Billabong joins the ASP 6 Star SriLankan Airlines Pro at Arugam Bay

Friday, June 4th, 2010

The fast approaching SriLankan Airlines Pro at Arugam Bay today announced the inclusion of Billabong as a support sponsor to this exciting new addition to the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Six-Star World Tour.

Jay-R Esquivel from the Philippines Takes Out the Occy Grom Comp in Malaysia

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

13 year-old Jay-R Esquivel from the Philippines won his first international grommet contest today at the Billabong Occy Grom Comp at Cherating Beach in Malaysia. Young Jay-R put on an amazing display of surfing during all three days of competition at the long, sandy-bottomed point break, getting cheers and wowing the crowd on the beach. The energetic grom showed off a well-rounded repertoire of maneuvers consistently impress the judges and rack up big points in virtually every heat.

A New Swell and Sunny Skies Greet the Billabong Pro Am and Occy Grom Comp for Day Two of Competition

Monday, January 11th, 2010

A welcome new swell and clear sunny skies greeted the contestants, crew, and spectators on Day 2 of the Billabong Pro Am Malaysia and Occy Grom Comp today at beautiful Cherating Beach in Malaysia, and with the increase in swell size, everybody was frothing to jump in the water and dig their fins into the 2-3 foot walls reeling down the point.

Australia’s Garrett Parkes Wins Billabong Cloud 9 Invitational

Friday, October 30th, 2009

(Tuesday 27th October, 2009): AUSTRALIAN surfer Garrett Parkes (Byron Bay, NSW, Aus) has taken out the Billabong Cloud 9 Invitational in the Philippines today, beating Hawaiian Makua Rothman in a man-on-man final. Cloud 9 didn’t quite turn on the epic conditions seen for the opening rounds of the unique, specialty event, with finalists having to [...]

Billabong Cloud 9 Invitational Back in Business before Wind Halts Play

Friday, October 30th, 2009

(Monday 26th October, 2009): THE Billabong Cloud 9 Invitational was back in business in the Philippines today until strong winds halted play mid-round. In building 3-4ft (1-1.5m) barrelling waves, contest organisers decided to run two round four heats before competition was suspended with freshening onshore winds. With only 10 heats (5 hours) required to finalise [...]

Billabong Occy Grom Comp Announced for Malaysia

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

(Tuesday 8th September, 2009): The little known surf town of Cherating on the South China Sea coast of Malaysia will play host to its first ever Billabong Occy Grom Comp in January of 2010. In a major coup for the Asian surf scene, 1999 World Champion of Surfing Mark ‘Occy’ Occhilupo will bring his specialized [...]

ASP Pro Juniors treated to perfect barrelling Keramas at the Billabong Pro Junior Bali

Friday, July 24th, 2009

Keramas Beach, Bali, Indonesia: One of the best days ever  of  Australasian Pro Junior Surfing as Keramas delivered outstanding 6 to 8 feet plus surf (2-3 metres) on day three of the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Grade -5 Billabong Pro Junior Bali. The day began in most unusual almost eerie conditions with black cloud, [...]

Indo Boys Make Good on Day 1 of ASP Billabong Pro Junior at Keramas

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

21 July 2009, Gianyar-Bali:  The first round of the ASP sanctioned Grade 5 Billabong Pro Junior contest got underway today at Keramas Beach in Gianyar in glassy 3-4 foot waves, with five of the ten heats being won by non-seeded Indonesian surfers.  The 10 heats of round one were completed before the strengthening on-shore winds [...]

Billabong Asia surfers Lee Wilson, Rahtu Suargita, and Raditya featured in new video clips

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

Billabong Asia is releasing a bunch of short clips aimed at telling the day to day stories of their athletes and advocates. Sure, we all know these guys can surf, skate, wakeboard, etc….. but what really makes them tick? What do they do when they’re not on their craft? What do they eat? Where do [...]

ASP Billabong Pro Junior to be held at Keramas

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

Billabong is taking junior surfing back to Bali in 2009, with the announcement of a fully sanctioned, grade five Pro Junior men’s event to be held in July. After working with the ASP (Association Of Surfing Professionals) to make the competition part of the overall Australasian Junior Series, the $30,000 Billabong Pro Junior Series Bali [...]

Cool Surf and Clean Shores at the 2009 4th Annual Manila Surfers Association (MSA) Fun Comp in cooperation with Stoked Inc. – Billabong

Sunday, February 1st, 2009

(La Union , Philippines : Feb. 1, 2009): The 4th annual Manila Surfers Association (MSA)  Fun Competition in cooperation with Stoked Inc., the Philippines’ premier boardsports company, fired on all cylinders under consistent 2-3 foot surf in La Union, the island nation’s surfing capital. The 2-day event saw the fast-growing Manila surfer scene gun in [...]

Play Day at Day 1 of Billabong Cloud 9 Invitational

Sunday, September 21st, 2008

21 September, Siargao-Phillipines:  Howling offshore winds all night and most of the day put the first round of the Billabong Cloud 9 Invitational on hold for the day. Periodic standby calls were made throughout the day in hopes that the winds would die and allow the swell to rise, but when the wind finally did [...]

Billabong Pro Junior Series Indonesia – Keramas

Saturday, April 21st, 2007

Billabong Pro Junior Series Indonesia 3 Events $15 500 USD Keramas, Kuta Reef, Canggu www.billabong.com.au Julian Wilson Wins Inaugural Indonesian Billabong Pro Junior Series Indonesia’s One Anwar Emerges as Future Surfing Star Sunday June 3rd (Keramas, Bali, Indonesia): Form tournament surfer Julian Wilson (Aus) won the all-Australian final of the Billabong Pro-Teen Junior Series Indonesia [...]