Bede Durbidge : photo Robertson/ASP Covered Images  

Rip Curl Pro
presented. by Snickers

ASP World Tour event # 2
Bells Beach, Victoriam, Australia
18 - 29 MArch 2008

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Rip Curl Pro Round 3 Called Off After Three Heats; Durbidge, Neve and Padaratz Advance

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 24 March, 2008 : - - Bells Beach – Round 3 of the Rip Curl Pro presented by Snickers was slated to run post the completion of the Rip Curl Women’s Pro this afternoon but deteriorating conditions forced event officials to call off competition after just three heats.

Bede Durbidge (AUS), current World No. 3, beat Fred Patacchia (HAW) in the heat immediately following Gilmore’s victory. Conditions at that point were clean and in the four to six foot (two metre) range. “The girls were ripping out there,” Durbidge said.  “Steph put on an amazing show and Sof as well. It was good to see Steph win again. I couldn’t wait to get back out there and have a surf myself.”

Durbidge posted a high 8.00 and a 7.00 early in the heat to leave his Hawaiian opponent looking for a near perfect score to advance. “My game plan was to go out there and get those quick scores up because the tide was filling in pretty fast,” Durbidge said. “Yeah, I had fun out there.”

 

Dayyen Neve : photo Robertson/ASP Covered Images

 

Durbidge won the last event on the 2007 ASP World Tour in Hawaii and finished 3rd in the first event of the year on the Gold Coast of Australia. He is now through to Round 4 and a guaranteed 9th place result. “You’ve got to be consistent in every comp,” Durbidge said. “That’s what it takes to climb those ratings and that is what I want to do.”

Dayyan Neve (AUS) scored a last minute victory over Tom Whitaker (AUS) to earn a Round 4 berth against Durbidge. Neve, a second year ASP World Tour surfer, found his way into Round 4 in three of the last four events in 2007, but has yet to make it to the Quarterfinals. Neco Padaratz (BRA) beat Taylor Knox (USA) in Heat 3.

Heat 4 will feature 2004 Rip Curl Pro winner Joel Parkinson (AUS) up against former Bells Beach finalist Daniel Wills (AUS). A call on competition status will be made at 7am for a possible 7:30 start.

 

Renato Hickle, Dan Ross, & Bobby Martinez : photo ASP Kirsten/Covered Images

 

There are two more days of men’s Rip Curl Pro competition and five days left in the waiting period but forecasts look good for tomorrow.
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Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach Round 3 Results:
Heat 1: Bede Durbidge (AUS) 15.84 def. Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 9.83
Heat 2: Dayyan Neve (AUS) 14.67 Tom Whitaker (AUS) 12.73
Heat 3: Neco Padaratz (BRA) 15.83 def. Taylor Knox (USA) 9.00 

Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach Upcoming Round 3 Match-Ups:
Heat 4: Joel Parkinson (AUS) vs. Daniel Wills (AUS)
Heat 5: Jeremy Flores (FRA) vs.Kieren Perrow (AUS)
Heat 6: Bobby Martinez (USA) vs. Jay Thompson (AUS)
Heat 7: Adrian Buchan (AUS) vs. Adriano de Souza (BRA)
Heat 8: Mick Fanning (AUS) vs. Troy Brooks (AUS)
Heat 9: Taj Burrow (AUS) vs. Daniel Ross (AUS)
Heat 10: Luke Stedman (AUS) vs. Ben Dunn (AUS)
Heat 11: Pancho Sullivan (HAW) vs. Roy Powers (HAW)
Heat 12: C.J. Hobgood (USA) vs. Dane Reynolds (USA)
Heat 13: Kelly Slater (USA) vs. Jihad Khodr (BRA)
Heat 14: Damien Hobgood (USA) vs. Tim Reyes (USA)
Heat 15: Andy Irons (HAW) vs. Rodrigo Dornelles (BRA)
Heat 16: Kai Otton (AUS) vs. Luke Munro (AUS)

 

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The Rip Curl Pro is the first carbon offset ASP World Tour event. To achieve the Carbon Offset requirements, Rip Curl has teamed with CO2 Australia to offset the greenhouse gas emissions that result from a number of energy-consuming activities during this year’s event. Visit http://www.ripcurl.com/index.php?aid=586 for more details.

 

     

 

Previous reports:
# 1 : ASP World Tour surfers amp up for Rip Curl Pro at Bells
# 2 : Slater ready to ring the bell at Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach.
# 3 : Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach calls lay day; Swell on Horizon

# 4 : Another lay day on tap for 2008 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach  
# 5 : Rounds 1 and 2 of the Rip Curl Women’s Pro completed
# 6 : Slater top scores Rip Curl Pro day 1/Fanning survives R2
# 7 : Dane Reynolds wows the crowds at Rip Curl Pro Rnd 2. 

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