{"id":19181,"date":"2010-10-31T14:48:13","date_gmt":"2010-10-31T21:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=19181"},"modified":"2010-10-31T14:57:53","modified_gmt":"2010-10-31T21:57:53","slug":"wildcard-dylan-graves-to-face-slater-in-round-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=19181","title":{"rendered":"Wildcard Dylan Graves To Face Slater In Round 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For those, like us, who are completely consumed with news of the battle between Kelly Slater<\/strong> and Jordy Smith<\/strong> for the 2010 ASP World Title here’s where we stand after the second day of the Rip Curl Pro Search Puerto Rico<\/a><\/strong>. Both Kelly and Jordy advanced on Saturday into round three and didn’t have to surf today (October 31, 2010). Tomorrow (if the contest runs) Kelly Slater will face local wildcard ripper Dylan Graves<\/strong> (who took out Ace Buchan<\/strong> today) in what may be one of the most important heats of the year. Following that, Jordy Smith faces Nike 6.0 Trestles champ Gabe Kling<\/strong>. Tough heats. If Jordy loses and Kelly wins it’s pretty much number 10 time.<\/p>\n

Here’s how the rest of round three sorts out:<\/p>\n

RIP CURL PRO SEARCH PUERTO RICO ROUND 3 MATCH-UPS:
\nHeat 1: Taj Burrow (AUS) vs. Dusty Payne (USA)
\nHeat 2: C.J. Hobgood (USA) vs. Taylor Knox (USA)
\nHeat 3: Dane Reynolds (USA) vs. Matt Wilkinson (AUS)
\nHeat 4: Adriano de Souza (BRA) vs. Tiago Pires (PRT)
\nHeat 5: Jeremy Flores (FRA) vs. Bobby Martinez (USA)
\nHeat 6: Kelly Slater (USA) vs. Dylan Graves (PRI)
\nHeat 7: Jordy Smith (ZAF) vs. Gabe Kling (USA)
\nHeat 8: Chris Davidson (AUS) vs. Fredrick Patacchia (HAW)
\nHeat 9: Owen Wright (AUS) vs. Brett Simpson (USA)
\nHeat 10: Bede Durbidge (AUS) vs.
\nHeat 11: Michel Bourez (PYF) vs. Kieren Perrow (AUS)
\nHeat 12: Mick Fanning (AUS) vs. Roy Powers (HAW)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For total coverage from today’s losers round and the women’s competition follow the jump.
\nSOMEWHERE, Porta Del Sol\/Puerto Rico (Sunday, October 31, 2010) \u2013 The Caribbean enjoyed its second, consecutive mammoth day of world-class surfing today with the Rip Curl Pro Search Puerto Rico clocking in another 20 heats of competition.<\/p>\n

Event No. 9 of 10 on the 2010 ASP World Tour, the Rip Curl Pro Search Puerto Rico recommenced this afternoon with Round 2 of competition, with some big upsets and monster performances from the world\u2019s best surfers to close out the day\u2019s proceedings.<\/p>\n

Dylan Graves (PRI), 24, wildcard into the Rip Curl Pro Search Puerto Rico via the Trials, collected the event\u2019s biggest scalp today, eliminating current ASP World No. 5 Adrian Buchan (AUS), 27, in Round 2 of competition. The win was celebrated heartily by the tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans who turned up to support the humble, young natural-footer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI couldn\u2019t be more stoked to have my family and friends on the beach and all of Puerto Rico backing me,\u201d Graves said. \u201cTo have it here in Middles, I couldn\u2019t ask for anything else. This is the biggest event to ever happen in Puerto Rico and I\u2019m so proud to have the opportunity to represent the country here.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Buchan suffered a broken board early on, Graves dissected the familiar righthanders, blending high-performance turns with beautiful rail work to advance through to Round 3.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was unfortunate for Ace (Adrian Buchan),\u201d Graves said. \u201cI watched that wave and it was pretty bowly. He was pushing it and that\u2019s what you got to do at this level. I know I have a big heat coming up but I\u2019m here to do my best.\u201d<\/p>\n

Graveswill face former nine-time ASP World Champion and current ASP World No. 1, Kelly Slater (USA), 38, in Round 3 of the Rip Curl Pro Search Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n

Taylor Knox (USA), 39, current ASP World No. 23, punctuated the afternoon with the highest-scoring wave of the event, a 9.57 out of a possible 10, for two vicious forehand hacks.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have really fond memories of coming here when I was younger,\u201d Knox said. \u201cYou don\u2019t have to work for speed on this wave, it just has it. So you can take off and it pushes you along pretty quickly. You can do some fun turns and it has a great barrel when the conditions right. Hopefully we get to see it in the coming days.\u201d<\/p>\n

Know will take on veteran compatriot C.J. Hobgood (USA), 31, when competition recommences.<\/p>\n

Taj Burrow (AUS), 32, current ASP World No. 4, opened up the afternoon\u2019s action with the top performance of the day, a 14.77 out of a possible 20, using a minimalist-yet-explosive approach to the punchy conditions.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth my waves really offered only two maneuvers and they were really similar,\u201d Burrow said. \u201cThe waves are really fun though. They don\u2019t offer a lot of room to move, but they\u2019re really punchy and I had a lot of fun. I hadn\u2019t seen much of Dillon (Perillo) surf much before this event, but he has a really good style and is explosive and I think he has a future. I wasn\u2019t taking the heat lightly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Burrow faces rookie sensation Dusty Payne (HAW), 21, in the opening heat of Round 3 when competition resumes.<\/p>\n

Brett Simpson (USA), 25, current ASP World No. 21, led the rookie charge through Round 2, scoring a sensational come-from-behind win over veteran Tom Whitaker (AUS), 31.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a pretty poor start out there and Tom (Whitaker) got a good barrel and some solid scores,\u201d Simpson said. \u201cI was getting pretty down on myself but I refocused and told myself it was possible. If I want to be a champion, I\u2019ve got to come from behind. That\u2019s what I did out there and that was a huge win for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Simpson will take on fellow rookie Owen Wright (AUS), 20, in Round 3 of the Rip Curl Pro Search Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n

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

Surfline, official forecaster for the Rip Curl Pro Puerto Rico, are calling for the NW\/NNW becoming N swell to mix in with the lingering trade swell Monday into Tuesday of next week. Smaller, short period trade windswell is expected for Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Highlights from the Rip Curl Pro Search Puerto Rico will be webcast LIVE via http:\/\/live.ripcurl.com<\/p>\n

The Rip Curl Pro Search Puerto Rico will be televised LIVE in Australia on FUEL TV. For more information, check out www.foxsports.com.au\/fueltv<\/p>\n

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

RIP CURL PRO SEARCH PUERTO RICO ROUND 2 RESULTS:
\nHeat 1:Taj Burrow (AUS) 14.77 def. Dillon Perillo (USA) 9.40
\nHeat 2:Dylan Graves (PRI) 13.10 def. Adrian Buchan (AUS) 11.03
\nHeat 3:Gabe Kling (USA) 12.83 def. Damien Hobgood (USA) 10.50
\nHeat 4:Chris Davidson (AUS) 11.80 def. Luke Munro (AUS) 10.07
\nHeat 5:Roy Powers (HAW) 12.10 def. Jadson Andre (BRA) 8.64
\nHeat 6:Bobby Martinez (USA) 13.93 def. Travis Logie (ZAF) 4.66
\nHeat 7:Dusty Payne (HAW) Advances Past Andy Irons (HAW)*
\nHeat 8:Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 12.10 def. Luke Stedman (AUS) 10.86
\nHeat 9:Taylor Knox (USA) 13.84 def. Kai Otton (AUS) 9.43
\nHeat 10:Matt Wilkinson (AUS) 10.33 def. Patrick Gudauskas (USA) 9.93
\nHeat 11:Brett Simpson (USA) 14.43 def. Tom Whitaker (AUS) 14.23
\nHeat 12:Daniel Ross (AUS) vs. Adam Melling (AUS) <\/p>\n

* Andy Irons formally withdrew from the Rip Curl Pro Search Puerto Rico today, citing an illness contracted from the previous event in Portugal. Dusty Payne automatically advances to Round 3.<\/p>\n

RIP CURL PRO SEARCH PUERTO RICO ROUND 3 MATCH-UPS:
\nHeat 1:Taj Burrow (AUS) vs. Dusty Payne (USA)
\nHeat 2:C.J. Hobgood (USA) vs. Taylor Knox (USA)
\nHeat 3:Dane Reynolds (USA) vs. Matt Wilkinson (AUS)
\nHeat 4:Adriano de Souza (BRA) vs. Tiago Pires (PRT)
\nHeat 5:Jeremy Flores (FRA) vs. Bobby Martinez (USA)
\nHeat 6:Kelly Slater (USA) vs. Dylan Graves (PRI)
\nHeat 7:Jordy Smith (ZAF) vs. Gabe Kling (USA)
\nHeat 8:Chris Davidson (AUS) vs. Fredrick Patacchia (HAW)
\nHeat 9:Owen Wright (AUS) vs. Brett Simpson (USA)
\nHeat 10:Bede Durbidge (AUS) vs.
\nHeat 11:Michel Bourez (PYF) vs. Kieren Perrow (AUS)
\nHeat 12:Mick Fanning (AUS) vs. Roy Powers (HAW)<\/p>\n

RIP CURL WOMEN\u2019S PRO SEARCH PUERTO RICO ROUND 3 RESULTS:
\nHeat 1:Lee Ann Curren (FRA) 7.56 def. Sofia Mulanovich (PER) 7.03
\nHeat 2:Chelsea Hedges (AUS) 10.67 def. Rosanne Hodge (ZAF) 10.60
\nHeat 3:Melanie Bartels (HAW) 11.94 def. Paige Hareb (NZL) 11.70
\nHeat 4:Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 15.57 def. Pauline Ado (FRA) 12.26
\nHeat 5:Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) 14.83 def. Nikita Robb (ZAF) 7.40
\nHeat 6:Coco Ho (HAW) 13.17 def. Rebecca Woods (AUS) 8.06
\nHeat 7:Carissa Moore (HAW) 10.00 def. Claire Bevilacqua (AUS) 7.87
\nHeat 8:Silvana Lima (BRA) 12.73 def. Bruna Schmitz (BRA) 9.17<\/p>\n

RIP CURL WOMEN\u2019S PRO SEARCH PUERTO RICO QUARTERFINAL MATCH-UPS:
\nQF 1:Lee Ann Curren (FRA) vs. Chelsea Hedges (AUS)
\nQF 2:Melanie Bartels (HAW) vs. Stephanie Gilmore (AUS)
\nQF 3:Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) vs. Coco Ho (HAW)
\nQF 4:Carissa Moore (HAW) vs. Silvana Lima (BRA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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