J-Bay Surfing Results
..Corey Wilson
And we’re back. The ASP Banquet. Running on the first day of the waiting period. Drama (Alejo and Logie’s priority mix up, Wilko’s underscore, cancelled events — is Fiji going the way of
J-Bay?). We’re beginning the 2012 World Tour season with all of the excitement that keeps us enthused and nervous about competitive surfing, and it all happened so fast that the SURFING staff grinding on t
..“Surfing for Change: J Bay Nuclear Plant” is a new short film exploring the dangers of a planned nuc
J Bay Nuclear Plant” is a new short film exploring the dangers of a planned nuclear power plant in the pr..ed 100 kilometers from the meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear power plant and now resides in
J Bay.
“Surfing for Change: J-Bay Nuclear Plant” available for free through viral web outlets like YouT
..t might pose a challenge. But this is King Kelly we’re talking about—he’s finished 5th or better in every event this year except the Billabong Pro Rio where he lost in Round 3 to Bobby Martinez. (And
J-Bay, where he simply didn’t show up)
In all likelihood, this party is over. Turn out the lights.
Or, is it? For just a moment, lets play devil’s advocate.
If this was any other event on the ASP
..in the overhead range, the waves were as good as anyone could have hoped for. The cynics that bashed the ASP for putting an event in a fickle place like NY can shut up. For now. With the exception of
J-Bay and Brazil, the dream tour has been absolutely scoring this year. Lets hope that continues through the European leg.
Despite one enormous air reverse, and the highest wave score in the heat, event s
..day the ASP's Dave Prodan issued a response. Read that below the interview.
TL: You missed the
J-Bay event; do you plan on doing Tahiti?
BM: No, I am not going to do the Chopes event. I love Tahiti a..duce a significant result in the Prime or Star events and still needed to record strong finishes in
J-Bay, Tahiti and New York to ensure he remained with us after the September rotation. It's disappoin
.. and is looking to partake in the many upgrades that this year’s ASP PRIME Nike US Open of Surfing will have to offer.
“The last time I surfed in the US Open I was 18 and I’d just flown in from
J-Bay where I’d won the contest, so it must have been 1999,” Parkinson said. “I remember I won my first two heats at Huntington but was so homesick that I just packed up and flew back home to Austral
..cade and is looking to partake in the many upgrades that this year’s ASP PRIME Nike US Open of Surfing will have to offer.
“The last time I surfed in the US Open I was 18 and I’d just flown in from
J-Bay where I’d won the contest, so it must have been 1999,” Parkinson said. “I remember I won my first two heats at Huntington but was so homesick that I just packed up and flew back home to Australia. A
.. decade and is looking to partake in the many upgrades that this year’s Nike US Open of Surfing will have to offer. "The last time I surfed in the US Open I was 18 and I'd just flown in from
J-Bay where I'd won the contest, so it must have been 1999," Parkinson said.
"I remember I won my first two heats at Huntington but was so homesick that I just packed up and flew back home
..w's official drink?
Thiermann: Pabst Blue Ribbon. Liquid courage.??
Q: If you could choose your winning surf trip in the Chosen contest, what would it be?
Buthman: We'd travel by boat to
J-Bay, but not straight there. The longest route possible, hitting every good wave in between. I don't think that would fly, though... But seriously, we all decided on a Mentawais boat trip on that You
..e and both Jordy's scores are higher. He successfully defends.Jordy receives his retinue. Meanwhile, the tiny and defeated figure of Mick Fanning slouches up the rocks. Vengeance clouds his mind.It's
J-Bay win #2 for Jordy, but just a plain #2 for Fanning. They congratulate and console. The hat and can are commonplace now, but the sunglasses hanging on singlet collar — wholly unnecessary with the comin
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..urez will look to continue his momentum when competition resumes.
“That was a really good heat for me,” Bourez said. “My Firewire is working really well. I’ve been riding it since I arrived in
J-Bay and it seems to get better with each surf. It was an important heat for me. I’ve been building confidence since my injury in Rio and I’m hoping to break through Round 5 at this event.”
Bourez will t
..iro, Bourez will look to continue his momentum when competition resumes.
“That was a really good heat for me,” Bourez said. “My Firewire is working really well. I’ve been riding it since I arrived in
J-Bay and it seems to get better with each surf. It was an important heat for me. I’ve been building confidence since my injury in Rio and I’m hoping to break through Round 5 at this event.”
Bourez will ta
..o, Bourez will look to continue his momentum when competition resumes.
“That was a really good heat for me,” Bourez said. “My Firewire is working really well. I’ve been riding it since I arrived in
J-Bay and it seems to get better with each surf. It was an important heat for me. I’ve been building confidence since my injury in Rio and I’m hoping to break through Round 5 at this event.”
Bourez will
..Bourez will look to continue his momentum when competition resumes.
“That was a really good heat for me,” Bourez said. “My Firewire is working really well. I’ve been riding it since I arrived in
J-Bay and it seems to get better with each surf. It was an important heat for me. I’ve been building confidence since my injury in Rio and I’m hoping to break through Round 5 at this event.”
Bourez w
..s Secret Machine and New Emissions of Light and Sound under their belts, you can bet this film is going to be the opposite of crappy.
Well the world title race just got a lot more interesting and
J-Bay has yet to really even get started.
Kelly Slater ditched the crappy forecast and contest at Jeffrey's for some tropical tube time in Fiji, as the swell of the year was lining up to coincide wit
Event No. 4 of 11 on the 2011 ASP World Title season, the Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay plays a crucial role in both the hunt for the 2011 ASP World Title as well as the requalification campaigns of the world’s best surfers before the mid-season rotation. Despite the at-times inconsistent conditions, the ASP Top 34 battled it out in sterling fashion.
Adrian Buchan (AUS), 28, punctuated the day’s af
..Well the world title race just got a lot more interesting and J-Bay has yet to really even get start
J-Bay has yet to really even get started.
Kelly Slater ditched the crappy forecast and contest at Jeffr..up of the round against one of the tour's most notorious Wildcards in Sean Holmes. Holmes surfs
J-Bay as well as anyone on earth, but luckily Taj had the advantage in the small conditions. He was able
..cently posted this write up from Bede as he shared his thoughts on
J Bay and what the wave has brought him in the past. This… is his story…..ft my confidence.
To read the rest of what Durbidge has to say on
J Bay log on to Australia’s Surfing Life.
Watch Durbidge compete a..’s Surfing Life.
Watch Durbidge compete at the Billabong Pro
J Bay when competition begins.
For more on Bede view his full ASP WORLD
..g and will happen five more times today.)
12:45 p.m.: Slater hears that Dane Reynolds pulled out of
J-Bay and decides to do the same (because even Kelly wants to be like Dane).
1:05 p.m.: Bruce Irons remin..he doesn’t want to be like Dane and that he actually wants to win a world title. Decides he will do
J-Bay, and do it well.
4:35 p.m.: The sixth board of the day is broken.
4:50 p.m.: A photographer misses
..The list of former Billabong Pro, J-Bay champions is an illustrious one. Of the seven surfers to win since 1999, three went on to win world titles the same year—Kelly Slater, Andy Irons and Mick Fanni
J-Bay champions is an illustrious one. Of the seven surfers to win since 1999, three went on to win world titles the same year—Kelly Slater, Andy Irons and Mick Fanning. Two placed second in the world—Taj
..17;s going to hold that trend for me at
J-Bay and get his first win there since 2006...? If you don’t have Jordy on your
J-Bay roster, you just want to do badly.
&nb..ne is back, folks, and he loves surfing
J-Bay, although he might not be so psyched to..a trooper. I expect him to surf well at
J-Bay and win some heats. He’s already ..7;s go Gabe!
The Billabong Pro
J-Bay starts July 15th, at which point weR
.. slows you down at
J-Bay is definitely a di..st the quarters at
J-Bay.
Which means the.. a 13th this year,
J-Bay is the perfect tim..lly (especially at
J-Bay). Plus if Parko an..just had. And with
J-Bay being in a good pa..ick, especially at
J-Bay. But it’s been a l..e day of big, icy,
J-Bay walls.
Aaron Che..andwagon still and
J-Bay is a good wave tha..blow up on the big
J-Bay walls.
Who will s..or a tough time at
J-Bay.
Conditions: 6-8 ..l not give up that
J-Bay title that easily.
..s year. With
J-Bay coming up an..ely going to
J-Bay. Let’s just ..hing hard at
J-Bay.
..st a semi in
J-Bay (more than l.. the same at
J-Bay? I doubt it,..he is not at
J-Bay I’m not goin.. rest before
J-Bay. I look forw..ond twice at
J-Bay so I’m sure ..ds to fly to
J-Bay early and st..urns because
J-Bay will reveal ..ds to fly to
J-Bay early and wo..J is epic at
J-Bay and still on..th helmet at
J-Bay.
..ig result at
J-Bay.
..urfs well at
J-Bay and picks go..ckhanders at
J-Bay so keep your
..and capable of some good results. Has all the airs he just needs a heat win or two to get confident. Don’t count him out just yet.
Kai Otton 34 Last time Kai got a good result it was at
J-Bay and he had just come back from India where he “found himself”. Maybe he needs to head back there to realize that the Bondi Beach scene is not where it’s at and not a good place to practice for the Wo
..iro and Heitor Alves left to console her. For Jordy, it was the fourth time since the Billabong Pro
J-Bay last year he’d snatched victory on his final wave (Trestles, Portugal and yesterday at the Quik Pro..tory on his final wave (Trestles, Portugal and yesterday at the Quik Pro being the others).
“After
J-Bay and that situation with Bede [where he defeated the Australian on the final wave], that turned ever
..the Cooly kid. Dingo was languishing in the ratings and required good results at the Billabong Pros
J-Bay and Tahiti to avoid elimination from the World Tour at the mid-year cutoff. He surfed J-Bay with a ..ng Pros J-Bay and Tahiti to avoid elimination from the World Tour at the mid-year cutoff. He surfed
J-Bay with a fractured cheek but failed to make the cut come Tahiti.
Meters from where Dingo was assaulte
..n them called “G-Unit.”Dane Reynolds //
J-Bay, South AfricaDane Reynolds in a contemp.. in a contemplative lunchtime moment in
J-bay.Kelly Slater // J-Bay, South AfricaKell..nchtime moment in J-bay.Kelly Slater //
J-Bay, South AfricaKelly on his way to pack h..pack his boards and get the hell out of
J-Bay. After it took us 34 hours of travel, l..he cards,” he later said.Jordy Smith //
J-Bay, South AfricaJordy Smith’s newest mantl
..o trademark forehand hacks.
It signaled a return to form for the Californian, who received 33rds in
J-Bay and Tahiti.
“The 33rd was frustrating in J-Bay and the 33rd in Teahupoo, I didn’t really have any b..n to form for the Californian, who received 33rds in J-Bay and Tahiti.
“The 33rd was frustrating in
J-Bay and the 33rd in Teahupoo, I didn’t really have any big mistakes there, I just didn’t get any opport
.. I’ve been fishing, but before that, I couldn’t do much at all.
Have you been following the tour (
J-Bay, US Open)? Any observations/insights?
Yeah, J-Bay was great to watch on FUEL TV and I can’t wait ..uch at all.
Have you been following the tour (J-Bay, US Open)? Any observations/insights?
Yeah,
J-Bay was great to watch on FUEL TV and I can’t wait to see Chopes.
For More On Parko, Check Out His AS
When Kelly Slater climbed back on top of the ASP rankings back in September the magnitude of his career accomplishments demanded a closer look under the microscope.
After Slater won the Hurley Pro at Trestles nearly 20 years to to the day after his debut win as a pro, I wondered whether Slater belongs in the conversation as the best athlete of all time or not?
The response I got to my post on t
..y futuristic back-flip moves, the series’ concept being made to push the boundaries of competitive surfing towards its most spectacular side.“As current ASP World No. 1 Jordy Smith recently showed at
J-Bay, world class competitive surfing has already moved towards this kind of progressive style and we’re stoked to partner-up with Nike 6.0 on this new concept of event,” ASP Europe regional manager Greg
..ase. With Jordy as a leading example, we’ve had to throw out the preconception that smaller humans = better small wave surfers. Jordy advances. Could he make it three ASP wins in a row?
Last month in
J Bay, Kelly Slater lost to local wildcard Sean Holmes by a mere .04 points. This month at the US Open, he loses to local phenom Brett Simpson by .04. Mental strength will be tested.
In the second semi fin
..lain your result in Brazil compared to a relatively poor result at
J-Bay where expectations were high following your performance in South A..e swell, on the guys you have in the draw etc. But I screwed up at
J-Bay this year, falling on an important wave, not making that last move..n retrospect, not very well. I think that’s what happened at
J-Bay, I wasn’t in contest mode even if the waves were good. So it
..It was nice to see Dane Reynolds surfing at full speed during his Round One Heat at J-Bay today. Rey
J-Bay today. Reynolds had a solid performance against Australia's Daniel Ross and Brazilian Marco Polo. G..nned in the tricky early morning conditions, Reynolds smaller board looked like the perfect fit for
J-Bay's fast track. He..
..There has been a bit of drama leading to the J-Bay event after one
J-Bay event after one of the longest break in ASP World Tour history: Pa.. african Tour stop, according to his blog he was as gutted to miss
J-Bay event than having to paddle in in such perfect conditions.Dingo ge..eat 1: Roy Powers & Jordy Smith.Even if Joan has never been to
J-Bay, Volcom coach Didier Piter reckons it is the perfect opportunity f
..ith a strong finish at
J-Bay.”The big concern for a.. confidence going into
J-Bay, a wave he knows so we..s always a standout at
J-Bay. His Round 2 heat at J..pared to last year and
J-Bay was the last event he ..nty to go. Coming into
J-Bay, that’s always cool. I..e Billabong contest at
J-Bay is definitely one of m.. crowd and get to surf
J-Bay with only three guys o..without any doubt that
J-Bay brings out the best in..u look at it like this
J-Bay is going to be epic.”T
..le was perfectly suited to the waves today and he pulled out everything from his bag of tricks to win over Trent Munro (AUS).
“Yeah I’m pretty stoked with these conditions and to be doing well at
J Bay,” said de Souza. “These waves are so similar to my home and I’m stoked to have been able to surf them and performance well. I’m stoked to make it through to the next round because I’ve needed some mo
