“Those were the most stressful last five minutes of my life,” continued Jensen. "I have been doing this since I was 17 and I’ve come really close before so finally to put it away is a good one for sure.”

2012 will be a unique year for the Rip Curl Pro Search, with the event being removed from the ASP calendar to allow Rip Curl an 18-month 're-search' period to find and prepare a new location for 2013.

Notably absent from the 2012 ASP World Title Series schedule is the Rip Curl Pro Search, but the event will return in 2013.

Filmed during the European leg of the ASP World Tour, these are Pat Gudauskas' Last Words as seen in the January 2012 issue of TransWorld SURF.

Is this the first step towards the mainstream legitimization that professional surfing so desperately longs for?

Andino’s win launches him up the ASP World Rankings to No. 24, putting him in a likely position to join the elite ASP World Tour for 2012...

“It is my duty to accept responsibility for the recent calculation error that resulted in the premature crowning of Kelly Slater’s 11th ASP World Title,” Brodie Carr said.

Much like the Quiksilver Pro New York, all we heard about the Rip Curl Pro Search San Francisco was that is was gonna suck...But wait, what is this? A killer freesurf clip from the Ranga!

His smirk told the story; a small upward curl at the edges of his lips, that of someone who didn’t seem all that surprised they’d just won another event.

The boys at GoPro document Kelly's winning day(s) in San Francisco...congrats for the like the fifth time, Kelly.

Todd Kline catches up with disgruntled former ASP World Tour surfer Bobby Martinez...on a tennis court.

The Rip Curl Pro Search San Francisco is back on this morning in clean two-to-four foot conditions at Ocean Beach and will begin competition with men’s Round 5 and possibly crown a champion by day’s end.

After being crowned prematurely earlier in the week, Slater officially wins #11 after smoking Brazilian surfers Gabriel Medina and Miguel Pupo. “I was going against kids who could be my kids.”

AI's paddle out, a visit to O'Neill headquarters, a huge air, street musicians, and late night skateboarding fill Jordy's day while in SF for the Rip Curl Pro Search.

Maui surfers Hank Gaskell, 15-year-old Ian Gentil, and big-wave specialist Ian Walsh flew the neighbor island flag high at Sunset Beach today during day two of the HIC Pro Sunset Beach presented by Vans.