up: Bede Durbidge (AUS)
2008 ASP Women’s World Tour Runner-Up: Silvana Lima (BRA)

2008 ASP World Tour Rookie of the Year: Dane Reynolds (USA)
2008 ASP Women’s World Tour Rookie of the Year: Nicola Atherton (AUS)

2008 ASP World Longboard Champion: Bonga Perkins (HAW)
2008 ASP Women’s World Longboard Champion: Joy Monahan (HAW)

2008 ASP WQS No. 1: Nathaniel Curran (USA)
2008 ASP WQS Women’s No. 1: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS)

2009 ASP World Tour surfing schedule