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Medina, Fanning and Slater: mind games before the showdown

Gabriel Medina, Mick Fanning and Kelly Slater have met up before the start of the 2014 Billabong Pipe Masters to discuss the season so far and speak about their strategies for the title race. The truth is that title contenders play safe when it comes to revealing tactics for the ultimate showdown. But there’s one […]

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The 2014 ASP World Tour will be decided in Pipeline

The 2014 ASP World Tour champion will be decided at the Billabong Pipeline Masters, in Hawaii. Gabriel Medina and Kelly Slater are out of the Moche Rip Curl Pro Portugal. Shifty five-to-eight foot barreling waves sent the world title race to Pipeline. Joel Parkinson, who also lost his Round 3 heat, is mathematically out of […]

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Firing barrels at the Billabong Pro Tahiti 2014

Solid 10-to-12-foot-plus barreling waves fired up the conclusion of Round 2 and 3 of the Billabong Pro Tahiti 2014, at Teahupoo. Tiago Pires, the Portuguese Tiger, posted two near-perfect scores – a 9.00 and a 9.67 – to defeat Taj Burrow. Pires displayed his best performance of the season. “I really like these kind of […]

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Classic wave rides at the J-Bay Open 2014

The Round 2 of the J-Bay Open 2014 has been completed in three-to-five foot (1 metre) top-to-bottom surf at Supertubes, Jeffreys Bay. Professional surfing’s win-or-die clash decided who will be riding Round 3, in South Africa’s most famous surf spot. Gabriel Medina, Joel Parkinson and Julian Wilson survived their elimination heats. They are joined by […]

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Young guns prevail at the Fiji Pro 2014

Gabriel Medina, Kolohe Andino, Nat Young and Michel Bourez are in the semifinals of the Fiji Pro 2014. It was an intense day of action, at Cloudbreak, getting the most of the three-to-five foot (1 – 1.5 metre) surf on offer in Tavarua. Mick Fanning and Kelly Slater fell in the quarterfinals. In one of […]

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Brazilian carnage at the 2014 Billabong Rio Pro

Adriano de Souza is the only Brazilian left in the 2014 Billabong Rio Pro, as competition moves to the quarterfinals, at Barra da Tijuca. The first heat of the day featured a barrel shootout between Gabriel Medina and veteran Travis Logie. Medina wasted little time in establishing a lead, earning an 8.50 for a deep […]

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Surprises open the Billabong Rio Pro 2014

A few surprises marked the first day of waves of the Billabong Rio Pro 2014, at the powerful beachbreak of Barra Da Tijuca. Tiago Pires sent Adriano de Souza and Sebastian Zietz to Round 2, with the first substantial ride of a 6.33 for two solid turns. Crowd favorite Gabriel Medina wasted little time to […]

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Stars fall in the opening day of 2014 Margaret River Pro

The first round of the 2014 Drug Aware Margaret River Pro has been completed with a few upsets, in offshore three-to-five foot conditions at Main Break. Local hero Taj Burrow, Hawaiian Fred Patacchia and Californian Brett Simpson would exchange a series of low scores throughout the majority of their quiet affair, leaving the door open […]

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