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Taj Burrow vence pela primeira vez o Pipe Masters. Confira o vídeo com os destaques.

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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.

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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

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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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Encerrado último dia do O’Neill World Cup
Joel Parkinson levou para casa a vitória no O’Neill World Cup of Surfing no Vans Triple Crown.

Sunset bombou na final com ondas de até 20 pés. Sunny Garcia começou muito bem com um supertubo bem longo que deu a ele uma pontuação de 9,47. Perto do fim, Parko assumiu a liderança com uma onda 6,17 pontos e venceu a prova.

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Hoje poderia ter sido um dos dias mais lotados que já se viu na Tríplice Coroa em uma bela tarde de domingo em Sunset Beach para assistir as finais. O público compareceu.

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Agora, Sunny Garcia se dirige para o Pipeline Masters em segundo lugar no Vans Triple Crown e de olho para assumir a liderança de Parko com um grande evento em que promete ter ondas bem grandes.

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Essa vitória de Parko não vai colocá-lo mais perto de vencer o ASP World Tour, pois isso ainda será um duelo entre ele e Mick Fanning.

O brasileiro Alejo Muniz levou com honras a coroa da 2009 Noseguard Rookie of the Triple Crown. Foi o primeiro brasileiro da história do evento a levar esse prêmio. Parabéns, Alejo!

Próximo evento da Triple Crown: Billabong Pipeline Masters

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The Final Day of the O’Neill World Cup

Joel Parkinson took home the win today at the O’Neill World Cup of Surfing at the Vans Triple Crown.

Sunset was pumping for the finals with waves up to 20 feet. Sunny Garcia started off the heat with a super-long barrel giving him a score of 9.47. Near the end, Parko took the lead with a 6.17 point wave and won the event.

Today might have been the most crowded day we’ve seen at the Triple Crown, a beautiful Sunday afternoon at Sunset Beach to watch the finals. Now Sunny Garcia is heading into the Pipeline Masters in second place in the Vans Triple Crown and looking to take over Parko with a great contest in what looks to be big waves.

Parko’s second jewel victory doesn’t put him any closer to an ASP win, as it will be a duel between him and Mick.

The event also crowned the 2009 Noseguard Rookie of the Triple Crown: Brazilian Alejo Muniz took it with honors.
Next event: Billabong Pipeline Masters!

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A tríplice coroa havaiana de surf entra para história ao anunciar uma premiação recorde para campeonatos de surf, sendo a primeira a chegar a um total de 1 milhão de dólares na ASP. Mais de 150 surfistas de 17 nacionalidades começaram a disputa na última quinta feira, 12 de novembro, em Haleiwa, na costa norte da ilha de Oahu.

A Vans, que é a patrocinadora principal da tríplice coroa, anunciou que a TRIPLE CROWN – TRIPLE THREAT, como está sendo chamado o ‘pacote’ da competição, dará 50 mil dólares ao vencedor da série, um bônus de 50 mil dólares para o vencedor do Pipeline Masters, um extra de mais 50 mil dólares ao campão mundial da ASP e mais 25 mil dólares para a campeã da tríplice coroa na categoria feminino. Somando-se assim 175 mil dólares que irão se juntar ao já existente orçamento de prêmios que chega aos 825 mil dólares, fechando o total de 1 milhão.

A disputa pela tríplice coroa culminará com a batalha final pelo título mundial de 2009 da ASP durante o Pipeline Masters, que acontecerá de 8 a 20 de dezembro. Desde 2006, onde tivemos a batalha entre Kelly Slater e Andy Irons, não se chega a um clímax como esse para o confronto final. Nesse ano, a batalha será entre os australianos Joel Parkinson e Mick Fanning.  E, no dia final, é possível que um dos surfistas termine o dia com o prêmio recorde de 230 mil dólares, caso vença todas as possíveis premiações extras.

“2009 foi um ano incrível para o surf profissional e essa disputa final no Havaí será a fim adequado”, disse Doug Palladini, vice-presidente de Marketing da Vans.

“Vans tem 43 anos de história e sempre dando retorno aos esportes de ação e eu não consigo achar uma melhor forma de continuar com essa tradição do que com essa premiação tripla para a tríplice coroa. Em nome de todos do staff da Vans na tríplice coroa e nossos parceiros - Billabong, Reef, O’neill, Gidget e a ASP - nós estamos muito orgulhosos de compartilhar o nosso aloha com esses surfistas talentosos que fizeram a tríplice coroa ser o que é hoje”, completou Doug.

Os eventos da Tríplice Coroa:

Reef Hawaiian Pro (men) – Haleiwa Ali’i Beach Park, Nov, 12-23

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Vans Hawaiian Pro (women) – Haleiwa Ali’i Beach Park, Nov, 17-23

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Gidget Pro Sunset Beach (women) – Sunset Beach, Nov. 24-Dec. 6

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ONeill World Cup of Surfing (men) – Sunset Beach, Nov. 24-Dec. 6

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Billabong Pro Maui (women) – Honolua Bay, Maui, Dec. 8-20

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Billabong Pipeline Masters (men) – Banzai Pipeline, Dec. 8-20

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Vans Announces Record $1,000,000 Surfing Prize Purse:

North Shore, Oahu, HI (Monday, Nov. 9, 2009) – The Vans Triple Crown of Surfing presented by Rockstar Energy Drink makes history today, announcing the TRIPLE CROWN – TRIPLE THREAT bonus purse that makes this prestigious Hawaiian series the first $1,000,000 stop on the Association of Surfing Professionals Dream Tour. More than 150 surfers from 17 nations have a crack at the loot as the series kicks off this Thursday, November 12, at Haleiwa on Oahu’s North Shore.

Vans is very proud to announce that the TRIPLE CROWN – TRIPLE THREAT will award $50,000 to the men’s Triple Crown series champion, an extra $50,000 for the Billabong Pipeline Masters winner, a $50,000 bonus to the ASP’s men’s world champion, and a $25,000 bonus to the women’s Triple Crown champion. The $175,000 Triple Threat is in addition to the existing $825,000 in event prize money, making for a $1million total purse.

The Vans Triple Crown of Surfing will culminate with the final battle for the 2009 ASP world title at the Billabong Pipeline Masters, December 8-20. Not since 2006 and the world title battle between Kelly Slater (Florida) and Andy Irons (Hawaii), has there been such a climax to the showdown. This year it will be between Australians Joel Parkinson and Mick Fanning, and on that final day, it is possible that one surfer could walk away with a record $230,000.

“2009 has been an incredible year for pro surfing and this Hawaii showdown will be a fitting finale,” said Doug Palladini, Vice President of Marketing at Vans.

“Vans has a 43-year history of giving back to action sports and I can think of no better way to carry on that tradition than with the Triple Threat bonus purse. On behalf of all the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing staff, our event partners Billabong, Reef, O’Neill, Gidget and the ASP, we are proud to share our aloha with the talented surfers who have made the Vans Triple Crown what it is today.”
The events of the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing:

Reef Hawaiian Pro (men) – Haleiwa Ali’i Beach Park, Nov, 12-23
Vans Hawaiian Pro (women) – Haleiwa Ali’i Beach Park, Nov, 17-23
Gidget Pro Sunset Beach (women) – Sunset Beach, Nov. 24-Dec. 6
ONeill World Cup of Surfing (men) – Sunset Beach, Nov. 24-Dec. 6
Billabong Pro Maui (women) – Honolua Bay, Maui, Dec. 8-20
Billabong Pipeline Masters (men) – Banzai Pipeline, Dec. 8-20

Featured Surfers of the 2009 Vans Triple Crown of Surfing

Pat Gudauskas (San Clemente, CA); Nate Yeomans (San Clemente, CA); Daniel Ross (Australia); Jadson Andre (Brazil); Adam Meilling (Australia); Brett Simpson (Huntington Beach, CA); Travis Logie (South Africa); and of course world title contenders Joel Parkinson and Mick Fanning (Australia), and women Stephanie Gilmore (Australia), Sofia Mulanovich (Peru), Silvana Lima (Brazil), and Coco Ho (Hawaii).

Catch the series live at triplecrownofsurfing.com. Hawaii residents can watch live from the comfort of their own living rooms with Oceanic Time Warner Cable airing each day of competition live on dedicated channel 250. Additionally, parts of the Billabong Pipeline Masters will air live on national television on FUEL TV.

Making the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing presented by Rockstar Energy Drink possible: Reef, O’Neill, Billabong, Gidget Worldwide, Nixon, Turtle Bay Resort, Hawaiian Airlines, JN Automotive Group, Surfing Magazine, Surfline.com, FUEL TV, The Honolulu Advertiser, Hawaiian Springs Water, Road Runner, Climb On chemical-free skincare, and the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP). The Series is proud to announce that it is working with local company Tr3ees to embark upon a greener, more sustainable future.