And that's a wrap folks. The 2011 season has come and gone, now that the dust has settled, and the ASP has done the math correctly, lets have a look at our 2012 World Tour competitors, shall we?

A couple of things to point out:

1) No Dane Reynolds. My already short attention span is really worried about this.
2) What is Kelly Slater going to do next year? He mentioned in a post heat interview during pipe that if Snapper, the first event on the season, wasn't a..Full Story

What a day of drama. Pipeline wasn't pretty, but she definitely made things damn interesting today.

First John John gets Slater-ed by Slater, then Slater gets Slater-ed by Parko in the semis, then Parko runs out of magic in the final, submitting victory to last year's runner-up Kieren Perrow. Last second comebacks. Heartbreaking close calls. Michel Bourez came within one heat of stealing the Triple Crown from John John.

Florence would hold on to take his first of many..Full Story

The 40th anniversary of the Billabong Pipe Masters is already being called one of the best surfing contests ever, and for good reason. The best Masters' swell in decades was pounding the North Shore of Oahu all week, making for an incredible climax to the 2011 ASP season.

The most anticipated match of the event was between 39-year-old Kelly Slater, the 11 time world champion, and his 19-year-old protege, John John Florence of Hawaii.

Florence, an ASP rookie, was born..Full Story