Hurley Pro Starts

The first event under the new format, the Hurley Pro at Upper Trestles has started while we slept. I did watch the first two heats live on Fuel TV. The waves look typical, foggy, glassy and fun. It is definitely a wave you would love to surf but without the usual massive crowd.

The new format still  has a non-elimination round one. Dane Reynold's looked like he really didn't want to be in his first heat but tried a bit harder to win his round two heat. Most of the names got through, including Taj Burrow but in round two Fredie P and Bobby Martinez have both been eliminated.

Surfline are calling a big swell from down near New Zealand to hit during the waiting period. But they were optimistic about Chopes !

HURLEY PRO TRESTLES ROUND 1 RESULTS:
Heat 1: Chris Davidson (AUS) 13.33, Dane Reynolds (USA) 12.94, Luke Munro (AUS) 10.33
Heat 2: Adriano de Souza (BRA) 14.50, Adam Melling (AUS) 14.46, Brett Simpson (USA) 13.83
Heat 3: Mick Fanning (AUS) 14.40, Taylor Knox (USA) 13.30, Travis Logie (ZAF) 13.04
Heat 4: Taj Burrow (AUS) 16.10, Gabe Kling (USA) 12.67, Patrick Gudauskas (USA) 11.70
Heat 5: Jordy Smith (ZAF) 15.16, Rob Machado (USA) 11.47, Kai Otton (AUS) 9.67
Heat 6: Kelly Slater (USA) 13.27, Luke Stedman (AUS) 10.10, Kolohe Andino (USA) 8.43
Heat 7: Matt Wilkinson (AUS) 13.50, Bede Durbidge (AUS) 13.26, Jeremy Flores (FRA) 12.93
Heat 8: Michel Bourez (PYF) 16.24, Daniel Ross (AUS) 15.23, Bobby Martinez (USA) 13.33
Heat 9: Jadson Andre (BRA) 17.03, C.J. Hobgood (USA) 11.46, Dusty Payne (HAW) 8.10
Heat 10: Andy Irons (HAW) 15.04, Tiago Pires (PRT) 12.57, Tom Whitaker (AUS) 5.23
Heat 11: Adrian Buchan (AUS) 14.47, Owen Wright (AUS) 13.66, Roy Powers (HAW) 8.50
Heat 12: Damien Hobgood (USA) 12.93, Kieren Perrow (AUS) 12.67, Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 11.26

HURLEY PRO TRESTLES ROUND 2 RESULTS:
Heat 1: Dane Reynolds (USA) 17.70 def. Kolohe Andino (USA) 11.10
Heat 2: Bede Durbidge (AUS) 12.33 def. Rob Machado (USA) 10.77
Heat 3: Gabe Kling (USA) 12.17 def. Bobby Martinez (USA) 11.44
Heat 4: C.J. Hobgood (USA) 12.16 def. Travis Logie (ZAF) 9.93
Heat 5: Brett Simpson (USA) 10.93 def. Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 10.77

HURLEY PRO TRESTLES REMAINING ROUND 2 MATCH-UPS:
Heat 6: Owen Wright (AUS) vs. Luke Munro
Heat 7: Tiago Pires (PRT) vs. Daniel Ross (AUS)
Heat 8: Jeremy Flores (FRA) vs. Dusty Payne (HAW)
Heat 9: Adam Melling (AUS) vs. Tom Whitaker (AUS)
Heat 10: Taylor Knox (USA) vs. Roy Powers (HAW)
Heat 11: Patrick Gudauskas (USA) vs. Kieren Perrow (AUS)
Heat 12: Kai Otton (AUS) vs. Luke Stedman (AUS)