BANZAI PIPELINE, Oahu/Hawaii (Saturday, December 10, 2011) - Kieren Perrow (AUS), 34, has won the most coveted surfing event in the world - the Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons - over fellow countryman Joel Parkinson (AUS), 30, in tricky double-overhead surf. The result came after three consecutive days of competition in some of the biggest, deadliest and best Pipe conditions in history. The event also set a record for the most online viewers in ASP history.
Florida's Asher Nolan wins the final wildcard into the Quiksilver Pro New York.
Nolan, 32, from Jacksonville, decisively topped a field of 16 surfers vying for the wildcard in today's Quiksilver Pro New York ASP World Tour Trials, presented by UnSound Surf, supported by vitaminwater.
The opening day of the $1million Quiksilver Pro New York supported by vitaminwater saw the world's best surfers dig into building two-to-four foot (1 metre) waves at Long Beach, Long Island. Today's swell was served up compliments of Hurricane Katia and will continue to build through the week. The first round of competition was completed with Round 2 expected to hit the water at 7am tomorrow for a full day of surfing.
The Quiksilver Pro New York supported by vitamin water continued for the second consecutive day at Long Beach in Long Island, New York and saw the completion of Round 2 as well as the first four heats of Round 3.
The world's best surfers tore through a marathon day of competition with some incredible performances at the Quiksilver Pro New York, supported by vitaminwater, to decide the event's quarterfinalists in pumping six foot (1.5 metre) surf. World champion Kelly Slater, young Australian Josh Kerr, and Brazil's Heitor Alves were show-stopping.

