{"id":11095,"date":"2009-10-20T08:23:22","date_gmt":"2009-10-20T15:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=11095"},"modified":"2009-10-20T08:23:06","modified_gmt":"2009-10-20T15:23:06","slug":"rip-curl-pro-search-off-to-rough-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=11095","title":{"rendered":"Rip Curl Pro Search Off To Rough Start"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Rainrcsearch09(Cestari)Big\"<\/a>The Rip Curl Pro Search<\/a><\/strong> from Peniche, Portugal has kicked off with two straight lay days thanks to no swell and “stormy seas and heavy rain” according to the ASP press office.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re obviously off this morning with victory-at-sea conditions and heavy winds,\u201d Damien Hardman, Rip Curl Pro Search Contest Director, said. \u201cThe winds are heavy out of the Southwest at the moment that are projected to go heavy Northwest by 10am so it is onshore all day. This is the supposed to be the worst day for weather so we\u2019ll be back in 8am tomorrow morning to reassess conditions.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Surfline is predicting some surf tonight and tomorrow, so stay tuned.PENICHE, Portugal (Tuesday, October 20, 2009) \u2013 Stormy seas and heavy rain have forced event organizers to call a second, consecutive lay day for the Rip Curl Pro Search.<\/p>\n

Stop No. 9 of 10 on the 2009 ASP World Tour, the Rip Curl Pro Search experienced bigger waves on offer this morning but opted not to run due to the poor quality of the conditions. With eight days remaining in the waiting period, event organizers have optioned to activate the new competition format, featuring elimination, man-on-man heats from the outset.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re obviously off this morning with victory-at-sea conditions and heavy winds,\u201d Damien Hardman, Rip Curl Pro Search Contest Director, said. \u201cThe winds are heavy out of the Southwest at the moment that are projected to go heavy Northwest by 10am so it is onshore all day. This is the supposed to be the worst day for weather so we\u2019ll be back in 8am tomorrow morning to reassess conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Surfline, official forecasters for the 2009 Rip Curl Pro Search, are calling a major Northwest swell begins filling in this afternoon and into Wednesday and Thursday.<\/p>\n

Event organizers will reconvene tomorrow morning at 8am for a possible 8:30am start.<\/p>\n

The Rip Curl Pro Search will be webcast LIVE via http:\/\/live.ripcurl.com<\/p>\n

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 www.live.ripcurl.com.<\/p>\n

For more information, log onto www.aspworldtour.com<\/p>\n

RIP CURL PRO SEARCH ROUND 1 MATCH-UPS:
\nHeat 1: Tim Boal (FRA) vs. Jihad Khodr (BRA)
\nHeat 2: Heitor Alves (BRA) vs. David Weare (ZAF)
\nHeat 3: Tiago Pires (PRT) vs. Nathaniel Curran (USA)
\nHeat 4: Ben Dunn (AUS) vs. Phillip MacDonald (AUS)
\nHeat 5: Michel Bourez (PYF) vs. Marlon Lipke (DEU)
\nHeat 6: Chris Davidson (AUS) vs. Patrick Gudauskas (USA)
\nHeat 7: Kekoa Bacalso (HAW) vs. Owen Wright (AUS)
\nHeat 8: Kai Otton (AUS) vs. David Luis (PRT)
\nHeat 9: Dean Morrison (AUS) vs. Justin Mujica (PRT)
\nHeat 10: Mick Campbell (AUS) vs. Bruno Santos (BRA)
\nHeat 11: Chris Ward (USA) vs. Michael Picon (FRA)
\nHeat 12: Roy Powers (HAW) vs. Dayyan Neve (AUS)
\nHeat 13: Tim Reyes (USA) vs. Jay Thompson (AUS)
\nHeat 14: Josh Kerr (AUS) vs. Nic Muscroft (AUS)
\nHeat 15: Greg Emslie (ZAF) vs. Aritz Aranburu (EUK)
\nHeat 16: Dustin Barca (HAW) vs. Drew Courtney (AUS)<\/p>\n

RIP CURL PRO SEARCH ROUND 2 MATCH-UPS:
\nHeat 1: C.J. Hobgood (USA) vs. TBA
\nHeat 2: Jordy Smith (ZAF) vs. TBA
\nHeat 3: Tom Whitaker (AUS) vs. TBA
\nHeat 4: Bede Durbidge (AUS) vs. TBA
\nHeat 5: Bobby Martinez (USA) vs. TBA
\nHeat 6: Taylor Knox (USA) vs. TBA
\nHeat 7: Adrian Buchan (AUS) vs. TBA
\nHeat 8: Joel Parkinson (AUS) vs. TBA
\nHeat 9: Kelly Slater (USA) vs. TBA
\nHeat 10: Dane Reynolds (USA) vs. TBA
\nHeat 11: Taj Burrow (AUS) vs. TBA
\nHeat 12: Damien Hobgood (USA) vs. TBA
\nHeat 13: Mick Fanning (AUS) vs. TBA
\nHeat 14: Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) vs. TBA
\nHeat 15: Adriano de Souza (BRA) vs. TBA
\nHeat 16: Kieren Perrow (AUS) vs. TBA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Rip Curl Pro Search from Peniche, Portugal has kicked off with two straight lay days thanks to no swell and “stormy seas and heavy rain” according to the ASP press office. \u201cWe\u2019re obviously off this morning with victory-at-sea conditions and heavy winds,\u201d Damien Hardman, Rip Curl Pro Search Contest Director, said. \u201cThe winds are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11095"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11095"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11096,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11095\/revisions\/11096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}