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Billabong Pro Tahiti

ASP World Tour Mens event #3
Teahupoo, Tahit,
9 - 20 May 2009

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Billabong Pro Tahiti Called Off for the Day

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 16 May, 2009 : - - Teahupoo, Tahiti -- The Billabong Pro Tahiti presented by Air Tahiti Nui, event No. 3 of 10 on the 2009 ASP World Tour, is into another lay day today, with only small one-to-two foot (0.5 metre) surf on offer at Teahupoo.

While there are only four remaining days in the waiting period, the Billabong Pro Tahiti has completed Round 1 and the opening six heats of Round 2, requiring only two full days of competition to finish the event. With a bump in swell projected for late Monday or early Tuesday, event organizers are hoping to run in the best possible conditions.

“The surf is small this morning and we’re not expecting anything to come in so we’ve called competition off for the day,” Luke Egan, Billabong Pro Contest Director, said. “We’re monitoring some models projected to come through in the next few days so we’ll be back tomorrow morning to assess the conditions.”

The next call will be made at 6:30am tomorrow. Surfline, official foreers for the Billabong Pro Tahiti, are calling for a today’s SE to dissipate before a moderate SW moves in, keeping an eye on a pulse expected to arrive either late Monday or early Tuesday.

When competition resumes, up first will be Taylor Knox (USA), 27, up against Kai Otton (AUS), 29, in Heat 7 of Round 2. Highlights from yesterday’s Billabong Pro Tahiti presented by Air Tahiti Nui are available at billabongpro.com. For more information, log onto aspworldtour.com.

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REMAINING BILLABONG PRO TAHITI ROUND 2 MATCH-UPS

Heat 7: Taylor Knox (USA) vs. Kai Otton (AUS)
Heat 8: Joel Parkinson (AUS) vs. Heiarii Williams (PYF)
Heat 9: Bede Durbidge (AUS) vs. Andy Irons (HAW)
Heat 10: Bobby Martinez (USA) vs. Dayyan Neve (AUS)
Heat 11: Adriano de Souza (BRA) vs. Dustin Barca (HAW)
Heat 12: Jordy Smith (ZAF) vs. Heitor Alves (BRA)
Heat 13: Kelly Slater (USA) vs. Aritz Aranburu (EUK)
Heat 14: Damien Hobgood (USA) vs. Dean Morrison (AUS)
Heat 15: Mick Fanning (AUS) vs. Ben Dunn (AUS)
Heat 16: Tom Whitaker (AUS) vs. Tim Boal (FRA) 
 

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Previous reports:
# 1 : Champs ready for Billabong Pro Tahiti as Irons returns
# 2 : Parko leads ASP top 45 into jaws of Billabong Pro Tahiti
# 3 : Billabong Pro Tahiti opens up with explosive Round One

# 4 : Billabong Pro Tahiti gets a lay day: All eyes on Tuesday 
# 5 : Small, onshore surf at Billabong Pro Tahiti forces lay day  
# 6 : Contest director calls off Billabong Pro Tahiti for the day 

# 7 : Billabong Pro Tahiti finishes Round 1, digs into Round 2 
# 8 : Small surf forces another lay day at Billabong Pro Tahiti 
# 9 : Morning holding pattern leads to lay day at Billabong Pro

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