{"id":5067,"date":"2014-08-31T19:37:54","date_gmt":"2014-08-31T19:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/?p=5067"},"modified":"2018-04-17T09:40:02","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T09:40:02","slug":"mens-world-championship-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/mens-world-championship-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Men\u2019s World Championship Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Besides the legendary Rip Curl Cup <em>Padang Padang<\/em> (Indonesia), probably the most important and interesting Surf Contest this month took place from the 15<sup>th<\/sup> until the 26<sup>th<\/sup> in Teahupo&#8217;o, Tahiti, French Polynesia. The Billabong Pro Tahiti is part of the ASP World Tour Surfing; to be more precise it was \u201cMen\u2019s World Championship Tour #7\u201d.In the last round the 11 times World Champion <em>Kelly Slater <\/em>and new star and winner of the Billabong Pro Tahiti Contest <em>Gabriel Medina<\/em> from Brasil left their fans and spectators speechless and with shaking hands. In the end it was a difference in the score of only 0,03 points just in Slater\u2019s very last ride (9,30) that made Medina win for the third time during the WCT. Absolute high class surfing!<\/p>\n<p>But also because of other facts this contest is said to have had a very special proceeding according to a quote on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsurfleague.com\/\">official homepage of the ASP World Tour<\/a>: <strong>\u201c&#8221;Historical!&#8221; &#8220;Epic!&#8221; &#8220;Incomparable!&#8221; These often get tossed around in surfing conversations. But the Billabong Pro Tahiti, Stop No. 7 on the 2014 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT), lived up to the hype.\u201d<\/strong> After the this statement they also list ten reasons for their opinion, why #7 was so extraordinary. Amongst others: Medina broke \u201cthree-way tie\u201d with Michel Bourez (French Polynesia) and Mick Fanning (Australia) and is now ahead of them; Kelly Slater got New Record For Highest Heat Average of 18.97 and hit five consecutive nine-pointers only in round 3; moreover some absolutely wicked drops and also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rviPhGEfssk\">wipeouts <\/a>in triple-overhead Tahitian waves and, in general, incredibly high scores (57 nine-point rides in all and seven perfect 10s!!!)<\/p>\n<p>Next stop will be <em>WCT #8 Upcoming: Sep 09 &#8211; 20 Hurley Pro at Trestles San Clemente, California , United States of America<\/em>. 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