FRIDAY JULY 14, 2006<\/p>\n
BILLABONG PRO
\nJEFFREYS BAY, SOUTH AFRICA
\nJULY 12 \u0096 22, 2006<\/p>\n
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\n[size=x-small]Probably the most feared wildcard in this event, Sean Holmes advanced through his VZ wildcard trial and will meet the defending Billabong Pro champion Kelly Slater in round one.[\/size]
\nLive on www.aspworldtour.com and www.billabongpro.com<\/p>\n
Although it\u0092s wet and wild the swell has risen over night and Jeffreys Bay, South Africa is shooting through its typical long winding walls right down the point.<\/p>\n
Former Foster\u0092s ASP Men\u0092s World Tourer now big-wave legend, Contest Director Mike Parsons had no hesitation in giving the nod to sending out the three heats of the Von Zipper Trials, beginning at 7.30am local time and following on he will assess conditions and determine whether to run round one of the main event \u0096 the Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay.The area has been plagued by small waves over the past few days and competitors in the event have been eager for the famed righthander to come to life. <\/p>\n
VZ Wildcard Trials feature six South Africans and six up-and-coming international stars.<\/p>\n
The three heat winners if the Von Zipper Trials will be allocated places in the main draw. <\/p>\n
Von Zipper Trials:<\/p>\n
Heat 1:
\nStirling Spencer (USA)
\nLuke Dorrington (AUS)
\nWarwick Wright (ZAF)
\nRyan Payne (ZAF)<\/p>\n
Heat 2:
\nJordy Smith ZAF
\nShane Thorne ZAF
\nLaurie Towner (AUS)
\nJames Wood (AUS)<\/p>\n
Heat 3:
\nWade Goodall (AUS)
\nShaun Payne (ZAF)
\nTiago Pires (POR)
\nSean Holmes (ZAF)<\/p>\n
Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay Round One:
\nHeat 1: Mick Fanning (AUS) vs Troy Brooks (AUS) vs Davey Weare (ZAF)
\nHeat 2: CJ Hobgood (USA) vs Paulo Moura (BRA) vs Jarrad Howse (AUS)
\nHeat 3: Bruce Irons (HAW) vs Darren O\u0092Rafferty (AUS) vs Toby Martin (AUS)
\nHeat 4: Joel Parkinson (AUS) vs Trent Munro (AUS) vs Pedro Henrique (BRA)
\nHeat 5: Taylor Knox (USA) vs Greg Emslie (ZAF) vs Roy Powers (HAW)
\nHeat 6: Bobby Martinez (USA) vs Mark Occhilupo (AUS) vs Yuri Sodre (BRA)
\nHeat 7: Taj Burrow (AUS) vs Luke Stedman (AUS) vs wildcard (HAW)
\nHeat 8: Kelly Slater (USA) vs Bede Durbidge (AUS) vs wildcard
\nHeat 9: Andy Irons (HAW) vs Danny Wills (AUS) vs wildcard
\nHeat 10: Damien Hobgood (USA) vs Fred Patacchia (HAW) vs wildcard
\nHeat 11: Tim Reyes (USA) vs Jake Paterson (AUS) vs Peterson Rosa (BRA)
\nHeat 12: Dean Morrison (AUS) vs Nathan Hedge (AUS) vs Mikael Picon (FRA)
\nHeat 13: Cory Lopez (USA) vs Chris Ward (USA) vs Raoni Monteiro (BRA)
\nHeat 14: Tom Whitaker (AUS) vs Mick Lowe (AUS) vs Marcelo Nunes (BRA)
\nHeat 15: Phil Macdonald (AUS) vs Pancho Sullivan (HAW) vs Victor Ribas (BRA)
\nHeat 16: Shaun Cansdell (AUS) vs Travis Logie (ZAF) vs Adriano de Souza (BRA)<\/p>\n
All the action can be viewed on the LIVE webcast via www.billabongpro.com or www.aspworldtour.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FRIDAY JULY 14, 2006 BILLABONG PRO JEFFREYS BAY, SOUTH AFRICA JULY 12 \u0096 22, 2006 [size=x-small]Probably the most feared wildcard in this event, Sean Holmes advanced through his VZ wildcard trial and will meet the defending Billabong Pro champion Kelly Slater in round one.[\/size] Live on www.aspworldtour.com and www.billabongpro.com Although it\u0092s wet and wild the … Continue reading “VON ZIPPER TRIALS TO BEGIN AT 7.30am”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[24],"class_list":["post-13490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asp-surfing-news","tag-surfing-news-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13490\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}