With 2009 just around the corner, the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) North America is gearing up for several new and improved events for next year.
Currently, the nation hosts an ASP World Tour event, formerly the Boost Mobile Pro presented by Hurley, and now named the Hurley Pro, at Lower Trestles, and several ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS), ASP Pro Junior and ASP Longboard Qualifying Series (LQS) events each year.
The WQS act as a qualifier for the prestigious ASP World Tour, while the ASP North America Pro Junior Series acts as a qualifier for the nation’s top surfers to earn a spot at the Billabong ASP World Junior Championships.
The first improved event of the year will be the Nike 6.0 Lowers Pro. The ASP WQS event has moved up from an ASP WQS 4-Star to 6-Star event.
The change will draw some of the world’s finest ASP WQS competitors to the event due to the increased prize purse and ever-valuable ratings points towards qualification for the 2010 ASP World Tour.
In addition to the Nike 6.0 Lowers Pro, the nation will see the O’Neill Cold Water Classic moved up from a 4-Star to a 6-Star Prime, offering the most points available for a WQS event.
O’Neill has also introduced another 6-Star event with the O’Neill Cold Water Canada. The event will be held the week prior to the original Cold Water Classic in Santa Cruz.
The ASP LQS has also contributed to beefing up the 2009 ASP North America Schedule.
There will be five new ASP LQS 1-Star events sponsored by several different sponsors to begin a regional longboard tour. Each of the five events will include both men’s and women’s divisions. To see next year’s ASP schedule log on to aspworldtour.com or aspnorthamerica.org at the beginning of January.
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