Rip Curl Pro Search 2011 - Slater is one step away from winning another world title

Kelly Slater confirmed all expectations and is now one single tournament win away of reaching the 11th world title of his career. He simply dominated the 4-6 feet waves of Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California.
A great mass of public attended the premiere of San Francisco in the ASP World Tour calendar, mainly to see the best surfer of all times. Kelly did not disappoint his fans and made the highest score of the day - 16.03 points.
"I just want to stay relaxed about it, because it is a situation where you may be tense, just wanting to get over with," said Slater.
"The reality is that others now have to win both events with my victory, so the pressure is on them. I just need to get good waves in this event to win the title. " added the world champion.
Slater noted that this Wednesday, November 2, marks the one year anniversary of the death of Andy Irons."Tomorrow is the one year anniversary of the passing of Andy. It will be a sad day for all the memories. If I win the world title on the same day, it will certainly be in memory of Andy. "

35 years of australian surf are the theme of an important exhibition to take place in Sidney

Just read on Surf City about an interesting exhibition about surfing. According to the site it
 will track Sydney’s dynamic surf scene through the 50s, 60s and 70s: spanning an amazing period of social upheaval, post war optimism, teen angst, rock and roll, prosperity, drugs and shifting cultural frontiers. We'll feature Sydney's surfing hubs, hot spots and cultures along with the movers and shapers who stirred the pot during these vivid and volatile years. We'll also show what surf-crazed Sydneysiders wore, watched, made, rode, heard and read and even reveal how surfing changed Sydney. The exhibition will contain boards, movies, photos, magazines, music, clothes, everyday surf wares and treasures. So watch out for the show, coming to the Museum of Sydney in September 2011

For everyone interested just check out the main site of the exhibition. It is truly amazing.

Can you imagine Australia without surfing? It would be like England without queues

 

Supertubos Revisited

After having some of the best waves ever seen on competition this year and having been  proud hosts to world class surfers such as John Florence, hearing him say that he loves our country, worships Supertubos and compares it with the most photographed wave in the world, Backdoor / Pipeline, is just wonderful.  Just check the video and  hear the boy talk...

Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2011 - Adriano de Souza aka Mineirinho wins in Peniche

You won´t forget Supertubos that soon will you Adriano? (image copyright by ASP)

The Brazilian, sixth in the world ranking, won the Rip Curl Pro, by winning the legend of surfing Kelly Slater.

With thousands of people in Supertubos beach, Adriano de Souza, who had already won this year in Rio de Janeiro, scored 15.67 points. Slater, 10 times world champion and winner of last year in Supertubos, only made 14.73 points.

Adriano did not hide the emotion about his return to winning a stage, the third in the world circuit. In his winning speech, Adriano said he would take Portugal forever in the heart.

Slater took small compensation as the prize for best tube of the Rip Curl Pro surfing was awarded to him. The current world champion stressed that the Supertubos waves "were perfect."

Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2011- Bede Durbidge scores a perfect 10!

The competition is getting better day-by-day. Bede Durbidge, from Australia, punctuated the day's affairs with the first Perfect 10 of the event for a monster forehand barrel to the adulation of the thousands on the beach.

Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2011- First results

The competition in Portugal has proven to be one of the best of the championship. The weather is great ( very sunny for an October in Europe) and the surfers are on top! Check out the first table of results.

RIP CURL PRO PORTUGAL ROUND 2 RESULTS:


Heat 1: Jordy Smith (ZAF) 15.74 def. Bruno Santos (BRA) 10.97


Heat 2: Taj Burrow (AUS) 16.10 def. Francisco Alves (BRA) 6.57


Heat 3: Adriano de Souza (BRA) 16.83 def. Justin Mujica (PRT) 8.64


Heat 4: Michel Bourez (PYF) 16.77 def. Adam Melling (AUS) 15.23


Heat 5: Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 14.43 def. Alejo Muniz (BRA) 12.90


Heat 6: John John Florence (HAW) 19.53 def. Adrian Buchan (AUS) 13.97


Heat 7: Heitor Alves (BRA) 15.50 def. Tiago Pires (PRT) 13.20


Heat 8: Bede Durbidge (AUS) 16.04 def. Kieren Perrow (AUS) 15.87


Heat 9: Kai Otton (AUS) 14.97 def. Raoni Monteiro (BRA) 13.93


Heat 10: Dusty Payne (HAW) 16.63 def. Jadson Andre (BRA) 12.27


Heat 11: Travis Logie (ZAF) 16.43 def. Miguel Pupo (BRA) 14.76


Heat 12: Taylor Knox (USA) 13.73 def. Patrick Gudauskas (USA) 9.30 

RIP CURL PRO PORTUGAL ROUND 3 RESULTS:


Heat 1: Taj Burrow (AUS) 13.57 def. Brett Simpson (USA) 8.43


Heat 2: Damien Hobgood (USA) 16.33 def. Taylor Knox (USA) 15.30


Heat 3: Julian Wilson (AUS) 19.13 def. Kai Otton (AUS) 18.40


Heat 4: Chris Davidson (AUS) 14.10 def. Gabriel Medina (BRA) 5.10


Heat 5: Heitor Alves (BRA) 12.77 def. Josh Kerr (AUS) 12.20


Heat 6: Kelly Slater (USA) 17.86 def. Daniel Ross (AUS) 16.37


Heat 7: Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 15.06 def. Jordy Smith (ZAF) 14.90


Heat 8: Bede Durbidge (AUS) 18.33 def. Mick Fanning (AUS) 17.17 

RIP CURL PRO PORTUGAL REMAINING ROUND 3 MATCH-UPS:


Heat 9: Adriano de Souza (BRA) vs. Travis Logie (ZAF)


Heat 10: Joel Parkinson (AUS) vs. Dusty Payne (HAW)


Heat 11: Michel Bourez (PYF) vs. Matt Wilkinson (AUS)


Heat 12: Owen Wright (AUS) vs. John John Florence (HAW) 

 

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