Billabong Girls Pro Brazil

BEACHLEY WINS BILLABONG GIRLS PRO BRAZIL AND TAKES RATINGS LEAD

ITACARE, BRAZIL (Saturday, August 26, 2006) – Layne Beachley (AUS) won the inaugural Billabong Girls Pro Brazil today to post her first ASP Women’s World Tour event win in two years. Beachley is now the No. 1-rated female surfer in the world – an honor she hasn’t shouldered since winning her sixth world title in 2003. More...

GEORGESON BLITZES THROUGH BILLABONG GIRLS PRO QUARTERFINALS

ITACARÉ, Brazil (Friday, August 25, 2006) –Reigning world champion Chelsea Georgeson’s quarterfinal performance at the Billabong Girls Pro Brazil, indicated that she is the surfer to beat when competition at stop four on the ASP Women’s World Tour wraps up tomorrow. More...

FORMER WORLD CHAMPS CHARGE AT THE BILLABONG GIRLS PRO BRAZIL

ITACARÉ, Brazil (Thursday, August 24, 2006) – Former world champions Sofia Mulanovich (PER), Layne Beachley (AUS) and Chelsea Georgeson (AUS) were the only top seeds not strewn about the messy surf at Praia da Tiririca, Itacaré today. More...

REDMAN-CARR CRACKS AT THE BILLABONG GIRLS PRO BRAZIL

ITACARÉ, Brazil (Wednesday, August 23, 2006) – Melanie Redman-Carr’s (AUS) fairy tale start to the season turned nightmarish when she made an early exit courtesy of South Americans in the Billabong Girls Pro Brazil today. More...

ROUND ONE OF THE BILLABONG GIRLS PRO BRAZIL UNDERWAY IN ITACARÉ

ITACARÉ, Brazil (Wednesday, August 23, 2006) –Round one of the inaugural Billabong Pro Girls Brazil hit the water at 1pm local time. Officials are hoping to complete all six heats of round one today. More...

GEORGESON AND BEACHLEY READY TO ROCK WHEN BILLABONG PRO RESUMES

ITACARÉ, Brazil (Tuesday, August 22, 2006) –Lack of swell has seen the Billabong Pro Girls Brazil put on hold today, but after waiting three months for ASP Women’s World Tour action to resume, what’s a day or two more? More...

BILLABONG GIRLS PRO BRAZIL ON HOLD

ITACARÉ, Brazil (Monday, August 21, 2006) – The Billabong Girls Pro Brazil, the fourth of eight events on the 2006 ASP Women’s World Tour, entered its official eight-day waiting period at Praia da Tiririca, Itacaré today. More...

TAVARES WINS 5 STAR WQS & WILDCARD INTO BILLABONG GIRLS PRO BRAZIL

ITACARÉ, Brazil (Sunday, August 20, 2006)– Former ASP Women’s World Tour surfer Maria Tita-Tavares (BRA) beat Sofia Mulanovich (PER) to win the five-star World Qualifying Series (WQS) division of the Billabong Girls Pro Brazil today. More...

REDMAN-CARR THE GAL TO BEAT AT THE BILLABONG GIRLS PRO BRAZIL

Melanie Redman-Carr (AUS) may be three for three this season, but she’s also had three long months to dwell on the fact that seventeen other combatants, former six-time world champ Layne Beachley (AUS) among them, are eager to see her bow out early in the upcoming Billabong Girls Pro Brazil. More...