Ashley
King
Nickname:
Kingy
DOB: 29/1/1988
No. of years Surfing: about 10
Fav Surf spot: Aussie pipe, Lower Trestles
Fav Surfers: Kelly Slater, Shaun Cansdell, Mike Losness,
Rob Machado
Local Beach: Rennies Beach, Ulladulla, NSW Australia
Overseas Experience: USA ( California) , Hawaii, Tonga
Hobbies/interests: surfing, golf, tennis, skating
Current sponsors: Quiksilver, Quik eyewear, Quik footwear,
Quik accessories, Warner Surfboards
Career Highlights
• Successfully qualifying for the past 5 years to
represent the South Coast region at the NSW State Titles
• In 2004 represented NSW at the Australian Grommet
Titles held at Phillip Island, Australia
• Advancing to the National Finals of the Volcom
Crustaceous Tour for the past 3 years where I won the
National Final in 2002 and also in 2003. For the third year
in a row I reached the final again and finished a close
2nd.
• After winning the Australian Volcom Crustaceous tour
in 2003 I qualified to represent Australia at the World
Volcom Championships at Newport Beach, California in 2004.
This was a great experience and I finished a respectable
4th place against some of the best juniors in the world.
• In 2004 I travelled to the north shore of Hawaii to
take my surfing to a new level and also had photos taken
for articles in Australian and Japanese Surfing World
Magazine and also did interviews for the lifestyle channel
which was shown on American cable TV.
• While watching the 2005 Quiksilver Pro on the Gold
Coast, Australia; I participated in the Guinness world
record breaking event to surf on the worlds biggest
surfboard.
• I participated in the Quiksilver surf for life
charity event held at Manly Beach, Australia, which many
famous celebrities attended in order to raise money for
youth suicide prevention programs. I got to surf with and
against some of my television and sporting heroes.