Showing posts with label 2013 ASP World Tour. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2013 ASP World Tour. Show all posts

Friday, 14 June 2013

Quiksilver Pro Surfing, 2013, Snapper Rocks, Coolangatta, Gold Coast, Australia

Hi all

A few months ago I was lucky to be able to get to a fantastic day's ASP World Tour Surfing at the 2013 Quiksilver Pro, at Snapper Rocks on Australia's Gold Coast. Here are some pics from a very enjoyable day:

Jordy Smith
Jordy Smith - 2013 Quiksilver Pro Surfing; Snapper Rocks, Coolangatta, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia; 11 March 2013. Photos by Des Thureson - disci.smugmug.com.

Tour Rookie Nat Young, who, from my humble perspective, was the best I saw from a talent vs experience viewpoint
Nat Young - 2013 Quiksilver Pro Surfing; Snapper Rocks, Coolangatta, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia; 11 March 2013. Photos by Des Thureson - disci.smugmug.com.

Spectacular surfing by Aussie Taj Burrow
Taj Burrow - 2013 Quiksilver Pro Surfing; Snapper Rocks, Coolangatta, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia; 11 March 2013. Photos by Des Thureson - disci.smugmug.com.

Jeremy Flores
Jeremy Flores - 2013 Quiksilver Pro Surfing; Snapper Rocks, Coolangatta, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia; 11 March 2013. Photos by Des Thureson - disci.smugmug.com.

Julian Wilson
Julian Wilson - 2013 Quiksilver Pro Surfing; Snapper Rocks, Coolangatta, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia; 11 March 2013. Photos by Des Thureson - disci.smugmug.com.

(Reigning) 2012 World Surfing Champion, Australian Joel Parkinson
2012 World Surfing Champion Joel Parkinson - 2013 Quiksilver Pro Surfing; Snapper Rocks, Coolangatta, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia; 11 March 2013. Photos by Des Thureson - disci.smugmug.com.

Michel Bourez
Michel Bourez - 2013 Quiksilver Pro Surfing; Snapper Rocks, Coolangatta, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia; 11 March 2013. Photos by Des Thureson - disci.smugmug.com.

Wonderful tube / barrel action from Joel Parkinson
2012 World Surfing Champion Joel Parkinson - Tube / Barrel Sequence of the Day - 2013 Quiksilver Pro Surfing; Snapper Rocks, Coolangatta, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia; 11 March 2013. Photos by Des Thureson - disci.smugmug.com.

Matt Wilkinson on a nice wall of water
Matt Wilkinson - 2013 Quiksilver Pro Surfing; Snapper Rocks, Coolangatta, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia; 11 March 2013. Photos by Des Thureson - disci.smugmug.com.

What better way to finish than with 11 times World Surfing Champion Kelly Slater who has just won the Volcom Pro in Fiji
11 times World Surfing Champion Kelly Slater - 2013 Quiksilver Pro Surfing; Snapper Rocks, Coolangatta, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia; 11 March 2013. Photos by Des Thureson - disci.smugmug.com.

Here's my Smugmug photo gallery on the 2013 Quiksilver Pro at Snapper Rocks, Coolangatta, Gold Coast, Australia.

Thanks so much for looking.

Regards

Des
http://disci.smugmug.com/Sports/Surfing