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<\/p>\nQuiksilver Pro France
\nEvent No. 7 of 10 on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour
\nLa Graviere, Hossegor\/FRA
\nSeptember 28 – October 8, 2012 <\/p>\n
World’s Best Open Up Quiksilver Pro France in Barreling La Graviere<\/p>\n
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Caption: Patrick Gudauskas (USA), 27, opened up his Quiksilver Pro France campaign this morning with a much needed Round 1 victory.
\nImage Credit: \u00a9 ASP\/ CESTARI<\/p>\n
LA GRAVIERE, Hossegor\/France (Friday, September 28, 2012) – The opening nine heats of Round 1 of the Quiksilver Pro France were completed today in clean three-to-five (1 \u2013 1.5 metre) waves at the primary site of La Graviere.
\nEvent No. 7 of 10 on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour season, the Quiksilver Pro France took advantage of solid barrels on offer this morning before calling competition off this afternoon as the swell subsided.Mick Fanning (AUS), 31, two-time ASP World Champion (2007, 2009) and current ASP WCT No. 1, dispatched of an in-form Wiggolly Dantas (BRA), 22, and Travis Logie (ZAF), 33, in their Round 1 match-up, utilizing his extensive tibe-riding abilities.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn these kind of conditions, one wave can change the heat and you just hope you\u2019re on that one,\u201d Fanning said. \u201cWhen they come through, there are great, little barrels to be had. France always has very strong wildcards so you want to avoid them at all costs. Winning in Round 1 is a start.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fanning advances directly to Round 3 of competition.<\/p>\n
Dane Reynolds (USA), 27, former ASP WCT competitor and wildcard into the Quiksilver Pro France, caused the upset of the day, dispatching of current ASP WCT No. 2 Joel Parkinson (AUS), 31, and Bede Durbidge (AUS), 29, in Round 1 of competition.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe waves were pretty fun out there when they came through,\u201d Reynolds said. \u201cIt\u2019s nice and spread out so Joel (Parkinson) and Bede (Durbidge) were kind of down on their own peak and I was up on my own peak which is always nice. I\u2019m not much of a hassler. Competition is fun for me and I don\u2019t put pressure on myself to do well. I do like to see how I perform in this environment though and that\u2019s why I do these.\u201d<\/p>\n
Taj Burrow (AUS), 34, current ASP WCT No. 6, kicked off the day\u2019s proceedings with an impressive displat of forehand tube-riding in the shifting low tide conditions to best opponents Kai Otton (AUS), 32, and Taylor Knox (USA), 41, and advance directly into Round 3.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst heat of the morning is always a gamble,\u201d Burrow said. \u201cYou don\u2019t have a reference from the other heats and you\u2019re not sure what the judges are going to throw. Lucky for me, the conditions this morning were fun little barrels and it always feels great to get through Round 1. There are some really dangerous wildcards in this event so I\u2019d much rather be watching Round 2 than in it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kelly Slater (USA), 40, reigning 11-time ASP World Champion and current ASP WCT No. 3, reactivated his event-winning equipment from last week at Lower Trestles today to collect an impressive array of barrels and advance directly into Round 3.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell I didn\u2019t back-up my result in Fiji with on in Tahiti,\u201d Slater said. \u201cIt\u2019s tough at this level. There\u2019s no doubt about that. I always enjoy France though. I\u2019ve been coming here for so long that it really is like another home for me and I feel really comfortable out there. I was surfing on that same quad I surfed in the Final at Lowers last week and it\u2019s been feeling really good so if it stays like this I may stay on it.\u201d<\/p>\n
While the ASP World Title remained the day\u2019s primary focus, the requalification campaigns of the world\u2019s best are also at a crucial point of the season and some of the lower ASP Top 34 seeds came up with big wins.<\/p>\n
Jadson Andre (BRA), 22, and Patrick Gudauskas (USA), 26, picked up important Round 1 wins today, hopefully altering the course of their respective 2012 campaigns.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m so happy to get through Round 1,\u201d Andre said. \u201cI\u2019m not thinking about the ratings. I\u2019m just going out there to have fun, catch a lot of waves and hopefully that means I win. That\u2019s my goal for this event \u2013 to focus on having fun.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA Round 1 win is definitely preferred,\u201d Gudauskas said. \u201cI feel like I\u2019ve been surfing well this season but the results haven\u2019t been coming. I have always had a great time in France and I\u2019m really comfortable out here. I\u2019m hoping to post two big results here before the tour heads back to California.\u201d<\/p>\n
With conditions deteriorating through the early afternoon, event organizers opted to call competition off for the day following Heat 9.<\/p>\n
Event organizers will reconvene tomorrow morning at 8:30am to assess conditions for a possible 9am start.<\/p>\n
When competition resumes, up first will be Jordy Smith (ZAF), 24, Heitor Alves (BRA), 30, and Adam Melling (AUS), 27, in Heat 10 Round 1 of the Quiksilver Pro France.<\/p>\n
Highlights from the Quiksilver Pro France will be available via www.quiksilverlive.com\/profrance\/2012\/<\/p>\n
For more information, log onto www.aspworldtour.com<\/p>\n
QUIKSILVER PRO FRANCE ROUND 1 RESULTS:
\nHeat 1: Taj Burrow (AUS) 14.16, Kai Otton (AUS) 11.03, Taylor Knox (USA) 7.00
\nHeat 2: Jadson Andre (BRA) 9.04, Adriano De Souza (BRA) 8.70, Damien Hobgood (USA) 8.20
\nHeat 3: Patrick Gudauskas (USA) 12.70, John John Florence (HAW) 11.67, Miguel Pupo (BRA) 6.86
\nHeat 4: Kelly Slater (USA) 12.06, Dusty Payne (HAW) 7.74, Tiago Pires (PRT) 4.16
\nHeat 5: Dane Reynolds (USA) 10.66, Joel Parkinson (AUS) 9.90, Bede Durbidge (AUS) 5.40
\nHeat 6: Mick Fanning (AUS) 14.50, Wiggolly Dantas (BRA) 12.10, Travis Logie (ZAF) 8.56
\nHeat 7: Alejo Muniz (BRA) 14.83, Kolohe Andino (USA) 12.97, Josh Kerr (AUS) 10.00
\nHeat 8: Brett Simpson (USA) 11.67, Yadin Nicol (AUS) 10.70, Jeremy Flores (FRA) 7.83,
\nHeat 9: Michel Bourez (PYF) 10.43, Owen Wright (AUS) 8.30, Matt Wilkinson (AUS) 5.77<\/p>\n
REMAINING QUIKSILVER PRO FRANCE ROUND 1 MATCH-UPS:
\nHeat 10: Jordy Smith (ZAF), Heitor Alves (BRA), Adam Melling (AUS)
\nHeat 11: Julian Wilson (AUS), Adrian Buchan (AUS), Kieren Perrow (AUS)
\nHeat 12: Gabriel Medina (BRA), C.J. Hobgood (USA), Fredrick Patacchia (HAW)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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