Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast Winner!

Well, Kelly Slater has done it again folks. Not only has he won the Quiky Pro but also solidified yet another bench mark by become the first person to ever win 3 Quiksilver Pro's. Will this put Slater on a role to win another ASP World Title? He is obviously the one to beat again this year, even after a few close calls in some of Slater heats. Slater stated a few times that he wasn't up to his best surfing yet during almost the whole contest. Was this a mind game that he played on everyone, did he hold back, could he really surf better? These are all questions his competitors are contemplating while going into the next contest at Bell's Beach. I suppose we will all have to wait and see what happens, whether he retire's or try's for another World Title.

Round 4 Highlights and Roxy Pro Winner

Mens Highlights
Well Jordy Smith, who seemed to be taking a little more risk in some of his maneuvers, which is where I noticed Joel was not, took the heat win. Joel looked great but just lacked that risk taking on his waves. We all know that Joel is notorious for being the smoothest surfer on tour and often gets underscored because he makes it look to easy. Jordy surfed an amazing heat and kept the presser on through out the heat, which led to Joel letting Jordy take a wave right before the end of the heat.
Taj and Adriano’s heat was action packed with both surfers just throwing caution to the wind on every wave. It was a back and forth battle till the final buzzer, which saw Taj tack the win by just .12 points. Taj definitely has a fire burning especially since he was last years Quicksilver Pro Champ.
Michel Bourez and Tiago Pires also had a very close heat. These two battled it out till the buzzer, leaving Tiago in the lead to move on to Quarter Finals. And of course Kelly Slater went on to take his heat win and also move on the Quarter Finals.
So, here are our match ups going into the Quarter Finals:
Heat 1:                                    Heat 2:
Dusty Payne (HAW) red        Matt Wilkinson (AUS) red
Kelly Slater (USA) wht          Tiago Pires (PRT) wht

Heat 3:                                    Heat 4:
Brett Simpson (USA)red        Alejo Muniz (BRA) red
Taj Burrow (AUS) wht          Jordy Smith (ZAF) wht



 Roxy Pro Winner Carissa Moore

Mens Round 3 Best Heats in my opinion and Roxy Pro Round 4 Highlights

Finally the contest has got some decent waves and has been able to complete two more rounds. Here are a few highlight heats from round 3 of the mens that I found to be very exciting to watch. Also a video of the women's round 4 highlights. Enjoy the videos and come back for updates each day.


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Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast Round 2 Highlights, Results and Round 3 Matchups

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QUIKSILVER PRO GOLD COAST ROUND 2 RESULTS:
Heat 1:Matt Banting (AUS) 9.43 def. Bede Durbidge (AUS) 4.00
Heat 2: Adrian Buchan (AUS) 14.17 def. Mitch Crews (AUS) 13.10
Heat 3: Adriano de Souza (BRA) 10.83 def. Marc Lacomare (FRA) 8.66
Heat 4: Michel Bourez (PYF) 13.40 def. Raoni Monteiro (BRA) 4.80
Heat 5: Cory Lopez (USA) 7.83 def. Chris Davidson (AUS) 4.77
Heat 6: Jadson Andre (BRA) 10.17 def. Gabe Kling (USA) 9.00
Heat 7: Dusty Payne (HAW) 12.33 def. Damien Hobgood (USA) 10.83|
Heat 8: Alejo Muniz (BRA) 12.60 def. Kieren Perrow (AUS) 11.27
Heat 9: Kai Otton (AUS) 13.73 def. C.J. Hobgood (USA) 7.06
Heat 10: Brett Simpson (USA) 16.73 def. Patrick Gudauskas (USA) 9.90
Heat 11: Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 11.50 def. Taylor Knox (USA) 10.50
Heat 12: Heitor Alves (BRA) 14.50 def. Bobby Martinez (USA) 12.83

QUIKSILVER PRO GOLD COAST ROUND 3 MATCH-UPS:
Heat 1: Mick Fanning (AUS) vs. Dusty Payne (HAW)
Heat 2: Jadson Andre (BRA) vs. Tiago Pires (PRT)
Heat 3: Adrian Buchan (AUS) vs. Josh Kerr (AUS)
Heat 4: Michel Bourez (PYF) vs. Adam Melling (AUS)
Heat 5: Heitor Alves (BRA) vs. Matt Wilkinson (AUS)
Heat 6: Kelly Slater (USA) vs. Matt Banting (AUS)
Heat 7: Jordy Smith (ZAF) vs. Cory Lopez (USA)
Heat 8: Brett Simpson (AUS) vs. Fredrick Patacchia (HAW)
Heat 9: Adriano de Souza (BRA) vs. Daniel Ross (AUS)
Heat 10: Owen Wright (AUS) vs. Alejo Muniz (BRA)
Heat 11: Joel Parkinson (AUS) vs. Kai Otton (AUS)
Heat 12: Taj Burrow (AUS) vs. Julian Wilson (AUS)

ROXY PRO GOLD COAST ROUND 4 MATCH-UPS:
Heat 1: Pauline Ado (FRA) vs. Tyler Wright (AUS)
Heat 2: Laura Enever (AUS) vs. Sofia Mulanovich (PER)
Heat 3: Coco Ho (HAW) vs. Jacqueline Silva (BRA)
Heat 4: Carissa Moore (HAW) vs. Courtney Conlogue (USA)