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Pupo gains a valuable 6500 points towards his ASP World Ranking

Adam Melling (AUS) has clinched the first event of the 2011 O'Neill Cold Water Classic at Gisborne, New Zealand today claiming the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) six-star event in the last 30 seconds over Brazilian surfer Willian Cardoso.

Day five of the O'Neill Cold Water Classic played host to the most innovative surfing witnessed in New Zealand as the world's elite surfers attacked the Gisborne waves today.

A move from the primary venue of Pines at Wainui Beach to Pipe at Midway Beach in the township of Gisborne saw extremely improved conditions that had the international contingent of surfers foaming at the mouth to hit the water for their heats.

Top seeds dominated proceedings on day two of The O'Neill Cold Water Classic Series 2011 with Australian Nic Mushcroft, American Nat Young and Spanish surfer Gony Zubizarreta dominating proceedings as the event moved into the early stages of the Round of 96.

After two years of Alaia (wooden finless surfboard) and finless expression sessions, the world's most creative surfers were given the opportunity to slide fin-free across the playful waves of Noosa's First Point, during the first ever professional finless surfing competition the Seaglass Project Fin-Free Pro at the Noosa Festival of Surfing, today.

The first round of the Toyota Surfing state titles was completed in epic surf on the Yorke Peninsula today, with surfers being greeted with a large and perfect Autumn swell the entire weekend.

MEREWETHER's Jake Sylvester has become the first local surfer since 2002 to win an Association of Surfing Professional's (ASP) junior men's title in his home city.

Reigning 10-time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA), 39, has secured his 46th elite tour win today, defeating defending event champion Taj Burrow (AUS), 32, to claim the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast presented by Land Rover.

Taj goes two on the trot