Rip Curl Boardmasters

ASP WQS 5 Star Men's Event
ASP WQS 5 Star Women's Event
Fistral Beach Newquay England
4 - 9 August 2008

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Rip Curl Boardmasters Called Off for Day 4

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 8 August, 2008 : - - Newquay -- The swell dropped to two foot (0.5 meter) and with a new swell coming in for the weekend, surfers and officials decided to have a lay-day for this fourth day of the waiting period.

Twenty-four men remain in contention for the ASP WQS 5-Star crown and pressure is defintely upon those already well in position for an ASP World Tour spot. Consistent four to seven foot (1.2 to 2 meter) waves are expected to break at Fistral Beach from tomorrow afternoon and sunday’s showdown should be epic. Rains and winds will come though with the new swell and testing conditions will make it tough for our last competitors.

Currently in the Top 20, Marlon Lipke (DEU), Leigh Sedley (AUS), Chris Davidson (AUS), Yadin Nicol (AUS), Brett Simpson (USA) and others will be aiming at a win here that would ease their Dream Tour campaign quite a bit. Lipke, who is currently the best European on tour, has had a relaxed approach thus far and seems in excellent form to shine at Newquay.

Officials and surfers will meet at 12.00 tomorrow Saturday, August 9, to get things back on. Some four foot (1.2 meter) waves are expected to reach Fistral Beach by lunch time and the eight 3-man heats coming up will be worth watching the action LIVE.

The Rip Curl Boardmasters in association with Relentless is webcast LIVE at aspeurope.com

UPCOMING ROUND 4
Heat 1: Dion Atkinson (AUS), Marlon Lipke (DEU), Jarrad Sullivan (AUS)
Heat 2: Gavin Roberts (ZAF), David Weare (ZAF), Gony Zubizarreta (ESP)
Heat 3: Patrick Beven (FRA), Leigh Sedley (AUS), Marco Polo (BRA)
Heat 4: Jay Quinn (NZL), Chris Davidson (AUS), Wiggoly Dantas (BRA)
Heat 5: Pedro Henrique (BRA), Jadson Andre (BRA), Nathan Hedge (AUS)
Heat 6: Yadin Nicol (AUS), Bobby Hansen (NZL), Brett Simpson (USA)
Heat 7: Brent Dorrington (AUS), Stuart Kennedy (AUS), Matt Wilkinson (AUS)
Heat 8: Diego Rosa (BRA), Nic Muscroft (AUS), Pablo Paulino (BRA)

ROUND 3 RESULTS
Heat 1: Dion Atkinson (AUS) 12.00 pts, Gavin Roberts (ZAF) 10.67 pts, Gabe Kling (USA) 9.80 pts, Ryan Campbell
Heat 2: Marlon Lipke (DEU) 13.34 pts, David Weare (ZAF) 10.33 pts, Danilo Costa (BRA) 9.77 pts, Txaber Trojaola
Heat 3: Gony Zubizarreta (ESP) 14.40 pts, Jarrad Sullivan (AUS) 13.90 pts, Adam Melling (AUS) 13.13 pts, Drew Courtney
Heat 4: Patrick Beven (FRA) 14.33 pts, Jay Quinn (NZL) 11.40 pts, Rhys Bombaci (AUS) 10.13 pts, Ruben Gonzalez
Heat 5: Leigh Sedley (AUS) 15.70 pts, Chris Davidson (AUS) 15.17 pts, Andre Silva (BRA) 12.87 pts, Robson Santos
Heat 6: Wiggoly Dantas (BRA) 14.93 pts, Marco Polo (BRA) 13.83 pts, William Cardoso (BRA) 11.40 pts, Shaun Gossmann 
Heat 7: Pedro Henrique (BRA) 15.16 pts, Yadin Nicol (AUS) 13.54 pts, Odirlei Coutinho (BRA), Antonio Bortoletto
Heat 8: Jadson Andre (BRA) 16.30 pts, Bobby Hansen (NZL) 15.80 pts, Adam Robertson (AUS) 11.16 pts, Glenn Hall
Heat 9: Brett Simpson (USA) 15.30 pts, Nathan Hedge (AUS) 14.66 pts, Jean Da Silva (BRA) 13.93 pts, Abdel El Harim
Heat 10: Brent Dorrington (AUS) 14.66 pts, Diego Rosa (BRA) 10.40 pts, Jean-Sebastien Estienne (BLM) Sam Page
Heat 11: Stuart Kennedy (AUS) 14.10 pts, Nic Muscroft (AUS) 13.63 pts, Micheal Spencer (AUS), Christophe Allary
Heat 12: Pablo Paulino (BRA) 18.00 pts, Matt Wilkinson (AUS) 14.83 pts, Eric Rebiere (FRA) 13.40 pts, Luke Cheadle

Previous reports:
# 1 : Rip Curl Boardmasters returns for 27th year in Newquay
# 2 : Rip Curl Boardmasters set to start Tuesday in Newquay
# 3 : Big scores as Rip Curl Boardmasters kicks off at Fistral
# 4 : Fistral Beach goes off for Rip Curl Boardmasters Rnd 2  
# 5 : Paulino leads international set at Rip Curl Boardmasters

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