2001 ASP World Tour
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The ASP World Tour is a professional competitive surfing
league. It is run by the Association of Surfing Professionals
. The 2001 ASP Men's World Tour was restricted to five contests and the 2001 ASP Women's World Tour was restricted to three contests, due to the tragic events of September 11, 2001.
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Surfing
Surfing' is a surface water sport in which the surfer rides a surfboard on the crest and face of a wave which is carrying the surfer towards the shore...
league. It is run by the Association of Surfing Professionals
Association of Surfing Professionals
The Association of Surfing Professionals is the governing body for professional surfers and is dedicated to showcasing the world’s best talent in a variety of progressive formats.- Predecessors to the ASP :...
. The 2001 ASP Men's World Tour was restricted to five contests and the 2001 ASP Women's World Tour was restricted to three contests, due to the tragic events of September 11, 2001.
Tournaments
| Date | Location | Country | Event | Winner | Runner-up | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 10-April 22 | Bells Beach Bells Beach Bells Beach is a coastal locality of Victoria, Australia in Surf Coast Shire and a renowned surf beach, located 100 km south-west of Melbourne, on the Great Ocean Road near the towns of Torquay and Jan Juc.... |
Rip Curl Pro Rip Curl Pro Formerly the Bells Beach Surf Classic, The Rip Curl Pro is an ASP World Tour surfing competition held in and around Torquay, Victoria. The event is based at Bells Beach, Victoria, Australia... |
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| May 8-May 19 | Teahupoo, Tahiti Tahiti Tahiti is the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of the Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is the economic, cultural and political centre of French Polynesia. The island was formed from volcanic activity and is high and mountainous... |
Billabong Pro | Report | |||
| June 27-July 5 | Rio De Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th... |
Rio Surf International | Report | |||
| July 17-July 27 | Jeffreys Bay Jeffreys Bay Jeffreys Bay is a town located in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The town is situated just off the N2 Highway, about an hour's drive southwest of Port Elizabeth.- History :... |
Billabong Pro | Report | |||
| November 26-December 7 | Sunset Beach Sunset Beach - United States :* Sunset Beach , in Cape May, New Jersey* Sunset Beach , in Pupukea, Oahu, Hawaii* Sunset Beach State Recreation Site, in Oregon* Sunset State Beach, near Watsonville, California- Canada :* Sunset Beach, Alberta... , Hawaii Hawaii Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of... |
Rip Curl Cup | Report | |||
Final Standings
| Rank | Name | Country | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C.J. Hobgood | 3,094 | |
| 2 | Mark Occhilupo Mark Occhilupo Marco Jay Luciano "Mark" Occhilupo is an Australian surfer and winner of the 1999 World surfing champion title.Occhilupo, also known as Occy, began his professional career in the World Championship Tour at the age of 17.... |
2,816 | |
| 3 | Cory Lopez Cory Lopez Cory Lopez is a professional surfer born on March 21, 1977 in Dunedin, Florida, USA. Lopey and Coreman are his nicknames on the professional circuit.-Career:... |
2,780 | |
| 4 | Taylor Knox Taylor Knox Taylor Knox is an American professional surfer. He is currently competing on the ASP World Tour.Knox was born in Thousand Oaks, California and began surfing at 8 years old. He moved with his family to Carlsbad at 13 and continued to pursue his dream of becoming a pro surfer... |
2,744 | |
| 5 | Jake Paterson | 2,688 | |
| 5 | Kalani Robb |  Hawaii |
2,688 |
| 7 | Peterson Rosa | 2,566 | |
| 8 | Michael Lowe | 2,520 | |
| 9 | Daniel Wills | 2,512 | |
| 10 | Damien Hobgood Damien Hobgood Damien Hobgood is a professional surfer from Satellite Beach, Florida. He is known for having once held the highest two-wave grand final score in pro surfing by scoring 19.9 out of 20 at The Quiksilver Pro Fiji in 2004 until Kelly Slater eclipsed it the following year at Teahupo'o in the final... |
2,436 |
Tournaments
| Date | Location | Country | Event | Winner | Runner-up | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 28-May 5 | Tavarua Tavarua Tavarua is a heart shaped island in Fiji. It has an area of . The island is close to the main Fijian isand, Viti Levu, and is surrounded by a coral reef.... |
Roxy Surf Jam | Report | |||
| May 8-May 19 | Teahupoo, Tahiti Tahiti Tahiti is the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of the Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is the economic, cultural and political centre of French Polynesia. The island was formed from volcanic activity and is high and mountainous... |
Billabong Pro Tahiti | Report | |||
| November 25-December 7 | Honolua Bay, Hawaii Hawaii Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of... |
Billabong Pro | Report | |||
Final Standings
| Rank | Name | Country | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Layne Beachley Layne Beachley Layne Beachley is a former professional surfer from Manly, Australia. She won the World Championship seven times.-Surfing career:At the age of 16 Beachley became a professional surfer. By the age of 20 she was ranked sixth in the world. Beachley became the Women's ASP World Champion in 1998, and... |
1,760 | |
| 2 | Melanie Redman-Carr | 1,730 | |
| 3 | Neridah Falconer | 1,600 | |
| 4 | Rochelle Ballard Rochelle Ballard Rochelle Ballard is a professional female surfer who is a 10 year veteran the Association of Surfing Professional’s World Championship Tour. She is considered the best female tube rider in the world and has been a pioneer to the advancement of women’s surfing in the past two decades... |
Hawaii |
1,570 |
| 5 | Serena Brooke Serena Brooke Serena Brooke is a professional surfer from Coolangatta Queensland, Australia.-Biography:Brooke began to compete in amateur competitions in 1990 where she was crowned the Queensland amateur surfing title as well as the Australian National Title... |
1,550 | |
| 5 | Keala Kennelly Keala Kennelly Keala Kennelly is a professional surfer. She was featured playing herself in the movie Blue Crush. She was also in the movie Step Into Liquid.She set a record in 2005 at Teahupoo, riding the biggest tow in wave by a woman.... |
Hawaii |
1,550 |
| 5 | Heather Clark Heather Clark Heather Clark is a writer for Associated Press working out of its bureau in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She normally covers issues concerning the Rocky Mountain region of the United States, such as Los Alamos National Laboratory and New Mexico elections for a national audience.Clark came to some... |
1,550 | |
| 8 | Megan Abubo Megan Abubo - Biography:Born in Connecticut and raised in Hawaii, Megan Abubo showcases a style honed on powerful reef-breaks and deepwater ocean waves.Growing up in Hawaii, Megan quickly became one of the "beach boys" and worked her way to a spot on the World Championship Tour ranks in 1998. She has been on... |
Hawaii |
1,450 |
| 9 | Maria Tita Tavares | 1,390 | |
| 10 | Pauline Menczer Pauline Menczer Pauline Menczer is an Australian surfer. She won the 1988 women's amateur world title and the 1993 women's world championship and has been a long-standing competitor on the world championship tour.... |
1,260 | |