According to Australia's Surfing Life's website, the ASP has not renewed Head Judge Perry Hatchet's contract—in effect giving Perry the hatchett. Perry took over as Head Judge in 1997 and has been running the helm ever since.

Newly crowned Pipe Master Taj Burrow and three-time World Champion Andy Irons are threatening to sue the architects of a hyped rebel surfing tour after being falsely linked to the new concept.

With a historic 2009 coming to a close, the 2010 ASP schedule has been released and will mark some major shifts in venues and dates in order to ensure that the world’s best surfers battle one another in the world’s best waves.

With the culmination of the 2009 ASP season, 2010's full list of World Tour surfers has officially been released. Injury wildcards, WQS workhorses, and big name shockers all inside...

Competitors reveled in the gently groomed four-to-six foot (1.5 – 2 metre) barrels of the Banzai Pipeline today as the remaining nine Round 2 heats of the Billabong Pipe Masters were completed before competition was called off for the day.

Stephanie Gilmore does it again. The Billabong Pro Maui and the Vans Triple Crown for the second year in a row. The World Title for the third. Check out the exclusive photos, video highlights, and full wrap. Congrats Steph on all the titles!

The first day saw pristine surf filling in at Honolua Bay for the final event of the Women's 2009 ASP World Tour and Triple Crown of Surfing. Check out all the photos and video, and tune in LIVE today for the finish of the event.

The 2009 ASP WQS season has finished. With that we've got fifteen surfers making the jump up to the next level. Here's our first look at one of the qualifiers, Maui's Dusty Payne. Crusty in 2010.

The final 15 were pretty well set coming into the ASP WQS 6-Star PRIME O’Neill World Cup, but Dusty powered from 18th to 9th, pushing out Joan Duru, who was tied with Blake Thornton. Fortunately for Blake, on a countback, the Australian stayed in the ASP WQS Top 15, qualifying for the 2010 ASP World Tour.

Daniel Ross (Wooloweyah, AUS), 25, has handidly won the 2009 ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS), further cementing his reputation as one of the most dangerous surfers on the 2010 ASP Dream Tour and emphatically announcing his comeback to the world’s elite.

Local boys and WCT surfers alike light up Lowers on day two of the Nike 6.0 Lowers Pro.