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Chopes - 2008

Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 6:33 am
by munch
It's on 2-3 and it's busy, it's got the old style vid feed:

http://aspworldtour.edgeboss.net/wmedia ... 080504.asx

and they give youse a link to it ;)

replays are good, multi angle cams, ... it alls seems pretty good compared to the other efforts this year :!:

http://www.billabongpro.com/

Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 7:48 am
by munch
So bruno :?: wtf is he doing there :shock:

Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 9:21 am
by scroopulis
Faaark, Dornelles just got pumped

Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 10:44 am
by BIGJIM
Mick Campbell on fire, great heat to watch. Late drops and nice foamy barrells.

Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 10:50 am
by Jamoe
Anyone watch early this morning? Slater was going everything and making nothing! he got some lucky waves at the end though

Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 11:18 am
by TMC
well slater just slaughtered one then, amazing big barrel, only got a nine

PS slaughtered for the surf lingo thread?

Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 12:04 pm
by Jamoe
Fanning is out!! Bruno Santos got him in the final 30 secs!

Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 12:06 pm
by BIGJIM
Fanning out! 2nd round

beat me to it Jamoe. Mick shouldve let him go and taken that last wave i reckon.

Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 1:18 pm
by TMC
Unfortunately i missed the last 8 minutes of kelly's heat and all of micks, but i'm going to say its up between Kelly, Bobby, Campbo, and Manoa :!:

I think manoa might crush a bit under the pressure of the later rounds (if he makes it past 3) although he didnt seem to phased about kelly in round one.

Kelly seems to be adopting his usual heat character in these comparatively fickle conditions, and he's just taking off on everything, and seeing if he can make a go of it, once he's on, which he usually does.

Bobby's record is pretty amazing, winning it in his first attempt, and he seemed super casual in round one, just dropping in and loosening up. Not being on your backside cant really hurt either.



:twisted: Adriano got lucky :lol:

Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 9:52 pm
by Jonas
Anyone see Jordy Smith in the first heat of Round 1? Didn't find many barrels but went for two backside airs on the end section. Great stuff.

I thought Andy's come from behind win was interesting. He only needed a 3.5 or something in the last minute but I wondered if Timmy Rayes could have held him off with priority. You know, the old paddle on the inside and pretend to go for the wave to hold Andy off it trick. Instead Timmy just sat there, let Andy take a medium one, two snaps, fell off and still got the score!

Manoa looked good. Didn't see any crumbling under pressure. Perfect positioning for the sets. In Kelly's interview afterward the heat with Manoa Kelly complained that Manoa had held him off catching the waves he needed. Insteresting.

Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 7:21 am
by munch
saw jordy's air's and bllrrr ya can do airs anywhere :lol:

it's a weird wave isn't it :?: the waves were 2-3ft when I first checked it and then 2 heats later slater gets that big 9 and the commentators are calling it 6ft which it probably was :arrow: seems to change all the time :?

And sad to see fanning out, but you do drop two scores in the end anyways :?

Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 11:12 am
by Butts
Slater is gone as well :? :shock:

Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 12:22 pm
by Hano
Go Bede.

Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 12:30 pm
by rightbrainpositive
Go Kotton go!

Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 12:58 pm
by TMC
Dane v Jordy was interesting, finally a good matchup and dane spanked him

Taj, Kelly, Dayyan, and Campbo all out

Im finding hard to maintain interest now

Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 1:13 pm
by Dingus
I got up at 4:30am to check this out, the video went down and missed CJs 9.97. Is is working for anyone else now?

Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 1:29 pm
by Butts
Dae wrote:I got up at 4:30am to check this out, the video went down and missed CJs 9.97. Is is working for anyone else now?
Yes, but I think its all over.

Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 1:42 pm
by Dingus
It was the billabong site, I checked the link munch posted in his first and it worked there. Then it finished :x But it's cool, I'm 12hrs time difference and it starts when I get out of the surf. Red wine, baguettes, cheese and chopes :P