BILLABONG RIO PRO 2014 - May 11th - Sunday

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MAY 11TH  -SUNDAY - BILLABONG RIO PRO  2014

MEN'S COMPETITION

IT RAINED A LOT SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TO SUNDAY, SO SUNDAY I WOKE UP EARYLY AND WENT TO CENTRAL STATION, HAD MY COFFEE, AND THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH 309 LINE BUS TO BARRA, THAN THE OPERATOR SAID TO CATCH THE 317 LINE BUS THAT ALSO WOULD GO TO BARRA JUST BY ANOTHER ROUTE. I DID NOT HESITATE AND CAUGHT THE 317 BUS, AND I ARRIVED SO FASTER TO BARRA THAN 309 LINE.
IN HUGE CITIES LIKE RIO, LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK, LONDON, SÃO PAULO, AND SO... EVERY DAY WE LEARNED ANYTHING NEW.
I ARRIVED ON THE BEACH 8:06 AM SHARPLY, THE ROUND 3 - HEAT 1 WAS ON , AND UNFORTUNATELLY TRAVIS LOGIE(SAF) DEFEATED GABRIEL MEDINA(BRA).
HEAT 2- NAT YOUNG(USA) X MITCH CREWS(AUS)
I CLICKED NAT YOUNG(USA) AFTER DEFEATED MITCH CREWS(AUS).
HEAT 3 - ADRIANO DE SOUZA(BRA) DEFEATS ARITZ ARAMBURU(SPA), THAT SURFED WELL TOO.

heat 4 - KOLOHE ANDINO(USA) DEFEATED JULIAN WILSON(AUS) KOLOHE SURFED VERY STRONG AND WITH DETERMINATION TO WIN, AND FINALLY WON THE HEAT. JULIAN IS A GOOD SURFER TOO.ALWAYS IN THE RANKING'S TOP. AND SEEMED THAT KOLOHE WAS FEELING SO BETTER IN BARRA THAN HIS FIRST YEAR IN THE ELITE, EM 2012.
HEAT 5 BEDE DURBIDGE DEFEATED FILIPE TOLEDO(BRA) - BEDE SURFED VERY STRONG, WITH CONSISTENT MANEUVERS, AND DEFEATED FILIPE TOLEDO(BRA).

AT HEAT 6 -KELLY SLATER(USA) DEFEATED THE BRAZILIAN CHAMPION DAVI DO CARMO(BRA), THAT SURFED VERY WELL, BUT FACED THE 11 TIMES WORLD CHAMPION WITH HIS EXCELENT SEA READING, ALWAYS IN THE RIGHT PLACE TO SURF THE WAVES. CHAMPIONS FIND THE WAVES.
AT HEAT 7, JOEL PARKINSON(AUS), 2012 WORLD CHAMPION, DEFEATED TIAGO PIRES(POR).
AT HEAT 8, SEBASTIAN ZIETS(HAW) DEFEATED JOHN JOHN FLORENCE(HAW) THE BILLABONG RIO PRO 2012 CHAMPION AT POSTINHO DA BARRA.
AT HEAT 9, JORDY SMITH(SAF) BILLABONG RIO PRO 2013 CHAMPION DEFEATED JADSON ANDRE(BRA) THAT ALSO WAS BILLABONG PRO 2010 CHAMPION IN IMBITUBA, SC.
AT HEAT 10, JOSH KERR(AUS) DEFEATED ALEJO MUNIZ(BRA) THAT DID NOT FIND THE WAVES IN THE HEAT.
AT HEAT 11, THE TAHITIAN MICHEL BOUREZ(PYF) DEFEATS ADRIAN BUCHAN(AUS) MICHEL SURFED SO STRONG, AS ALWAYS, WITH PRECISE MANEUVERS, DEFEATED ADRIAN BUCHAN(AUS)A GOOD SURFER TOO.
AT ROUND 3 LAST HEAT 12, TAJ BURROW(AUS) DEFEATED DION ATKINSON(AUS), ALWAYS SO SYMPATIC WITH FANS.
ROUND 3 RESULTS:
HEAT 1 - TRAVIS LOGIE(SAF)15.50 X 15.00 GABRIEL MEDINA(BRA)
HEAT 2 - NAT YOUNG(USA) 12.03 X 7.33 MITCH CREWS(AUS)
HEAT 3 - ADRIANO DE SOUZA(BRA)9.97 x 7.63 ARITZ ARAMBURU(SPA)
HEAT 4 - KOLOHE ANDINO(USA)13.70 x 13.50 JULIAN WILSON(AUS)
HEAT 5 - BEDE DURBIDGE(AUS)16.33 x 12.90 FILIPE TOLEDO(BRA)
HEAT 6 - KELLY SLATER(USA) 13.53 x 10.93 DAVID DO CARMO(BRA)
HEAT 7 - JOEL PARKINSON(AUS)15.10 x 7.36 TIAGO PIRES(POR)
HEAT 8 - SEBASTIAN ZIETS(HAW)15.10 x 13.04 JOHN J. FLORENCE(HAW)
HEAT 9 - JORDY SMITH(SAF) 16.10 x 9.83 JADSON ANDRE(BRA)
HEAT 10- JOSH KERR(AUS) 10.00 x 9.17 ALEJO MUNIZ(BRA)
HEAT 11- MICHEL BOUREZ(PYF)13.73 x 11.90 ADRIAN BUCHAN(AUS)
HEAT 12- TAJ BURROW(AUS) 13.13 x 12.13 DION ATKINSON(AUS)

AFTER HEAT 12 OF ROUND 3, THE ROUND 4 WAS DEFINIDED:

HEAT 1 NAT YOUNG(USA) X ADRIANO DE SOUZA(BRA) X TRAVIS LOGIE (SAF)
HEAT 2 BEDE DURBIDGE(AUS) X KOLOHE ANDINO(USA) x kelly SLATER(USA)
HEAT 3 JORDY SMITH(SAF) X JOEL PARKINSON(AUS) X SEBASTIÃO ZIETZ(HAW)
HEAT 4 TAJ BURROW(AUS) x JOSH KERR(AUS) X MICHEL BOUREZ(PYF)
AT HEAT 1-NAT WON THE HEAT SENDING ADRIANO DE SOUZA AND TRAVIS, TO ROUND 5, AND GOING DIRECTLY TO QUARTERS.
AT HEAT 2- BEDE DURBIDGE, WITH HIS POWER SURF, DEFEATED TWO "K", KELLY E KOLOHE, ALSO GOING DIRECT TO THE QUARTERS.
AT HEAT 3- JORDY DEFEATED THE WORLD CHAMPION JOEL PARKINSON, AND THE HAVAIIAN SEBASTIÃO ZIETS, MAYBE GETTING THE WAY TO THE FINAL AS THE YEAR BEFORE. SEBASTIAN ZIETS(HAW)WAS SO SYMPATIC WITH THE FANS.
AT HEAT 4 - TAJ BURROW(AUS) DEFEATED JOSH KERR(AUS) AND MICHEL BOUREZ(PYF). TAJ DEFEATED TWO GOOD SURFERS IN THE LAST HEAT OF THE DAY. TAJ BURROW, THE RIO'S KING, ALWAYS SURFED VERY WELL IN BRAZIL, AND MICHEL BOUREZ(PYF), JUST TOOK THE GRADE 3.20 AT A ALMOST NO WAVES HEAT.
LATER ON THE SPEAKER ANNOUNCED ROUND 5, QUARTERS, SEMIS AND FINALS MEN'S AND WOMEN'S WAS CONFIRMED TO MONDAY MORNING.
MAY 11TH, WITH THE FIRST CALL AT 6:30 AM TO START AT 7:00 AM LOCAL TIME

ROUND 4 RESULTS:
HEAT 1 -N. YOUNG(USA) 15.34 X A. DE SOUZA(BRA)13.34 X T. LOGIE(SAF)11.93
HEAT 2 -B. DURBIDGE(AUS)15.27 X KOLOHE ANDINO(USA)10.43 X KELLY SLATER(USA)5.30
HEAT 3 -J. SMITH(SAF) 11.53 X JOEL PARKINSON(AUS)11.24 X S. ZIETZ(HAW)11.10
HEAT 4 -T. BURROW(AUS)9.00 X JOSH KERR(AUS)7.83 X MICHEL BOUREZ(PYF)3.20