{"id":43018,"date":"2013-08-14T11:16:38","date_gmt":"2013-08-14T18:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=43018"},"modified":"2013-08-14T11:16:46","modified_gmt":"2013-08-14T18:16:46","slug":"tomorrow-its-teahupoo-time-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=43018","title":{"rendered":"Tomorrow It&#8217;s Teahupo&#8217;o Time Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/71481590\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billabongpro.com\/tahiti13\" target=\"_blank\">Billabong Pro Tahiti <\/a><\/strong>waiting period begins tomorrow (Thursday, August 15. 2013) and it appears that 2011&#8217;s monster wave fest will not be repeated at stop number six of the 2013 ASP World Championship Tour.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Surfline, official forecasters for the Billabong Pro Tahiti, are calling for: A modest, mid period SW swell will build in Thursday before easing slowly on Friday. A smaller SW swell is possible for Sunday, with a series of small to modest SW to S swells possible for the last few days of the waiting period.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Remember that &#8220;modest&#8221; in Teahupo&#8217;o standards is 6 to 8 foot waves. So don&#8217;t cool your jets just yet. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billabongpro.com\/tahiti13\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for all the contest details<\/a><\/strong>, or follow the jump for the official word from the ASP.<!--more-->&lt;iframe src=&#8221;http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/71481590&#8243; width=&#8221;450&#8243; height=&#8221;253&#8243; frameborder=&#8221;0&#8243; webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#8221;http:\/\/vimeo.com\/71481590&#8243;&gt;How NOT To Surf Teahupo&#8217;o&lt;\/a&gt; from &lt;a href=&#8221;http:\/\/vimeo.com\/billabong&#8221;&gt;Billabong&lt;\/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&#8221;https:\/\/vimeo.com&#8221;&gt;Vimeo&lt;\/a&gt;.&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n<p>TEAHUPO\u2019O, Tahiti (Wednesday, August 14, 2013) \u2013 The world\u2019s best surfers will resume this season\u2019s hunt for the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Title this week at Stop No. 6 of 10 on the 2013 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT), the Billabong Pro Tahiti, held at the world-famous, lefthand reed pass of Teahupo\u2019o from August 15 \u2013 26.<\/p>\n<p>Commencing the second half of the 2013 ASP WCT season, the Billabong Pro Tahiti will reignite this year\u2019s battle for surfing supremacy and two-time ASP World Champion (2007, 2009) and defending event winner Mick Fanning (AUS), 32, leads the ASP Top 34 as the current frontrunner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTahiti is a place where I have put a lot of focus on in my career,\u201d Fanning said. \u201cWhen I first started out on tour, my forehand was definitely stronger than my backhand and I made it a point to come to place like Teahupo\u2019o in my free time to build a stronger backhand tube-riding approach. I\u2019ve had some pretty solid results in Tahiti since and last year\u2019s win was definitely special.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kelly Slater (USA), 41, 11-time ASP World Champion and four time Tahiti winner, opened up 2013 with a big win on the Gold Coast and backed it up with a tour de force performance in Fiji, but stumbles at Bells Beach and Bali have the iconic athlete currently trailing Fanning heading into Tahiti.<\/p>\n<p>Joel Parkinson (AUS), 32, reigning ASP World Champion and current ASP WCT No. 3, had an uncharacteristic slow start to the 2013 season, but rebounded in fantastic form with a win at the previous event in Bali. Runner-up to stablemate Fanning in the last year\u2019s Billabong Pro Tahiti, the champ is hungry to improve upon the result in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I look back at last year\u2019s Teahupo\u2019o event, it kills me,\u201d Parkinson said. \u201cI felt like I did everything right that I needed to do and it just crushed me to come so close and get second. My one goal moving ahead is to win Teahupo\u2019o.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Surfline, official forecasters for the Billabong Pro Tahiti, are calling for:<\/p>\n<p>A modest, mid period SW swell will build in Thursday before easing slowly on Friday. A smaller SW swell is possible for Sunday, with a series of small to modest SW to S swells possible for the last few days of the waiting period.<\/p>\n<p>Withdraws from the event include Owen Wright (AUS), Glenn Hall (IRL), Tiago Pires (PRT), Dusty Payne (HAW) and Raoni Monteiro (BRA).<\/p>\n<p>The two event wildcards as determined by the Trials are are Alain Riou (PYF) and Anthony Walsh (AUS).<\/p>\n<p>The two ASP Replacements due to event withdrawals are Patrick Gudauskas (USA) and Yadin Nicol (AUS).<\/p>\n<p>The three event replacements due to withdrawals are Nathan Hedge (AUS), Jocelyn Poulou (PYF) and Ian Walsh (HAW).<\/p>\n<p>Selection for the event wildcards and replacements was based on the Trials\u2019 results.<\/p>\n<p>The Billabong Pro Tahiti will be webcast LIVE via www.billabongpro.com<\/p>\n<p>For more information, log onto www.aspworldtour.com<\/p>\n<p>BILLABONG PRO TAHITI ROUND 1 MATCH-UPS:<br \/>\nHeat 1: Nat Young (USA), Bede Durbidge (AUS), Patrick Gudauskas (USA)<br \/>\nHeat 2: Taj Burrow (AUS), Matt Wilkinson (AUS), Nathan Hedge (AUS)<br \/>\nHeat 3: Jordy Smith (ZAF), Travis Logie (ZAF), Alan Riou (PYF)<br \/>\nHeat 4: Joel Parkinson (AUS), Kolohe Andino (USA), Anthony Walsh (AUS)<br \/>\nHeat 5: Kelly Slater (USA), Brett Simpson (USA), Ian Walsh (HAW)<br \/>\nHeat 6: Mick Fanning (AUS), Fredrick Patacchia (HAW), Jocelyn Poulou (PYF)<br \/>\nHeat 7: Adriano de Souza (BRA), Adrian Buchan (AUS), Kieren Perrow (AUS)<br \/>\nHeat 8: Michel Bourez (PYF), Kai Otton (AUS), Yadin Nicol (AUS)<br \/>\nHeat 9: Josh Kerr (AUS), Gabriel Medina (BRA), Alejo Muniz (BRA)<br \/>\nHeat 10: C.J. Hobgood (USA), Jeremy Flores (FRA), Adam Melling (AUS)<br \/>\nHeat 11: Julian Wilson (AUS), John John Florence (HAW), Miguel Pupo (BRA)<br \/>\nHeat 12: Sebastian Zietz (HAW), Filipe Toledo (BRA), Damien Hobgood (USA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Billabong Pro Tahiti waiting period begins tomorrow (Thursday, August 15. 2013) and it appears that 2011&#8217;s monster wave fest will not be repeated at stop number six of the 2013 ASP World Championship Tour. 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