Tuesday 12/14/04

Epic surf for the first day of the Rip Curl Pipeline Master !!

Surf dropped a bit from yesterday and
it was epic in the morning with 6 to 8 feet, A frames breaking to Back Door and Pipeline.
The West, Northwest swell dropped a lot during the day but, on the other hand
the light winds held on all day providing some ripable,
competitive surfing conditions.
Six time world champion Kelly Slater (Florida, USA) dominated round one
posting a combined tally of two waves 19.1 points out of 20.

Results for Round One:
H1: Pat O'Connell (USA) 10.46; Jake Paterson (AUS) 9.9; Shane Beschen (USA) 7.84
H2: Toby Martin (AUS) 15.17; Darren O'Rafferty (AUS) 14.03; Michael Lowe (AUS) 10.16
H3: Raoni Monteiro (BRA) 14.46; Peterson Rosa (BRA) 12.5; Greg Emslie (ZAF) 12.34
H4: Tim Curran (USA) 16.2; Shane Dorian (HAW) 11.4; Beau Emerton (AUS) 4.3
H5: Kalani Robb (HAW) 17.5; Luke Egan (AUS) 12.9; Luke Hitchings (AUS) 11.4
H6: C.J. Hobgood (USA) 16.26; Richard Lovett (AUS) 14.6; Eric Rebiere (FRA) 8.57
H7: Lee Winkler (AUS) 15.83; Jamie O'Brien (HAW) 13.7; Taj Burrow (AUS) 8.67
H8: Andy Irons (HAW) 12.83; Mikey Bruneau (HAW) 11.5; Cory Lopez (USA) 10.67
H9: Kelly Slater (USA) 19.1; Pancho Sullivan (HAW) 15.6; Paulo Moura (BRA) 9.4
H10: Sunny Garcia (HAW) 14.5; Joel Parkinson (AUS) 14.33; Bruno Santos (BRA) 12.44
H11: Neco Padaratz (BRA) 16.1; Armando Daltro (BRA) 12.5; Daniel Wills (AUS) 12.2
H12: Nathan Webster (AUS) 12.6; Victor Ribas (BRA) 10.23; Phillip MacDonald (AUS) 5.57
H13: Dean Morrison (AUS) 18.96; Guilherme Herdy (BRA) 16.16; Chris Davidson (AUS) 8.83
H14: Mark Occhilupo (AUS) 15.33; Trent Munro (AUS) 13.26; Marcelo Nunes (BRA) 7.6
H15: Troy Brooks (AUS) 10.57; Tom Whitaker (AUS) 10.33; Bruce Irons (HAW) 1.07
H16: Taylor Knox (USA) 12.83; Michael Campbell (AUS) 4.16; Kieren Perrow (AUS) 3.83

Even with a hurt back Pat O'Connell advanced in first with solid rides

Joel Parkinson, Australia

Kelly Slater, Florida

Darren O'Rafferty, Australia

Pancho Sullivan, Hawaii

 

 A gigantic swell is expected to hit the North and West facing shores tonight into tomorrow and the
Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational may take place tomorrow at Waimea Bay.

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