Kauai’s Andy Irons was eliminated in the quarterfinals of today’s contest.
Florida’s Kelly Slater moved another step closer to an unprecedented ninth world title today by winning the Billabong Pro J-Bay men’s surfing contest.
Slater beat reigning world champion Mick Fanning of Australia in the final for his 38th career world tour victory.
The final day of the [...]

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Coming into the 2008 ASP World Tour there was quite a bit expected from Kauai’s Andy Irons. Following a disappointing 2007 campaign - at least according to the standard set by the 3x world champion - there were many who expected A.I. to come back to form and put himself into a viable position to [...]

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Bruno Santos of Brazil wins the 2008 Billabong Pro Tahiti

Kauai brothers Andy and Bruce Irons advanced through to the quarterfinals of the Billabong Pro Tahiti yesterday.
But both lost in their quarterfinal matches. Joel Parkinson beat Andy Irons 16.33 to 6.14, while C.J. Hobgood stopped Bruce Irons 15.00 to 10.16.
Bruno Santos of Brazil went on to [...]

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Andy Irons and Joel Parkinson - who are both tied for current world #6 - can definitely smell blood.
A lot of big names bowed out early at the Billabong Pro Tahiti today as Kelly Slater, Taj Burrow, Bede Durbidge, and Jordy Smith were all defeated in round 3 action at 4-6 foot Teahupoo.

Kelly Slater wasn’t looking [...]

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Kauai’s Andy Irons surfed into the fourth round of the Quiksilver Pro with his victory over Ben Bourgeois today at Snapper Rocks in Australia.
Irons produced wave scores of 8.67 and 9.17 to set up a fourth-round match against Australia’s Kai Otton.
The 29-year-old Irons, a three-time world champion, may face eight-time world champ Kelly Slater in [...]

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