Taj Burrow vence o Pipe Masters
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Taj Burrow vence pela primeira vez o Pipe Masters. Confira o vídeo com os destaques.
Photo: Surfline Jeremiah Klein
Após dias clássicos com altas ondas em Pipeline, algumas surpresas, alto nível de surfe com direito a anúncio de novo campeão mundial (Mick Fanning), veio a final da terceira jóia da coroa Havaiana.
Na final do Billabong Pipeline Masters, as ondas não estavam tão boas. Mas a bateria era entre dois grandes surfistas e prometia uma batalha e tanto.
Todos esperavam a vitória de Kelly Slater que vinha surfando muito no evento e já tinha levado o segundo lugar em nada mais nada menos que o Eddie Aikau.
Kelly tinha um retrospecto de 70% das vitórias nos confrontos com Taj Burrow, mas Taj surpreendeu e saiu na frente na bateria com um surfe mais competitivo, mandando aéreos e viradas fortes enquanto Kelly estava a procura dos tubos que não vieram.
Deu Taj Burrow, o novo campeão do Billabong Pipeline Masters 2009.
“Não posso nem imaginar é inacreditável, um sentimento incrível ser campeão desse evento. Estou emocionado demais… Acho que é o melhor sentimento que eu poderia imaginar… ” Disse o campeão emocionado com o título.
O novo campeão mundial foi o australiano Mick Fanning, que garantiu seu segundo título no último sábado.
Já o título da Tríplice Coroa Havaiana foi para Joel Parkinson. Fanning, Taj e Parko receberam US$ 50 mil cada pelas conquistas no Hawaii.
Photo: Surfline Jeremiah Klein
Photo: Surfline Jeremiah Klein
Photo: Surfline Sean Rowland
Photo: Surfline Marcus Sanders
Photo: Surfline Marcus Sanders
Confira aqui uma galeria de imagens desse super evento. Fotos Surfline.com
Resultado final do Billabong Pipeline Masters 2009
1 Taj Burrow (Aus)
2 Kelly Slater (EUA)
3 Dean Morrison (Aus)
3 Dane Reynolds (EUA)
5 Damien Hobgood (EUA)
5 Flynn Novak (Haw)
5 Bede Durbidge (Aus)
5 CJ Hobgood (EUA)
17 Adriano de Souza (Bra)
33 Heitor Alves (Bra)
33 Jihad Khodr (Bra)
VANS TRIPLE CROWN FINAL TOP 3 (Men’s):
1 – Joel Parkinson (AUS) 6694 points
2 – C.J. Hobgood (USA) 6213 points
3 – Torrey Meister (HAW) 5775 points
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Burrow Wins Billabong Pipe Masters, Parkinson Claims Vans Triple Crown
Taj Burrow (AUS), 31, has claimed the 2009 Billabong Pipe Masters, defeating fellow Finalist Kelly Slater (USA), 37, in clean three-to-five foot (1 – 1.5 metre) waves at the Banzai Pipeline.
The final event of the 2009 ASP World Tour season, the Billabong Pipe Masters culminated the Vans Triple Crown (an ASP Specialty Series), and provided non-stop, high-caliber action from the outset.
Burrow wasted little time in putting Slater on the ropes in the 35-minute Final, racking up a 7.00 out of a possible 10 on his opening ride for an electric air reverse followed by some solid forehand maneuvers. With deteriorating conditions, Burrow stayed busy before collecting a 5.83 for an incredible full-rotation alley-oop, putting the pressure on Slater as time ran out.
Today’s victory mark’s Burrow’s first ASP World Tour win since 2007 and his first-ever win at the infamous Banzai Pipeline.
“This win feels about as good as you could imagine,” Burrow said. “For me, winning this contest is the next best thing to winning a World Title. This is the one and only event that everyone would probably pick to win and I can’t believe I’m standing here right now. It’s an amazing feeling. There are so many tough guys that you go up against in this event that I thought it was out of my reach. This is the best victory of my career.”
Burrow, who has long been considered a legitimate ASP World Title contender, is thrilled with his finish to the 2009 season looks forward to 2010 with renewed vigor and hunger to hunt down the ever-elusive ASP crown.
Slater looked near unbeatable throughout the Billabong Pipe Masters, deftly maneuvering his 5’11” craft through one incredible tube after another before running into Burrow in the Finals. While his opponent stayed busy throughout the bout, Slater waited patiently for scoring opportunities that never manifested.
“Unfortunately the Final had the absolute worst conditions of the contest, but there are still fun waves out there,” Slater said. “You could go out for a free surf and have a good time. It’s difficult to transition when you’re already expecting one thing. I had already had a couple of heats with barrels and then all of a sudden it’s completely different conditions. Still, there’s a shallow reef there, so you’re expecting one to throw out and barrel, but it just didn’t happen.”
The former nine-time ASP World Champion was in the hunt for an unprecedented seventh Pipe Masters title, but the conditions didn’t cooperate for the Floridian, despite finding the only barrel of the Final, scoring a 3.93 out of a possible 10.
“I thought the wave would be more than a three,” Slater said. “I still needed two waves, basically. There really weren’t any nine-point rides out there and had that been only a six I would have needed a seven. I thought the judges put me in a weird situation there, and in the end, nothing else came. Well, that’s not entirely true. I caught that last wave and did an off-the-top and Taj (Burrow) took off on it and just kicked off the side. He almost stood up too late and could have got an interference. Had he done that he would have only been judged on one wave. Had I landed that air reverse I could have gotten a score, but it was a long shot.”
In terms of returning in 2010 for an unprecedented 10th ASP World Title, Slater is characteristically guarded.
“I don’t know if I’m going to do the tour full-time next year,” Slater said. “I’m sort of feeling it out. I’ve just competed for so many years, doing the same thing and going to the same places, it’s a little monotonous. When you find some meaning in it and it’s bigger than just going and surfing, then it becomes more exciting, but, unfortunately, this year I had a pretty lackluster year in a lot of ways, both personally and competitively and it probably showed in my surfing.”
Joel Parkinson (AUS), 28, was in the running for the 2009 ASP World Title before bowing out of the Billabong Pipe Masters in Round 3 of competition. Although Gold Coast stable mate Mick Fanning (AUS), 28, claimed the 2009 ASP World Title, Parkinson’s efforts throughout the Vans Triple Crown (an ASP Specialty Series) saw the talented natural-footer awarded with his second consecutive Vans Triple Crown Title as well as a bonus $50,000 from the Vans Triple Threat prize pool.
“This is my consolation prize to this year’s ASP World Title,” Parkinson said. “To me, the Triple Crown is the next best thing to the World Title. Last year I wanted to win the Vans Triple Crown and this year I wanted to win the ASP World Title, but I won the Triple Crown and I’m over the moon with what happened this year. I should be proud of everything I’ve done and I can’t wait for next year and I’ll be back strong for another Triple Crown and all that and I just want to thank Vans for stepping it up to a new level for putting out huge incentives for us.”
While the 2009 season has come to a close, the 2010 ASP World Tour is just around the corner, and will set new benchmarks in performance as it continues to showcase the world’s best surfers in the world’s best waves.
Source: www.billabongpro.com and www.triplecrownofsurfing.com
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