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Billabong Pro Tahiti Champion to be Crowned TodayPosted at 01:00:00 PM
TEAHUPOO, Tahiti (Thursday, May 15, 2008) – The final 17 heats of the 2008 Billabong Pro Tahiti will run today. The last two heat of Round 3 featuring Bobby Martinez (USA) vs. Miky Picon (FRA) and Taylor Knox (USA) vs. Bruce Irons (HAW) are up first.
Conditions are in the four foot (one plus metre) range this morning and the first heat of the day hit the water at 6:30am.
Martinez, Andy Irons (HAW) and C.J. Hobgood (USA) are the only previous event winners still in contention. An event champion will be crowned by roughly 4pm local time this afternoon.
All the action will be webcast LIVE on www.go211.com www.aspworldtour.com and www.billabongpro.com.
Remaining Billabong Pro Tahiti Round 3 Match-Ups:
Heat 15: Bobby Martinez (USA) vs. Miky Picon (FRA)
Heat 16: Taylor Knox (USA) vs. Bruce Irons (HAW)
Billabong Pro Tahiti Round 4 Match-Ups:
Heat 1: Andy Irons (HAW) vs. Luke Stedman (AUS)
Heat 2: Dane Reynolds (USA) vs. Joel Parkinson (AUS)
Heat 3: Dean Morrison (AUS) vs. Adrian Buchan (AUS)
Heat 4: Tom Whitaker (AUS) vs. Manoa Drollet (PYF)
Heat 5: Bruno Santos (BRA) vs. Tim Reyes (USA)
Heat 6: Kai Otton (AUS) vs. Adriano de Souza (BRA)
Heat 7: Chris Ward (USA) vs. C.J. Hobgood (USA)
Heat 8: TBA | | |
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