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“Are You Not Entertained?” Pros Discuss Pros and Cons of ASP Tour Changes
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(http://www.aspworldtour.com/2011/10/08/are-you-not-entertained-pros-discuss-pros-and-cons-of-asp-tour-changes/aru/)"Are you not entertained?" Kelly Slater...modern day gladiator.
SAN CLEMENTE, California/USA (Saturday, October 8, 2011) – The ASP World Tour has undergone unprecedented changes over the last two years. Changes that involved both the tour structure and event formats. And changes activated, in collaboration with the surfers and events, that have brought about a never-before-seen level of surfing to competition as well as historic numbers of people tuning in online to watch the world’s best surfers battle it out in the world’s best waves. Having just completed our first proper rotation of the ASP Top 34 in September, discussion has ensued in the blogosphere amongst pundits, editors, fans and the pros themselves. Chris Mauro, former touring professional, is now chief wordsmith at GrindTV and recently analyzed an exchange between ASP World Champions Kelly Slater and Sunny Garcia. This…is their story…
At least they care…
Kelly Slater and Sunny Garcia got into a heated exchange on Twitter Thursday over the future of the ASP format. It’s a hot topic this week as ASP meetings in France are centered on the matter.
The biggest complaint from surfers trying to qualify is that it’s too tough. Yet 5 of 32 surfers are new to the tour over the past 12 months: a 15% annual turnover rate.
Back when the tour was 45 surfers, the average amount of rookies was 6 per year: a 13% annual turnover rate. Some would like to open the tour back up to a wider field, but Slater challenged…
Full story at GrindTV’s ‘Behind the Scenes at the Quiksilver Pro’ (http://www.grindtv.com/surf/blog/30533/behind+the+scenes+of+the+quiksilver+pro/)
DISCLAIMER: May include some adult language by a certain Hawaiian…Oh, I know, we’re shocked too.
Catch Kelly and the rest of the ASP Top 34 doing battle LIVE at the Quiksilver Pro France (http://quiksilverlive.com/profrance2011/)
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