Ashley Braunton

well no surprise Slater was the winner of the poll and also the winner of the 2011 ASP World Tour, well done everyone who got it right!

Such a fun surf, high tide croyde probably the best ive ever surfed it, loads of fun!

As a whole 2010 wasn’t a bad year competitively but with small surf for many events I found myself up against it to maintain my strong start.
Despite leading the BLU rankings for much of the year and a 3rd placed finish at the final event which included my best single heat result all season beating [...]

Stoked!

 
Open
 

1
Ashley Braunton
1660

2
Ben Haworth
1630

3
Chris Webb
1350

4
Ben Howey
1150

5
Angus Murray
1140

5
Matt Thomas
1140

7
Colin Bright
1040

8
Brendan Muir
1030

8
Phil Hill
1030

8
Trevelyan Garland
1030

11
Ben Skinner
1000

12
Ashley Lawton
980

12
Greg Norman
980

14
James Parry
900

15
Tristan Mather
885

16
Sam Bleakley
810

17
Zak Lawton
730

18
Matt Travis
660

18
Mike Lay
660

20
Adam Griffiths
600

21
Josh Le Marquand
540

22
Oscar Maddocks
490

23
Ian Allison
440

23
Martin Davies
440

25
Andy Cummins
395

25
Chris Milford
395

Saunton Sands
Held in the best conditions for a very long time the event set the standard for the year’s competition with some great performances in the peeling conditions
Saunton’s well known single bank finally showed what it can produce with the open quarter finals on Saturday afternoon being held in flawless A-frame right-handers with no wind [...]

The Bathsheba Wateringhole Classic
The first BLU ranking event of the year ran over the weekend of the 8th and 9th of May at Perranporth in Cornwall.  Having previously been cancelled due to a poor forecast the surfers were amped to get the season on a roll with competitors from all over the UK turning out [...]

 
After the cancellation of the opening BLU event of the year the club took the opportunity of a clear weekend to run the second league event of the season.
With the beginning of a swell forecast to show through the day the decision to start at low tide paid off as the early morning 6 inch [...]

Finally Fantasy Surfer is back in action after a revamping of the site during the off season.  The site isn’t quite complete but is looking much slicker and more professional.  For anyone who has never used it before you should, it takes 5 minutes before each WCT event sat down picking a team and thats [...]

In recent years there has been an explosion in ‘retroness’ if you like with surfboard manufacturers concentrating on the much more on the past rather than looking forward.  Technology will like fashion always come full circle to some degree whereby it will be redone with newer materials and greater knowledge, sometimes this can create a breakthrough although more [...]