{"id":21982,"date":"2011-03-08T07:27:52","date_gmt":"2011-03-08T15:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=21982"},"modified":"2011-03-08T14:18:36","modified_gmt":"2011-03-08T22:18:36","slug":"crazy-round-5-at-quik-pro-gold-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=21982","title":{"rendered":"Crazy Round 5 At Quik Pro Gold Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The quarterfinals and finals of the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast <\/a><\/strong>will go down today beginning at 1:30 PM PST (7:30 AM March 9, local time), but some of the most most savagely contested heats in ASP history went down in Round 5 as five of the ASP’s top ranked surfers fought to get back in the game after losing their morning Round 4 heats.<\/p>\n

Kelly Slater<\/strong>, Jordy Smith<\/strong>, Taj Burrow<\/strong>, Adriano de Souza<\/strong> and Joel Parkinson<\/strong> all found themselves out of the winners slot on Tuesday morning. After four heats of Round 5, however, Kelly slipped past Ace Buchan, Taj Burrow pulled out the highest heat total of the event so far (19.06) to edge Adriano de Souza, and Jordy Smith snuck past Parko in the last minute of the final heat of the day.<\/p>\n

Jordy Smith (ZAF), 23, 2010 ASP World Runner-Up and Runner-Up at the 2010 Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast, kept his dreams alive tonight with a sensational come-from-behind victory over local standout Joel Parkinson (AUS), 29, in Round 5. Needing a big score in the dying moments, Smith took a wave off of Parkinson\u2019s priority and secured the 7.50 out of a possible 10 and the win. . . \u201cI\u2019m really stoked right now,\u201d Smith said. \u201cFinally something good came. I had a bummer of a morning and I was kind of down after losing my first heat. He (Parkinson) always beats me and I\u2019ve looked up to him forever. I don\u2019t know what to say, I\u2019m rattled right now.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here to watch the heats on demand<\/a><\/strong> (we suggest Taj vs. Adriano and Jordy vs. Parko) or follow the jump for the official word from the ASP.Quarterfinalists Set at Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast, Stage Set for Electric Finale Tomorrow<\/strong><\/p>\n

SNAPPER ROCKS, Queensland\/Australia (Tuesday, March 8, 2011) \u2013The Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast presented by Land Rover, the opening stop of the 2011 ASP World Title season, completed Rounds 4 and 5 today with the most electrifying surfing of the event in clean two-to-three foot (1 metre) waves at the primary venue of Snapper Rocks.<\/p>\n

Taj Burrow (AUS), 32, defending Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast Champion, continued to prove he is the man to beat at Snapper Rocks; the Western Australian posted the highest heat total of the event, a 19.06 out of a possible 20, to dispatch of red hot South American Adriano de Souza (BRA), 24, in a blow for blow Round 5.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just wanted to get back in that heat,\u201d Burrow said. \u201cAdriano (de Souza) raised it by getting that 9 at the start and it made me hungry. It\u2019s awesome when you dig deep and it goes your way at the end. I surfed my guts out and know judges like when you\u2019re committed and I\u2019m just glad they rewarded it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jordy Smith (ZAF), 23, 2010 ASP World Runner-Up and Runner-Up at the 2010 Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast, kept his dreams alive tonight with a sensational come-from-behind victory over local standout Joel Parkinson (AUS), 29, in Round 5. Needing a big score in the dying moments, Smith took a wave off of Parkinson\u2019s priority and secured the 7.50 out of a possible 10 and the win.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really stoked right now,\u201d Smith said. \u201cFinally something good came. I had a bummer of a morning and I was kind of down after losing my first heat. He (Parkinson) always beats me and I\u2019ve looked up to him forever. I don\u2019t know what to say, I\u2019m rattled right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Matt Wilkinson (AUS), 22, into his second year amongst the ASP Top 34, posted a career-best result this morning, besting reigning 10-time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA), 39, and Michel Bourez (PYF), 25, in their Round 4 clash to advance directly to the Quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a really tough heat,\u201d Wilkinson said. \u201cThe waves are really fat with the high tide. I got a first one and it had a good section and I fell off. There was only 20 seconds to go and Michel (Bourez) got what was I thought was the last wave and the next double up came off of the rock. I didn\u2019t know if I was going to get it. I knew I only needed a small score and got a bit excited and had a little claim about halfway through the wave. This is my best result in a World Tour event. It\u2019s a great way to start the year and I\u2019m happy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Slater, although relegated to the elimination Round 5, recovered well to take down an in form Adrian Buchan (AUS), 28, to advance through to the Quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel a little better,\u201d Slater said. \u201cI just felt a little weak and off of my game today. I didn\u2019t sleep great and ate late last night. I didn\u2019t get enough sleep and felt a little shaky and off tune. I went home and rested and tried to hit the reset button before the second heat. I don\u2019t feel like I\u2019ve kicked it into high gear just yet, so it\u2019s nice to make a heat feeling like you didn\u2019t have it all in the tank.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ever guarded when discussing his annual plans, Slater was contemplative in terms of his agenda for 2011.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes I look back at everything and I\u2019m pretty stoked,\u201d Slater said. \u201cIt\u2019s been a long time, I just love it. I don\u2019t always love the competition side of things and I just love to surf and love to get in the water. It\u2019s a blessing to surf here alone. All of these people don\u2019t get to surf Snapper with no one out. I want to keep making heats so I don\u2019t have to free-surf as much. I don\u2019t really know about my plans this year. I guess I\u2019ve put it out there that I might retire or it\u2019s been put out there by other people. I guess people didn\u2019t expect that I would get a title this late in my career and I don\u2019t know what\u2019s possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brett Simpson (USA), 26, who posted the highest scores in the early rounds of the Quiksilver Pro, returned in lethal form today, notching an impressive Round 4 victory this morning to relegate ASP World No. 2 Jordy Smith (ZAF), 23, and Brazilian standout Adriano de Souza (BRA), 24, to Round 5 while advancing directly into the Quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

\u201cI made a stupid mistake at the end of that heat,\u201d Simpson said. \u201cOn the wave that Adriano (de Souza) got, I tried an air and the wave went all the way to Greenmount. I had a couple of 8s which is a great heat out there, and thought I needed to go big if I was going to better my scores because Jordy (Smith) gets 9s all the time. I was just trying to hold position out there, which is tough because it\u2019s a three man heat with no priority, but I got a couple of nice waves out there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dusty Payne (HAW), 22, who eliminated local favorite and two-time ASP World Champion Mick Fanning (AUS), 29, from competition yesterday, continued to show his poise in his sophomore year amongst the elite ranks to take a commanding Round 4 victory over dangerous goofy-footer Adrian Buchan (AUS), 28, and Portuguese standout Tiago Pires (PRT), 30.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m feeling way more comfortable this year than I did last year,\u201d Payne said. \u201cI\u2019m in the Quarterfinals now and that\u2019s my best ever result on the World Tour so I couldn\u2019t be happier.\u201d<\/p>\n

Event organizers will reconvene tomorrow morning at 6:30am to assess conditions for a possible 7:30am start.<\/p>\n

When competition resumes, up first will be Dusty Payne (HAW), 22, up against Kelly Slater (USA), 39, in the first Quarterfinal.
\nHighlights from the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast will be available via http:\/\/www.quiksilverpro.com.au<\/p>\n

The event will also be broadcast LIVE free-to-air on One HD.<\/p>\n

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

QUIKSILVER PRO GOLD COAST ROUND 4 RESULTS:
\nHeat 1: Dusty Payne (HAW) 14.07, Adrian Buchan (AUS) 11.83, Tiago Pires (PRT) 11.80
\nHeat 2: Matt Wilkinson (AUS) 13.53, Michel Bourez (PYF) 11.14, Kelly Slater (USA) 11.06
\nHeat 3: Brett Simpson (USA) 16.60, Adriano de Souza (BRA) 15.63, Jordy Smith (ZAF) 13.87
\nHeat 4: Alejo Muniz (BRA) 15.23, Joel Parkinson (AUS) 12.76, Taj Burrow (AUS) 11.56<\/p>\n

QUIKSILVER PRO GOLD COAST ROUND 5 RESULTS:
\nHeat 1: Kelly Slater (USA) 15.80 def. Adrian Buchan (AUS) 15.60
\nHeat 2: Tiago Pires (PRT) 13.27 def. Michel Bouez (PYF) 12.94
\nHeat 3: Taj Burrow (AUS) 19.06 def. Adriano de Souza (BRA) 18.94
\nHeat 4: Jordy Smith (ZAF) 16.67 def. Joel Parkinson (AUS) 16.17<\/p>\n

QUIKSILVER PRO GOLD COAST QUARTERFINAL MATCH-UPS:
\nQF 1: Dusty Payne (HAW) vs. Kelly Slater (USA)
\nQF 2: Matt Wilkinson (AUS) vs. Tiago Pires (PRT)
\nQF 3: Brett Simpson (USA) vs. Taj Burrow (AUS)
\nQF 4: Alejo Muniz (BRA) vs. Jordy Smith (ZAF)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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