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2009 World Tour rankings update following the Billabong Pro Teahupoo
Holy crappers! Teahupoo put on a hell of a show, despite the fact that it never got all that big.
Joel Parkinson (AUS) still tops the list, though he stumbled in Round 3, followed by Taj Burrow (AUS), who jumped from 7th to 2nd. Mick Fanning’s ninth place finish dropped him into 3rd place, while C.J. Hobgood’s (USA) third quarterfinal finish bumped him to 4th in the rankings, and Adriano De Souza (BRA) continued his climb from 6th to 5th on the strength of his quarterfinal finish. Bobby Martinez made a big jump from 19th to 7th with his win at Chopes, while Jordy Smith’s Round 3 exit saw him drop from 3rd to 6th.
Big movers from the back of the pack include Mick Campbell (AUS), who jumped from 29th to 16th with an equal third and Aritz Aranburu (EUK), who jumped 20 spots, from 39th to 19th with his equal third place. If Mick and Aritz can pull off one more solid result this season, they’ll sail smoothly onto the 2010 Dream Tour.
Some of our talented tour leaders continued to stumble, with Kelly Slater (USA) again taking an equal 17th. Other tour front-runners, including world runner-up Bede Durbidge (AUS), Ace Buchan (AUS), and Jeremy Flores (FRA) also joined the Round 2 exit party.
Here are your World Tour rankings, post Tahiti.
1 Joel Parkinson (AUS)
2 Taj Burrow (AUS)
3 Mick Fanning (AUS)
4 C.J. Hobgood (USA)
5 Adriano de Souza (BRA)
6 Jordy Smith (ZAF)
7 Bobby Martinez (USA)
8 Tom Whitaker (AUS)
9 Fredrick Patacchia (HAW)
10 Kieren Perrow (AUS)
10 Taylor Knox (USA)
10 Damien Hobgood (USA)
13 Jay Thompson (AUS)
14 Bede Durbidge (AUS)
14 Adrian Buchan (AUS)
16 Mick Campbell (AUS)
17 Jeremy Flores (FRA)
18 Kekoa Bacalso (HAW)
19 Aritz Aranburu (EUK)
20 Kai Otton (AUS)
20 Dean Morrison (AUS)
20 Jihad Khodr (BRA)
20 Josh Kerr (AUS)
20 Drew Courtney (AUS)
25 Kelly Slater (USA)
25 Dayyan Neve (AUS)
25 Tim Boal (FRA)
28 Dane Reynolds (USA)
28 Chris Davidson (AUS)
30 Tim Reyes (USA)
30 Heitor Alves (BRA)
30 David Weare (ZAF)
30 Dustin Barca (HAW)
30 Tiago Pires (PRT)
35 Chris Ward (USA)
35 Ben Dunn (AUS)
35 Roy Powers (HAW)
35 Michel Bourez (PYF)
35 Nic Muscroft (AUS)
35 Greg Emslie (ZAF)
35 Phillip MacDonald (AUS)
35 Marlon Lipke (DEU)
43 Luke Stedman (AUS)
43 Michael Picon (FRA)
43 Nathaniel Curran (USA)
46 Gabe Kling (USA)
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