Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2011

ROUND 1 HIGHLIGHTS

Clean three-to-five foot (1—1.5 metre) left and right barrels graced the primary site of Supertubos this afternoon as the Rip Curl Pro Portugal completed the opening round of competition.

ROUND 2 & 3 HIGHLIGHTS

The Rip Curl Pro Portugal stormed through 21 heats of competition today as the primary site of Supertubos delivered flawless six-to-eight foot (2—2.5 metre) barrels from sun up to sun down.

QUARTERS AND SEMIS HIGHLIGHTS

Bede Durbidge (AUS), 28, matched his best result of the season today, besting John John Florence (HAW), 19, and Joel Parkinson (AUS), 30, en route to his Equal 3rd place finish. Despite having his run halted by De Souza in the Semifinals, today’s result moves Durbidge from 18th to 15th on the ASP World Title rankings and that much closer to cracking the Top 10.

FINALS HIGHLIGHTS

Adriano de Souza (BRA), 24, has taken out the Rip Curl Pro Portugal over Kelly Slater (USA), 39, in clean three-to-five foot (1—1.5 metre) barrels at Supertubos today.