{"id":12281,"date":"2009-12-10T09:52:32","date_gmt":"2009-12-10T17:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=12281"},"modified":"2009-12-10T09:55:31","modified_gmt":"2009-12-10T17:55:31","slug":"the-billabong-pipeline-masters-is-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=12281","title":{"rendered":"The Billabong Pipeline Masters Is On"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The final ASP WCT showdown begins today at the Banzai Pipeline<\/strong> with round one of the Billabong Pipeline Masters<\/a><\/strong>. Here’s who is up in round one:<\/p>\n

Heat 1: Jihad Khodr (BRA) vs. Gavin Gillette (HAW)
\nHeat 2: Gabe Kling (USA) vs. Kalani Chapman (HAW)
\nHeat 3: Andy Irons (HAW) vs. Marcus Hickman (HAW)
\nHeat 4: Aritz Aranburu (EUK) vs. Dusty Payne (HAW)
\nHeat 5: Nathaniel Curran (USA) vs. Liam McNamara (HAW)
\nHeat 6: David Weare (ZAF) vs. Hank Gaskell (HAW)
\nHeat 7: Bruce Irons (HAW) vs. Reed McIntosh (HAW)
\nHeat 8: Nic Muscroft (AUS) vs. Sunny Garcia (HAW)
\nHeat 9: Michael Picon (FRA) vs. Manoa Drollet (PYF)
\nHeat 10: Shane Dorian (HAW) vs. Kamalei Alexander (HAW)
\nHeat 11: Dayyan Neve (AUS) vs. Jonah Morgan (HAW)
\nHeat 12: Luke Stedman (AUS) vs. Flynn Novak (HAW)
\nHeat 13: Dustin Barca (HAW) vs. Sion Miloski (HAW)
\nHeat 14: John John Florence (HAW) vs. Danny Fuller (HAW)
\nHeat 15: Jay Thompson (AUS) vs. Mason Ho (HAW)
\nHeat 16: Phillip MacDonald (AUS) vs. Jamie O\u2019Brien (HAW)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Follow the jump for even more details. Or click here<\/a><\/strong> to watch it live.
\nPIPELINE, Oahu\/Hawaii (Thursday, December 10, 2009) \u2013 The final event of the 2009 ASP World Tour, the Billabong Pro Pipeline Masters, will commence this morning in pumping six-to-10 foot (2-3 metre) surf at the infamous break of the Banzai Pipeline.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have clean conditions this morning with surf in the six-to-10 foot (2 \u2013 3 metre) range and we\u2019ll be commencing at 8am,\u201d Randy Rarick, Vans Triple Crown Contest Director, said. \u201cWe plan on running all of Round 1 but will monitor conditions as there is a sea breeze projected for this afternoon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s action will see a throng of Hawaiian Pipeline specialists tackle several ASP World Tour surfers while competing in the final stop of the 2009 Vans Triple Crown Series (an ASP Specialty Series).<\/p>\n

The Billabong Pro Pipeline Masters will hold the showdown for the 2009 ASP World Title race between current ratings leader Mick Fanning (AUS), 28, and close friend Joel Parkinson (AUS), 28. In addition to crowing this year\u2019s champion several surfers will be out to battle for requalification for a spot amongst next year\u2019s elite.<\/p>\n

Up first this morning will be ASP World No. 37 Jihad Khodr (BRA), 25, up against wildcard Gavin Gillette (HAW).<\/p>\n

The Billabong Pipeline Masters will be webcast LIVE via www.billabongpro.com and www.triplecrownofsurfing.com<\/p>\n

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

BILLABONG PIPELINE MASTERS ROUND 1 MATCH-UPS:
\nHeat 1: Jihad Khodr (BRA) vs. Gavin Gillette (HAW)
\nHeat 2: Gabe Kling (USA) vs. Kalani Chapman (HAW)
\nHeat 3: Andy Irons (HAW) vs. Marcus Hickman (HAW)
\nHeat 4: Aritz Aranburu (EUK) vs. Dusty Payne (HAW)
\nHeat 5: Nathaniel Curran (USA) vs. Liam McNamara (HAW)
\nHeat 6: David Weare (ZAF) vs. Hank Gaskell (HAW)
\nHeat 7: Bruce Irons (HAW) vs. Reed McIntosh (HAW)
\nHeat 8: Nic Muscroft (AUS) vs. Sunny Garcia (HAW)
\nHeat 9: Michael Picon (FRA) vs. Manoa Drollet (PYF)
\nHeat 10: Shane Dorian (HAW) vs. Kamalei Alexander (HAW)
\nHeat 11: Dayyan Neve (AUS) vs. Jonah Morgan (HAW)
\nHeat 12: Luke Stedman (AUS) vs. Flynn Novak (HAW)
\nHeat 13: Dustin Barca (HAW) vs. Sion Miloski (HAW)
\nHeat 14: John John Florence (HAW) vs. Danny Fuller (HAW)
\nHeat 15: Jay Thompson (AUS) vs. Mason Ho (HAW)
\nHeat 16: Phillip MacDonald (AUS) vs. Jamie O\u2019Brien (HAW)<\/p>\n

BILLABONG PIPELINE MASTERS ROUND 2 MATCH-UPS:
\nHeat 1: Chris Davidson (AUS) vs. TBA
\nHeat 2: Roy Powers (HAW) vs. TBA
\nHeat 3: Greg Emslie (ZAF) vs. TBA
\nHeat 4: Kekoa Bacalso (HAW) vs. TBA
\nHeat 5: Tim Reyes (USA) vs. TBA
\nHeat 6: Tiago Pires (PRT) vs. TBA
\nHeat 7: Josh Kerr (AUS) vs. TBA
\nHeat 8: Kai Otton (AUS) vs. TBA
\nHeat 9: Dean Morrison (AUS) vs. TBA
\nHeat 10: Chris Ward (USA) vs. TBA
\nHeat 11: Michel Bourez (PYF) vs. TBA
\nHeat 12: Heitor Alves (BRA) vs. TBA
\nHeat 13: Mick Campbell (AUS) vs. TBA
\nHeat 14: Tim Boal (FRA) vs. TBA
\nHeat 15: Ben Dunn (AUS) vs. TBA
\nHeat 16: Drew Courtney (AUS) vs. TBA<\/p>\n

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

The final ASP WCT showdown begins today at the Banzai Pipeline with round one of the Billabong Pipeline Masters. Here’s who is up in round one: Heat 1: Jihad Khodr (BRA) vs. Gavin Gillette (HAW) Heat 2: Gabe Kling (USA) vs. Kalani Chapman (HAW) Heat 3: Andy Irons (HAW) vs. Marcus Hickman (HAW) Heat 4: […]<\/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\/12281"}],"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=12281"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12283,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12281\/revisions\/12283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}