NO OFFICIAL BILLABONG PIPELINE MASTERS ACTION TO UNFOLD TODAY
CHECK OUT THE ROUND 1 ACTION FROM THE BILLABONG PIPELINE MASTERS SURF CONTEST ON O'AHU'S NORTH SHORE
BANZAI PIPELINE, Hawaii (Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007) – Adverse wind conditions have forced event officials to call off competition for the Billabong Pipeline Masters, the final event on the 2007 Foster’s ASP World Tour, today. Another call on competition status will be made tomorrow morning at 7am.
Pipe master and aerial master andy Irons will be out to defend his Billabong Pipeline Masters title. Surfing Photo Credit ASP Tostee
The men's Billabong Pipeline Masters runs concurrently with the final event on the ASP Women's World Tour, the Billabong Pro Maui, held at Honolua Bay, Maui. Both events are the third and final installment of action in the Vans Triple Crown of series and will determine this year's Vans Triple Crown champion.
ASP World No. 6 Bede Durbidge (AUS) currently leads the men’s Vans Triple Crown of Surfing ratings followed Roy Powers (HAW), Mick Fanning (AUS), Adrian Buchan (AUS) and Makuakai Rothman (HAW).
In addition to their share of the $740,000 in prize money, both the men's and women's Vans Triple Crown champions will receive a limited edition $25,000 Chevy Colorado truck. The men's champion will also receive a custom $10,000 Nixon watch.
Billabong Pipeline Masters Round 1 Heat Match-Ups:
Heat 1: Andy Irons (HAW), Adriano de Souza (BRA), Cory Lopez (USA), Tiago Pires (PRT)
Heat 2: Bobby Martinez (USA), Leonardo Neves (BRA), Greg Emslie (ZAF), Tim Reyes (USA)
Heat 3: Bede Durbidge (AUS), Daniel Wills (AUS), Fredrick Patacchia (HAW), Mark Occhilupo (AUS)
Heat 4: Damien Hobgood (USA), Luke Stedman (AUS), Raoni Monteiro (BRA), Gabe Kling (USA)
Heat 5: Mick Fanning (AUS), Phillip MacDonald (AUS), Ricky Basnett (ZAF), Laurie Towner (AUS)
Heat 6: Kelly Slater (USA), Adrian Buchan (AUS), Royden Bryson (ZAF), Kalani Chapman (HAW)
Heat 7: Taj Burrow (AUS), Bruce Irons (HAW), Chris Ward (USA), T.J Barron (HAW)
Heat 8: Joel Parkinson (AUS), Rodrigo Dornelles (BRA), Neco Padaratz (BRA), Sunny Garcia (HAW)
Heat 9: Tom Whitaker (AUS), Michael Campbell (AUS), Bernardo Miranda (BRA), Michael Lowe (AUS)
Heat 10: Taylor Knox (USA), C.J. Hobgood (USA), Josh Kerr (AUS), Luke Munro (AUS)
Heat 11: Jeremy Flores (FRA), Kai Otton (AUS), Troy Brooks (AUS), Victor Ribas (BRA)
Heat 12: Dean Morrison (AUS), Pancho Sullivan (HAW), Dayyan Neve (AUS), Shaun Cansdell (AUS)
