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Having been injured during the US Open of Surfing, had Sebastian Zietz recovered sufficiently to attend the Billabong Pro Tahiti? With regard to his first round performance with three poor take offs and an unworthy total for the talented Hawaiian tuberider (2.60), of course not. Better in round 2, "Seabass" has not lost against Melling, both surfers finished tied at 14.10. Author of the best-scored barrel (8.33), the Australian validated his qualification for the third round leaving the rookie Zietz docked at the second round for the first time this season. Like Young, the first time in his elite career too.
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.