The waves were better than expected at the Rio Pro overnight and Gold Coasters Joel Parkinson, Mick Fanning and Bede Durbidge all made the most of the swell, tucking into some neat, but tricky tubes.
All three won their first round heats.
“Beacuse it’s a pretty straight break and the lines are pretty straight it’s hard to find the corners.””Bit of pot luck out there with the way its moving around but you know just got to find the corners of them and make sure you don’t get the closeouts.”
11-time world champ, Kelly Slater also barrelled his way into round three.
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