The Billabong Pro Santa Catarina, the third round in the World Title Race, will take place from April 23rd to May 2nd in Imbituba, Santa Catarina. Adam Melling and Owen Wright are there chasing the big points. Good luck fellahs.

BILLABONG SANTA CATARINA PRO ROUND 1 MATCH-UPS:
Heat 1: Fredrick Patacchia (HAW), Jeremy Flores (FRA), Adam Melling (AUS)
Heat 15: Chris Davidson (AUS), Owen Wright (AUS), Brett Simpson (USA)

UPDATE APRIL 25th
Owen Wright had a solid win in round 1 and moved straight into round 3. Adam Melling lost another close one and will surf against Chris Davidson in Ht 9.

Photos Kirstin / ASP

UPDATE APRIL 26th
Mello went down to Davo by 0.8 points in round 2 and is out of the event. Bugger.

UPDATE APRIL 28th
Despite nursing a knee injury Owen caused an upset eliminating Bede Durbidge in Round 3.
“I’m rapt to make it into the fourth round. Starting the year with two 16ths is tough, and my knee didn’t feel 100% before the comp so I wasn’t even sure if I would compete. It’s felt good though, but still not where I want it to be. Bede is an amazing surfer and every year he competes here, he gets the best waves. Fortunately, I was able to get in a rhythm out there and there wasn’t anything left for him.”
Owen surfs against Jeremy Flores in Ht 6 of round 4.



UPDATE APRIL 29th
Owen had a huge win over Jeremy Flores with a heat total of 13.60 (6.5, 7.1 ). He then went on to eliminate Taylor Knox in quarter final 3 highlighted by a 7.17 ride with 1:30 on the clock.
In the semi final Owen secured his career best result today, finishing equal 3rd , putting himself in excellent position to make the Top 32 cut-off at this season’s midway point.
“I’m rapt with my result here in Brazil. The tide really filled in and it became challenging to find them out there. Kelly can pretty much do anything and he was able to stay busy during that Semi. I’m stoked with 3rd and it definitely helps with the seeding heading into these next two events. I’ve never been to J-Bay before but I’m frothing to get there.”
Congratulations Owen from the Le-Ba boys.


photos Kirstin /ASP

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