Fanning, Hobgood and Kerr through to Round 4 of Volcom Fiji Pro – Surfing news
Australia’s Mick Fanning, his compatriot Josh Kerr and America’s C.J. Hobgood secured their place in the fourth round of Volcom Fiji Pro, the fourth of ten stops on the 2013 Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Championship Tour, after emerging
triumphant in their respective Round 3 heats that went down at Cloudbreak in Tavarua, Fiji, on Tuesday, June 11, 2013.
The perfect six-to-eight foot waves on offer at the main event venue finally allowed the competition to resume after staying on hold for the last three-to-four days.
The latest day’s proceedings were expected to be nothing short of thrilling, as the world’s top surfers got ready to battle it out for survival in exciting conditions.
Fanning, former two-time ASP World Champion, found himself pitted against Brazil’s Heitor Alves in the seventh heat of Round 3.
It turned out to be pretty one-sided contest, as Alves struggled to adapt to the high-performance waves on hand. He only managed to get to a heat-total of 5.67 points, which included a 3.17 and 2.50-point ride.
Fanning did not look too comfortable during the course of the heat either, but he still managed to find himself a 6.83 and 4.83-point ride, thus registering a heat-total of 11.66 points. The score proved more than sufficient to earn him the win and consequently
take him through into the next round.
The eighth heat pitted Hobgood against South Africa’s Travis Logie in a one-on-one bout for the Round 4 spot.
Both the surfers started off slow, clearly letting the conditions get the better of them. The American surfer, however, managed to break free of the shackles eventually and got himself a 5.17 and 4.50 off two comparatively better waves, thus getting to a
heat-total of 9.67 points.
Logie, on the other hand, ended the heat on a two-wave total of 7.87 points, which comprised of a 5.27 and 2.60-point ride.
The next heat saw Kerr lock horns with America’s Brett Simpson for a place in the fourth round.
The conditions kept the two surfers from expressing themselves freely, though the Australian surfer still managed to clinch the win after registering a heat-total of 10.76 points, which comprised of a 6.83 and a 3.93-point ride.
Simpson only managed to get to a heat-total of 6.13 points, which included a 3.20 and 2.93-point ride. The inadequate score resulted in his elimination from the competition.
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