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Fresh Friday is a WeAreH2O.Com editorial.

May 12th, 2006

  

Teahupoo delivers , Summer Doldrums, and no surf!

 

 

 

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Pro Surf Ramblings

The Men's WCT third contest took place this past week with last night (Thursday) saw epic surf and action! The surf was running 6-8 feet with flawless conditions.

Check the Video Recap of day 8 and 7 at this link: ASP Video Recap of Day 8

The live webcast was thrilling to watch as there were a lot of waves caught and the surfers were in heated competition. ASP write up of the action: Day of Drama at Billabong Pro Tahiti

Check the webcast each day around Noon or One O'clock, Eastern Standard Time for the remainder of the contest: Teahupoo Billabong Pro Contest Main Site

Also, the Women's WCT is also there and are waiting for their turn!

 

Remaining round four match-ups:

Heat 7: Danny Fuller (Haw) vs Darren O’Rafferty (Aus)
Heat 8: Bobby Martinez (USA) vs C.J. Hobgood (USA)

Quarter Final match-ups

Heat 1: Fred Patacchia (HAW) vs Hira Teriinatoofa (PYF)
Heat 2: Bruce Irons (HAW) vs Kelly Slater (USA)
Heat 3: Dean Morrison (AUS) vs Taylor Knox (USA)

 

 

Paradise! Teahupoo is without doubt one of the most scenic locations on the ASP World Tour.

 

 

All photos are Copyrighted by ASPWorldTour.Com (http://www.aspworldtour.com/ )

These Tahitian girls have the best seats in the house, watching the men in action during round two.

 

Joel Parkinson (Gold Coast, Aus) racked up some solid tube rides to win his opening round heat ahead of wildcard Hira Teriinatoofa (Tah) and Marcelo Nunes (Brz).


Defending Billabong Pro champ Kelly Slater (USA) snatched the few good waves that rolled through during his heat to take a win and advance to round 3.

Trialist Danny Fuller (Haw) posted a strong win ahead of Mick Fanning (Aus) and Adriano De Souza (Brz) to advance to round 3.

 

A little crunch time for Aussie Troy Brooks.


Hira Terinatoofa (pictured) will join fellow Tahitians Manoa Drollet and Heiarii Williams in round three. Terinatoofa eliminated Phillip MacDonald in round two.

Grace under pressure... Hawaiian Andy Irons picture perfect in round two of the Billabong Pro.

 

Joel Parkinson (Gold Coast, Aus) was taken out by Tahitian wildcard Hira Teriinatoofa in round 3.

 

Despite a strong performance from Tahitian wildcard Heiarii Williams, defending Billabong Pro champ Kelly Slater (USA) claimed victory in one of the highest scoring heats of the event to date.

 

Mark Occhilupo (Gold Coast, Aus) was narrowly beaten by Tim Reyes (USA) in round 3 of the Billabong Pro Tahiti.

 

Even massive wipeouts cannot stop Kelly Slater’s march to victory.

 

Wildcard Danny Fuller (Haw) scored a sensational upset when he eliminated Taj Burrow in round 3. Fuller advanced to round 4 where he will face Darren O’Rafferty. (Ed. note: Fuller is on a Quad-fin board)

 

Bobby Martinez (Santa Barbara, CA, USA) continued his superb form with a round 3 heat win. Martinez took down fellow rookie Jarrad Howse (Aus) to advance to round 4 where he will face CJ Hobgood (Florida, USA).

 

Tahitian wildcard Hira Teriinatoofa has taken down some big names on his way to the quarterfinals, including Mick Fanning, Cory Lopez & Joel Parkinson.

 

Freddy P proved invincible in two meter perfection at Teahupoo, when he defeated Brazil’s Paulo Mauro with an excellent 8.00 and 9.27, cementing his spot in round four.

 

Brazil’s Victor Ribas finished equal 17th at this year’s Billabong Pro Tahiti when he was ousted by a fiery CJ Hobgood in round three.

 

Tahitian Sunset

 

 

 

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Pier Talk

As East Central Florida slides into its typical flat summer regime, I reflect back on the surf we have had and will get. The winter was lacking in overall wave quantity and the spring had a few quality days, but now looking head-on towards possibly a two-to-three month flat spell and I’m starting to get itchy.

It’s no wonder why Floridians travel so much to find good surf. We have to endure so much up and downs (mostly downs) that getting away for a summer surf trip alleviates the pain somewhat. However, going to exotic places and coming back to Florida and it makes it doubly painful if we suffer another wave drought summer.

Most people, and especially homeowners, dread Hurricane season. But, for Floridian surfers, it offers hope that those exotic waves will grace our shore after sitting through the long summer doldrums.

Hurricane season is only three weeks away and although it doesn’t guarantee surf it does give us a glimmer of hope!

Here’s hoping that the Hurricanes of 2006 stay offshore and pump in great surf!

 

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Check out the conclusion of the Tahiti contest as it looks to end Friday and into the weekend.

Fresh Friday out...

May 12, 2006

David Reid
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