Pronto a ripartire anche quest'anno il campionato regionale Costa Est.

 Eccoci qua inscimmiati adriatici, anche quest'anno, pronti a partire con il campionato regionale short costa est 2011 giunto alla sua sesta edizione.

Qui sotto riportiamo date e location per le tre tappe tutte short board ad eslusione della prima in cui ci sara' un local event longboard.

1 tappa Senigalliaspot Marina W.P 10 aprile-15 giugno short open uomini-donne + local event
longboard. Organizazzione HUIA surf SCHOOL- Primo Bilancino surf club.
more info Franco 3208407023 mailfrancouniverse@hotmail.it.

2 tappa Misano Adriatico spot Portoverde W.P 1-30 giugno short open uomini-donne more info Tordi president 335497361 mail radicaltordi@virgilio.it Organizazzione Monkey surf club riccione.

3 tappa FINALE settembre-ottobre FANO spot pentegana o sassonia short uomini -donne more info chicco pointbreak 0721371204 miky 3288767194 mail ferri_michele@yahoo.it organizazzione pointbreak surf shop pesaro.

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Kelly Slater (USA), 39, with at last-minute heat win in the Round of 96 Telstra Drug Aware Pro.

MARGARET RIVER, Western Australia (Wednesday, April 6, 2011) - 10 – Time ASP World Champion and surfing legend Kelly Slater (USA) made a highly anticipated return to the south-west corner of Australia, pulling on a contest jersey at the Telstra Drug Aware Pro at Margaret River for the first time since 1993.

Slater had only one world title to his name the last time he competed at the West Australian river mouth, and surf fans grabbed every vantage point to get a glimpse of the sporting legend.

In the peaky two-to-three metre waves, Slater did just enough to finish in first place ahead of relative unknown qualifiers Billy Stairmand (NZ) of New Zealand, Gony Zubizarreta (ESP) of Spain, and Brazilian David do Carmo (BRA) to advance to the Round of 48.

Things did not go all Slater’s way in the 30 minute encounter – Slater trailed in third place for the majority of the heat and was at risk of being eliminated.

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Wit h the dying minutes ticking away, Slater locked in his highest scoring wave of the heat, showing that trademark style and freaky repertoire that marks him as one of the world’s undisputed sporting greats.

“There wasn’t a lot of waves and there was some hassling going down.” said Slater post heat. “It’s tricky with 4 guys fighting for 2 wave sets. I wasn’t too worried though, I just needed a wave. I only needed a six and if I can’t get a six on an open faced wave I shouldn’t be here.”

Slater’s two-wave combined total of 12.36, saw him progress comfortably to the next round.

AVATORUA, Rangiroa / French Polynesia (Tuesday April 5, 2011) - Garrett Parkes (Byron Bay, NSW, Australia) 17, secured the first ASP Pro Junior victory of his career taking down former World Junior Champion Dean Bowen (South Coast, NSW, Australia) in the final of the ASP 5 Star TNS Rangiroa Pro Junior in French Polynesia today.

A standout from start to finish Parkes maintained his exceptional form to reach the Final defeating Bowen by 14.00 (out of 20.00) points to 11.64.

“I’m over the moon, it’s the biggest weight of my back,” Parkes said after his victory. “I’ve been trying to win one of these for years and I was getting worried as there’s only a few events left and I wanted to win one before my junior career is over.”

Waiting patiently for the open-faced set waves, Parkes set the tone with a series of front side re-entries, completed with a tail waft maneuver to take an early heat lead for his solid 6.75 score (out of 10.)

“My strategy was just to go out there and get a couple early and then just ‘build a house’ and try and keep bettering my scores.”

While Bowen’s powerful backhand surfing kept the New South Welshman in contention, Parkes’ innovative top-to-bottom surfing and critical floater maneuver earned him a 7.25 to seal his inaugural pro junior victory.

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“Dean rips, I’ve grown up surfing against him and we’ve had heats and finals against each other throughout our whole career so I couldn’t imagine anyone better to surf against out there,” Parkes continued.

Pocketing US$5000 for first place, not to mention a hefty 2000 ASP ratings points, Parkes moves one step closer to being in contention for this year’s ASP Australasia Pro Junior title.