Australian Open of Surfing 2012

AUSTRALIAN OPEN OF SURFING - MANLY 2012

Official website: http://australianopenofsurfing.com/manly12/

Event schedule here.

The world’s top action-sports athletes are set to converge at the birthplace of professional surfing, Manly Beach, Sydney, Australia for the country’s biggest-ever surf, skate and music event; The Australian Open of Surfing, presented by Hurley and Billabong.

DAY 3 HIGHLIGHTS

Day 3 Highlights - Women Round 1,2 & 3
With critical points and prize money on offer the competition was fierce today for the opening round of the women’s ASP 6-Star division. Check out the highlights.

DAY 4 HIGHLIGHTS

Day 4 Highlights - Women Round 3 & 4 Men Round 1
Lots of action on the day 4 of the Australian Open of Surfing. Eric Geiselman landed at Sydney airport this morning and two hours later was in a heat against 1999 ASP World Champion Mark Occhilupo.

DAY 5 HIGHLIGHTS

Day 5 Highlights - Men Round 1 & 2 , Women Quarterfinals.
Day 5 of the Australian Open of surfing and the action just keeps getting better and better! Laura Enever was looking like exiting the event with a 5th place finish in her Quarterfinal against Pauline Ado, she was left needing a decent score as the ocean went flat in the last five minutes.

DAY 6 HIGHLIGHTS

Day 6 Highlights - Men Round 2.
Sydney has turn it on once again for the Australian Open of Surfing day 6. Check today’s highlights

DAY 7 HIGHLIGHTS

Day 7 Highlights - Men Round 2 and 3…The day 7 of the Australian Open of Surfing has seen the men’s draw go from 48 down to the final 16. Today we also saw the channel 7 music stage get jumping and the first few heats of the skate pro in the beach owl. Check out today’s highlights.

DAY 8 HIGHLIGHTS

Day 8 Highlights - Men’s Round 5 & Junior men’s and women’s finals - Day 8 of the Australian Open of surfing has seen all the big names defeated and even thought is sad to see them out of the comp, is super cool to see the future of surfing is still very bright.

Beach Bowl Pro-Am 2012 - Manly Beach, Sydney

While the world’s best surfers were out in the water, some of the best skaters in the world were battling it out at ‘The Beach Bowl’ for a share of $50,000 in prize money. The contest went down from February 16th to 19th, at Manly Beach, Sydney, Australia.