Round three is done and the big casualty was Parko, beaten by Machado. Both surfed well but maybe Rob's hair flicks got him the extra one and a bit points to win.
Slater continues on his winning way beating Brett Simpson and scoring the highest heat score for the round. Slater is riding his little fat board and this trend is being followed by Dane Reynolds. Dane's board was 5'9" and wider than normal.
Parko's loss shouldn't make a lot of difference in the world title race. Unless he cracks in the next few events it will probably be one of his two throw aways. He is recovering from an ankle injury and looked a bit propy in his first heat so maybe this is part of the problem.
The annual Surfer Poll is on today (Tuesday night in US)so it will be interesting to see if this effects any of those still in the contest. Slater must be the favourite for another award. The women could throw up a roughie, possibly Coco Ho but if you had money it would have to go on Steph Gilmore.
HURLEY PRO TERSTLES ROUND 4 MATCH-UPS:
Heat 1: Bede Durbidge (AUS) vs. Kai Otton (AUS)
Heat 2: Josh Kerr (AUS) vs. Adriano de Souza (BRA)
Heat 3: Taylor Knox (USA) vs. Roy Powers (HAW)
Heat 4: Dane Reynolds (USA) vs. Rob Machado (USA)
Heat 5: Kelly Slater (USA) vs. Kekoa Bacalso (HAW)
Heat 6: Damien Hobgood (USA) vs. Heitor Alves (BRA)
Heat 7: C.J. Hobgood (USA) vs. Michel Bourez (PYF)
Heat 8: Mick Fanning (AUS) vs. Kieren Perrow (AUS)
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