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Smith the only South African on 2011 ASP World Tour
Jordy Smith will be the sole South African on the 2011 ASP World Tours after fellow Durbanite Travis Logie amongst the men and Rosanne Hodge and Nikita Robb (both East London) amongst the women all failed to finish inside the cut-off criteria for requalification.
Logie, 31, did well to survive the mid-year cut from 44 to 34 on the ASP World Tour and was on the cusp of requalifying for 2011 through both the ASP World Title Rankings, where the top 22 automatically requalify, and on the ASP World Rankings, where the top 10 who have not already qualified via the World Tour rankings join the Dream Tour.
However, following a Round 1 loss in the Pipe Masters, Logie ended the year ranked No. 29 on the World Title Race Rankings and even closer on the World Tour Rankings where his 36th place saw him end just 1 723 points (less than 1 750 earned for a 13th place finish) behind Dusty Payne (HAW) who grabbed the No. 32 and final qualifying spot.
Hodge was the model of consistency in 2010, her fourth consecutive year on the ASP Women’s World Tour, reaching Round 3 in the first six events but not managing to advance to the quarterfinals, before placing 17th in the final event. She ended the year ranked No.13, significantly adrift of Rebecca Woods (AUS) who grabbed the 10th and final spot.
Robb struggled to impress the judges in her rookie season at the highest level, only posting two heat tallies of over 10 out of 20 in 14 attempts, and bowed out with three 9ths, three 17ths and a 19th which gave her a yearend ranking of No. 15.
The pair also finished well off the pace in the ASP Women’s Star rated series where the top 6 qualify for the following year’s top tier. Robb was the highest placed SA woman at No. 14 while Hodge ended her season ranked No. 22.
Royden Bryson fared best of the South African campaigners in the Prime and Star rated events, ending the year ranked No. 76. The former East Londoner now living in Cape Town won the 6-Star rated O’Neill Cold Water Classic in Scotland and put himself into contention for the US $50 000 bonus for the five-event Col Water Classic Series title before missing the next two events in that series in Canada and Santa Cruz, California.
Brandon Jackson (Durban North), who came within a whisker on qualifying for the 2010 ASP World Tour, was the only other SA surfer in the top 100, finishing at No. 100. Rudy Palmboom (Bluff) came in at No. 106 in his third campaign and Shaun Joubert, 19, from Mossel Bay, ended his first season at No. 118, achieving his objective of placing amongst the top 120 who are virtually guaranteed a start in all of next year’s Prime rated events.
ASP World Tour Rankings
2010 Men
1 Slater,Kelly USA 69000 points
2 Smith,Jordy ZAF 52350
3 Burrow,Taj AUS 45432
4 Fanning,Mick AUS 44750
5 Durbidge,Bede AUS 42463
South Africans (Top 200 of 1089)
36 Logie,Travis ZAF 16327 points
76 Bryson,Royden ZAF 9601
100 Jackson,Brandon ZAF 7015
106 Palmboom,Rudy ZAF 6653
118 Joubert,Shaun ZAF 5884
154 Fahrenfort,Damien ZAF 4087
155 Strachan,Klee ZAF 4072
160 Weare,David ZAF 3799
170 De Vries,Beyrick ZAF 3512
172 Gibbens,Brendon ZAF 3443
173 Basnett,Ricky ZAF 3432
ASP Women’s World Title Race
2010 Final Rankings
1 – Stephanie Gilmore (AUS)
2 – Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS)
3 – Carissa Moore (HAW)
4 – Silvana Lima (BRA)
5 – Sofia Mulanovich (PER)
South Africans
13 – Rosanne Hodge (ZAF)
15 – Nikita Robb (ZAF)
ASP World Tour Rankings
2010 Women
1 Fitzgibbons,Sally AUS 12120 points
2 Enever,Laura AUS 11520
3 Wright,Tyler AUS 10920
3 Conlogue,Courtney USA 10920
5 Ho,Coco HAW 10380
6 Silva,Jacqueline BRA 10320
South Africans (Top 50 of 130)
14 Robb,Nikita ZAF 8520 points
19 Buitendag,Bianca ZAF 8160
22 Hodge,Rosanne ZAF 7680
26 Chudleigh,Tarryn ZAF 7200
36 Baum,Sarah ZAF 6000
48 Rautenbach,Chantelle ZAF 4953
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