Chopes Finishes Rnd3

Its been small, but the Billabong Pro Tahiti has been action packed with tight scores, and come from behind wins. Patrick Gudauskas Dream Tour rookie, punctuated the morning’s action, executing an incredible Rodeo Flip in the dying moments of his Round 3 heat to overtake Chris Davidson and advance through to Round 4. Slater in typical style, pulled a late deep barrel to slide past local ripper Heiarii William. Be sure to check out all the action, the competition is off for today.. but hopefully will be back tomorrow. 

Also to note is the with the elimination of Polo, the ASP’s midyear field reduction is complete. The following 13 surfers have been relegated back to the ASP PRIME and Star events:

- Drew Courtney (AUS), 31

- Neco Padaratz (BRA), 34

- Tanner Gudauskas (USA), 22
- Mick Campbell (AUS), 34
- Kieren Perrow (AUS), 33
- Tom Whitaker (AUS), 30
- Kekoa Bacalso (HAW), 25
- Blake Thornton (AUS), 25
- Dean Morrison (AUS), 29

- Jay Thompson (AUS), 28
- Nate Yeomans (USA), 29

- Ben Dunn (AUS), 24
- Marco Polo (BRA), 29

Moving forward, the ASP World Title events will have 36-man fields comprised of the ASP Top 34 (Top 32 finishers after five events plus two surfer wildcards) and two event wildcards.

Highlights from the Billabong Pro Tahiti will be available via http://www.billabongpro.com/tahiti10/