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It’s been a
long, hard sophomore year on the ASP World Tour for Gabe Kling. After bowing out in Round One of the season opening
Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast in March, Gabe strained the meniscus and MCL in his
knee and tore his ankle ligament surfing Tasmania in an O’Neill
Cold Water Classic WQS event. A difficult path to recovery ensued: physical
therapy, Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) therapy, swimming, stretching… Gabe tried
nearly every technique in the book as he aimed to return for the Billabong Pro
J-Bay. And the Hurley Pro Trestles. And the Quiksilver Pro France. As each
event passed with one injury wildcard or the other filling Gabe’s slot, his
chances at taking another crack at the 2009 ASP World Tour grew dimmer and
dimmer.
So in early October Gabe finally went under the knife
and had his right ankle operated on, enabling him to be back in action in time
for the November/December North Shore season. His first time back in a jersey
after nine months, Gabe even won a heat at the WQS 6-Star Prime O’Neill World
Cup of Surfing, held in macking 12 to 15-foot Sunset Beach last week.
But his real test came in the Billabong Pipeline
Masters, which got underway today in clean six to eight-foot barrels. Sounds
perfect, but with the preceding three days on the North Shore topping 25-foot,
Gabe didn’t have much time to prepare for his first heat back on the World
Tour. “I went over to Maui and surfed there while it was too big for anywhere
here on the North Shore,” Kling told Greg “GT” Tomlinson in a post-heat
interview. “Yesterday I tried to warm up but didn’t get anything, and although
today cleaned up, nobody’s really had any warm-up time.”
In Round One, Kling drew dangerous
underground Pipeline expert Kalani Chapman, who presented quite a challenge. “I
wasn’t looking forward to the heat,” Kling laughed when asked by GT about the
danger of local wildcards. “Kalani’s a Pipe specialist, like most of those
guys. It was a pretty tough draw.”
Yet after a shaky start to the 40-minute heat, Gabe
" drew a beautiful line through a macking Backdoor right for an 8.67, emerging
with the spit to cheers from the beach and props from webcast announcers Ronnie Blakey and Mark Occhilupo. Even though Gabe’s backup score registered at
only a 2.50, Chapman fell on his last-ditch effort, and Kling’s 11.17 heat
total was enough to squeak through for the win — his first on the World
Tour in 2009.
As of press time, Gabe’s Round Two opponent wasn’t
set, but with the Pipe Masters' unique dual-heat format in the water, he may surf again later today. Until then, GT was curious about the ASP’s
injury wildcard for 2010, which Gabe has a shot at securing. “I’ve missed the
whole year, and that’s pretty much what the wildcard is for. I feel like I have
a good case, but all I can do is apply for it and see how it goes.”
Check www.EasternSurf.com tomorrow for further Billabong Pipeline Masters updates from Kling and
the other three East Coasters in the event (Kelly Slater and CJ and Damien
Hobgood). You can also peep the live webcast for yourself at www.triplecrownofsurfing.com/pipelinemasters/live.php.
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ACROSS THE BOARD
East Coast Steps Up Big On Day Three Of Volcom Pipe Pro
— Balaram Stack And Dylan Graves Nail Perfect 10s While Gabe Kling Cleans
Up
By Nick McGregor
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WILD AND WOOLY
2012 Volcom Pipe Pro Runs Gamut From
Inconsistent To Out Of Control To Barely Survivable — But East Coasters
Thrive Throughout
By Nick McGregor
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YOU MIGHT THINK
Slater Wins World Title #11, But Not Really… But Yeah, For Real Now, At The Rip Curl Pro Search San Francisco
By Matt Pruett
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OUT FRONT
Slater Runner-Ups In Portugal, And Runs Away With The World Title Lead
By Matt Pruett
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RUBBER MATCH
Kelly Slater And Owen Wright Meet In ASP-Record Third Consecutive Final — But Ke11y Pulls Ahead In The Series, And The World Title Rankings
By Nick McGregor; Photos Courtesy ASP
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THAT SLATER
MAGIC
Kelly Dazzles To Decimate ASP PRIME Nike U.S. Open Of
Surfing, His First Huntington Beach Victory In 15 Years
By
Nick McGregor
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UNDER THE RADAR
North Carolina’s Kelly Nicely Ascends The Rankings With Roxy Pro Quarterfinal Finish. So Why Didn’t Anyone Notice?
By Allison Arteaga; Photos Courtesy ASP
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PREMATURE EVACUATION
Slater Bails While Floridians Fail At Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay. But Give ‘Em A Break — It’s Hard Looking This Good.
By Matt Pruett
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MAZATLAN MACHISMO
Toth Mans Up With Maiden ASP Victory At 4-Star Quiksilver
Clasico Mazatlan; Tucker Bags Air Show, East Coast Brigade Finishes Strong
By Nick McGregor
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THREE-FEAT
What You
Didn’t See In Brazil Was Kelly Slater Raising The Alley-Oop To New Heights
— What You Did See Was Him Falling Down The Ratings
By Matt Pruett
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ASING THE UNSOUND
Hawaiian Keanu Asing Outlasts Local Favorite
Balaram Stack And Others To Win ASP 1-Star Unsound Pro Junior
By Nick
McGregor
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COLD WATER MUSIC
With Fifty
Years Of Bells Ringing In The Background, East Coasters Only Hear The Songs In
Their Heads At The Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach
By Matt Pruett
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BACK ON TRACK
Cory And Damien Match East Coast’s 2010
Finish At 2011 Volcom Pipe Pro; John John Florence Asserts Himself As Next
Generation “Mr. Pipe”
By Nick McGregor
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KAM HIGHWAY CONTROVERSY
Oliver Kurtz’s Advancing Volcom Pipeline Pro Score Changed Post-Heat;
Barley And Schweizer Suffer Similar Questionable Calls
By Nick McGregor
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STANDING TALL
Previewing The East Coast Brigade Ready To Do Battle This Week At The ASP 5-Star Volcom Pipeline Pro
By Nick McGregor with Alex Lemonde-Gray
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PLAYING GOD
According
To Revised Surf Scripture, Kelly Slater Won the Hurley Pro Trestles And Is Now
Leading The World
By Matt Pruett
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“SMART, NOT LUCKY”
Evan Geiselman Wins Junior Pro, Takes ASP North America Pro Junior Title
At The U.S. Open Of Surfing Presented By Hurley And Nike 6.0
By Matt Pruett; Photos by Ben Ginsberg
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JORDY’S JUMP
South Africa Scores Another Sports Coup As Jordy Smith Notches First ASP World Tour Victory, Overtakes Kelly Slater…
By Nick McGregor
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BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN
Requalification Struggles, Debilitating Injuries, Wildcard Snubs… None Of That Matters To
Oldest City Superstar Gabe Kling After $20K Nike 6.0 Lowers Pro Victory
By Nick McGregor; Photos by Jimmicane/ Surfing Magazine
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BEST IN SHOW?
The Oakley Pro Junior Results Don’t Lie — Evan Geiselman Might Be
The Most Complete Under-20 Surfer In The World
By Nick McGregor
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GENERATION WHY BOTHER
Gen-X. Gen-Y. New School. Preschool. Generation Next. Modern Collective... Whatever.
At The Billabong Pro Santa Catarina, Kelly Slater Proves He Will Beat Them All
For As Long As He Wants
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HARD UP IN HUNTINGTON
Slew Of East Coasters Start Strong But Stumble At Vans Pier Classic And Ezekiel Pro Junior;
Toth And Lopez Make Round Of 48 In Tasmania
By Nick McGregor
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HOLY SNAPPERS
The Quiksilver Pro Makes For A Good Throwaway For Success-Bound Eastern Trio
By Matt Pruett
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SO COOL
Snowblind On The Outer Banks, Gnarly Barley Keeps Us Full Of Hope And Looking To The Lighthouse
By Matt Pruett
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PARLEZ-VOUZ FRANCAIS?
Far Away From
Home — And Hurricane Bill’s Comforts — Puerto Rican Point Chasers
Toth and Graves Avoid Getting Lost In Translation At Sooruz Lacanau Pro
By Nick McGregor; Photos by Jimmicane/ Surfing
Magazine
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HURLEY BURLY
Major
Southern Hemi, Hundred Grand Winner’s Check, And Lifelong Local Victorious
Combine To Make Hurley U.S. Open Of Surfing’s 50th Anniversary One For The
Record Books On Many Levels
By Nick McGregor; Photos by Michael Lallande/
Hurley.com
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MY TURN! MY TURN!
Damien Hobgood Leads East Coast Charge At J-Bay,
Lodging Best WCT Result Of The Year And Breaking Into Top-5
By Nick McGregor; Photos by
ASP/CI/CESTARI via GETTY IMAGES
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WHEELIN’ AND DYLAN
Graves Rolls Out Career-High WQS Result at Mr. Price Pro Ballito, Now Circling the Wagons Within the Top 100
By Nick McGregor
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ASP WORLD TITLE RANKINGS AS OF 10/14/11
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1. Kelly Slater (USA) 26950
2. Owen Wright (AUS) 43900
3. Joel Parkinson (AUS) 35900
4. Taj Burrow (AUS) 34450
5. Jordy Smith (ZAF) 34000
6. Adriano de Souza (BRA) 32450
7. Josh Kerr (AUS) 31300
8. Mick Fanning (AUS) 29950
9. Julian Wilson (AUS) 29400
10. Jeremy Flores (FRA) 27700
11. Michel Bourez (PYF) 27450
12. Alejo Muniz (BRA) 25350
13. Adrian Buchan (AUS) 24250
14. Damien Hobgood (USA) 22950
15. Jadson Andre (BRA) 20900
16. Heitor Alves (BRA) 19200
17. Tiago Pires (PRT) 18500
18. Bede Durbidge (AUS) 18250
19. Matt Wilkinson (AUS) 17150
19. Brett Simpson (USA) 17150
21. Taylor Knox (USA) 13750
21. Kai Otton (AUS) 13750
23. Fred Patacchia (HAW) 13500
24. Chris Davidson (AUS) 13450
24. Raoni Monteiro (BRA) 13450
26. Adam Melling (AUS) 12500
27. Daniel Ross (AUS) 12250
28. Gabriel Medina (BRA) 11750
29. Kieren Perrow (AUS) 11500
30. Dusty Payne (HAW) 11200
31. Travis Logie (ZAF) 11000
32. CJ Hobgood (USA) 10250
33. Pat Gudauskas (USA) 9000
34. Bobby Martinez (USA) 7450
35. Cory Lopez (USA) 6750
36. Dane Reynolds (USA) 4750
37. Gabe Kling (USA) 4250
38. Miguel Pupo (BRA) 2250
38. John John Florence (HAW) 2250
40. Tom Whitaker (AUS) 1750 |
ASP WORLD RANKINGS AS OF 10/14/11
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1. Kelly Slater (USA) 71000 points
2. Jordy Smith (ZAF) 52225
3. Owen Wright (AUS) 50900
4. Taj Burrow (AUS) 45070
5. Julian Wilson (AUS) 44156
6. Jeremy Flores (FRA) 43950
7. Joel Parkinson (AUS) 43457
8. Adriano de Souza (BRA) 38450
9. Gabriel Medina (BRA) 36620
10. Damien Hobgood (USA) 35820
11. Michel Bourez (FRA) 35450
12. Mick Fanning (AUS) 35399
13. Josh Kerr (AUS) 35249
14. Alejo Muniz (BRA) 35199
15. Adrian Buchan (AUS) 34141
16. Heitor Alves (BRA) 31445
17. Bede Durbidge (AUS) 29763
18. Raoni Monteiro (BRA) 27845
19. Matt Wilkinson (AUS) 27650
20. Jadson Andre (BRA) 25640
21. Miguel Pupo (BRA) 24753
22. Taylor Knox (USA) 24300
23. Pat Gudauskas (USA) 24270
24. Chris Davidson (AUS) 23708
25. Travis Logie (ZAF) 23117
26. Dusty Payne (HAW) 21975
27. CJ Hobgood (USA) 21700
28. Kai Otton (AUS) 21650
29. Brett Simpson (USA) 21600
30. Yadin Nicol (AUS) 21371
31. Kieren Perrow (AUS) 20900
32. Tiago Pires (PRT) 20516
40. Cory Lopez (USA) 17667
51. Gabe Kling (USA) 13568
68. Dylan Graves (PR) 9777
93. Brian Toth (PRI) 6539
109. Eric Geiselman (USA) 5476
110. Evan Geiselman (USA) 5472
123. Charley Martin (GLP) 4734
173. Dmitri Ouvre (GLP) 2772
228. Nils Schweizer (USA) 1616
236. Michael Dunphy (USA) 1493
241. Balaram Stack (USA) 1437
295. Asher Nolan (USA) 944
296. Jeremy Johnston (USA) 936
311. Oliver Kurtz (USA) 880
329. Brett Barley (USA) 758
351. Evan Thompson (USA) 630
366. Blake Jones (USA) 569
371. Fisher Heverly (USA) 559
392. Keto Burns (USA) 473
399. Philip Goold (USA) 450
436. Michael Powell (USA) 361
447. Chris Tucker (USA) 334
455. Cody Thompson (USA) 316
455. Ben Bourgeois (USA) 316
467. Dylan Kowalski (USA) 293
485. Nathan Behl (USA) 266
492. Aaron Cormican (USA) 253
506. Mark Dawson (USA) 235
513. Kyle Garson (USA) 225
518. Tayler Brothers (USA) 215
526. Alejandro Moreda (PRI) 207
538. Rob Kelly (USA) 193
543. Morgan Faulkner (USA) 192
552. Dean Randazzo (USA) 179
582. Nick Rupp (USA) 162
602. Jensen Callaway (USA) 156
606. Travis Beckmann (USA) 150
630. Michael O’Shaughnessy (USA) 125
632. Jeremy Carter (USA) 120
643. Zack Humphreys (USA) 117
643. Tommy O’Brien (USA) 117
675. Lucas Rogers (USA) 100
675. PJ Raia (USA) 100
675. Trin Schloot (USA) 100
756. Eddie Guilbeau (USA) 74
790. Liam Michelbrink (USA) 42
790. Eros Exarhou (USA) 42
810. Chris Dennis (TTO) 40
816. Scott Posner (USA) 32
816. Josie Graves (PRI) 32
816. Sean Hayes (USA) 32
848. Giorgio Gomez (USA) 24
856. Blake Burns (USA) 13
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2011 ASP NORTH AMERICA JUNIOR MENS RANKINGS AS OF 10/14/11
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1. Parker Coffin 250 points
2. Evan Thompson 188
3. Tanner Strohmenger 141
4. Colin Moran 123
5. Cole Richards 105
9. PJ Raia 79
13. Nathan Behl 69
13. Tommy Ihnken 69
17. Chris Tucker 59
17. Ryan Croteau 59
17. Ian Bloch 59
25. Fisher Heverly 48
25. Keto Burns 48
25. Michael Ciaramella 48
25. Cam Richards 48
33. Noah Schweizer 44
33. Mason Barnes 44
33. Shane Burn 44
41. Pat Schmidt 29
41. Robbie Merrill 29
41. Daniel Glenn 29
48. Jordan Heaselgrave 25
48. Justin Croteau 25
48. Joshua Burke 25
56. Luke Marks 21
56. Morgan Leavel 21
62. Giorgio Gomez 19
62. Andrew Brooke 19
66. Conner Lester 17 |
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