At the recent Board of Directors meeting in Coolangatta, Executive positions were realigned to reflect a new triumvirate of managerial staff, with Wayne 'Rabbit' Bartholomew assuming the role of President, Peter Whittaker as CEO and Richard Grellman as non-executive Chairman of the Board .

The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) has signed a crucial deal aligning themselves with the combined resources of International Management Group of America Pty Ltd (IMG) and their subsidiary television production company Trans World International (TWI).

Surfersvillage.com Plc., owners and operators of the surfing website Surfersvillage.com, and the mirror website Globalsurfnews.com have decided to offer the two websites for sale.

In what undoubtedly was one of the most constructive, productive and united meetings in the history of the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP), the Board agreed to implement the following positive considerations, taking note of their global responsibilities in these extremely difficult and sensitive times - and being aware of the concerns expressed by all its members - Events, Surfers and Management.