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Making his return at Teahupoo after his painful contact with the reef in Fiji, which forced him to miss Bali, Travis Logie was stopped in round two. Off the pace in the first round (6.57) against Smith and Riou, the South African had regained colors in the next round and his tube on the buzzer was very close to bringing down the eventual event champ. Only 0.30 points were missing for the surfer from Durban to radically change the course of the competition. As a result, Logie is still fighting (ranked 22nd tied) for a place in the Top 34 elite next season.
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.