Round One is Done

Contributed by Chris Mauro

Monday, July 13, 2009 10:13am

Contest Director Mike Parsons threw the back end of the Top 45 into the water for Round One of the Billabong Pro today, having chosen the new one-and-done format to make the most of the clean 3-foot lineup that materialized at Supertubes. With only an average size swell approaching Jeffreys Bay in the contest window, competitors battled not only each other, but J-Bay's speedy wind tunnels and ferocious rocks that always threaten skin and fin when it's small. Thanks to some friendly winds..