Kelly Slater has won the last event of the year, the Billabong Pipeline Masters. So the ASP Tour 2008 is history and we are all looking forward to the 2009 tour.
For me as a European and especially as a German I am more than happy that for the first time in history a German Surfer made it on the tour! Marlon Lipke who is a former ASP Junior Champion and by no doubt the best German Surfer at the moment qualified for 2009. He made his way through the 2008 WQS and finished 16. So with Marlon six other european Surfers qualified for the next year. This is also a record and shows the increasing competitiveness of the European Surf-Scene.
The following Euro-Fighters qualified:
Jeremy Flores (FRA)
ASP World Tour No. 18 in 2008
Miky Picon (FRA)
ASP World Tour No. 40 in 2008
Aritz Aranburu (EUK) INJURY WILDCARD
ASP WQS No. 3
Michel Bourez (PYF)
ASP WQS No. 11
Tim Boal (FRA)
ASP WQS No. 13
Tiago Pires (PRT)
ASP WQS No. 16
Marlon Lipke (DEU) WILDCARD
Check out more about Marlon here: Marlon Lipke
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