Taj Burrow and Travis Logie secure top honours in Round 3 at O’Neill Coldwater Classic
Australia’s Taj Burrow and South Africa’s Travis Logie extended their life in the O’Neill Coldwater Classic, the ninth of ten stops on the 2012 Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Championship Tour, after claiming top honours in their respective Round 3 heats that went down at Santa Cruz in California, America, on Sunday, November 4, 2012.
Burrow got the better of Brazil’s Jadson Andre in the first heat to secure his place in the fourth round, sending his rival packing in the process.
The second heat saw Australia’s Adrian Buchan succumb to Logie, consequently getting eliminated from the competition while sending his rival into the next round.
The shifty waves gracing the point-break of Steamer Lane was proving to be quite challenge for the surfers to control, thus making them work real hard to post a couple of good scores on the score-board during the course of the heat.
As the opening heat of Round 3 got underway, Burrow squared-off against Andre in a man-on-man battle for survival
Due to the pressure of elimination pressing down on the elite ASP surfers, they were expected to give their hundred pressure..
As the heat got underway, Burrow got down to business right away and ended up earning a 6.83 off his first business-wave.
The Australian later added an impressive 8.00 to his account, which carried him to a heat-total of 14.83 points.
Andre responded with a 5.50 and 6.67 off his best-two waves, thus settling for a heat-total of 12.17 points, finishing 2.66 points short of the required score and thus getting eliminated from the competition.
The second heat saw Logie defeat Buchan with quite a convincing margin to make his way through into the fourth round.
The South African surfer earned a 6.50 off his first business-wave and later backed it up with an 8.17-point ride, thus finishing with a heat-total of 14.67 points.
Buchan was unable to challenge his rival’s score after registering a heat-total of 11.13 points, which comprised of a 5.10 and 6.03-point ride.
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