Joel Parkinson (AUS), 31, reigning ASP World Champion, will take on wildcard Brent Dorrington (AUS) in the opening heat of Round 2 when Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast competition resumes.
RAINBOW BAY, Queensland/Australia (Wednesday, March 6, 2013) – Event organizers have placed the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast presented by Land Rover ON HOLD this morning until Noon with the potential to start as early as 12:30pm.
Event No. 1 of 10 on the 2013 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT), the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast opened up yesterday with some electrifying performances and will commence the elimination Round 2 when competition resumes.
“Still some good surf on this morning and better projected for the remainder of the day,” Rich Porta, ASP International Head Judge, said. “We’re going to go on hold this morning to let the tide sort itself out and we’ll make another call at noon. We’ll likely see the men’s Round 2 this afternoon but will monitor conditions throughout the morning before making the next call.”
When competition resumes, up first will be reigning ASP World Champion Joel Parkinson against event wildcard Brent Dorrington (AUS) in the opening heat of Round 2.
Event organizers will reconvene at 6:30am tomorrow to assess conditions for a possible 8am start.
The Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast presented by Land Rover will be webcast LIVE via quiksilverlive.com
QUIKSILVER PRO GOLD COAST ROUND 2 MATCH-UPS:
Heat 1: Joel Parkinson (AUS) vs. Brent Dorrington (AUS) Heat 2: Adriano de Souza (BRA) vs. Dane Reynolds (USA) Heat 3: Taj Burrow (AUS) vs. Willian Cardoso (BRA) Heat 4: Josh Kerr (AUS) vs. Patrick Gudauskas (USA) Heat 5: Owen Wright (AUS) vs. Dusty Payne (HAW) Heat 6: Jeremy Flores (FRA) vs. Raoni Monteiro (BRA) Heat 7: C.J. Hobgood (USA) vs. Tiago Pires (PRT) Heat 8: Adrian Buchan (AUS) vs. Nat Young (USA) Heat 9: Damien Hobgood (USA) vs. Adam Melling (AUS) Heat 10: Kieren Perrow (AUS) vs. Filipe Toledo (BRA) Heat 11: Kai Otton (AUS) vs. Glenn Hall (IRL) Heat 12: Sebastian Zietz (HAW) vs. Kolohe Andino (USA)
ROXY PRO GOLD COAST QUARTERFINAL MATCH-UPS:
Heat 1: Tyler Wright (AUS) vs. Courtney Conlogue (USA) Heat 2: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) vs. Alana Blanchard (HAW) Heat 3: Bianca Buitendag (ZAF vs. Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) Heat 4: Carissa Moore (HAW) vs. Pauline Ado (FRA)
