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"We could see the point why the organizers wanted to push and get a few heats done, but that last heat wasn't really surfing," said Egan. "So I went to Andy to see what he reckoned, as my year is more important than those conditions. He agreed, saying he didn't want to go near it. We all just want a fair chance, and then we'll see some high performance surfing in this event."

Irons commands a well-earned advantage going into the Rip Curl Cup, with a thousand points separating him from the nearest three Australian rivals still holding a mathematical chance of the crown. A victory or runner-up finish at Sunset would guarantee the Hawaiian's maiden world title, though in reality the pressure is really on his opponents. Unless at least one of them reaches the four-man final and places highly in the Rip Curl Cup, there is no chance anyone can surpass him during the season ending Xbox Gerry Lopez Pipeline Masters. He will face Peterson Rosa (Brz) and Rip Curl Cup Trials winner Pancho Sullivan (Haw) when round one recommences.

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Official results of round one in the Rip Curl Cup (1st > Rnd 3; 2nd & 3rd >Rnd 2)

  • H1: Taylor Knox (USA) 11.0; Shea Lopez (USA) 7.5; Paul Canning (SAfr) 6.85
  • H2: Shane Powell (Aus) 16.25; Phil MacDonald (Aus) 14.6; Danny Wills (Aus)10.0
  • H4: Kieren Perrow (Aus) 14.75; Darren O'Rafferty (Aus) 12.15; Beau Emerton(Aus) 6.5
  • H5: Sunny Garcia (Haw) 13.0; Mick Fanning (Aus) 6.5; Rodrigo Dornelles (Brz)4.25
  • H6: Jake Paterson (Aus) 13.75; Joel Parkinson (Aus) 12.5; Victor Ribas (Brz)0.2

Upcoming round one heats in the Rip Curl Cup (1st > Rnd 3; 2nd & 3rd > Rnd2)

  • H7: Michael Lowe (Aus); Richard Lovett (Aus); Marcelo Nunes (Brz)
  • H8: Andy Irons (Haw); Peterson Rosa (Brz); Pancho Sullivan (Haw)
  • H9: Luke Egan (Aus); Michael Campbell (Aus); Myles Padaca (Haw)
  • H10: Taj Burrow (Aus); Neco Padaratz (Brz); Bruce Irons (Haw)
  • H11: Kalani Robb (Haw); Flavio Padaratz (Brz); Greg Emslie (SAfr)
  • H12: Cory Lopez (USA); Lee Winkler (Aus); Nathan Webster (Aus)
  • H13: CJ Hobgood (USA); Fabio Gouveia (Brz); Maz Quinn (NZ)
  • H14: Damien Hobgood (USA); Luke Hitchings (Aus); Shane Dorian (Haw)
  • H15: Kelly Slater (USA); Pat O'Connell (USA); Russell Winter (UK)
  • H16: Nathan Hedge (Aus); Guilherme Herdy (Brz); Renan Rocha (Brz)
  • H3: Mark Occhilupo (Aus); Dean Morrison (Aus); Paulo Moura (Brz)

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