Check out the action from round 1 of the Billabong Pro Tahiti which is on again at Teahupoo. The world's top 45 surfers and 3 wildcards take each other on at one of the heaviest waves on earth.
Day 1 of stop number 3 on the 2009 ASP World Tour saw the completion of the first 14 heats of round 1 in 4-6 foot (2 metre) barrels in offshore wind.
Highlights of the day included Dean Morrison (AUS), 28, posting the highest wave and heat scores of the day, with a 9.00 out of 10 wave score and a two-wave total heat score of 17.00 out of a possible 20. In doing so, Morrison dispatched of ASP World Tour rookie Nathaniel Curran (USA), 24.
Andy Irons (HAW), 30, got the better of Jihad Khodr (BRA), 25, in his first World Tour event of the year. Irons has opted not to follow the ASP World Tour this year, but is competing with a wildcard at the Billabong Pro Tahiti.
Heiarii Williams (PYF), 22, continued with his form which won him the Von Zipper Trials and a wildcard for the event, disposing of 2009 ASP Dream Tour rookie and current ASP World number 9, Kekoa Bacalso (HAW), 23.
Kai Otton (AUS), 29, currently sitting at number 19 in the rankings, eliminated Bruno Santos (BRA), 26, the defending Billabong Pro Tahiti winner who won the event as a wildcard last year.
Let's hope for a bit more swell, to really test the nerves of the surfers. They say that along with Pipeline in Hawaii, Teahupoo is one of the only waves on the world tour that can scare the pros.
Original Story:
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Day 1 of stop number 3 on the 2009 ASP World Tour saw the completion of the first 14 heats of round 1 in 4-6 foot (2 metre) barrels in offshore wind.
Highlights of the day included Dean Morrison (AUS), 28, posting the highest wave and heat scores of the day, with a 9.00 out of 10 wave score and a two-wave total heat score of 17.00 out of a possible 20. In doing so, Morrison dispatched of ASP World Tour rookie Nathaniel Curran (USA), 24.
Andy Irons (HAW), 30, got the better of Jihad Khodr (BRA), 25, in his first World Tour event of the year. Irons has opted not to follow the ASP World Tour this year, but is competing with a wildcard at the Billabong Pro Tahiti.
Heiarii Williams (PYF), 22, continued with his form which won him the Von Zipper Trials and a wildcard for the event, disposing of 2009 ASP Dream Tour rookie and current ASP World number 9, Kekoa Bacalso (HAW), 23.
Kai Otton (AUS), 29, currently sitting at number 19 in the rankings, eliminated Bruno Santos (BRA), 26, the defending Billabong Pro Tahiti winner who won the event as a wildcard last year.
Let's hope for a bit more swell, to really test the nerves of the surfers. They say that along with Pipeline in Hawaii, Teahupoo is one of the only waves on the world tour that can scare the pros.
Original Story:
http://asp-worldtour.blogspot.com/
