The shifty sandbars of Peniche, Portugal, offered up some fun surf in the 4 foot range this morning, but just as the contest was set to run Round 3, a heavy fog rolled in and put a stop to that. Luckily, Round 2 was finished up yesterday at the backup venue of Belgas, with clean 4-5 foot peeling lefts for the final 3 heats. Contest organizers are expecting some solid surf on the horizon, hoping to get underway at the primary venue of Supertubos tomorrow, with Jordy Smith taking on CJ Hobgood in heat 1. Its looking like we may finally get to see Supertubos live up to its name. Fingers crossed...

REMAINING RIP CURL PRO SEARCH ROUND 2 RESULTS:
Heat 14: Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 15.17 def. Ben Dunn (AUS) 8.83
Heat 15: Adriano de Souza (BRA) 13.00 def. Jihad Khodr (BRA) 10.07
Heat 16: Tim Reyes (USA) 13.06 def. Kieren Perrow (AUS) 9.50

RIP CURL PRO SEARCH ROUND 3 MATCH-UPS:
Heat 1: C.J. Hobgood (USA) vs. Jordy Smith (ZAF)
Heat 2: Tom Whitaker (AUS) vs. Bede Durbidge (AUS)
Heat 3: Bobby Martinez (USA) vs. Drew Courtney (AUS)
Heat 4: Kai Otton (AUS) vs. Joel Parkinson (AUS)
Heat 5: Owen Wright (AUS) vs. Dane Reynolds (USA)
Heat 6: Taj Burrow (AUS) vs. Damien Hobgood (USA)
Heat 7: Mick Fanning (AUS) vs. Fredrick Patacchia (HAW)
Heat 8: Adriano de Souza (BRA) vs. Tim Reyes (USA)