Lay day called for Quiksilver Pro and Roxy Pro
The opening event of the 2013 Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Championship Tour Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast and 2013 ASP Women’s World Championship Tour Roxy Pro Gold Coast remained on hold as the event organisers gave a call for lay day due
to small surf on offer at Snapper Rocks in Queensland, Australia, on Friday, March 8.
The conditions at the primary event site have been pretty inconsistent throughout the week, allowing only the first round of men’s event to complete, whereas the women’s event has managed to reach the semi-final stage by continuing the proceedings at Rainbow
Bay and Kirra, where the conditions were decent enough to allow the surfers to find and ride waves.
The event organisers are waiting for the surf to build up at Snapper Rocks and therefore took the decision of calling a lay day for both the men’s as well as women’s competition today.
“The surf has decreased this morning and we have called a lay day for both men’s and women’s competition today,” Rich Porta, ASP International Head Judge, said. “Forecasts are projecting the surf to build back up over the coming days so we’ll return tomorrow
to reassess conditions and make another call then.”
The first and only round of Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast that has completed so far featured quite a handful of upsets, with the likes of defending ASP World Champion Joel Parkinson failing to register a win and consequently getting relegated to the second round
to have one final shot at getting into the third round. The Australian did not go down without a fight though, going over a heat-total of 17. However, his compatriot Matt Wilkinson still managed to surpass his score to claim the win.
Taj Burrow and Owen Wright were also among the Australian heavy-weights that stumbled in their Round 1 heats, while Brazil’s Adriano de Souza slid into the relegation round as well after failing to make much of an impact in his first heat of the event.
The women’s competition featured plenty of exquisite performances, though there were not any big upsets as the final four got decided. Defending ASP Women’s World Champion Stephanie Gilmore and her fellow Australian surfers Sally Fitzgibbons and Tyler Wright
made it to the semi-finals, where they were joined by the former ASP Women’s World Champion Carissa Moore.
The event organisers will reconvene at Snapper Rocks tomorrow to assess the conditions and make another call.
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