What a fantastic day of action at Supers! Jeffreys Bay delivered great waves once again in the 2005 event! Kelly Slater defeated Billabong team surfer Andy Irons in the dying seconds of the final heat to walk away with the big check. Displaying some of the best surfing ever seen at JBay, and needing a 9.23 for the win, Kelly ended with a 9.5 to take the win. Read the Full News Report.
Semi Final Heats
Ht1: Kelly Slater (USA) beat Timmy Reyes (USA)
Ht2: Andy Irons (HAW) beat Greg Emslie (ZAF)
Quarter Final Heats (* denotes Heat completed)
Ht1: Timmy Reyes (USA) beat Luke Stedman (AUS)
Ht2: Kelly Slater (USA) beat Bede Durbidge (AUS)
Ht3: Andy Irons (HAW) beat Raoni Monteiro (BRA)
Ht4: Greg Emslie (ZAF) beat Joel Parkinson (AUS)
Check the Photo page for all the images of the event taken by Karen Wilson. The Video page has clips from the best action over entire event, courtesy of Robson Machado, TWI and Lachlan McKinnon. Paul Botha and Wayne Dart have reports from the entire event, accessible via the News link above. You may also view the Surfer profiles, and if you’re interested in finding out a little more about JBay, check the cool Flash feature from Surfline.com
We hope you have enjoyed the Billabong Pro JBay 2005 as much as we did. Thanks for joining us again. See you here next year!
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