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THURSDAY JULY 13, 2006
BILLABONG PRO
JEFFREYS BAY, SOUTH AFRICA
JULY 12 – 22, 2006
EVENT #6 ON THE 2006 FOSTER'S ASSOCIATION OF SURFING PROFESSIONALS (ASP) MEN'S WORLD TOUR
STORMY WEATHER PLAGUES BILLABONG PRO JEFFREYS BAY
J Bay Picture Credit ASP Tostee
Live on www.billabongpro.com or www.aspworldtour.com
A nasty storm front has moved in over the Jeffreys Bay area in South Africa and organisers of the Billabong Pro have once again opted to call the event off for the day.
With strong onshore winds lashing the coast and rain squalls sweeping over the famed right hander it is however hoped that the storm front will assist in an uplift in swell.
Forecasts indicate that by tomorrow we could be witnessing waves shoulder to head high in size.
Organisers are hopeful that the event, the sixth on the 11 stop Foster’s ASP Men’s World Tour, will kick off in the morning at around 8am local time with the Von Zipper Trials.
The anticipated return of Sunny Garcia (HAW) to competition was thwarted late yesterday when the 2000 world champion withdrew from the event due to flight timing difficulties.
The powerhouse naturalfooter who retired at the end of 2005 had accepted an invite to the event two days ago and was eager to participate. Unfortunately there was trouble with flight bookings and he feared that he wouldn’t arrive in time for the start.
Replacing Garcia in the draw will be another wildcard who will be selected from the Von Zipper Trials.
Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay Round One:
Heat 1: Mick Fanning (AUS) vs Troy Brooks (AUS) vs Davey Weare (ZAF)
Heat 2: CJ Hobgood (USA) vs Paulo Moura (BRA) vs Jarrad Howse (AUS)
Heat 3: Bruce Irons (HAW) vs Darren O’Rafferty (AUS) vs Toby Martin (AUS)
Heat 4: Joel Parkinson (AUS) vs Trent Munro (AUS) vs Pedro Henrique (BRA)
Heat 5: Taylor Knox (USA) vs Greg Emslie (ZAF) vs Roy Powers (HAW)
Heat 6: Bobby Martinez (USA) vs Mark Occhilupo (AUS) vs Yuri Sodre (BRA)
Heat 7: Taj Burrow (AUS) vs Luke Stedman (AUS) vs wildcard (HAW)
Heat 8: Kelly Slater (USA) vs Bede Durbidge (AUS) vs wildcard
Heat 9: Andy Irons (HAW) vs Danny Wills (AUS) vs wildcard
Heat 10: Damien Hobgood (USA) vs Fred Patacchia (HAW) vs wildcard
Heat 11: Tim Reyes (USA) vs Jake Paterson (AUS) vs Peterson Rosa (BRA)
Heat 12: Dean Morrison (AUS) vs Nathan Hedge (AUS) vs Mikael Picon (FRA)
Heat 13: Cory Lopez (USA) vs Chris Ward (USA) vs Raoni Monteiro (BRA)
Heat 14: Tom Whitaker (AUS) vs Mick Lowe (AUS) vs Marcelo Nunes (BRA)
Heat 15: Phil Macdonald (AUS) vs Pancho Sullivan (HAW) vs Victor Ribas (BRA)
Heat 16: Shaun Cansdell (AUS) vs Travis Logie (ZAF) vs Adriano de Souza (BRA)
All the action can be viewed on the Live on www.billabongpro.com or www.aspworldtour.com
Complete TV news feed information, athlete quotes, audio downloads and heat-by-heat updates can be located in the Media Centre of the above sites.
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