This is scary big

Early season Chopes at its massive best. Watch for the crew flipped out of their boat in what is meant to be the channel

Bells has started

Bells has started with the first two rounds of the womens event today. Can't tell you what the conditions were like as I was working and no heat on demand have been loaded yet.

Clare B won her round one heat and heads straight to round three with Steph Gilmore and Marges winner Chelsea Hedges. Wildcard Tyler Wright moved into that round with a second in round two.

When the mens round one starts most heats have at least one surfer of interest. Parko and Mick both have wildcards including last year's trial to final wildcard Robbo.

The website is a bit glitchy at the moment but hopefully they will sort it out soon.



RIP CURL WOMEN'S PRO BELLS BEACH RESULTS

ROUND 1

Heat 1 First: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), Second: Carissa Moore (HAW), Third: Rebecca Woods (AUS)
Heat 2 First: Coco Ho (HAW), Second: Paige Hareb (NZL), Third: Lee Ann Curren (FRA)
Heat 3 First: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), Second: Tyler Wright (AUS) Third: Bruna Schmitz (BRA)
Heat 4 First: Silvana Lima (BRA), Second: Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS), Third: Nikita Robb (ZAF)
Heat 5 First: Claire Bevilacqua (AUS), Second: Sofia Mulanovich (PER), Third: Rosanne Hodge (ZAF)
Heat 6 First: Chelsea Hedges (AUS), Second: Melanie Bartels (HAW), Third: Amee Donohoe (AUS)

ROUND 2

Heat 1 First: Rebecca Woods (AUS), Second: Nikita Robb (ZAF), Third: Amee Donohoe (AUS)
Heat 2 First: Rosanne Hodge (ZAF), Second: Lee Ann Curren (FRA), Third: Bruna Schmitz (BRA)

Sunday is grommet day

As usual a hyped swell hasn't arrived but it is starting to come up this afternoon.

Conditions were nice this morning and there was a heap of groms out at Juniors having a bash. There was enough swell to make it perfect for those who were just a step up from complete novice. They weren't big, there were no real clean ups, they were breaking softly and away from the rocks.

Not the sort of waves that would usually have anyone else paddling out, except me. Took the mini mal out as the onshore started to settle in. In my defence I was really just wanting to get wet and not expecting to catch anything more than an odd soft close out. It is also fun sometime to be out with groms as their enthusiasm can charge you up. The first wave and the last wave were worth the paddle anyway.

Mid-morning (10.00)
Swell : 1' max and really inconsistent
Wind : SSW but light
Tide : mid
Crowd : 10 groms on a mix of craft
Fun factor : grommet fueled
Quality : 4.1 out of 10
Wave count : 10
Board : 7'6" Yahoo mini-mal

Don't let the weather fool you

Its not winter yet but it sure looked and felt like it today. Dunsborough was cold and drizzly.

There were some waves this afternoon at BP and a small number of takers. The wind was strong but with more south than west. Every now and then a cleaner one came through Juniors but it would have been an effort to stay in a spot to catch them.

BP had some almost offshore rollers. If you could jag one from out the back it would have been fun but most were shore dumpers.

SSE forecast for tomorrow arvo. Could be good. Anyone got a spare shortboard ?

No waves this morning

Its onshore and already starting to white cap on the horizon. There are your usual Saturday morning groms having a bash in the three inches of motion at Juniors and the Bay. Good on them for not letting the lack of waves spoil their fun.

Off to Yahoo Surfboards to get my board fixed from Thursday's disaster. As you would expect with my shortest board out of action there are strong rumours of a pulse in swell tomorrow and into Monday morning.

Good news, bad news kind of day

Good  news - don't have to start work until 2
Bad news - workers are due at my house by seven so I can't sleep in

Good news - they haven't turned up by eight so I can go to the beach
Bad news - the wind is mostly onshore, the swell is to southerly to hit the BP reefs right

Good news - its a nice day for a ride on my bike
Bad news - as I come to the top of the hill overlooking BP a surfable set rolls through Juniors

Good news - wind has turned offshore and there is a new bigger straighter swell
Bad news - I'm on my bike so it will take me a while to get back

Good news - nothing much has changed
Bad news - it is breaking pretty close in and some of the rocks aren't very deep. Better keep an eye out and surf Juniors

Good news - first wave was a decent size, had a bit of power and a little wall
Bad news - bit hard to pick where to take off, its so shallow I'm touching the bottom as I paddle out

Bad news - its a bit inconsistent and I'm not very patient
Badder news - might just sneak a little further inside and catch a in-between one while I wait for a set

Good news - caught a little runner
Bad news - the rock that has no water over it right in front of me

Good news - I didn't hurt myself when I hit the reef
Bad news - I now have a twin fin but not in the right places

Good news - I now have time for the other things I needed to do before work
Bad news - there are still waves and I can't surf them

Down south rocked

The visiting pros and locals scored some great waves down south in the last couple of weeks. Even if some of them found the going a little tough.

Insurfnews.com - WA Freesurf from Andrew Oliver on Vimeo.

Back to flat

After yesterday's waves the swell has backed off.

Too bad because all the other conditions were perfect.

Taj loses at the Drug Aware Pro

TB has lost to Josh Kerr despite being in a strong position for most of the final. Taj locked in two eights and even Kerr thought he was done. With about five to go he took off on a wave and decided to put on a show for the crowd. Two big airs later and he had a 10. He backed it up with another air and Taj was left with three firsts and a second in his last four events.

FuelTV has been showing the event live for the last day or so which is good because the webcast has been crappy.

Men's finals @ Margaret River from erica hosseini on Vimeo.

Nice day, nice waves

There has been a few waves around over the last few days for those lucky enough to get out there. Yesterday afternoon was my first chance and it was pretty shitty. No power and hard to catch.

Didn't have too many hopes for this morning and the check wasn't overly inspiring. But I decided to go out anyway, selected my mal and had a ball. Juniors was the best I've had all season and I got a few from deep on the reef right into the beach by the rocks on the other side.

The crowd was mainly grommetts but as usual one Dad showed them how not to do it as he shoulder hopped and dropped in on every set wave. After about six drop ins he fell in front and realised that there was someone else on the wave for the first time. Remember necks are made so your head can look from side to side.

However even he couldn't spoil my day.

The photo doesn't really do justice to the surf.

Morning (9.00am)
Surf : between thigh and chest height
Wind : light offshore
Quality : 7.8 out of 10
Fun Factor : the world is good
Crowd : ten groms and Mr Drop In
Wave count : truckload
Board : 9' Yahoo mal

MR Pro kicks on

Margaret River 6 Star Prime WQS from erica hosseini on Vimeo.

Size hasn't been an issue at the Margaret River Pro. Running it when I'm at work and probably the worst website ever for a WQS prime event has.

When you can finally find the results (try here as they aren't accessable from the MR Pro site) you'll find the men are almost finished round 3 (or the round of 48) and the women have complete two rounds. Taj Burrow has been on fire and has made the best of the conditions. His next heat has him against a Brazillian and some one from Uraguy. Yadin Nichol is the other West Aussie still in it but he has a horror heat with two WCT surfers Hawaiian Kekoa Bacalso and last year's surprise packet Aritz Aranburu.The big name to drop out is Parko who didn't make it out of his very low scoring first heat

Both Hopgoods are still in as is Mick Fanning, Ace Buchan and Bede Durbridge. If they get good waves heat five will be a killer - Ace v Mick v Damo.

Some strong heats in the womens event. WA's Felicity Palmateer is the only non-WCT surfer in her heat but Clare B has an easier time. Laura Macaulay is still in it in a winnable heat in decent waves. Heat four has a glamour girl (Blanchard), a world champ (Hedges) and the daughter of a world champ (Curren). This followed by the WCT rookie (Enever), the blogging model (Hosseni who is very honest that the 8 foot second day had her scared) and Owen's sister Tyler Wright.

??????

Haven't been able to look at BP in the morning when it might be alright for a few days so have no idea if there has been waves. There has been some sort of wind wave in the arvos but very poor and only for groms and desperados (which will probably be me after work tomorrow)

Margaret River Pro

Call it whatever you want, it will always be the Masters. The Drug Aware Margaret River Pro, a 6 star WQS event, starts Monday after the trials this weekend.


Jake Patterson has fallen from his lofty WCT position in retirement. Not only does he have to enter his "home" event via the trials (which he won from WAs Dave Delroy-Carr) but they spelt his name wrong on the results page of their website.

With the upcoming move to a single ranking system and a short break between Snapper and Bells, this years Pro has some decent heats right from the first round. Just about every heat contains a former WCT surfer and round 1 (the round of 128) has two former world champs (Occy and Sunny). Sunny is up against Bra Boy and big wave charge Mark Mathew, which should make a good heat if there is some swell (the Naturaliste Buoy is over two metres and heading straight up).

This year's Pro is a bit of a family event. The Macauley family have only two entrants, Bronte and Laura, after Dad Dave got knocked out in the first round of the trials. The Gudazkus brothers are here as are brother and sister combos Owen and Tyler Wright (Owen won the Boost Surfsho comp today) and Mason and Coco Ho from Hawaii.

Others of interest in round 1 include Frenchman Patrick Bevan who threw a pile of spanners in the championship works last year in Europe as a wildcard., John John Florence who isn't little anymore and Nat Young, the American grommett not the former world champ.

The WCT surfers are seeded into round two (round of 96). Taj is in the first heat and on a red hot roll. Yadin Nichol takes on Dan Ross in heat four. WA's Ry Craike is in heat 10 with world champ Mick Fanning up against Josh Carr and German Marlon Lipke. Joel is in the last heat of the round against Chris Ward and Dayan Neve. Kai Otten will be one to look out for. The waves suit his style and he surfed well at Snapper. He is against 2008 WQS champ Nathaniel Curran, who must be disappointed with his WCT performance last year.

There's a few big names in the Women. Courtney Conlouge from the US is an amatuer world champ who impressed in big Huntington Beach during the last US Open. Alana Blanchard will be hoping for big waves to show her stuff after a poor 2010 was brightened by a QS win in Hawaii. Bethany Hamilton will return and Erica Hosseini, an American also does media and modelling work is blogging her way here. According to her feed she arrived a few day ago and has had two waves and as many coffees.

There will be a webcast and live scores are available on the event website.

Some waves around

The swell has picked up over 0.4 and there are some waves at Juniors and the reef. Unfortunately the wind is onshore and messing it up a little.

Surfed about three and it was okay. The swell was inconsistent and not very powerful. BP reef is still breaking on the inside platform so some of the waves were dry sucking like Chopes.

My main whinge was the crowd. What a collection of kooks. Tip for Fathers who think that as their children want to surf they should do it too - LEARN THE RULES. It bad enough that I had to call the grom off the wave because he didn't think to look left but the Dad just drops in and kooks straight to shore. One surfer per wave and thats the guy inside and first up ..... and because you can't surf your get the left overs not the good ones.

And to the guy with no shirt - Juniors in a right, you're meant to be going away from the breaking part. At least he didn't drop in (because he was way out on the shoulder and could only catch the close outs).

I feel better now.

Afternoon (3 pm)
Swell          : couple of feet and rising
Wind          : onshore and mainly west
Quality       : 4.5 out of 10 (no power)
Crowd       :  a very difficult 10
Fun factor  :  it was okay before the crowd came
Wave Count : 10+
Board        : Twin fin dhuie

Swell rising

The swell has come up overnight and is still rising. Currently the buoy is arount 0.3.

Unfortunately that hasn't translated to waves yet. The tide is really full and still rising and there are no banks anywhere. The wind is light but just starting to swing onshore.

Its warming up and pretty humid so who knows what will happen for the rest of the day. Might need to keep an eye on it.

Got wet

Late change to my work start time and a surprise swell meant that I got wet this morning when I didn't think I would. The waves were not good by any stretch of the imagination but it was offshore and no one else was out.
The wind is really strong with a fair touch of north in it and the swell is really setty, you get a roll of about a dozen waves in a row and then sit in the flat ocean for 15 minutes waiting.

Waves were short and pretty much straight but ok on the mal.

Surf on Mars

A test -

1. have you ever looked at waves caused by boat wake lap on the shore of a lake or river and thought "If I was an ant I could be totally barreled on that !"
2. did you watch the beach landing sequence on "Saving Private Ryan" and decide what board would be best for the onshore waves battering the landing craft ?
3. do you know that the waves supposed to be Bells in "Point Break" was not only going the wrong way (it was a left) but was reversed stock Waimea footage ?
4. have you washed you clothes in "Surf" washing powder just because its called surf ?

If you answered yes to any of these questions then you'll probably look at this picture from the Mars orbiter and think "That looks like a nice point break." Thats what I thought anyway.

Now it is totally flat

but it looks like a nice day.

Almost completely flat

No waves but an little ripple rolling in. Only a dad teaching his micro grom (in full steamer and covered in zinc) at Juniors.

There were two groups at the Bay, one at each end. The northern wedge was breaking on the beach but those two body boarder were getting the odd fun "out and in" backwash wedge.

Taj wins

Taj has kept his roll intact for another contest by winning the Quiksilver Pro. This makes it three from three for him after his win in last year's Pipe Masters and the WQS Burleigh Pro.

Taj beat Bobby Martinez in the semi and then Jordy Smith in the final. The waves had some size but weren't great although all four surfers today did some nice big moves. Taj deserved to win as just about every top turn he has made all contest long had the fin out and his was floating sections humans would consider to be close outs.

The Roxy Pro is down to the semis and could finish any day now.

WOW !!!

Some of the surfing in round three and the quarter finals of the Quikie Pro was un-freaking-believable. The waves for Taj's heat weren't great but he surfed well. Jump forward to his quarter final and he smashed Adriano DeSouza with 17.77 out of 20.

Jordy Smith schooled Slater who couldn't seem to catch any decent waves. Aussie Kia Otton knocked out Mick Fanning by 0.2. Parko went down in the quarters to a red hot Dane Reynolds. Dane's two wave score was a massive 19.2 out of 20. His highest scoring wave was a 9.93 but could easily have been an 11 ! He pulled into a tube and disappeared so deep the camera man almost stopped filming. He burst out and followed up with a couple of fin free hacks and a big floater.

Anyone who complains about contest surfing being conservative and safe obviously didn't watch it today.

A couple of womens heats were run with no particularly unusual results.

QUIKSILVER PRO GOLD COAST ROUND 4 RESULTS:

Heat 1: Adriano de Souza (BRA) 14.86 def. Adrian Buchan (AUS) 14.50
Heat 2: Taj Burrow (AUS) 16.53 def. Chris Davidson (AUS) 10.60
Heat 3: Bobby Martinez (USA) 16.06 def. Damien Hobgood (USA) 12.43
Heat 4: Kai Otton (AUS) 15.76 def. Mick Fanning (AUS) 15.57
Heat 5: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 15.44 def. Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 14.23
Heat 6: Dane Reynolds (USA) 12.63 def. Daniel Ross (AUS) 10.33
Heat 7: Bede Durbidge (AUS) 15.97 def. Kieren Perrow (AUS) 9.17
Heat 8: Jordy Smith (ZAF) 16.10 def. Kelly Slater (USA) 13.17

QUIKSILVER PRO GOLD COAST ROUND QUARTERFINAL RESULTS:

QF 1: Taj Burrow (AUS) 17.70 def. Adriano de Souza (BRA) 14.40
QF 2: Bobby Martinez (USA) 16.66 def. Kai Otton (AUS) 10.64
QF 3: Dane Reynolds (USA) 19.20 def. Joel Parkinson (AUS) 17.47
QF 4: Jordy Smith (ZAF) 14.10 def. Bede Durbidge (AUS) 13.77

QUIKSILVER PRO GOLD COAST ROUND SEMIFINAL MATCH-UPS:

SF 1: Taj Burrow (AUS) vs. Bobby Martinez (USA)
SF 2: Dane Reynolds (USA) vs. Jordy Smith (ZAF)

ROXY PRO GOLD COAST ROUND 3 RESULTS:

Heat 1: Coco Ho (HAW) 15.17 def. Amee Donohoe (AUS) 3.97
Heat 2: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) 16.33 def. Bruna Schmitz (BRA) 14.84
Heat 3: Rebecca Woods (AUS) 14.60 def. Paige Hareb (NZL) 11.08
Heat 4: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 16.00 def. Tyler Wright (AUS) 14.03

ROXY PRO GOLD COAST REMAINING ROUND 3 MATCH-UPS:

Heat 5: Silvana Lima (BRA) vs. Lee Ann Curren (FRA)
Heat 6: Chelsea Hedges (AUS) vs. Rosanne Hodge (ZAF)
Heat 7: Melanie Bartels (HAW) vs. Jessi Miley-Dyer (HAW)
Heat 8: Sofia Mulanovich (PER) vs. Carissa Moore (HAW)

Round three done

Round three of the Quiksilver Pro was completed today in a mix of waves. Early heats were effected by the high tide making the waves inconsistent and pretty fat. Taj and Owen Wright's heat was the second of the day and the waves really didn't let the do much. Taj still cranked off some good moves but it wasn't the fireworks heat that was expected.

There were no real surprises with all the big guns getting through. The only semi upset was AI going down to Bobby Martinez but Bobby is a consistent top 10 finisher and this should have been expected to win. Welcome back Andy here's your 17th !

The weather forecast for the next few days isn't great so expect the women to run. In the men the champagne heat should be Slater v Jordy.

QUIKSILVER PRO GOLD COAST ROUND 3 RESULTS:
Heat 1: Adriano de Souza (BRA) 16.00 def. Jadson Andre (BRA) 14.46
Heat 2: Adrian Buchan (AUS) 14.10 def. Taylor Knox (USA) 13.70
Heat 3: Chris Davidson (AUS) 11.00 def. Tom Whitaker (AUS) 9.27
Heat 4: Taj Burrow (AUS) 12.84 def. Owen Wright (AUS) 6.67
Heat 5: Bobby Martinez (USA) 14.16 def. Andy Irons (HAW) 11.26
Heat 6: Damien Hobgood (USA) 14.73 def. Luke Stedman (AUS) 13.40
Heat 7: Kai Otton (AUS) 13.97 def. Dean Morrison (AUS) 12.60
Heat 8: Mick Fanning (AUS) 15.74 def. Brett Simpson (USA) 10.43
Heat 9: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 16.63 def. Dusty Payne (HAW) 12.20
Heat 10: Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 14.17 def. Kekoa Bacalso (HAW) 12.64
Heat 11: Daniel Ross (AUS) 13.54 def. C.J. Hobgood (USA) 11.00
Heat 12: Dane Reynolds (USA) 13.57 def. Jeremy Flores (FRA) 13.23
Heat 13: Bede Durbidge (AUS) 19.30 def. Luke Munro (AUS) 7.37
Heat 14: Kieren Perrow (AUS) 13.06 def. Mick Campbell (AUS) 12.43
Heat 15: Kelly Slater (USA) 15.37 def. Patrick Gudauskas (USA) 7.56
Heat 16: Jordy Smith (ZAF) 15.23 def. Tiago Pires (PRT) 14.77

QUIKSILVER PRO GOLD COAST ROUND 4 MATCH-UPS:
Heat 1: Adriano de Souza (BRA) vs. Adrian Buchan (AUS)
Heat 2: Chris Davidson (AUS) vs. Taj Burrow (AUS)
Heat 3: Bobby Martinez (USA) vs. Damien Hobgood (USA)
Heat 4: Kai Otton (AUS) vs. Mick Fanning (AUS)
Heat 5: Joel Parkinson (AUS) vs. Fredrick Patacchia (HAW)
Heat 6: Daniel Ross (AUS) vs. Dane Reynolds (USA)
Heat 7: Bede Durbidge (AUS) vs. Kieren Perrow (AUS)
Heat 8: Kelly Slater (USA) vs. Jordy Smith (ZAF)

Quality v desire

It seems a lot longer than a week since I got a wave but the twitch has well and truly kicked in. Which is probably why surfing 1 foot wind chop was so enjoyable this afternoon.

There was a jump in swell overnight but it wasn't enough to make waves locally early this morning. Juniors and BP reef wanted to work but it just wasn't big enough.

This afternoon there was a waist height dribbler off Juniors in the sea breeze. The water was colder than last week and the waves were pretty bad, except for four in a row from behind the back suck rock and through a couple of fin scrapping shallow sections. Having nine foot of board helped as the poor groms were enjoying themselves but struggling to get much more than a mush take off and a wriggle or two.

If there had been waves over the last few days you wouldn't have bothered but flat Feb helped turn this in a session that leaves you with a smile.

Afternoon (5.30 pm)
Waves   : 1'
Wind     : SSW
Tide      : ok but the reef was shallow
Quality  : 5 out of 10
Fun Factor : drought breaker
Crowd : 4 groms
Wave count : enough but in spurts
Board : 9'0" Yahoo mal

Round twos are done

Round two of both the Quiksilver and Roxy Pros were run today in ok surf. No real surprises with highest rated surfers generally winning, except Ben Dunn beaten by WQS champ Dan Ross and Roy Powers who had AI. Andy was throwing buckets on each turn and found the only clean tube of the day. Despite being hugely overscored on his second wave Powers wasn't close. Expect to see this line again over the season - Travis Logie got a 33rd.

In the womens WA Clair Bevo was knocked out and the two former world champs (Hedges and Mulanovich) cruised through.

Heats to watch in round three -

• Taj vs Owen Wright - the aerial master vs the apprentice. If the waves are good will be a killer. Taj said in his round two interview that he has given up all that stretching and training and is just going to free surf in his heats.
• Bobby Martinez v Andy Irons - goofy v natural. Bobby is one of the few backsiders that can go vertical enough at Snapper to challenge and AI is looking red hot already
• Mick, Joel, Dane and Kelly's heats just because they are in them. They should all win.
• Steph Gilmore v Tyler Wright - a world champ whose style is perfect for Snapper vs Owen's radical little sister
• Sophia vs Carissa - the "old" guard vs the new school. Carissa will be one to watch all year.

Coverage is on the webcast and live on FuelTV, who also have a full highlights package at about 4 and 7 each night WA time.
QUIKSILVER PRO GOLD COAST REMAINING ROUND 2 RESULTS:
Heat 9: Dean Morrison (AUS) 15.17 def. Matt Wilkinson (AUS) 11.33
Heat 10: Kai Otton (AUS) 13.83 def. Nathan Yeomans (USA) 11.37
Heat 11: Kekoa Bacalso (HAW) 9.53 def. Jay Thompson (AUS) 8.07
Heat 12: Mick Campbell (AUS) 15.17 def. Adam Melling (AUS) 14.00
Heat 13: Patrick Gudauskas (USA) 13.00 def. Michel Bourez (PYF) 11.54
Heat 14: Daniel Ross (AUS) 12.43 def. Ben Dunn (AUS) 7.97
Heat 15: Andy Irons (HAW) 14.57 def. Roy Powers (HAW) 13.36
Heat 16: Luke Stedman (AUS) 10.44 def. Drew Courtney (AUS) 9.57

QUIKSILVER PRO GOLD COAST ROUND 3 MATCH-UPS:
Heat 1: Adriano de Souza (BRA) vs. Jadson Andre (BRA)
Heat 2: Taylor Knox (USA) vs. Adrian Buchan (AUS)
Heat 3: Tom Whitaker (AUS) vs. Chris Davidson (AUS)
Heat 4: Taj Burrow (AUS) vs. Owen Wright (AUS)
Heat 5: Bobby Martinez (USA) vs. Andy Irons (HAW)
Heat 6: Damien Hobgood (USA) vs. Luke Stedman (AUS)
Heat 7: Dean Morrison (AUS) vs. Kai Otton (AUS)
Heat 8: Mick Fanning (AUS) vs. Brett Simpson (USA)
Heat 9: Joel Parkinson (AUS) vs. Dusty Payne (HAW)
Heat 10: Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) vs. Kekoa Bacalso (HAW)
Heat 11: C.J. Hobgood (USA) vs. Daniel Ross (AUS)
Heat 12: Dane Reynolds (USA) vs. Jeremy Flores (FRA)
Heat 13: Bede Durbidge (AUS) vs. Luke Munro (AUS)
Heat 14: Kieren Perrow (AUS) vs. Mick Campbell (AUS)
Heat 15: Kelly Slater (USA) vs. Patrick Gudauskas (USA)
Heat 16: Jordy Smith (ZAF) vs. Tiago Pires (PRT)

ROXY PRO GOLD COAST ROUND 2 RESULTS:
Heat 1: Sofia Mulanovich (PER) 14.83, Bruna Schmitz (BRA) 12.76, Nikita Robb (ZAF) 9.67
Heat 2: Chelsea Hedges (AUS) 12.94, Paige Hareb (NZL) 12.43, Claire Bevilacqua (AUS) 5.23

ROXY PRO GOLD COAST ROUND 3 MATCH-UPS:
Heat 1: Coco Ho (HAW) vs. Amee Donohoe (AUS)
Heat 2: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) vs. Bruna Schmitz (BRA)
Heat 3: Paige Hareb (NZL) vs. Rebecca Woods (AUS)
Heat 4: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) vs. Tyler Wright (AUS)
Heat 5: Silvana Lima (BRA) vs. Lee Ann Curren (FRA)
Heat 6: Chelsea Hedges (AUS) vs. Rosanne Hodge (ZAF)
Heat 7: Melanie Bartels (HAW) vs. Jessi Miley-Dyer (HAW)
Heat 8: Sofia Mulanovich (PER) vs. Carissa Moore (HAW)

Finally a sea breeze

A weak sea breeze cooled in down this afternoon but wasn't strong enough to toss up some wind waves. Despite this there were a couple of desperados out at Juniors.

There is the slight possibility of a strong south westerly tomorrow.

Girls and boys compete today

Round one of the Roxy Pro was done and then it was into round two of the Quiksilver Pro. The waves were smaller and a bit fluky but more than contestable.

The girls were ripping, especially the groms like Carissa Moore. Winners of round one are into round three while  those who lost are into the two round two three surfer heats. WA's Claire Bevo had a third in the second heat of the day when the waves were fuller and a less frequent. She has a hard round two against former world champ Chelsea Hedges and Kiwi Paige Hareb.

ROXY PRO GOLD COAST ROUND 1 RESULTS:
Heat 1: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) 15.20, Carissa Moore (HAW) 13.33, Paige Hareb (NZL) 9.53
Heat 2: Coco Ho (HAW) 11.70, Rebecca Woods (AUS) 9.07, Claire Bevilacqua (AUS) 7.66
Heat 3: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 17.37, Tyler Wright (AUS) 16.54, Bruna Schmitz (BRA) 9.73
Heat 4: Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS) 12.00, Silvana Lima (BRA) 11.04, Nikita Robb (ZAF) 7.60
Heat 5: Lee Ann Curren (FRA) 16.07, Rosanne Hodge (ZAF) 14.20, Sofia Mulanovich (PER) 13.57
Heat 6: Melanie Bartels (HAW) 16.63, Amee Donohoe (AUS) 9.93, Chelsea Hedges (AUS) 6.90

ROXY PRO GOLD COAST ROUND 2 MATCH-UPS:
Heat 1: Sofia Mulanovich (PER), Bruna Schmitz (BRA), Nikita Robb (ZAF)
Heat 2: Chelsea Hedges (AUS), Paige Hareb (NZL), Claire Bevilacqua (AUS)


Taj easily won his round two heat against a wildcard. Dane and Jordy both got through as did Bobby Martinez with a high two as his second wave.


QUIKSILVER PRO GOLD COAST ROUND 2 RESULTS:
Heat 1: Taj Burrow (AUS) 14.84 def. Garrett Parkes (AUS) 11.83
Heat 2: C.J. Hobgood (USA) 14.93 def. Blake Ainsworth (AUS) 12.76
Heat 3: Bobby Martinez (USA) 10.07 def. Craig Anderson (USA) 8.70
Heat 4: Damien Hobgood (USA) 15.57 def. Neco Padaratz (BRA) 13.73
Heat 5: Dane Reynolds (USA) 17.33 def. Blake Thornton (AUS) 10.23
Heat 6: Jordy Smith (ZAF) 17.86 def. Marco Polo (BRA) 10.27
Heat 7: Kieren Perrow (AUS) 14.87 def. Travis Logie (ZAF) 13.37
Heat 8: Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 16.10 def. Tanner Gudauskas (USA) 15.56

QUIKSILVER PRO GOLD COAST REMAINING ROUND 3 MATCH-UPS:
Heat 9: Dean Morrison (AUS) vs. Matt Wilkinson (AUS)
Heat 10: Kai Otton (AUS) vs. Nathan Yeomans (USA)
Heat 11: Kekoa Bacalso (HAW) vs. Jay Thompson (AUS)
Heat 12: Mick Campbell (AUS) vs. Adam Melling (AUS)
Heat 13: Michel Bourez (PYF) vs. Patrick Gudauskas (USA)
Heat 14: Ben Dunn (AUS) vs. Daniel Ross (AUS)
Heat 15: Roy Powers (HAW) vs. Andy Irons (HAW)
Heat 16: Drew Courtney (AUS) vs. Luke Stedman (AUS)


Fuel TV are showing both events live or it is webcast at quiksilverpro.com.au