Rip Curl Pro Search
Rip Curl Women’s Pro Search

ASP Mens World Tour event #9
ASP Womens World Tour event #4
Peniche Portugal
19 - 30 October 2009

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Rip Curl Pro Search Completes Round 2 at Belgas, ASP Top 17 Activate Tomorrow  |  Francais 

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 25 October, 2009 : - - Belgas, Peniche/Portugal – With clean three-to-four foot (1 – 1.5 metre) waves pulsing through the second backup venue of Belgas this morning, the Rip Curl Pro Search completed the remaining three heats of Round 2 before calling competition off for the day.
 
Event No. 9 of 10 on the 2009 ASP World Tour, the Rip Curl Pro Search had intentions of pushing through Round 3 today, but as conditions slowed following a hold after Round 2, event organizers opted to postpone further competition this morning. Despite only running three heats, the day’s action and drama remained high, as the final 16 surfers were decided.
 
Adriano de Souza (BRA), 22, current ASP World No. 3, kept his ASP World Title hopes alive this morning, eliminating good friend and compatriot Jihad Khodr (BRA), 25, in Round 2 of competition.
 
“They were tough conditions out there, Jihad is a great competitor so I was very careful of him and I am really happy to move through to the next round and keep my title hopes alive. I have never got through to Round 2 at a Rip Curl Pro Search event so I am really happy about that, hopefully I can keep it going. I am just having fun, it is the first time I have the chance to get the title but I am still young, so there is not really any pressure.”

Tim Reyes : photo Warbrick

 
Fredrick Patacchia (HAW), 27, current ASP World No. 15, was the standout of the morning, netting a 15.17 out of a possible 20 in his elimination of Ben Dunn (AUS), 23, in the opening heat today’s competition.
 
“It is a fun wave out there,” Patacchia said. “We have over-head surf, it is the best surf we have had on the European leg by far.” Patacchia will face former ASP World Champion (2007) and current ASP World No. 1, Mick Fanning (AUS), 28, in Round 3 of the Rip Curl Pro Search.
 
“I surfed against Mick (Fanning) in Mundaka as well,” Patacchia said. “I know he is on his world title campaign and it is tough going against the guys when they are your friends because you want to see them win the title, but we are all here to win so I will give it my all and for sure try to beat him.”
 
Tim Reyes (USA), 27, current ASP World No. 35, is in need of a major result in the last two events of the year to push himself into the requalification zone for the 2010 ASP Dream Tour. Feeling confident on his equipment, Reyes vaulted himself past current ASP World No. 11, Kieren Perrow (AUS), 32, in Round 2 of competition.
 
“My boards are feeling really good,” Reyes said. “I have been on and off four boards because of all the different set ups here in Peniche. I am feeling pretty confident right now."

Fred Patacchia : photo Warbrick

 
For the first time in history, the world’s best female surfers will join the ASP Top 45 with the Rip Curl Women’s Pro Search commencing their respective waiting period tomorrow and running through October 30, 2009.
 
Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), 18, 2009 ASP Women’s World Tour rookie and current ASP Women’s World No. 10, is keen to get back into the contest singlet again and excited about the potential for another solid wave event on the ASP Women’s World Tour.
 
“It's really exciting for the women to be included at the Rip Curl Pro Search,” Fitzgibbons said. “With the event only being relatively new to the tour for the men, it seems a great opportunity to get our foot in the door and we hope to have it a part of our tour for years to come. Having the possibility of having bigger waves on offer this week will be a welcomed challenge. Supertubes and the surrounding breaks all offer great waves. I'm really looking forward to getting under way hopefully in the next few days.”
 
Event organizers will reconvene tomorrow at 7:30am to assess conditions for a possible 8am start. When competition resumes, up first will be former ASP World Champion (2007), C.J. Hobgood (USA), 30, battling Jordy Smith (ZAF), 21, in Heat 1 of Round 3.
 
Surfline, official forecasters for the 2009 Rip Curl Pro Search, are calling for a solid WNW swell to push through in the next 48 hours. 

Jihad Khodr : photo Warbrick

 
REMAINING RIP CURL PRO SEARCH ROUND 2 RESULTS:
Heat 14: Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 15.17 def. Ben Dunn (AUS) 8.83
Heat 15: Adriano de Souza (BRA) 13.00 def. Jihad Khodr (BRA) 10.07
Heat 16: Tim Reyes (USA) 13.06 def. Kieren Perrow (AUS) 9.50
 
RIP CURL PRO SEARCH ROUND 3 MATCH-UPS:
Heat 1: C.J. Hobgood (USA) vs. Jordy Smith (ZAF)
Heat 2: Tom Whitaker (AUS) vs. Bede Durbidge (AUS)
Heat 3: Bobby Martinez (USA) vs. Drew Courtney (AUS)
Heat 4: Kai Otton (AUS) vs. Joel Parkinson (AUS)
Heat 5: Owen Wright (AUS) vs. Dane Reynolds (USA)
Heat 6: Taj Burrow (AUS) vs. Damien Hobgood (USA)
Heat 7: Mick Fanning (AUS) vs. Fredrick Patacchia (HAW)
Heat 8: Adriano de Souza (BRA) vs. Tim Reyes (USA)

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Late News Flashes:

HEAT 16: Tim Reyes (USA) 13.00 def Kieren Perrow (AUS) 10.07

Heat 16 winner Tim Reyes (USA) on how his was feeling out in the water: “This is my first heat this year that it was clean and glassy, pretty crazy actually. I had a good feeling about today, I am feeling fast and loose and went with the flow and the waves came to me.”

Reyes talks about his equipment: “My boards are feeling really good, I have been on and off four boards because of all the different set ups here in Peniche. I am feeling pretty confident right now."

HEAT 15: Adriano de Souza (BRA) 13.00 def Jihad Khodr (BRA) 10.07

Heat 15 winner and world title contender Adriano de Souza (BRA) on his progression through to Round 3: “ They were tough conditions out there, Jihad is a great competitor so I was very careful of him and I am really happy to move through to the next round and keep my title hopes alive.”

De Souza talks about the title race: “I have never got through to Round 2 at a Rip Curl Search event so I am really happy about that, hopefully I can keep it going. I am just having fun, it is the first time I have the chance to get the title but I am still young, so there is not really any pressure.

HEAT 14: Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 15.17 def Ben Dunn (AUS) 8.83

Heat 14 winner Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) on the conditions are Belgas: “It is a fun wave out there, we have overhead surf, it is the best surf we have had on the European leg by far.”

Patacchia on his Round 3 heat against ASP World Title contender Mick Fanning (AUS): “I surfed against Mick in Mundaka as well. I know he is on his world title campaign and it is tough going against the guys when they are your friends because you want to see them win the title, but we are all here to win so I will give it my all and for sure try to beat him.”

AM Report: Rip Curl Pro Search Back ON at Belgas for Round 2 and Possible 3 Start

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 25 October, 2009 : - - Belgas, Peniche/Portugal – The Rip Curl Pro Search, event No. 9 of 10 on the 2009 ASP World Tour, has been called back on with the remaining three heats of Round 2 heading out in clean three-to-four foot (1 metre) peaks at the second backup site of Belgas, while event officials assess conditions for a possible Round 3 start.
 
“It's a little wobbly out there this morning but there is still swell and we're sending the remaining three heats of Round 2 this morning at 8:45am,” Damien Hardman, Rip Curl Pro Contest Director, said. “As we did yesterday, we’ll be monitoring conditions throughout the day, but we’re looking to run the remainder of Round 2 and all of Round 3 if possible.”
 
Yesterday’s Rip Curl Pro Search saw the elimination of reigning nine-time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA), 37, at the hands of wildcard Owen Wright (AUS), 19, as well as the tightening of the 2009 ASP World Title race.
 
First up this morning is Fredrick Patacchia (HAW), 27, battling Ben Dunn (AUS), 23, in Heat 14 of Round 2. 
Surfline, official forecasters for the 2009 Rip Curl Pro Search, are calling for a solid WNW swell to push through the next 24 hours.
The Rip Curl Pro Search will be webcast LIVE at http://live.ripcurl.com
 
 
REMAINING RIP CURL PRO SEARCH ROUND 2 MATCH-UPS:
Heat 14: Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) vs. Ben Dunn (AUS)
Heat 15: Adriano de Souza (BRA) vs. Jihad Khodr (BRA)
Heat 16: Kieren Perrow (AUS) vs. Tim Reyes (USA)
 
RIP CURL PRO SEARCH ROUND 3 MATCH-UPS:
Heat 1: C.J. Hobgood (USA) vs. Jordy Smith (ZAF)
Heat 2: Tom Whitaker (AUS) vs. Bede Durbidge (AUS)
Heat 3: Bobby Martinez (USA) vs. Drew Courtney (AUS)
Heat 4: Kai Otton (AUS) vs. Joel Parkinson (AUS)
Heat 5: Owen Wright (AUS) vs. Dane Reynolds (USA)
Heat 6: Taj Burrow (AUS) vs. Damien Hobgood (USA)
Heat 7: Mick Fanning (AUS) vs. TBA
Heat 8: TBA

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The Rip Curl Pro Search is partnered regionally by RTP, Eurosport, Fuel TV and ESPN Brazil, who will all be broadcasting live from Peniche throughout the event. For more information on these live television broadcasts, please visit http://live.ripcurl.com.

Previous reports:
# 1 : 2009 Rip Curl Pro Search to be held in Peniche Portugal
# 2 : Rip Curl Pro Search eyes solid swell for Peniche Portugal
# 3 : World’s best prep for Rip Curl Pro Search start tomorrow 

# 4 : Event organisers call Lay Day for the Rip Curl Pro Search  
# 5 : Rain, stormy seas force lay day for Rip Curl Pro Search  
# 6 : Storm destroys Rip Curl Pro event structure: lay day on 

# 7 : Upsets abound opening day of the Rip Curl Pro Search 
# 8 : Rip Curl Pro Search completes Round 1 in Lagido lefts 
# 9 : Wright ousts Slater in shake-up at Rip Curl Pro Search 

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