More flat conditions continue at the Billabong Pro Tahiti

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 9 May, 2007 : - - Teahupoo, Tahiti -- While the Billabong Pro Tahiti will not run again today, Wednesday, May 9, it appears as if larger than expected conditions could materialize for the third of 10 events on the Foster’s ASP World Tour this weekend.

According to Surfline.com, the official surf forecasters of the Billabong Pro Tahiti: “There’s no change in the short term forecast, with just small S to SSW energy over the next couple of days, but another modest bump of SW swell will fill in over the second half of the week. It looks like we’ll get slightly larger SW swell for the weekend, with still a chance for more solid surf on the last day of the waiting period.”

The waiting period stretches to Monday, May 14, 2007 and three days of competition are needed to finish the event. Round 1 ran on the first day of the waiting period, Friday, May 4 – Round 2 onward remains. When competition does continue, Heat 14 of Round 2 will feature two former event winners, Cory Lopez (USA) and Mark Occhilupo (AUS). Occhilupo won the Billabong Pro Tahiti in 1999 –its inaugural year on the elite tour calendar; Lopez won in 2001.

Another call on competition status will be made tomorrow morning at 7am. In the interim, be sure to check out all the highlights from Day 1 of the Billabong Pro Tahiti at www.billabongpro.com. When the swell picks up, the Billabong Pro Tahiti will be webcast LIVE on www.aspworldtour.com and www.billabongpro.com.

ROUND 2 BILLABONG PRO TAHITI MATCH-UPS:
Heat 1: Taj Burrow (AUS) vs. Manoa Drollet (PYF)
Heat 2: Bede Durbidge (AUS) vs. Anthony Walsh (AUS)
Heat 3: Tom Whitaker (AUS) vs. Bruno Santos (BRA)
Heat 4: Damien Hobgood (USA) vs. Hira Teriinatoofa (PYF)
Heat 5: Daniel Wills (AUS) vs. Luke Munro (AUS)
Heat 6: Michael Campbell (AUS) vs. Neco Padaratz (BRA)
Heat 7: Ben Dunn (AUS) vs. Troy Brooks (AUS)
Heat 8: Phillip Macdonald (AUS) vs. Victor Ribas (BRA)
Heat 9: Raoni Monteiro (BRA) vs. Trent Munro (AUS)
Heat 10: Frederick Patacchia (HAW) vs. Shaun Cansdell (AUS)
Heat 11: Greg Emslie (ZAF) vs. Rodrigo Dornelles (BRA)
Heat 12: Leonardo Neves (BRA) vs. Dayyan Neve (AUS)
Heat 13: Josh Kerr (AUS) vs. Adrian Buchan (AUS)
Heat 14: Cory Lopez (USA) vs. Mark Occhilupo (AUS)
Heat 15: C.J. Hobgood (USA) vs. Luke Stedman (AUS)
Heat 16: Kai Otton (AUS) vs. Michael Lowe (AUS)

Previous reports:
# 1 : Billabong Pro Tahiti: tour gears up for Teahupoo action
# 2 : Round #one of the Billabong Pro Tahiti kicking off today
# 3 : Flores sends Burrow to round #2 of Billabong Pro Tahiti
# 4 : Billabong Pro Tahiti day 2 cancelled due to small swell

# 5 : Day 3: another lay day called for the Billabong Pro Tahiti
# 6 : Billabong Pro Tahiti round two a 'no go' again for today
# 7 : Billabong Pro Tahiti off Tuesday - possible Friday restart

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The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) is the governing body of professional surfing. Crowning surfing’s undisputed world champions since 1976, the ASP sanctions the following tours: the Foster’s ASP World Tour, the ASP Women’s World Tour, the World Qualifying Series (WQS) and the World Longboarding, Junior and Masters Championships.

The ASP is dedicated to showcasing the world’s best surfing talent in a variety of progressive formats and has revolutionized the way the world watches surfing via their webcasts. The organization is divided into seven different regions: Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, Hawaii, North America, and South America.

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