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Move along, there's nothing to see on Taj's side after being eliminated early in the second round. Before this 2013 Billabong Pro Tahiti, we have to look back at 2011 to find a trace of an elimination this early for the Australian in a World Tour event. Back then, it was also at Teahupoo. Taj Burrow has not been able to counter-attack the Hawaiian wildcard Ian Walsh scoring the lowest total (8.00) of the second round. Still fifth in the rankings, the hopes of the tour veteran to clinch his first world title this year slowly fade away.
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.