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There were very few opportunities to determine Kieren Perrow as being on the up and up this season so we're taking advantage of his third round finish to reward the Aussie veteran. Although it does not seem like it, KP defeated Buchan in the first round (with a 16.60 total) aligning two similar backside barrels. In the third round against Kerr, Perrow scored big on two huge tubes (9.63 and 8.30) that could have (should have?) allowed him to dominate his compatriot. Alas, Kerrzy threw out a buzzer-beater barrel overtaking his elder in the dying seconds of the heat. But, on a spot he likes, we've found the Kieren we love. His 32nd place in the rankings (up two places), however, still leaves him in deep trouble.
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.