Definitely worth a look:

http://www.billabongpro.com/tahiti05/mens/videos.asp?rcode=32000

sooo glassy!

looks like an early horse race…

 <span style="font-size:6px">After Event # 3 - Billabong Pro Tahiti 2005</span>  <span style="font-size:6px"> </span> <span style="font-size:6px">name</span> <span style="font-size:6px">country</span> <span style="font-size:6px">points</span> <span style="font-size:6px">tour US$ / career US$</span> <span style="font-size:6px">Placings</span>   1  Trent Munro  AUS  2676  $45300/$356000  3,1,9,,,,,,,,,,   2  Andy Irons  HAW  2364  $29300/$897333  5,2,9,,,,,,,,,,   2  Damien Hobgood  USA  2364  $29300/$419950  9,5,2,,,,,,,,,,   4  Kelly Slater  USA  2342  $42500/$1178505  5,17,1,,,,,,,,,,   5  Mick Fanning  AUS  2210  $39800/$397460  1,9,17,,,,,,,,,,   6  C.J. Hobgood  USA  2064  $21300/$513558  5,9,5,,,,,,,,,,   7  Taj Burrow  AUS  2018  $22500/$655697  17,5,3,,,,,,,,,,   8  Tom Whitaker  AUS  1886  $19800/$210475  3,17,9,,,,,,,,,,   9  Chris Ward  USA  1852  $25000/$153400  2,17,17,,,,,,,,,,   10  Joel Parkinson  AUS  1800  $16900/$486325  9,9,9,,,,,,,,,,
 Howzit Halcyon, What's a drag is that most of the last day was not on line after the 4th round. The contest had a lot of technical problems during the whole contest but the worst was the final day. They also should have included the 10 point ride Kelly got in his heat with Bruce Irons, it was probably the sickest tube of the whole contest. Aloha,Kokua

woulkd have been cooler if they all rode fish… imagine how funny that would be. or if the rode swaylockshaper boards

not that I take a huge interest in the tour , but I really hope Kelly Slater wins another world title this year . Or Taj Burrow. [Or Occy , but …has he retired now ?]

ben

me too chip…but Slater seems totally bipolar…he’ll win one and then wont show up the next two…he’s definetly a risk taker and pays the price. I love watching Parko surf and like to see him win a title someday…

im actually stoked occy retired …

i would say ," oh i think my surfing is going down hill , my knees , my back , yea my best days are over "…

then someone would say "what about occy hes your age and still on the tour "

then i would think silently , dam i wish that guy would quit , then i could use being an old guy as an excuse for kooking it…

so no disrespect to the ocstar the full ripper , but im kinda glad hes not being held up there as the epitome of what a guy his age should be surfing like …

have to agree , that backhand tube was up there …

regards

BERT

…now he’ll just beat tom curren and cheyne and kong and tom carroll [did I miss anyone] , on that “other” tour…

ben

Speaking of Cheyne – I know he was at Dungeons last time out but he isn’t on the list this time. He’s been on the QT for some time. Anybody have any word on him? Hope he’s OK. The guy’s a genuis on a wave and had the future of surfing as a big time priority it seems to me.

No Worries, Rich