![]() The top tier is the World Championship Tour (WCT) - a series of between 10 and 15 major-league events, closed to all but the 44 highest ranked men and 15 women, plus a small number of "wildcard" competitors. There are two levels, or "tiers", of ASP competition. Prior to the ASP, the IPS had provided world pro rankings from 1976. It has been in existence since late 1982, when it usurped the IPS, or International Professional Surfing, a body run by Hawaiian event promotor Fred Hemmings. ![]() Both these groups fund its operations through contest entry and sanction fees. The ASP is part owned by the surfers, and part owned by its member events. It also provides a range of essential services to the major events and surfers, including a standardized judging system and a pro judging panel, promotion and media personnel, administration, and some marketing. ![]() It runs ranking systems which result each year in world pro men's, women's, junior and masters champions, and which includes over 100 pro events and 2,000 pro surfers around the globe. The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) oversees the majority of professional surfing events and riders in the world today. ![]() Resident pro surfing observer Nick Carroll breaks it down (with the longest Who Knows to date): Note: this was written in 2001 the ASP has since changed. I always get confused about pro surfing - what's the difference between the WCT and WQS and the ASP? Thanks. ![]()
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