2015 -BILLABONG PIPE MASTERS -OVERVIEW FINAL AND THE STAGE-
by surfworldtour.blogspot.com
INTRODUCTION
On my blog first years I only informed the results, photos of surfers, the events spots, beaches, girls, posters;
I always did everything for myself in English, the Language that I really love ...
In the first WCTs 2008 e 2009 I do even not understand so well the competitions in the stage.
Only in 2010 I started to realize better. From 2010 to 2013 I improved the posts with: results, ranking, top surfers profiles,
Men's and women's professional surfing, and so on..
Only in 2014 Billabong Rio Pro stage I wrote for the first time, about the results, performance of athletes, conditions of the sea, some details - that I realized it -, and so on...
I really enjoyed very much to follow up this Final stage in Hawaii in real time, because I have a stable conection to Internet broadcast through WSL -World Surf League. So I was able to update my blog with some minutes of delay of Rounds and heats disputed in Pipeline.
On my site:surfworldtour.com- it is quite different -as the competitions fishished around 4:00 pm in Hawaii -midnight in Rio de janeiro -I used to updated in the morning of the next because I have to send the files to server by the fastest browser .
Work with surfing is not a work, it is a pleasure.
"Surf is the most beautiful sport" - This is the phrase of my site homepage.
STAGE IN PIPELINE - HAWAII
Last year, when Gabriel Medina was the World Champion, I came to Rio de Janeiro too. But I got a late, and arrived here in the middle of the Stage.
This time I arrived in Rio in November 17th, to cover TARGET MAUI PRO - Women's event in Maui, and later on - BILLABONG PIPE MASTERS, Men's event- both in Hawaii.
I already prepare many versions, from papers and TV, as follows:
Day Title Newspaper/TV program
I followed the stage since the beginning, heat by heat, round by round.
Because the difference of time, and in the morning of the next day I went to Central Station (bus, train, underground)in downtown - to have a pure coffee in the "cup", how I like and bought the papers. Than I took the photos of surfing articles in sports contents and prepared the versions. I still have to learn more surfing terms, but I have some experience in WCTs championships after eight years- three in Imbituba -Santa Catarina, and five in Rio de Janeiro.
TOP SURFERS
There are 34 top surfers in the elite of World circuit and two Wild Cards availbable in each stage. Sometimes more, if some top surfers are injured.
In this stage in Hawaii, there were two top surfers out of the event:
-Fredyy Patachhia(HAW)
-Matt Banting(AUS) - injured;
Two had already been invited:
-Wade Carmichael(AUS)
-Bruce Irons(HAW)
So the Trials would decide the two Wild Cards left.
The Trials are disputed during the period of the stage.
So everything was ready to go, just depends on Sea conditions...
COMPETITION
BILLABONG PIPE MASTERS - Dec. 08/20th, 2015
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Date Waiting period Event Status
Dec.8th Day 1 of 13 days lay day -No competitions because the Sea conditions were no good;
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Dec.9th Day 2 of 13 days ON TRIALS -check the post TRIALS -Dec.
Results:
1.Jack Robinson(AUS) - 9.43;
2.Jamie O'Brien (HAW)- 8.70;
3.Mason Ho(HAW) - 5.53;
4.Kekoa Cazimero(HAW)- 1.50;
After Trials the two Wild Cards left: Jack Robinson(AUS) and Jamie O'Obrien(HAW)- already won PIPE MASTERS in 2004;
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Dec.10th Day 3 of 13 days ON - ROUND 1
When I saw WSL heats in Round 1, I soon realized that Owen Right(AUS) was out of the stage. The next day Dec.11, in Brazil
the papers informed about his accident on Wednesday in a surfing session. Than he was replaced by Mason Ho(HAW) third
position in the TRIALS.
-Unfortunatelly one of the postulants to the World Title was out of battle.
Who is Mason Ho??
www.surfactual.com
From the postulants to the title performance:
heat
3. Gabriel Medina(BRA) won the heat and was classified to Round 3.
6. Mick Fanning(AUS) defeated his rivals and also was classified to Round 3;
-Adriano de Souza(BRA)-heat 4:Filipe Toledo(BRA)-heat 5;Julian Wilson(AUS)-heat 7- lose theirs heats and fell to Recap.
-Filipe Toledo(BRA)was defeated by Jamie O'Brien(HAW)by smooth difference by 8.06 to 7.84, and was nervous about.
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Dec. 11th Day 4 of 13 days ON ROUND 2
heat heats simultaneously
1. Filipe Toledo(BRA) overcame the Hawaiian B.Irons(HAW) by 14.23 to 5.03;
3. Adriano de Souza(BRA) faced the Trial winner Jack Robinson, at 17, and defeated him for small difference;
by 13.10 to 12.50; A. de Souza(BRA)seemed pressured,and almost was defeated by a Wild Card;It was a suffering heat;
5. Julian Wilson(AUS)defeated his compatriot Wade Carmichael(AUS), by 12.83 to 6.00;
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Dec. 12th Day 5 of 13 days Lay Day
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Dec. 13th Day 6 of 13 days Lay Day
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Dec. 14th Day 7 of 13 days Lay Day
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Dec. 15th Day 8 of 13 days Lay Day
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Dec. 16th Day 9 of 13 days ON
ROUND 3
heat heats simultaneously
1. Gabriel Medina(BRA)was feeling so comfortable in Pipeline, and surfing very well.He overcame Jordy smith(SAF) by 15.84 to 4.50;
5. Mick Fanning(AUS)always focused in the current heat, overcame J. O'Brien(HAW) by 12.14 to 2.70;
7. Filipe Toledo(BRA)faced Mason Ho(HAW)and was defeated by smooth difference; 6.93 to 6.67
They left the water embraced, it was a wonderful scene to be remembered.
10.Julian Wilson(AUS) faced his compatriot Adam Melling(AUS) and was overcame for him, for
12.Adriano de Souza(BRA)defeated Glenn Hall(IRL)by 10.00 to 4.70.
In the Round 3 more two postulants to the World Title were out of the battle:
Filipe Toledo(BRA) and Julian wilson(AUS).
From 6 postulants to the title, only 3 still alive.
*It is only a coincidence but I should remind that both champions in the stage OI Rio Pro 2015 in Rio de Janeiro
arrived in Hawaii with good chances to clinch the World Title but have to face Hawaiian surfers as follows:
Women's - Courtney Conlogue(USA)was defeated by Coco Ho(HAW)
Men's - Filipe Toledo(BRA) was defeated by Mason Ho(HAW)
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From 36 surfers that started in Round 1, only 12 advanced to Round 4 as follows:
ROUND 4
heat
1.Gabriel surfed very well and overcame CJ Hobgood(USA)-World Champion in 2001-, and Keanu Asing(HAW)
2.At the best heat of the Stage, the tubes showed up and Mick defeated Kelly Slater(USA) and JJ. Florence(HAW) Mick Fanning(AUS) and Kelly slater(USA)turned the heat many times, till M. Fanning(AUS) won the heat.
3.Mason Ho(HAW)surprised his rivals -two champions in Pipeline - Joel Parkinson(AUS) and Jeremy Flores(FRA)and won the heat.
4.A. de Souza(BRA) chosse good waves and defeated the Australians Josh Kerr(AUS) and Adam Melling(AUS)
-The winners of this heat advanced directly to Quarterfinals and the losers disputed the Round 5
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ROUND 5 ´-THE RECAP
heat
This Round was only to define the rivals of the surfers already classified to the Quarterfinals.
CJ Hobgood(USA), Kelly Slater(USA), and Adam Melling(AUS) advanced to the Quarterfinals.
*On this day 19 heats were disputed in Pipeline, at final I was so tired;
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Dec. 17th Day 10 of 13 days ON
Round 5 - THE RECAP
heat 4 - Josh Kerr(AUS)advanced to Quarterfinals over Jeremy Flores(FRA)
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QUARTERFINALS
heat
1.Gabriel overcame CJ Hobgood(USA) and avancedo to Semifinals.
2.Mick Fanning(AUS)defeated Kelly Slater(USA)and advanced.
3.Mason Ho(HAW)again surprised his rival Adam Melling(AUS)and advanced .
4.Adriano de Souza(BRA)surfed under pressure turned the heat over Josh Kerr(AUS). It was a suffering heat.
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SEMIFINALS
heat
1.Gabriel Medina(BRA)surfing very well, defeated Mick Fanning, three times World Champion in the last wave -an aerial full rotation and left Adriano de Souza, so close of the Title, otherwize Adriano de Souza, should defeated Mason Ho(HAW)
and faces Mick Fanning(AUS)at the battle for the World Circuit of Surfing.
2.Adriano de Souza(BRA)should only defeat Mason Ho(HAW)but was not easy. The sea was not with good conditions.But he did.
After this heat Adriano de souza was already the World Champion of Surfing in the season 2015, he was carried out for fans when left the water
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FINAL
The first Brazilian Final in the story of Pipe Masters, was disputed with hundreds of Brazilians fans with towels, flags,on the shore.
Adriano de Souza(BRA)with no pressure, surfed better and defeated Gabriel Medina(BRA). It was nice as Gabriel Medina(BRA) passed the crown to Adriano de Souza(BRA)in the podium...
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