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The Australian made the show at Teahupoo: a perfect barrel ride (scored 10 points but with a 9.9 from a fussy judge), others almost as spectacular, a gesture of annoyance towards Wilson who had just "robbed" a wave from him and towards the judges sparing of interferences, exuberant claims and a spot in semifinal acquired at the strength of his fins. Kai Otton did not steal his four-place increase in the rankings, now in 13th position. The Aussie is looking good to keep his spot on the World Tour next year.
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.