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ASP World Tour - Mundaka to Brazil - beyond the top 10
Beyond the top 10, we’ve seen a few other significant changes in the rankings. In some cases, surfers have moved closer into the safe zone of the top 27, while in others, surfers have moved closer to the point of no return. One of the more notable changes to take place beyond the top 10 has been the incredibly disappearing Irons brothers. Hawaiian brothers Andy and Bruce Irons missed the Mundaka event, causing Andy to slide from 13th to 14th while Bruce slid from 14th to 17th. The internet’s a buzz with gossip as to why Andy has become a repeated no-show, but by all accounts, it sounds like he’s “over it”. Let’s see if he shows up for the final two events of the year, where everyone knows he’s more than capable of stomping the competition and taking home big wins. Hawaiian, Fred Pattachia and Aussie, Kieren Perrow continue their ascent, with Fred moving from 18th to 15th and Kieren moving from 17th to 13th. Californian, Taylor Knox jumped two spots from 20th to 18th, while fellow Californians, Chris Ward and Tim Reyes dropped two spots from 19th to 21st, and 20th to 22nd, respectively. Also dropping two spots were Aussie, Dayyan Neve, who dropped from 16th to 18th, and Saffo, Jordy Smith, who dropped from 20th to 22nd. Aussie, Dean Morrison took a bigger drop, from 24th to 27th, while his fellow countryman, Tom Whitaker took a huge jump into the safe zone, going from 27th to 20th. Fronchie, Miky Picon moved up three spots from 29th to 26th, within the realm of requalifying, while fellow Euros, Aritz Aranburu and Tiago Pires remain in the back of the pack, with Aritz remaining at 44th place, while Tiago moved up one spot from 32nd to 31st. Tiago can definitely find himself a spot on the 2009 tour, if he can just pull out a few strong heat wins, like he did in Indo. My money has him regrowing his mustache prior to Brazil. Falling outside of the requalifying zone after the Mundaka event was Floridian, Damien Hobgood, twin brother of the event winner, who dropped from 26th to 30th. Little progress was made amongst the back of packers, other than Mick Campbell moving within striking distance of requalifying, going from 31st to 28th, and Hawaiian, Pancho Sullivan’s 11th hour push from 40th to 36th. Pancho got off to a bad start this year, but is capable of requalifying if he can pull off two major wins. Keep watching as we move into Brazil, as we may see fortunes quickly change as the 2009 qualifiers fall into place. See you in Brazil.
Your current top 45, after Mundaka:
1 Kelly Slater (USA)
2 Taj Burrow (AUS)
3 Joel Parkinson (AUS)
4 Bede Durbidge (AUS)
5 Adriano de Souza (BRA)
6 C.J. Hobgood (USA)
7 Adrian Buchan (AUS)
8 Mick Fanning (AUS)
9 Bobby Martinez (USA)
10 Luke Stedman (AUS)
11 Jeremy Flores (FRA)
12 Kai Otton (AUS)
13 Kieren Perrow (AUS)
14 Andy Irons (HAW)
15 Fredrick Patacchia (HAW)
16 Dane Reynolds (USA)
17 Bruce Irons (HAW)
18 Taylor Knox (USA)
18 Dayyan Neve (AUS)
20 Tom Whitaker (AUS)
21 Chris Ward (USA)
22 Tim Reyes (USA)
22 Jordy Smith (ZAF)
24 Roy Powers (HAW)
25 Ben Dunn (AUS)
26 Mikael Picon (FRA)
27 Dean Morrison (AUS)
28 Mick Campbell (AUS)
29 Heitor Alves (BRA)
30 Damien Hobgood (USA)
31 Tiago Pires (PRT)
32 Jay Thompson (AUS)
33 Rodrigo Dornelles (BRA)
34 Daniel Wills (AUS)
34 Royden Bryson (ZAF)
36 Pancho Sullivan (HAW)
37 Luke Munro (AUS)
37 Ben Bourgeois (USA)
39 Neco Padaratz (BRA)
39 Leonardo Neves (BRA)
41 Travis Logie (ZAF)
42 Jihad Khodr (BRA)
42 Daniel Ross (AUS)
44 Aritz Aranburu (EUK)
45 Ricky Basnett (ZAF)
46 Nic Muscroft (AUS)
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