Slater Crowned With 9th ASP World Surfing Title
October 3rd, 2008 by Adam
Kelly Slater Wins Number 9
Slater only needed a ninth place finish to wrap up the 2008 ASP surfing season. Kelly Slater has done it again. Or should I say, he has done it 9 times again. Slater won his 9th ASP World Surfing Title at the Billabong Pro Mundaka, Spain. That is better than Lance Armstrong. He only needed to advance past round 3 of competition and that he did. He ended up beating local Basque surfer Eneko Acero with a combined score of 14.96 vs. 10.00. Then Tom Whitaker (AUS) knocked Kelly Slater (USA) out of the Billabong Pro Mundaka contest with a perfect 10 and an 8.00 during Heat #4 of Round 4. In 2006, Slater won his 8th world title at this same surf spot. There are only 2 ASP surfing events left in the 2008 season. Who will come in second? Third?
The event could finish Saturday with the quarterfinals already decided.
Round 4 Billabong Pro Mundaka Results:
Heat 1: Adriano de Souza (BRA) 17.27 def. Mick Campbell (AUS) 16.43
Heat 2: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 16.00 def. Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 13.73
Heat 3: Adrian Buchan (AUS) 14.50 def. Tiago Pires (PRT) 5.83
Heat 4: Tom Whitaker (AUS) 18.00 def. Kelly Slater (USA) 12.43
Heat 5: Taj Burrow (AUS) 13.84 def. Taylor Knox (USA) 11.17
Heat 6: C.J. Hobgood (USA) 15.50 def. Mikael Picon (FRA) 9.50
Heat 7: Bede Durbidge (AUS) 14.94 def. Kieren Perrow (AUS) 8.80
Heat 8: Luke Stedman (AUS) 15.00 def. Bobby Martinez (USA) 8.63
Upcoming Billabong Pro Mundaka Quarterfinal Heat Match-Ups:
Heat 1: Adriano de Souza (BRA) vs. Joel Parkinson (AUS)
Heat 2: Adrian Buchan (AUS) vs. Tom Whitaker (AUS)
Heat 3: Taj Burrow (AUS) vs. C.J. Hobgood (USA)
Heat 4: Bede Durbidge (AUS) vs. Luke Stedman (AUS)
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