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Organizers Gearing Up For Thursday Start
Author: ASP World Tour
Strong winds and 4ft (1.3m) waves out of the north direction are again on offer this morning at Pipeline. An occasionally good Backdoor righthander is exploding along the shallow reef break, but organizers are expecting tomorrow’s new swell to hold more of the ideal west direction, with the famed Pipeline lefts doing their thing.
Following the late withdrawal of Darren O’Rafferty (Port Macquarie, Aus), as well as Michael Campbell - who re-injured his knee during competition at the Rip Curl Cup at Sunset Beach last week – nine surfers will now emerge from the Xbox Pipeline Masters Trials division. This means both semifinals and the otherwise planned Trials Final will no longer need to be contested, allowing a quicker progression into the main event draw.
The Xbox Gerry Lopez Pipeline Masters has a 13-day waiting period (Dec 8-20) in which to select the best possible surf for the three days of competition required to determine a winner. Another decision will be made by 7am (local time) tomorrow.
Follow the action live on the internet at www.aspworldtour.com or www.triplecrownofsurfing.com where you will find streaming video, audio commentary, live scores and results on the days that the competition takes place.
The Vans Triple Crown Series features the world's top athletes competing in three championship events in each of the following sports: Skateboarding, Wakeboarding, Surfing, Snowboarding, BMX and Freestyle Motocross. The Series is made possible through the support of Vans, the Xbox video game system from Microsoft, Mountain Dew, Ford Trucks, Right Guard Xtreme Sport, Fox Sports Net, Surfing Magazine and NBC Sports.
Xbox Gerry Lopez Pipeline Masters Trials (Top 9 surfers will receive a wildcard into the main event.)
H1: Bruce Irons (Haw), Takayuki Wakita (Jpn), Evan Valeire (Haw), Joel Centeio (Haw)
H2: Pancho Sullivan (Haw), Mark Healy (Haw), Jesse Merle-Jones (Haw), Joel Tudor (USA)
H3: Danny Fuller (Haw), Rob Machado (USA), Myles Padaca (Haw), Naohisa Ogawa (Jpn)
H4: Jamie O'Brien (Haw), Derek Ho (Haw), Raimana Boucher (Tah), Makua Rothman (Haw)
H5: Braden Dias (Haw), Jonah Morgan (Haw), Strider Wasilewski (USA), Love Hodel (Haw)
H6: Tamayo Perry (Haw), Brian Pacheco (Haw), Hira Terinatoofa (Tah), Christian Fletcher (USA)
H7: Jamie Sterling (Haw), Liam McNamara (Haw), Fred Patacchia (Haw), Rocky Cannon (Haw)
H8: Kalani Chapman (Haw), Marcus Hickman (Haw), Eric Rebeire (Eur), John Gomes (Haw)
Further information:
Hotline: +1-808-638-5024
Jesse Faen
International Media Manager
Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP)
mailto:jesse@aspworldtour.com
http://www.aspworldtour.com/
Mobile (onsite): +61-(0)-407-189-289
ASP Office (Aus): +61-(0)-755-991-550
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Vans Triple Crown Media Director Jodi Young
Phone: 1-808-258-8533
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