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Joel Parkinson (AUS) Miguel Pupo (BRA) Brett Simpson (USA) QUIKSILVER PRO Michel Bourez (PYF) GOLD COAST ROUND ONE 25th Ratings Points 500 13th Ratings Points 1750 1st>Rnd3,2nd,3rd>Rnd2 1st>Rnd3,2nd=25th 1st>Rnd4,2nd=13th Pts Plc us$-Prizemoney $9,000 us$-Prizemoney $10,500 R 6 Joel Parkinson (AUS) 15.16 1 ROUND 2 HEAT 1 Pts Plc ROUND 3 HEAT 1 Pts Plc ROUND 5 W 1 19 Miguel Pupo (BRA) 11.00 3 Mick Fanning (AUS) 4 ROUND 4 1st>Quarters,2nd=9th QUARTER FINALS B 31 Brett Simpson (USA) 11.87 2 Dane Reynolds (USA) 21 1st>Quarters,2nd,3rd>Rnd5 9th Ratings Points 4000 5th Ratings Points 5200 QUIKSILVER PRO R 5 Michel Bourez (PYF) 14.44 2 HEAT 2 HEAT 2 us$-Prizemoney $12,750 us$-Prizemoney $15,000 GOLD COAST - QLD - AUSTRALIA W 2 20 Sebastian Zietz (HAW) 14.60 1 Kelly Slater (USA) 9 HEAT 1 Pts Plc Pts Plc Pts Plc FFEBRUARY 28TH - MARCH 11TH B 32 Ricardo Christie (NZL) 8.94 3 Jack Freestone (AUS) 16 1.1 R4H1.2nd R4H1.1st US$525,000 R 4 Kelly Slater (USA) 14.43 2 HEAT 3 HEAT 3 1.2 HEAT 1 QUARTER 1 W 3 21 Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 17.06 1 Michel Bourez (PYF) 5 1.3 R4H2.3rd R5H1.1st B 33 CJ Hobgood (USA) 12.50 3 Glenn Hall (IRL) 20 R 3 John John Florence (HAW) 16.80 1 HEAT 4 HEAT 4 W 4 22 Jadson Andre (BRA) 12.57 3 Adriano De Souza (BRA) 8 HEAT 2 SEMI-FINALS B 34 Glenn Hall (IRL) 12.84 2 CJ Hobgood (USA) 17 1.4 R4H2.2nd R4H2.1st 3rd Ratings Points 6500 FINAL R 2 Mick Fanning (AUS) 17.06 2 HEAT 5 HEAT 5 1.5 HEAT 2 QUARTER 2 us$-Prizemoney $20,000 1st Ratings Points W 5 23 Matt Banting (AUS) 17.76 1 Taj Burrow (AUS) 12 1.6 R4H1.3rd R5H2.1st Pts Plc us$-Prizemoney B 35 Jack Freestone (AUS) 15.83 3 Ricardo Christie (NZL) 13 QH1.1st 2nd Ratings Points R 1 Gabriel Medina (BRA) 18.30 1 HEAT 6 HEAT 6 SEMI FINAL 1 us$-Prizemoney W 6 24 Wiggolly Dantas (BRA) 16.83 2 Josh Kerr (AUS) 1 QH2.1st B 36 Dane Reynolds (USA) 8.27 3 Brett Simpson (USA) 24 SH1.1st R 7 Jordy Smith (ZAF) 16.14 1 HEAT 7 HEAT 7 FINAL W 7 18 Kai Otton (AUS) 15.03 2 Kolohe Andino (USA) 2 SH2.1st B 30 Jeremy Flores (FRA) 12.67 3 Jeremy Flores (FRA) 23 QH3.1st R 8 Adriano De Souza (BRA) 12.53 2 HEAT 8 HEAT 8 SEMI FINAL 2 W 8 17 Filipe Toledo (BRA) 11.66 3 Owen Wright (AUS) 11 HEAT 3 QH4.1st B 29 Dusty Payne (HAW) 16.34 1 Keanu Asing (HAW) 14 1.7 R4H3.2nd R4H3.1st R 9 Taj Burrow (AUS) 15.80 2 HEAT 9 HEAT 9 1.8 HEAT 3 QUARTER 3 W 9 16 Bede Durbidge (AUS) 17.10 1 Adrian Buchan (AUS) 7 1.9 R4H4.3rd R5H3.1st B 28 Keanu Asing (HAW) 12.43 3 Italo Ferreira (BRA) 18 R 10 Josh Kerr (AUS) 4.10 3 HEAT 10 HEAT 10 W 10 15 Adrian Buchan (AUS) 5.04 2 Filipe Toledo (BRA) 6 HEAT 4 B 27 Matt Wilkinson (AUS) 13.44 1 Adam Melling (AUS) 19 1.10 R4H4.2nd R4H4.1st R 11 Kolohe Andino (USA) 10.43 3 HEAT 11 HEAT 11 1.11 HEAT 4 QUARTER 4 W 11 14 Julian Wilson (AUS) 15.43 1 Kai Otton (AUS) 10 1.12 R4H3.3rd R5H4.1st B 26 Italo Ferreira (BRA) 14.97 2 Wiggolly Dantas (BRA) 15 Feb 28 : Snapper Rocks, 2-3 feet, light variable winds, sunny, good conditions. R1, H1-12. R 12 Owen Wright (AUS) 9.10 3 HEAT 12 HEAT 12 W 12 13 Nat Young (USA) 15.80 1 Miguel Pupo (BRA) 3 B 25 Adam Melling (AUS) 10.30 2 Jadson Andre (BRA) 22 10000 $100,000 8000 $40,000 Pts Plc.
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