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		<title>The 2012 ARICA Challenge about to start</title>
		<link>http://spongercity.com/global/2012/05/18/the-2012-arica-challenge-about-to-start/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 08:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arica, Chile – Thursday May 17, 2012 &#8211; Today’s Press Conference officially kicked off the 2012 IBA Stealth Arica Chilean Challenge, hosting the largest field of competitors ever to compete in the trials of an IBA GSS event. With over 100 riders in the trials draw, event organisers have set aside four days to complete [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mitch Rawlins wins The Box IBA event</title>
		<link>http://spongercity.com/global/2012/04/02/mitch-rawlins-wins-the-box-iba-event/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mitch Rawlins is the 2012 IBA Box Pro champion! Congrats Mitch ! A well-deserved win ! Rawlins surfed consistently throughout the event and outperformed South African Mark McCarthy in the final in onshore six foot conditions &#8211; as written on the IBA World Tour latest news post. This is Rawlins’s first win since 2005. Yeah [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The BOX IBA event</title>
		<link>http://spongercity.com/global/2012/03/28/the-box-iba-event/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The BOX event in WA just started (sorry we suck and should have warned you before) with the trials and 2 days of contest already. Watch the event live and check all the latest info here on the IBA site: ibaworldtour.com
We&#8217;ll keep you updated as it goes.
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		<title>Sasha Specker and Isabela Sousa victorious at Pipe</title>
		<link>http://spongercity.com/global/2012/02/21/sasha-specker-and-isabela-sousa-victorious-at-pipe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Isabela Sousa, from Brazil, is the 2012 IBA Pipe Challenge Womens champion. The former world champion clenched her first Pipe title in fun three to four foot waves. Defeating Karla Costa-Taylor, Minami Hatakeyama and Neymara Carvalho in a close fought final.
Sacha Specker is the new 2012 IBA Pipe Challenge dropknee champion. The South African took [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jeff Hubbard is the 2012 IBA Pipe Challenge champion !</title>
		<link>http://spongercity.com/global/2012/02/18/jeff-hubbard-is-the-2012-iba-pipe-challenge-champion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 19:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jeff did it again ! Yeah Jeff ! Jeff Hubbard &#8211; who we interviewed here just a few days ago &#8211; is the 2012 IBA Pipe Challenge champion ! Congrats Jeff ! The Hawaiian won the first event of the 2012 world tour / season in flawless 6-8ft barrelling waves, in what people are calling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IBA &#8211; Pipe Pro &#8211; Day 1 Highlights</title>
		<link>http://spongercity.com/global/2012/02/16/iba-pipe-pro-day-1-highlights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cool highlight from Day 1 at Pipeline (yesterday). Can&#8217;t wait for today as the swell got bigger and conditions should be insane ! Stay tuned and check the IBA site coz the contest should definitely be ON later today, in a couple hours !

From the IBA:
IBA 2012 Pipe Challenge
Event 1 of 8, Mens Grand Slam [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IBA World Tour 2012 &#8211; Are you ready ?</title>
		<link>http://spongercity.com/global/2012/02/08/iba-world-tour-2012-are-you-ready/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2012 IBA World Tour is about to start with event #1 &#8211; The Pipeline Pro in Hawaii &#8211; 15th to 24th of Feb. 2012 &#8211; Watch the tour trailer and event trailer on the official IBA Youtube Channel here: http://www.youtube.com/user/ibaworldtour
Read more about each event and the tour on the IBA website: http://ibaworldtour.com/
This year&#8217;s tour [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jase Finlay wins the IBA Fronton Pro !</title>
		<link>http://spongercity.com/global/2011/12/13/jase-finlay-wins-the-iba-fronton-pro/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congrats Jase ! Yewwwww Fronton Pro Winner !
Jase was a wildcard in this event, awesome Jase !
More details and videos on the IBA Wesbite
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		<title>Pierre-Louis Costes ! 2011 World Champ ! Congrats !</title>
		<link>http://spongercity.com/global/2011/12/13/pierre-louis-costes-2011-world-champ-congrats/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pierre-Louis Costes is the 2011 World Champ ! Congrats PLC ! What a crazy year ! Incredible performance, so much talent and commitment ! Yewwwww

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		<title>We&#8217;re stubborn idiots</title>
		<link>http://spongercity.com/global/2011/12/01/were-stubborn-idiots/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For many reasons we have not been covering the ISA world bodyboard championships on Spongercity.com &#8211; sorry about this. We have received some PR stuff but it&#8217;s all in Spanish and we only speak a little spanish, not enough to really be able to translate it.
Other than that we never understood how someone could be [...]]]></description>
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