And for this week, we followed pro surfers with this stories:

≈≈ Monster energy Pro by Billabong ≈≈

≈≈ Former Winners Have a Good Start at the Hang Loose Pro Contest ≈≈

≈≈ British Surfers Master Rincon ≈≈

≈≈ Brit hopes end at Worlds ≈≈

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This week headlines from Pro Surfer events:

≈≈ Lost Teamrider Mason Ho Wins Hard Rock Cafe Junior Pro ≈≈

≈≈ 3rd Tow-In Championship in Hawaii ≈≈

≈≈ Search called off - Joaquin Velilla lost ≈≈

≈≈ Briton prepares for championships in Australia ≈≈

≈≈ Australian takes out girl division ≈≈

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Let’s check the latest Pro Surfer Around the Globe News we put together for you:
≈≈ Jordy Smith of South Africa Billabong ASP World Junior Champion 2007 ≈≈

≈≈ CJ Hobgood wins Florida O`Neill Sebastian Inlet Pro ≈≈

≈≈ Nicola Atherton wins Billabong ASP World Junior Championship ≈≈

≈≈ British surfers in Puerto Rico Championship ≈≈
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Some news from the world of surf:

≈≈ 14 year old Courtney Conlogue reveals why she was granted a WCT wildcard ≈≈

≈≈ Billabong sponsors Pipeline Masters ≈≈

≈≈ Hot Tuna Summer Classic ≈≈

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According to a report in Surfersvillage News, the Venezuelan surfer Magnum Martinez placed himself between the best five Latin American surfers. Besides, the member of the Quiksilver International team, finished this great year of competitions on the fourth place of the ranking in the ALAS (Latinamerican Surf Assosiation) 2006 tour.

Martinez participated 2006 in different stages of the WQS tour, where making an outstanding performance on Newport Beach Pro 2006 where he reached the fifth position. One of the most remarkable moments on 2006 took place in the US Open on Huntington Beach, California during July. Magnum Martinez was MTV Latin American host there. The Venezuelan brought the words of Latin surfers who compitted on the mythical californian wave to millions of screens.

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After a relatively slow start to the Northern Hemisphere big wave season, the last two weeks have produced an almost endless stream of significant swells, first in the Atlantic and more recently in the Pacific. Top surfers have been on hand to take on the huge waves and the resulting photographic evidence has been entered in the annual Billabong XXL Global Big Wave awards in both the Monster Paddle and XXL (tow-in) categories. All the action can be viewed on the event website at www.BillabongXXL.com. New entries are arriving hourly and the website is constantly being updated.

Read more here from Surfwire …

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Surfersvillage Global Surf gives a flashback of the great 2006 ASP in a nice article:
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Let’s check the latest Pro Surfer Around the Globe News we put together for you:

≈≈ Briton Reubyn Ash is pitted against Hawaiian TJ Barron and Japan’s Nobuyuki Osawa in the opening round of the Billabong World Junior Championships in Australia.

≈≈ Most surfers standing on one wave now set at 73
≈≈ Costa Rican champs in Quarter Finals

≈≈ New Zealand film ‘Wolfskinz’ represents the Kiwi scene

≈≈ Staying alive: the Rip Curl Pro Pipeline Masters

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A surfer from Guerneville was attacked and dragged about 15 feet underwater near Dillon Beach, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, by what is believed to be a great white shark. The surfer survived with minor bite injuries.

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The great white shark - the ultimate horror of a surfer. But we don’t know much about this predator. A new research project starts to uncover all the question marks. How? With the help of a little shark…

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