2008 Billabong Pro surfing event

Excellant first day swell with J-Bay showing its magic.

Munich broadcast time: 8am

Event websit: http://billabongpro.com/

Heat of the day:

http://www.surfline.com/video/video_player...er.cfm?id=16718

Beautiful photo montage with Mr. J-Bay, Shaun Tomson narrating the sequence:

http://www.surfline.com/surfnews/photo_bam...=16356&ad=1

Competition set to resume Wednesday morning with arrival of new swell. From the Billabong contest website:

Day 6 Called Off - Look's Prime for Day 7

JEFFREYS BAY, South Africa (Tuesday, July 15, 2008) – After a day of waiting for a predicted new swell to arrive, the Billabong Pro has officially been called off at 2:45pm local time. After monitoring conditions at Jeffreys Bay for close to eight hours, event organizers have officially called Round 3 of the Billabong Pro off for the day.

“First we waited for the wind to clock around, which it did as forecast, but the swell never got consistent enough to run heats,� Contest Director Mike Parsons said. “There were some nice waves which came through throughout the day, but when you looked at a 30-minute period, there were only one or two good waves.�

The contest director, surfer’s rep and head judge determine whether or not there are enough waves for each competitor to post two good scoring rides in a heat before calling the event on or off each day. Unfortunately, they didn’t see enough scoring potential for the remaining 32 ASP World Tour surfers at JBay today.

“There is a really nice swell, the second part of this one, on the map for tomorrow and we are still optimistic that tomorrow will be a really great day,� Parsons said. “We’re down to two days left and we just felt that running on Wednesday and Thursday was a much better option. All of the surfers were onboard with that decision there is just not enough consistency to run heats today.�

At this point, it is highly likely that Round 3 of the Billabong Pro will start at 7:15 tomorrow morning but an official call will be made at 7am.

Contest director, Mike Parsons was hopeful of banging out six heats this afternoon but after deliberation with the surfers, decided it was just too inconsistent to run.

Good news is the next two days is going to be like Christmas come early at J-Bay with Surfline predicting a decent swell to roll in over night and hold throughout Thursday.

The contest will be starting at 7:15am local time tomorrow morning in the hope of running through to 5pm and getting all of round three and some of round four out of the way. The plan at this stage would then be to finish the event on Thursday.

Tune in early tomorrow morning for the official call.

Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay Round 3 Match-Ups:
Heat 1: Bede Durbidge (AUS) vs. Leonardo Neves (BRA)
Heat 2: Luke Stedman (AUS) vs. Roy Powers (HAW)
Heat 3: Kai Otton (AUS) vs. Jay Thompson (AUS)
Heat 4: Joel Parkinson (AUS) vs. Daniel Wills (AUS)
Heat 5: Adriano de Souza (BRA) vs. Mick Campbell (AUS)
Heat 6: Bobby Martinez (USA) vs. Luke Munro (AUS)
Heat 7: Tom Whitaker (AUS) vs. Taylor Knox (USA)
Heat 8: Kelly Slater (USA) vs. Travis Logie (ZAF)
Heat 9: Mick Fanning (AUS) vs. Ben Bourgeois (USA)
Heat 10: Dayyan Neve (AUS) vs. Bruce Irons (HAW)
Heat 11: C.J. Hobgood (USA) vs. Kieren Perrow (AUS)
Heat 12: Adrian Buchan (AUS) vs. Fredrick Patacchia (HAW)
Heat 13: Taj Burrow (AUS) vs. Royden Bryson (ZAF)
Heat 14: Dean Morrison (AUS) vs. Jordy Smith (ZAF)
Heat 15: Andy Irons (HAW) vs. Heitor Alves (BRA)
Heat 16: Jeremy Flores (FRA) vs. Chris Ward (USA)

Does ZAF refer to South Africa because it is the first time I have seen that acronym - always used ZAR?

To my knowledge, insofar as the ASP is concerned, ZAF denotes the South African athletes. A job well done by the locals for advancing further this year ! There efforts were undone though, including World Champion Mick Fanning (Australia) by Kelly Slater (Florida), once again, effectively ending the season for everyone else. The final heat video is worth a look on the billabong site as morning conditions were classic J-Bay perfection.

The full story:

http://www.surfline.com/wct-contest-zone/s...al-day_16913/1/

From Billabong: Slater Scalps Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay Fourth ASP Victory This Season


For more details visit www.aspworldtour.com and www.billabongpro.com.

Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay Final Results:
Final: Kelly Slater (USA) 16.73 def. Mick Fanning (AUS) 9.40

Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay Semifinal Results:
Heat 1: Kelly Slater (USA) 15.00 def. Joel Parkinson (AUS) 14.17
Heat 2: Mick Fanning (AUS) 16.84 def. Taj Burrow (AUS) 11.83

Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay Quarterfinal Results:
Heat 1: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 17.74 def. Bede Durbidge (AUS) 14.00
Heat 2: Kelly Slater (USA) 15.17 def. Adriano de Souza (BRA) 9.84
Heat 3: Mick Fanning (AUS) 14.27 def. C.J. Hobgood (USA) 9.60
Heat 4: Taj Burrow (AUS) def. Andy Irons (HAW)

Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay Round 4 Results:
Heat 5: Mick Fanning (AUS) 16.44 def. Bruce Irons (HAW) 13.33
Heat 6: C.J. Hobgood (USA) 14.76 def. Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 10.33
Heat 7: Taj Burrow (AUS) 17.00 def. Jordy Smith (ZAF) 16.76
Heat 8: Andy Irons (HAW) 11.34 def. Jeremy Flores (FRA) 5.23

ASP World Tour Ratings after Stop No. 5 – the Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay
1. Kelly Slater (USA) 5210 points
2. Joel Parkinson (AUS) 3948 points
3. Bede Durbidge (AUS) 3782 points
4. Mick Fanning (AUS) 3753 points
5. Taj Burrow (AUS) 3638 points
6. Adriano de Souza (BRA) 3540 points
7. C.J. Hobgood (USA) 3460 points
8. Andy Irons (HAW) 3338 points
9. Bobby Martinez (USA) 3028 points
10. Adrian Buchan (AUS) 2884 points