SWATCH GIRLS PRO CHINA 2012 – Culture Trip

Kelia Moniz is the new ASP Women’s Longboard World Champion after winning the SWATCH GIRLS PRO China 2012 hosted by Wanning in 2-3ft (shoulder high) surf. In a repeat of last year’s final, Kelia faced off against Australia’s Chelsea Williams, the defending event champion, and promptly set about a commanding display of smooth, radical longboard surfing, mixing rail-to-rail lines and classic hang-ten moves to leave Chelsea needing a combination of scores (16.05 vs. 9.5).

All of the longboarders get in touched with the waves in Hainan. And thousands of Chinese cheered to the girls at the big Opening Ceremony, which ended with an incredible firework. Let the SWATCH GIRLS PRO China 2012 begin.

Watch Kassia Meador and Courtney Conlogue in a double profile. The two American longboarders tell something about each other, combined with spectacular pictures.

Top Seeds dominate opening round. The first day of the event waiting period saw round 1 of the SWATCH GIRLS PRO CHINA 2012 hosted by Wanning completed in 1-2ft (waist high) surf at Riyuewan Bay, Hainan Island. With the small swell pulses offering contestable if tricky conditions for the world’s finest women longboard surfers, the top seeds were in the ascendency posting some solid scores throughout the morning, and while conditions went from clean offshores to moderate sea breezes, the scori...

Nixon is excited to announce the addition of Kelia Moniz and Leila Hurst onto the brand’s Global Surf Team. Both accomplished surfers in their own right, Moniz and Hurst each bring a unique, individual style to the team’s roster that features some of the world’s most established surfers including John John Florence, Josh Kerr, Nathan Fletcher, Chippa Wilson, Conner Coffin and Rob Machado. Learn more about makes them awesome at http://online.nixon.com/happenings

MAJOR UPSETS ON DAY TWO Day two of the SWATCH GIRLS PRO CHINA 2012 hosted by Wanning saw rounds 2 and 3 completed in marginal 1ft conditions at Riyuewan Bay. Despite the South China Sea monsoon swell being on something of a sabbatical, there was little shortage of deftness of skill and technique from the finest female longboard surfers in the world. Defending event champion Chelsea Williams nailed the highest score of the day for the second day running with a 8.25, giving the modest left han...

After the successful debut last year the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) again brings surfing to the People’s Republic of China with the SWATCH GIRLS PRO China hosted by Wanning! Running from November 21st – 25th 2012, the ASP Women's World Longboard Title event will grace the City of Wanning on the Island of Hainan, and proudly presents the grand final of the 2012 ASP Women's World Longboard Championship.

Reigning event and ASP Women's World Longboard Champion Kelia Moniz got her title defense off to a good start to advance automatically to Round 3 on the opening day. Chelsea Williams, who finished 1st and 2nd in the previous two events also picked up where she'd left off, showing mastery of the conditions early on in the morning to set the performance marker for the day. Swatch Proteam surfer Kassia Meador also advanced to Round 3, but needed the safety net of Round 2 after an uncharacteristi...