Pro surfing update: Lay day called for Billabong Pro at Jeffreys Bay
Competition in the Billabong Pro at Jeffreys Bay in South Africa remained on hold because of a lack of surf and noticeable improvement is not expected for a couple of days. But the ASP has posted a video teaser highlighting action at the fabled point break (see above).
When competition does resume in the fifth of 10 ASP World Tour contests, here are the first-round heats:
--Jordy Smith (ZAF), Tim Boal (FRA), Michael Picon (FRA)
--Tom Whitaker (AUS), Jay Thompson (AUS), Nathaniel Curran (USA)
--Bobby Martinez (USA), Josh Kerr (AUS), Nic Muscroft (AUS)
--Mick Fanning (AUS), Kai Otton (AUS), Phillip MacDonald (AUS)
--Bede Durbidge (AUS), Dean Morrison (AUS), Marlon Lipke (DEU)
--C.J. Hobgood (USA), Chris Ward (USA), TBA
--Adriano de Souza (BRA), Dustin Barca (HAW), TBA
--Joel Parkinson (AUS), Kekoa Bacalso (HAW), TBA
--Taj Burrow (AUS), Tim Reyes (USA), TBA
--Kelly Slater (USA), Dayyan Neve (AUS), TBA
--Damien Hobgood (USA), Heitor Alves (BRA), Greg Emslie (ZAF)
--Fredrick Patacchia (HAW), Chris Davidson (AUS), David Weare (ZAF)
--Jeremy Flores (FRA), Aritz Aranburu (EUK), Michel Bourez (PYF)
--Taylor Knox (USA), Jihad Khodr (BRA), Roy Powers (HAW)
--Mick Campbell (AUS), Tiago Pires (PRT), Ben Dunn (AUS)
--Kieren Perrow (AUS), Dane Reynolds (USA), Drew Courtney (AUS)
Parkinson is currently atop the ASP World Tour rankings, followed by de Souza, C.J. Hobgood, Burrow and Fanning.
---Pete Thomas
Video courtesy of ASP
