Michel Bourez and Alejo Muniz advance to Round 3 at Billabong Pro Tahiti
Tahiti’s Michel Bourez and Brazil’s Alejo Muniz advanced to Round 3 at Billabong Pro Tahiti, the fifth of ten stops on the 2012 Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Championship Tour, after claiming top honours in their respective Round 2 heats
that went down at Teahupo’o in Taiarapu, Tahiti, on Friday, August 17.
Bourez got the better of America’s Patrick Gudauskas in the fifth heat to successfully move into the next round of the competition while brining the event to a premature end for his rival.
The sixth heat saw Brazil’s Jadson Andre succumb to his fellow countryperson Muniz, consequently getting eliminated from the competition while sending the latter into the next round of the competition.
The three-to-four foot shifty waves on offer at the primary event site promised a heavy dose of enthralling action as the world renowned surfers continued to take each other on to extend their life in the competition. Day 2 of the latest ASP World Tour event
featured the battles between surfers who had failed to make much of an impact during their Round 1 heats and thus were fighting for survival.
The fifth heat pitted Bourez against Gudauskas in a man-on-man battle for the Round 3 spot. With heavy pressure hanging over their heads, both the surfers were fully aware of the fact that they were little to no room for an error during their heat.
As the battle got underway, Bourez got off to a promising start and continued to build momentum throughout the course of the heat to eventually register a heat-total of 12.33 points.
Gudauskas struggled to find his rhythm throughout the entirety of the battle and eventually finished with a two-wave total of 3.40 points, consequently conceding victory to his rival.
The sixth heat saw Muniz and Andre take each other on, determined to clinch the win to extend their life in the competition.
The Brazilian surfer opened his account with a 5.67-point ride and went on to back it up with a 6.33-point wave, thus finishing with a two-wave total of 12.00 points.
Andre responded with a couple of scores in the four-point ride, thus finishing with a heat-total of 8.97 points, thus getting eliminated from the competition.
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