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Another Irons brother won the 2008 Rip Curl Pro Search.  Bruce Irons pulled out a win on the 6th stop of the ASP World Tour against his Hawaiian mate, Fred Patachia.  Andy Irons won the 2006, 2007 Rip Curl Pro Search contests and now his little brother has a Rip Curl Pro Search WCT victory.  Bruce can feel complete this year since he will end his professional contest surfing after this year. 

With this win, Bruce moved into 10th place on the ASP World Tour rankings.  Kelly Slater still remains in first place with a very comfortable points lead.  Tiago Pires, Portugal, was in it to win and actually knocked out eight-time ASP World Champ and the current ratings points leader, Kelly Slater, in Round 3.  Tiago Pires would eventually surf his way into 3rd place in the Rip Curl Pro Search contest.

Rip Curl Pro Search Final Results
1 – Bruce Irons (HAW) 17.66
2 – Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 11.16

Current ASP World Tour Top 10 After Stop NO. 6
1 – Kelly Slater (USA) 5620 points
2 – Joel Parkinson (AUS) 4548 points
3 – Bede Durbidge (AUS) 4382 points
4 – Taj Burrow (AUS) 4370 points
5 – Mick Fanning (AUS) 4353 points
6 – Adriano de Souza (BRA) 3950 points
7 – Andy Irons (HAW) 3938 points
8 – C.J. Hobgood (USA) 3870 points
9 – Bobby Martinez (USA) 3628 points
10 – Bruce Irons (HAW) 3392 points