The Circus Is Coming To Town!

It's back! The Association of Surfing Professionals World Tour is back and is starting it's three ring circus on the Gold Coast of Australia later today. It really didn't seem like much of an offseason as there were a lot of great tributes and reflections to Andy the past few months as well as a lot of press on Kelly hitting 10 world titles. But the show is back in full swing with the The Quiksilver Pro being held at the famed Superbank where warm water, spinning sand sucking rights, and high performance is the norm. The tour has been scaled back this year in the amount of surfers on tour (34 in 2011 vs. 44 in 2010) which is a good thing- you'll only be watching the best of the best from the start of the event.

And this year's tour line up looks to be all time: heavy weights such as Slater, Taj, Parko, and Mick go against the new guard in Kerr, Jordy, Ace, and Bourez. Unfortunately Dane had offseason knee surgery and has to miss the Quik Pro but there will still be plenty of tail blows from the likes of Julian, Owen, Dusty, and Gudang. And if you really want to turn up your sporting event watching exprerience, get all nerdy like me and join a fantasy league. That's right, fantasy leagues aren't just for baseball and football geeks anymore. One of the best surfing fantasy leagues is Fantasy Action Sports League. It's simple to join- just sign up with a password and email and you're on your way. They'll 'give' you $150 million to pick the guys you think will do best in the contest. With my money, I'm thinking some of the best bets will be:
-Taj: He always does good at this contest.
-Mick: Ditto
-Parko: He's a steal for this contest- he's cheap because his ranking is low due to last year's missed time with an injury
-Cory: He's cheap because he's a wildcard and should do good at the event- he's got tour experience and is a great backside tuberider.
That's all I'm givin' ya though. I want to win the $30,000 in cash and prizes this year.