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ASP WORLD LONGBOARD CHAMPIONSHIP CANCELLED

 ASP International regretfully announces that the 2005 ASP World Longboard Championship has been cancelled. Citing corporate changes, Nokia has had to withdraw their sponsorship of the event.

The Championship was due to run July 10-17, featuring a US$35,000 Men's division and for the first time at ASP level, introducing a US$10,000 Women's division.

The ASP World Longboard Championship was, for the second year, scheduled to be incorporated within the long running Biarritz Surfing Festival. Founder of the BSF, Robert Rabagny, informed ASP Europe of this untimely development, yet confirmed that the Biarritz Surfing Festival itself would run as scheduled, featuring a Men's division offering a US$15,000 purse and a US$3,000 Women's purse.

ASP International pledges its commitment to longboarding and will work
towards re-establishing the World Longboard Championship in 2006.