Round one of the Hurley Pro is done as are the first two heats of round two. The bad news is that Taj has been eliminated after being beaten by two wildcards in a day. In round one he lost to US Open winner Brett Simpson and in round two, former number 2 and Hurley team rider Rob Machado. Taj will now have to keep a 17th for the rest of the year and with Parko through to round three has probably missed out again this year.
Watching the first and second last heats of the day (sleeping in between) the waves changed a little. Apparently the swell is from the wrong direction, throwing up more lefts than the usual rights and it was onshore. Early heats were very low scoring.
Mid days heats seem to have got the best waves. Not surprisingly Kelly Slater ripped it on his mini board. Somehow he was able to get 18+ when everyone else was struggling to get double figures. Watch his first turn on the heats on demand and you'll have to make an appropriate amazed noise.
The last few heats were at high tide slowing down the number of waves. However the waves were still okay. Prediction is for a smaller day today (tonight) and a little pulse from a better direction after that. But with a fairly short contest window there might be a lay day today but expect it to be a single.
Hurley Pro Trestles Remaining Round 2 Match-Ups:
Heat 3: C.J. Hobgood (USA) vs. Marlon Lipke (DEU)
Heat 4: Adriano de Souza (BRA) vs. Phillip MacDonald (AUS)
Heat 5: Bobby Martinez (USA) vs. Luke Stedman (AUS)
Heat 6: Tom Whitaker (AUS) vs. Nic Muscroft (AUS)
Heat 7: Taylor Knox (USA) vs. Drew Courtney (AUS)
Heat 8: Jordy Smith (ZAF) vs. Tiago Pires (PRT)
Heat 9: Mick Campbell (AUS) vs. Greg Emslie (ZAF)
Heat 10: Kieren Perrow (AUS) vs. Jihad Khodr (AUS)
Heat 11: Adrian Buchan (AUS) vs. Aritz Aranburu (EUK)
Heat 12: Dean Morrison (AUS) vs. Nathaniel Curran (USA)
Heat 13: Tim Reyes (USA) vs. Roy Powers (HAW)
Heat 14: Chris Ward (USA) vs. Jay Thompson (AUS)
Heat 15: Dayyan Neve (AUS) vs. Josh Kerr (AUS)
Heat 16: Dustin Barca (HAW) vs. Ben Dunn (AUS)
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