Extra day for Fantasy Surfer teams

The lay day at the Quiksilver Pro has been a blessing for Fantasy Surfer players. The new site wasn't ready in time for round 1 so they are allowing registration and team selection up until the first round of the women and round two for the men.

Fantasy Surfer is the official game of the ASP and is a fun way to 'interact" with proffesional surfing. You select up to eight surfers in each event within your $50 000 000 salary cap and you're not the kiss of death.

Tip : Winners of round one can finish no lower than 17th but half of round two will get a "dirty turd" (33rd)

Tsunami stops Quickie Pro

The Quikie Pro is on hold today despite there being waves due to an expected tsunami resulting from the earthquake in Chile.

QUIKSILVER PRO GOLD COAST ROUND 2 MATCH-UPS:
Heat 1: Taj Burrow (AUS) vs. Garrett Parkes (AUS)
Heat 2: C.J. Hobgood (USA) vs. Blake Ainsworth (AUS)
Heat 3: Bobby Martinez (USA) vs. Craig Anderson (USA)
Heat 4: Damien Hobgood (USA) vs. Neco Padaratz (BRA)
Heat 5: Dane Reynolds (USA) vs. Blake Thornton (AUS)
Heat 6: Jordy Smith (ZAF) vs. Marco Polo (BRA)
Heat 7: Kieren Perrow (AUS) vs. Travis Logie (ZAF)
Heat 8: Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) vs. Tanner Gudauskas (USA)
Heat 9: Dean Morrison (AUS) vs. Matt Wilkinson (AUS)
Heat 10: Kai Otton (AUS) vs. Nathan Yeomans (USA)
Heat 11: Kekoa Bacalso (HAW) vs. Jay Thompson (AUS)
Heat 12: Mick Campbell (AUS) vs. Adam Melling (AUS)
Heat 13: Michel Bourez (PYF) vs. Patrick Gudauskas (USA)
Heat 14: Ben Dunn (AUS) vs. Daniel Ross (AUS)
Heat 15: Roy Powers (HAW) vs. Andy Irons (HAW)
Heat 16: Drew Courtney (AUS) vs. Luke Stedman (AUS)

ROXY PRO GOLD COAST ROUND 1 MATCH-UPS:
Heat 1: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), Paige Hareb (NZL), Carissa Moore (HAW)
Heat 2: Coco Ho (HAW), Rebecca Woods (AUS), Claire Bevilacqua (AUS)
Heat 3: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), Bruna Schmitz (BRA), Tyler Wright (AUS)
Heat 4: Silvana Lima (BRA), Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS), Nikita Robb (ZAF)
Heat 5: Sofia Mulanovich (PER), Rosanne Hodge (ZAF), Lee Ann Curren (FRA)
Heat 6: Melanie Bartels (HAW), Chelsea Hedges (AUS), Amee Donohoe (AUS)

Quikie Pro is on

The pointless non-elimination round one is on and live on the webcast and FuelTV. Jake Patto is commentating in his employer's event.

The waves are contestable but not super. The tide is very low and a bit messy. Wave selection seems to be the most imporant factor.

The first question of each new ASP season has been answered. Slater did turn up and won his heat.

Quikie Pro scheduled for start tomorrow

The 2010 WCT is due to start anytime from tomorrow. The heat draw is out but the non-elimination round one format is in place. If the waves are ok there are very few heats without at least one ripper in long right point waves. The webcast can be seen by clicking here.
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QUIKSILVER PRO GOLD COAST ROUND 1 MATCH-UPS:

Heat 1: Dane Reynolds (USA), Roy Powers (HAW), Brett Simpson (USA)
Heat 2: Damien Hobgood (USA), Jeremy Flores (FRA), Matt Wilkinson (AUS)
Heat 3: Bobby Martinez (USA), Tiago Pires (PRT), Tanner Gudauskas (USA)
Heat 4: C.J. Hobgood (USA), Adrian Buchan (AUS), Travis Logie (ZAF)
Heat 5: Kelly Slater (USA), Ben Dunn (AUS), Marco Polo (BRA)
Heat 6: Adriano de Souza (BRA), Michel Bourez (PYF), Blake Thornton (AUS)
Heat 7: Taj Burrow (AUS), Chris Davidson (AUS), Neco Padaratz (BRA)
Heat 8: Mick Fanning (AUS), Kai Otton (AUS), TBA
Heat 9: Joel Parkinson (AUS), Kekoa Bacalso (HAW), TBA
Heat 10: Bede Durbidge (AUS), Mick Campbell (AUS), TBA
Heat 11: Jordy Smith (ZAF), Drew Courtney (AUS), Dusty Payne (HAW)
Heat 12: Taylor Knox (USA), Luke Stedman (AUS), Nathan Yeomans (USA)
Heat 13: Tom Whitaker (AUS), Andy Irons (HAW), Jay Thompson (AUS)
Heat 14: Kieren Perrow (AUS), Daniel Ross (AUS), Luke Munro (AUS)
Heat 15: Fredrick Patacchia (HAW), Patrick Gudauskas (USA), Owen Wright (AUS)
Heat 16: Dean Morrison (AUS), Jadson Andre (BRA), Adam Melling (AUS)

ROXY PRO GOLD COAST ROUND 1 MATCH-UPS:
Heat 1: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), Paige Hareb (NZL), Carissa Moore (HAW)
Heat 2: Coco Ho (HAW), Rebecca Woods (AUS), Claire Bevilacqua (AUS)
Heat 3: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), Bruna Schmitz (BRA), TBA
Heat 4: Silvana Lima (BRA), Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS), Nikita Robb (ZAF)
Heat 5: Sofia Mulanovich (PER), Rosanne Hodge (ZAF), Lee Ann Curren (FRA)
Heat 6: Melanie Bartels (HAW), Chelsea Hedges (AUS), Amee Donohoe (AUS)

Swells up

The predicted swell jump is happening. The Naturaliste swell buoy is just under 3 metres for the first time in ages and Coastalwatch is say it is 6 foot plus down south. With an all day offshore it might be worth a sickie !

Taj win WQS Burleigh Pro

Taj has beaten Josh Kerr and WCT rookies Owen Wright and Dusty Payne to win the Burleigh Pro.

Taj was a step above everyone else with a 9+ and a high 18 for 17.30 out of 20, bearly 2 points higher than Kerr in second. Taj has been surfing great all day and throughly deserved to win.

Second win in his last two comps (Pipe and Burleigh) for TB. Maybe this is a good omen for his WCT year and the Quiksilver Pro starting in a couple of weeks.

Could be 1985

Nicky Wood v Occy in the next round at the Breaka Burleigh Pro.

The waves are ok so might be fun. Watch the webcast here - http://www.breakaburleighsurfpro.com.au/live.php

Laurie Towner wins Surfing Life biggest wave award

A WA surfer may not have won the ASL Big Wave Award but a WA wave did. Big wave charger Laurie Towner has won for surfing Cow Bombie.

Hard to believe that there is surf like that anywhere if you'd been watching the ocean for the last few weeks.

Click on the below link for the story and some pics of another break.

Laurie Towner wins Surfing Life biggest wave award | Perth Now

Nicky Wood is back

Old enough to remember Nicky Wood, the youngest guy to win Bells ? He is back after winning a wildcard into the WQS Breaka Burleigh Pro in Queensland.

He is wildcard came after winning a contest, not a surfing contest but one on the side of a choc milk carton ! Wood won the sponsor's slot after his entry was drawn out of the barrel. It would make a good movie if he goes on to win everything. Wood first surfs in the round of 96.

The Breaka Pro starts today and includes some big names like Parko, Fanning and Margo as well as Andy Irons, Taj, Occy and Owen Wright. The event is currently on hold due to the small but clean and glassy conditions

Mavericks contest run and won overnight

For the first time in a couple of year the Mavericks big wave contest was run last night. Reports have it as being the biggest contest day in its history with about 15 spectators suffering broken bones after being washed off a sea wall.

The contest has been controversial this year with the company that owns the rights dismissing Maverick's legend Jeff Clark from the event and Clark suing the company. It is also unusal as the competitors (who are all invitees) vote whether the conditions are good enough to run the event or not.

When the dog woke me about 1.30 this morning the live webcast was showing nice conditions with a solid swell and a big off fog. The winner was a realtively unknown South African.

Disappearing surf cams

A number of WA surf cams have disappeared from Coastalwatch, including Bunbury, Albany, Denmark and Fremantle. Apparently there is an issue over costs between Surf Lifesaving Clubs and Coastalwatch.

Hopefully they will sort it out and maybe get a cam into the club rooms at Secret Harbour.

Got to laugh

Its sooooooo flat. The only thing that can cheer you up is to watching a Pro do the same dumb thing as us !!!



PARKO KART from Billabong on Vimeo.

Blue tarp barrels

When there is no surf groms are very good at finding ways to get their surf fix ------ sort of

A few wipeouts to brighten your day

Jaws Wipeout Reel 2009 from ACL Productions on Vimeo.