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The uncertainties of the heat draw gave us the occasion to see a detonating fifth round: Kelly versus Parko–equally explosive and confusing for the two strong men of the last season. Unfortunately, Kelly was the quickest to find the most hollow and fastest barrel–the kind of wave that always makes a difference (16.74 to 13.97). Previously, the winner at Bali did not have to complain about the conduct of his heats: in the first round when he was jostled by Andino and Anthony Walsh, author of the first perfect 10 of the contest, in the third round, where Alain Riou only lacked 0.57 points - and a world tour resident aura - to catch the outgoing world champion. Even if he keeps his third place in the rankings, Parko sees Slater and Fanning escape, more than 7000 points ahead of him.
Surfagram co-founder Nykola Duma.
Journalist Vincent Martin.
Not included in the Top 34 analysis: Owen Wright (AUS), Tiago Pires (PRT), Dusty Payne (HAW) and Glenn Hall (IRL) who was wounded and missing in Teahupoo, Raoni Monteiro (BRA) who was unable to finance his trip to Tahiti lacking sponsors. Their replacements were Yadin Nicol (AUS), Pat Gudauskas (USA), Jocelyn Poulou (PYF), Nathan Hedge (AUS) and Ian Walsh (HAW) and the two wildcards from the trials: Alain Riou (PYF) and Anthony Walsh (AUS).
Editor’s Note: This article is a collaborative work between Vincent Martin and the Surfagram team (Nykola Duma & Pierre-Arnaud Marcelot). Vincent is a journalist and runs the popular French surf website Planète Surf. Nykola is a graphic designer and art director and Pierre-Arnaud is a software engineer. Together, they created Surfagram–a fun and visual way to look at ASP World Tour results and statistics on contests and surfers.