I was having a look at the surf forecast on my Jasjar last night before I went to bed. If only the swell was a little bigger. The wind's perfect and the direction is good and all gaps in the reefs are filled up with sand nicely. Even the waves period isn't looking too bad.
ASP reports that waves are inconsistent, even though some sets came through that brought a bit of excitement this morning.
Mike Parsons, the contest director, mentioned that they are leaning more towards the new competition format but no official decisions has be taken. If that is the case, then the comp is going to be finished much quicker and we are going to see less surfing by each surfer since if you loose in a heat you are out and there is not a further match up that you can still hope for. The new format also present us with a smaller number of photographic opportunities to snap each of the 45 pros in action.On the flip side, that means that the pros will probably be doing lots more free surfing and sight seeing, which again can result in more photographic opportunity of them minus competition vest. That's how I see it anyway.
On another topic, I must say, it's quite nice to see a guy like Mick Fanning buying some stuff at Spar with his first lady. The general inland J-Bay holiday makers have no clue about who the pro surfers are, and nobody even noticed that they are brushing shoulders with one of the top surfers on the planet. Well. They are people after all. Normal people with extraordinary talent and persistence.
Back to the competition format, in the case they use the new format, then the heats will look like this:
ASP NEW FORMAT
BILLABONG PRO JEFFREYS BAY ROUND 1 MATCH-UPS:
Heat 1: Tim Boal (FRA) vs. Michael Picon (FRA)
Heat 2: Jay Thompson (AUS) vs. Nathaniel Curran (USA)
Heat 3: Josh Kerr (AUS) vs. Nic Muscroft (AUS)
Heat 4: Kai Otton (AUS) vs. Phillip MacDonald (AUS)
Heat 5: Dean Morrison (AUS) vs. Marlon Lipke (DEU)
Heat 6: Chris Ward (USA) vs. Torrey Meister (HAW)
Heat 7: Dustin Barca (HAW) vs. Sean Holmes (ZAF)
Heat 8: Kekoa Bacalso (HAW) vs. Ryan Payne (ZAF)
Heat 9: Tim Reyes (USA) vs. Devyn Mattheys (ZAF)
Heat 10: Dayyan Neve (AUS) vs. Heath Joske (AUS)
Heat 11: Heitor Alves (BRA) vs. Greg Emslie (ZAF)
Heat 12: Chris Davidson (AUS) vs. David Weare (ZAF)
Heat 13: Aritz Aranburu (EUK) vs. Michel Bourez (PYF)
Heat 14: Jihad Khodr (BRA) vs. Roy Powers (HAW)
Heat 15: Tiago Pires (PRT) vs. Ben Dunn (AUS)
Heat 16: Dane Reynolds (USA) vs. Drew Courtney (AUS)
BILLABONG PRO JEFFREYS BAY ROUND 2 MATCH-UPS:Heat 1: C.J. Hobgood (USA) vs. TBA
Heat 2: Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) vs. TBA
Heat 3: Jeremy Flores (FRA) vs. TBA
Heat 4: Adriano de Souza (BRA) vs. TBA
Heat 5: Bobby Martinez (USA) vs. TBA
Heat 6: Tom Whitaker (AUS) vs. TBA
Heat 7: Kieren Perrow (AUS) vs. TBA
Heat 8: Joel Parkinson (AUS) vs. TBA
Heat 9: Taj Burrow (AUS) vs. TBA
Heat 10: Mick Campbell (AUS) vs. TBA
Heat 11: Mick Fanning (AUS) vs. TBA
Heat 12: Jordy Smith (ZAF) vs. TBA
Heat 13: Kelly Slater (USA) vs. TBA
Heat 14: Taylor Knox (USA) vs. TBA
Heat 15: Bede Durbidge (AUS) vs. TBA
Heat 16: Damien Hobgood (USA) vs. TBA
This is the old traditional format:
ASP TRADITIONAL FORMAT
BILLABONG PRO JEFFREYS BAY ROUND 1 MATCH-UPS:
Heat 1: Jordy Smith (ZAF), Tim Boal (FRA), Michael Picon (FRA)
Heat 2: Tom Whitaker (AUS), Jay Thompson (AUS), Nathaniel Curran (USA)
Heat 3: Bobby Martinez (USA), Josh Kerr (AUS), Nic Muscroft (AUS)
Heat 4: Mick Fanning (AUS), Kai Otton (AUS), Phillip MacDonald (AUS)
Heat 5: Bede Durbidge (AUS), Dean Morrison (AUS), Marlon Lipke (DEU)
Heat 6: C.J. Hobgood (USA), Chris Ward (USA), Torrey Meister (HAW)
Heat 7: Adriano de Souza (BRA), Dustin Barca (HAW), Sean Holmes (ZAF)
Heat 8: Joel Parkinson (AUS), Kekoa Bacalso (HAW), Ryan Payne (ZAF)
Heat 9: Taj Burrow (AUS), Tim Reyes (USA), Devyn Mattheys (ZAF)
Heat 10: Kelly Slater (USA), Dayyan Neve (AUS), Heath Joske (AUS)
Heat 11: Damien Hobgood (USA), Heitor Alves (BRA), Greg Emslie (ZAF)
Heat 12: Fredrick Patacchia (HAW), Chris Davidson (AUS), David Weare (ZAF)
Heat 13: Jeremy Flores (FRA), Aritz Aranburu (EUK), Michel Bourez (PYF)
Heat 14: Taylor Knox (USA), Jihad Khodr (BRA), Roy Powers (HAW)
Heat 15: Mick Campbell (AUS), Tiago Pires (PRT), Ben Dunn (AUS)
Heat 16: Kieren Perrow (AUS), Dane Reynolds (USA), Drew Courtney (AUS)
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