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Tahupoo / French Polynesia
Round 1 of the Billabong Pro Tahiti Underway at Teahupoo (Tue, 13 May 2008 Posted at 01:00:00 PM)
TEAHUPOO, Tahiti (Tuesday, May 13, 2008) – Round 1 of the Billabong Pro Tahiti – Stop No. 3 of 11 on the ASP World Tour – will commence in clean three foot (one metre) waves at 7am this morning.
Dean Morrison (AUS), Jordy Smith (ZAF) and Ricky Basnett (ZAF) are in the first heat of the day. Heats will be 30-minutes in duration. Event officials are aiming to wrap up Round 1 by approximately 3pm, at which point they will then make a call on Round 2.
Eight-time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA) arrived just this morning. He will meet 2001 ASP World Champion C.J. Hobgood (USA) and local wildcard Manoa Drollet (PYF) in Heat 8 of Round 1.
Slater has won the Billabong Pro Tahiti three times – in 2000, 2003 and 2005. He has also won the first two events on the 2008 ASP World Tour.
The Billabong Pro Tahiti will be webcast LIVE on www.go211.com www.aspworldtour.com and www.billabongpro.com.
Billabong Pro Tahiti Round 1 Match-Ups:
Heat 1: Dean Morrison (AUS), Jordy Smith (ZAF), Ricky Basnett (ZAF)
Heat 2: Kai Otton (AUS), Luke Munro (AUS), Royden Bryson (ZAF)
Heat 3: Bobby Martinez (USA), Leonardo Neves (BRA), Travis Logie (ZAF)
Heat 4: Jeremy Flores (FRA), Roy Powers (HAW), Tiago Pires (PRT)
Heat 5: Andy Irons (HAW), Tim Reyes (USA), Aritz Aranburu (EUK)
Heat 6: Joel Parkinson (AUS), Ben Dunn (AUS), Chris Ward (USA)
Heat 7: Bede Durbidge (AUS), Dayyan Neve (AUS), Nic Muscroft (AUS)
Heat 8: Kelly Slater (USA), C.J. Hobgood (USA), Manoa Drollet (PYF)
Heat 9: Mick Fanning (AUS), Pancho Sullivan (HAW), Jamie O'Brien (HAW)
Heat 10: Taj Burrow (AUS), Tom Whitaker (AUS), Bruno Santos (BRA)
Heat 11: Adrian Buchan (AUS), Jay Thompson (AUS), Daniel Ross (AUS)
Heat 12: Adriano de Souza (BRA), Kieren Perrow (AUS), Mikael Picon (FRA)
Heat 13: Taylor Knox (USA), Rodrigo Dornelles (BRA), Heitor Alves (BRA)
Heat 14: Luke Stedman (AUS), Fredrick Patacchia (HAW), Jihad Khodr (BRA)
Heat 15: Dane Reynolds (USA), Bruce Irons (HAW), Michael Campbell (AUS)
Heat 16: Neco Padaratz (BRA), Daniel Wills (AUS), Ben Bourgeois (USA)
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