Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay
\nStop No 5. of 10 on the 2007 Foster\u0092s ASP World Tour
\nJeffreys Bay, South Africa
\nJuly 11 -July 22, 2007<\/p>\n
See the latest ASP pics here<\/p>\n
LIVE on www.aspworldtour.com and www.billabongpro.com<\/p>\n
JEFFREYS BAY, South Africa (Saturday, July 21, 2007) \u0096 Australian Taj Burrow beat
\neight-time Foster\u0092s ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA) to win the Billabong Pro
\nJeffreys Bay today. The victory is Burrow\u0092s second on the 2007 Foster\u0092s ASP World
\nTour and has moved him to World No. 2 on the ASP ratings.”It feels amazing!\u0094 Burrow said. \u0093I’m so stoked to have won two events. I’ve had so
\nmany bridesmaids over the last couple of years and to get this monkey off my back,
\nit just feels really good! <\/p>\n
Burrow overcame current ratings leader Mick Fanning (AUS) and World No. 5 Joel
\nParkinson (AUS) en route to his victory over Slater today. <\/p>\n
\u0093I had a pretty tough draw, but if you start getting hard guys early in you just
\ngain momentum and confidence and everything,\u0094 Burrow said. \u0093It was a pretty gnarly
\ndraw but it all ended up working pretty well!”<\/p>\n
Burrow featured in the final at the Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay last year but
\nfinished 2nd. His win today is his first at the venue.<\/p>\n
“This win is huge for me,\u0094 Burrow said. \u0093It’s one event that I’ve always just loved.
\nI love coming here and I always feel comfortable. The water is the same temperature
\nas home, the weather is pretty similar and any kind of right hander like this gets
\nme pretty excited! It’s an event that I’ve always wanted to do well in and it has
\nall come together!”<\/p>\n
Current world No. 1 Mick Fanning (AUS), world No. 7 Damien Hobgood (USA) and world
\nNo. 3 Andy Irons (HAW) have also won events this year, but Burrow is the only surfer
\nwith two in his scoreline this season.<\/p>\n
\u0093I had a 1st and 3rd and then a 9th and a 17th, which isn’t so good,\u0094 Burrow said.
\n\u0093The whole event I’m going, ‘Win this thing and you\u0092ll have a 1st, 1st and a 3rd!’ I
\njust kept thinking that and I’m pretty stoked because I have three keepers now. I\u0092m
\nbummed about those other ones, but this is all I can do at this event so I’m
\nstoked!\u0094<\/p>\n
Slater, who won the event in 1996, 2003 and 2005, caught 12 waves to Burrow\u0092s four
\nbut still needed a combination of excellent scoring waves to beat Burrow. <\/p>\n
\u0093The mind even got tired out there,\u0094 Slater said. \u0093I was just tired, I don\u0092t know
\nthe last time I surfed four heats in a day. In the final I was going to need a wave
\nthat scored 8.00 plus to keep in that heat and I didn\u0092t have one. I had one in the
\nbeginning which I fell on, which might have kept me in there with a chance. I was
\njust tired mentally and physically at that point and Taj put it together. He made me
\nsit out in the water and wait a bit which I was kind of bummed about. But it paid
\noff for him.\u0094<\/p>\n
Slater\u0092s final berth today is his first of the 2007 season. The reigning world
\nchampion featured in five finals last year. He won the first two events of 2006 but
\nfinished runner-up in Mundaka, Spain; Lower Trestles, California and Pipeline,
\nHawaii.<\/p>\n
\u0093It\u0092s a little bit frustrating but I have had a number of finals go my way too,\u0094
\nSlater said. \u0093I think I\u0092ve won four out of five finals I have been in in the past
\nand now I have only won one out of the last five, or two out of the last six. That\u0092s
\na little frustrating, but I guess it is something for people to talk about. If I let
\nit get to me, it\u0092ll put a little pressure on me, but sometimes that\u0092s the thing to
\nget you going. I was thinking in the water, \u0091Maybe this 2nd will bring me to life,
\nmore than winning would.\u0092 This will probably get me a bit more motivated for the
\nnext one.\u0094<\/p>\n
Slater peaked in the Quarterfinals when he scored 19.23 out of 20.00 possible points
\n\u0096 the highest heat total of the event. His 9.70 and a 9.53 in that heat were the
\n2nd and 3rd highest wave scores of the event \u0096only Burrow\u0092s perfect 10.00 in Round 2
\nwas higher.<\/p>\n
Slater has moved from 6th to 4th in the ratings with his result in Jeffreys Bay
\ntoday and can now be considered a threat in the 2007 ASP World Title race. <\/p>\n
\u0093It looks like a few people are shaping up to be in the hunt,\u0094 Slater said. \u0093Mick is
\nstill the runaway guy, but me and Taj gave ourselves a move here. I\u0092d imagine both
\nof us moved up a spot here. I definitely got myself going in a positive direction
\nand it is just playing catch up now. I\u0092d probably be somewhere close to Andy, so it
\nwill be a little more interesting from now on. If Mick doesn\u0092t get his result at
\nTrestles, I am sure that the rest of us will be looking to get something good.\u0094<\/p>\n
Slater sought sweet revenge in Semifinal 2 when he narrowly beat Dean Morrison (AUS)
\n13.83 to 13.76. Morrison beat Slater in Round 4 at the last Foster\u0092s ASP World Tour
\nevent in Chile. Morrison took out Irons in the Quarterfinals today but came up short
\nin the Semis.<\/p>\n
\u0093It\u0092s always hard when one guy thinks he got the short end of the stick, but it
\nhappens to everyone at some point,\u0094 Slater said.<\/p>\n
Semifinal 1 served as a replay of last year\u0092s Billabong Pro JBay Final but with
\nBurrow getting the better of Fanning this time. <\/p>\n
\u0093Taj surfed insanely the whole event, so he surfed good, it was just one of those
\nheats,\u0094 Fanning said. \u0093You get to the semis and you want to make that final, but it
\njust gets you more fired up really.\u0094<\/p>\n
Fanning\u0092s consistency remains unchallenged this year but he knows as well as anyone
\nhow critical it will be to maintain his current form.<\/p>\n
\u0093I\u0092ve had three 3rds and a 1st and a 2nd, so it\u0092s a good start, the pressure is
\nmore on those guys who have to pick up results,\u0094 Fanning said. \u0093I\u0092ve just got to
\nkeep getting them.<\/p>\n
The Foster\u0092s 45 will now enjoy a six week break before reconvening at Lower
\nTrestles, California in September.<\/p>\n
Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay Final Results:
\nTaj Burrow (AUS) 16.50 def. Kelly Slater (USA) 6.17<\/p>\n
Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay Semifinal results:
\nHeat 1: Taj Burrow (AUS) 17.67 def. Mick Fanning (AUS) 15.17
\nHeat 2: Kelly Slater (USA) 13.83 def. Dean Morisson (AUS) 13.76<\/p>\n
Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay Quarterfinal results:
\nHeat 1: Taj Burrow (AUS) 17.33 def. Joel Parkinson (AUS) 16.50
\nHeat 2: Mick Fanning (AUS) 14.93 def. Daniel Wills (AUS) 12.34
\nHeat 3: Dean Morisson (AUS) 12.66 def. Andy Irons (HAW) 11.50
\nHeat 4: Kelly Slater (USA) 19.23 def. Adriano de Souza (BRA) 15.33<\/p>\n
Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay Round 4 results:
\nHeat 1: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 13.66 def. Taylor Knox (USA) 7.00
\nHeat 2: Taj Burrow (AUS) 16.00 def. Adrian Buchan (AUS) 9.17
\nHeat 3: Daniel Wills (AUS) 15.83 def. Travis Logie (ZAF) 11.10
\nHeat 4: Mick Fanning (AUS) 15.66 def. Pancho Sullivan (HAW) 4.84
\nHeat 5: Andy Irons (HAW) 13.66 def. Fred Patacchia (HAW) 6.13
\nHeat 6: Dean Morrison (AUS) 12.50 def. Bobby Martinez (USA) 5.17
\nHeat 7: Kelly Slater (USA) 16.17 def. Luke Stedman (AUS) 12.23
\nHeat 8: Adriano de Souza (BRA) 15.00 def. Bede Durbidge (AUS) 14.53<\/p>\n
Foster\u0092s ASP World Tour Ratings after the Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay:
\n1. Mick Fanning (AUS) 4860 points
\n2. Taj Burrow (AUS) 4286 points
\n3. Andy Irons (HAW) 3921 points
\n4. Kelly Slater (USA) 3840 points
\n5. Joel Parkinson (AUS) 3804 points
\n6. Damien Hobgood (USA) 3599 points
\n7. Bede Durbidge (AUS) 3057 points
\n8. Daniel Wills (AUS) 2942 points
\n9. Dean Morrison (AUS) 2838 points
\n10. Travis Logie (ZAF) 2810 points<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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