Association of Surfing Professionals Europe

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World Surf League Europe
AbbreviationWSL Europe
Formation1 January 1989;35 years ago (1989-01-01)
TypeSports organisation, Professional Surfing
Headquarters Capbreton, France
Region served
Europe
Official language
English
Main organ
WSL Europe
Parent organization
World Surf League
Website www.worldsurfleague.com

The Association of Surfing Professionals Europe (ASP Europe) is the governing body for professional surfers in Europe and is dedicated to showcasing the continent's best talent in a variety of progressive formats. It is one of seven regions of the ASP World Tour. [1]

Contents

History

Creation of the WSL

Founded in 1989, the WSL Europe was formed to promote professional surfing in Europe. Its objective is to equally benefit European surfers, sponsors and event promoters alike.

Each year this pro-am circuit include contests between January and November with QS 1,000 - QS 10,000 events, Junior, Longboard and specialty events. Most of the events are run at famous beaches for their quality waves: The Canary Islands, France, Portugal, Spain, England, Ireland, and the Azores Islands. All organized contests are at the best surfing beaches and at the best time of the year.

More than 200 of the best European professional surfers and traveling International athletes enter these events and guarantee to put on a great show.

WSL Membership

Membership to the WSL is only available to individuals. [2]

WSL Europe Sanctioned Tours

WSL Qualifying Series events

A WSL QS 10,000 event is held at premium venues with a restricted field and offers 10,000 WSL Rankings points. [3]

WSL QS 1,000 - QS 6,000 events are a lower level of competition, compared to an WSL QS 10,000 event, with their importance indicated by how many points they are assigned: more points means generally better competition and prize money. [3]

WSL Junior events

In 2013, 6 Men and 2 Women will represent Europe at the WSL Junior Championships. Junior events in Europe decide those qualifiers every year. Surfers must be under-18 years old to enter those events.

WSL Longboard events

Same as for the Junior Tour, those events offer the possibility for the Best European longboarders to qualify for the coveted WSL Longboard Championship events.

Rules

Judging

In contests surfers will be scored on a scale of 0.1 to 10.0, these scores will be broken up into increments of one-tenth. The following scale can be use in order to relate descriptions with the score:

Judging criteria

Judges will base the previous score on how successfully surfers display these following elements in each wave:

Some of these elements may be more or less important base on the surfing conditions and the surfing area. This criterion is also different then in longboarding competition. All of this is focused on creating some type consistency that can be seen throughout the many different events. [4]

The events themselves are previously declared QS 1,000 - QS 10,000 events; among other things this ranking shows what numbers of judges which are required at the event. QS 1,000 - QS 3,000 Qualifying Series events are required to have a six judge panel with four judges on each heat. A QS 4,000 - QS 6,000 Qualifying Series event requires seven judges with five of those judges on each heat. At QS 5,000 - QS 10,000 Qualifying Series events there are only allowed to be 3 judges from any one region. This is then limited to two at any world championship events. All events also require an WSL approved head judge who has the ability to make corrections to errors or any other events that may have affected the results.

Rules

There are many rules out in the water which all revolve around the idea of right of way. A surfer has right of way if he or she is closer to the area where the wave is breaking, this is more commonly referred to as having the inside position. If another surfer takes off in front of the surfer which has the inside position then interference will be called and penalties will be enacted. In most circumstances it does not matter who stood up first but who has the inside position. [5]

A surfer can also be found guilty of inference if they catch more than their maximum number of waves in a heat and that this takes away from the other competitors ability to catch waves. A competitor is also not allowed to interfere with another competitor's paddling and maneuvering for a wave. [5]

The rules of right-a-way vary slightly with the type of break. Point Breaks will always have a consistent direct of what is inside, that is the person further up the line will have right-away. In a single peak situation where there is both a left and a right two people are able to be on the wave at the same time provided that one goes left and one goes right and that neither crosses the path of the other to go one direction. If this does happen then the surfer who stood up first will get the right-a-way. On a multi peaked wave where the wave eventually comes together both peaks can be surfed until the surfers come together, when they do the surfer who stood up first has right-a-way and the other must maneuver to get off the wave without interrupting the other surfer. [5]

In a one-on-one competition priority can be declared by the Head Judge. Once the person with priority has paddled for a wave priority is then turned over to the next person until that person does the same. The person with second priority can paddles for waves as long as it does not interfere with the other person and will only lose their priority if they catch a wave. [5]

A surfer who has already taken off or obtained possession of a wave maintains this position until the end of their ride. If another surfer takes off on the inside of this surfer then this person does not obtain priority and is considered to be snaking. If this surfer does not hurt the other surfers ride then both people can be scored based. If the judges determine that the snaking did interfere then the person will be penalized. Interference penalties are called by the judges and must have a majority to be declared an actual penalty. Interferences are shown as triangles on the score cards in various different ways depending on when or where in the heat they were made. If three or more waves are being scored then one wave will be dropped off the score card. If only the top two waves are being scored then 50% of the second best scored wave will be taken off. If a surfer has more than one then 50% of the best waves score will be taken off also. The surfer who has been interfered with will be allowed an additional wave to their maximum as long as it is within the time limit. If a surfer interferes more than twice in a heat then they must leave the competition area. [5]

WSL Europe Champions

Jeremy Flores of France, 2013 WSL Europe Men's Champion CA FloresEurochamp Leroy 028.jpg
Jeremy Flores of France, 2013 WSL Europe Men's Champion
YearWSL Europe Senior Men's SeriesWSL Europe Senior Women's Series
2017Flag of France.svg Jorgann Couzinet (FRA)Flag of Portugal.svg Carol Henrique (POR)
2016Flag of Spain.svg Jonathan Gonzalez (ESP)Flag of France.svg  Pauline Ado  (FRA)
2015Flag of Portugal.svg Pedro Henrique (POR)Flag of France.svg  Pauline Ado  (FRA)
2014Flag of France.svg Joan Duru (FRA)Flag of France.svg  Pauline Ado  (FRA)
2013Flag of France.svg  Jérémy Florès  (FRA)Flag of France.svg  Johanne Defay  (FRA)
2012Flag of Germany.svg Marlon Lipke (DEU)Flag of France.svg  Pauline Ado  (FRA)
2011Flag of France.svg Romain Cloitre (FRA)Flag of France.svg Justine Dupont (FRA)
2010Flag of France.svg Marc Lacomare (FRA)Flag of France.svg  Pauline Ado  (FRA)
2009Flag of France.svg Joan Duru (FRA)Flag of France.svg Lee-Ann Curren (FRA)
2008Flag of France.svg Tim Boal (FRA)Flag of France.svg Justine Dupont (FRA)
2007Flag of Spain.svg  Aritz Aranburu  (ESP)Flag of France.svg Lee-Ann Curren (FRA)
2006Flag of France.svg Patrick Beven (FRA)Flag of France.svg Caroline Sarran (FRA)
2005Flag of France.svg Patrick Beven (FRA)Flag of France.svg Caroline Sarran (FRA)
2004Flag of Portugal.svg Justin Mujica (PRT)Flag of France.svg Caroline Sarran (FRA)
2003Flag of France.svg Patrick Beven (FRA)
2002Flag of France.svg Eric Rebiere (FRA)
2001Flag of Spain.svg Eneko Acero (ESP)
2000Flag of France.svg Eric Rebiere (FRA)Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Patricia Rossi  [ fr ] (PYF)
YearWSL Europe Junior Men's SeriesWSL Europe Junior Women's Series
2017Flag of French Polynesia.svg Kauli Vaast (PYF)Flag of Portugal.svg  Teresa Bonvalot  (POR)
2016Flag of France.svg Titouan Boyer (FRA)Flag of Portugal.svg  Teresa Bonvalot  (POR)
2015Flag of France.svg Nelson Cloarec (FRA)Flag of France.svg Juliette Brice (FRA)
2014Flag of Portugal.svg  Vasco Ribeiro  (POR)Flag of France.svg Tessa Thyssen (FRA)
2013Flag of Italy.svg  Leonardo Fioravanti  (ITA)Flag of France.svg  Johanne Defay  (FRA)
2012Flag of Morocco.svg  Ramzi Boukhiam  (MAR)Flag of France.svg Cannelle Bulard (FRA)
2011Flag of France.svg Medi Veminardi (REU)Flag of France.svg  Johanne Defay  (FRA)
2010Flag of France.svg Charly Martin (GLP)Flag of France.svg  Pauline Ado  (FRA)
2009Flag of France.svg Marc Lacomare (FRA)Flag of France.svg  Johanne Defay  (FRA)
2008Flag of France.svg Maxime Huscenot (FRA)Flag of France.svg Alizé Arnaud (FRA)
2007Flag of France.svg Romain Cloitre (FRA)Flag of France.svg  Pauline Ado  (FRA)
2006Flag of France.svg Joan Duru (FRA)
2005Flag of France.svg  Jérémy Florès  (FRA)Flag of France.svg  Pauline Ado  (FRA)
2004Flag of Germany.svg Marlon Lipke (DEU)
2000Flag of France.svg Patrick Beven (FRA)
YearWSL Europe Longboard Men'sWSL Europe Longboard Women's
2018Flag of France.svg Edouard Delpero (FRA)Flag of France.svg Justine Dupont (FRA)
2017Flag of France.svg Antoine Delpero (FRA)Flag of France.svg Alice Lemoigne (FRA)
2016Flag of France.svg Antoine Delpero (FRA)Flag of France.svg Alice Lemoigne (FRA)
2015Flag of France.svg Antoine Delpero (FRA)Flag of France.svg Alice Lemoigne (FRA)
2014Flag of France.svg Edouard Delpero (FRA)Flag of France.svg Justine Dupont (FRA)
2013No EventNo Event
2012Flag of France.svg Antoine Delpero (FRA)Flag of France.svg Alice Lemoigne (FRA)
2011Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Skinner (GBR)Flag of France.svg Emilie Libier (FRA)
2010Flag of France.svg Antoine Delpero (FRA)Flag of the Basque Country.svg Estitxu Estremo (EUK)
2009Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Skinner (GBR)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Candice O'Donnell (GBR)
2008Flag of French Polynesia.svg Michel Demont (PYF)Flag of France.svg Claire Karabatsos (FRA)
2007Flag of French Polynesia.svg Michel Demont (PYF)Flag of France.svg Claire Karabatsos (FRA)
2006Flag of Greece.svg Christos Roupas (GRE)Flag of France.svg Claire Karabatsos (FRA)
2005Flag of French Polynesia.svg Michel Demont (PYF)Flag of France.svg Claire Karabatsos (FRA)
2004Flag of French Polynesia.svg Michel Demont (PYF)Flag of France.svg Claire Karabatsos (FRA)
2003Flag of French Polynesia.svg Michel Demont (PYF)Flag of France.svg Claire Karabatsos (FRA)

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