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Quiksilver Pro France 2015
The Quiksilver Pro France 2015 was an event of the Association of Surfing Professionals for the 2015 ASP World Tour. This event was held from 06 to 17 October at Landes forest, (Aquitaine, France) with the participation of 36 surfers. The tournament was won by Gabriel Medina (BRA), who beat Bede Durbidge Bede Durbidge (born 23 February 1983) is an Australian professional surfer competing on the World Surf League World Tour. Durbo, Bej and The White Fijian are his nicknames. Life Bede Durbidge was born in Brisbane, Queensland and grew up in ... (AUS) in the final. Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Quarter finals Semi finals Final References {{Surfing Quiksilver Pro France 2015 World Surf League 2015 in French sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landes Forest
The Landes forest (; La forêt des Landes in French) in the Landes de Gascogne (las Lanas de Gasconha in the Gascon language), in the historic Gascony natural region of southwestern France now known as Aquitaine, is the largest man-made woodland in Western Europe. The French word, ''landes'' and Gascon ''lanas'', mean 'moors' or 'heaths', from Transalpine Gaulish *''landa'' ("uninhabited/uncultivated area"); compare Irish ''lann'', Welsh ''llan'' (“enclosure”). Geography The forest (also known as the 'moors of Gascony', and formerly, the 'moors of Bordeaux') covers a large portion of Landes and Gironde, two of the departments of France; it also spills over into parts of the Lot-et-Garonne department. The sources of several rivers can be found in this region, including the sources of the Leyre, the Boudigau, the Ciron, and the Gat Mort. The largest towns within the forest are Arcachon, Dax, and Mont-de-Marsan. Origin as a pine plantation The forest is composed mostly of m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen Wright (surfer)
Owen Wright (born 16 January 1990) is an Australian professional surfer on the World Surf League (formerly the Association of Surfing Professionals) Men's Championship Tour. His sister, Tyler Wright (surfer), Tyler Wright, is also a competitor on the World Surf League Championship Tour. In the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, Olympics Wright Owen Wright battled Brazil, past injury and rough seas to take Australia's first surfing Olympic bronze medal. Just being named in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Team was one of the great comebacks in Australian sport after his bad experience in Hawaii in late 2015. Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics details the results in depth. On 16 June 2015 Wright became the first surfer to post two perfect scores in a single event, during Round 5 and the final of the Fiji Pro 2015, Fiji Pro. Personal life Wright was born on 16 January 1990 and grew up at Culburra Beach on the south coast of New South Wales. He has no cousins but he has 5 siblings who all surf. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejo Muniz
Alejo Muniz (born February 22, 1990) is a Brazilian professional surfer who competes on the World Surf League The World Surf League (WSL) is the governing body for professional surfing, surfers and is dedicated to showcasing the world's best talent in a variety of progressive formats. The World Surf League was originally known as the International Prof ... Men's Qualifying Series. Career Victories WSL World Championship Tour External links References {{DEFAULTSORT:Muniz, Alejo 1990 births Living people Brazilian surfers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John John Florence
John "John John" Alexander Florence (born October 18, 1992) is an American professional surfer. He is known as "one of the most dominant pipe surfers of his era" and won back-to-back world titles on the 2016 World Surf League and 2017 World Surf League Men's Championship Tour. He is the first Hawaii-born surfer to win back-to-back world titles since the late Andy Irons and one of five to ever achieve the feat. In 2019, Florence qualified to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics in surfing. From 2018 he has been struggling with some knee injuries. Early life Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, as the oldest of his brothers Ivan, Tal and Nathan Florence, Florence grew up in Hale'iwa in an ocean-side house at Banzai Pipeline. He was introduced to surfing by his mother, Alexandra, who is a surfer herself. With his mother's help, Florence first rode on a surfboard when he was six-months old, and he was surfing on his own by the age of five. He also enjoys skateboarding, sn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Wilkinson (surfer)
Matt Wilkinson is a professional Australian Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Au ... surfer. Known for being a goofyfooter, Wilkinson is from a small town called Copacabana in New South Wales. In 2016, he won his first two Championship Tour events. Career victories References External links * Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) People from the Central Coast (New South Wales) Australian surfers 21st-century Australian people World Surf League surfers {{Surfing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxime Huscenot
Maxime is a French given name that may refer to: As a name *Maxime Bernier (born 1963), former Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs *Maxime Bôcher, American mathematician *Maxime Boyer, Canadian professional wrestler *Maxime Du Camp, French writer and photographer *Maxime Chaya, Lebanese explorer *Maxime Cressy, American tennis player *Maxime Dupé, French footballer *Maxime Faget, an inventor *Maxime Le Forestier, French singer *Maxime Médard, French Rugby Union player *Maxime Minot (born 1987), French politician *Maxime Monfort, Belgian racing cyclist *Maxime Partouche, French footballer, who currently plays for Paris Saint-Germain FC *Maxime Rodinson, French Marxist historian, sociologist and orientalist *Maxime Rodriguez, French composer *Maxime Talbot, Canadian ice hockey player, who currently plays for the Colorado Avalanche *Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, French chess Grandmaster *Maxime Verhagen, former Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs *Maxime Weygand, French military commander ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Bourez
Michel Bourez (born 30 December 1985) is a French professional surfer. Biography Bourez was born on the island of Rurutu in the Tuamotus Islands in French Polynesia and started surfing at age 13. European champion in 2006, Michel entered the ASP World Tour in 2009. His best results on the World Tour came in 2014, with a fifth place in the overall classification, having won twice during the year; at Margaret River Pro 2014 and Rio de Janeiro and third place in Fiji Pro. His 2015 season was hampered by a severe injury in May, when doing a free surf session at Teahupoo. A fractured hand and cervical vertebra forced him out of the Rio and Fiji events. In 2016, he earned his third career victory at the Billabong Pipeline Masters, final event of the 2016 World Tour, finishing sixth overall. He qualified to represent France at the debut of surfing at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Career and Results * 2014: ** Winner of Margaret River Pro 2014 at Margaret River (Australia). ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mick Fanning
Michael Eugene Fanning (born 13 June 1981) is an Australian professional surfer who was crowned champion of the Association of Surfing Professionals/World Surf League (ASP/WSL)'s World Tour in 2007, 2009 and 2013. In 2015, he survived a shark attack by what is suspected to be a great white shark during the J-Bay Open finals in Jeffreys Bay. Early years Fanning was born on 13 June 1981 in Penrith, New South Wales, Australia, to Irish parents. He learned to surf from the age of three at Brown Bay near Mount Gambier, but did not focus on surfing until his family moved to Tweed Heads, New South Wales, when he was twelve. He grew up with fellow professional surfer, Joel Parkinson, in the Gold Coast/Northern Rivers region and attended Palm Beach Currumbin State High School together. On the Queensland border, Fanning had access to surf north and south and he began to make a name for himself. In 1996 he established himself as one of the best surfers on the Queensland points by placing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keanu Asing
Keanu Asing (born May 30, 1993) is a Hawaiian surfer who competes in the World Surf League and debuted on the World Championship Tour of the 2015 World Surf League. Awards and achievements Season by season *2010: 3rd in HIC Pro at Oahu (Hawaii) *2012: 3rd in Quiksilver Saquarema Prime in Saquarema (Brazil) *2013: 3rd in Vans Pro in Virginia Beach (USA) *2014: 2nd in Quiksilver Saquarema Prime in Saquarema (Brazil) *2016: winner in Quiksilver Pro France The Quiksilver Pro France is an event on the World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour. The event is held every year at Seignosse, Capbreton and Hossegor in France at the end of September and in the beginning of October. Results 2017 ... in Hossegor (France) Training Keanu's training has included advanced deceleration techniques, improved body control through rotational plyometrics, total body explosiveness and heat-specific conditioning. References External links *Page at the site of the World Surf League 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caio Ibelli
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Caio may refer to: * Caio (name), a Portuguese given name derived from the Latin given name Gaius * Caio, Carmarthenshire, a village in west Wales * ''Caio'' (moth), a genus * Italian destroyer ''Caio Duilio'', a destroyer of the Italian Navy See also *Caius (other) *Gaius Gaius, sometimes spelled ''Gajus'', Kaius, Cajus, Caius, was a common Latin praenomen; see Gaius (praenomen). People * Gaius (jurist) (), Roman jurist *Gaius Acilius *Gaius Antonius *Gaius Antonius Hybrida *Gaius Asinius Gallus *Gaius Asinius P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |