BRAZIL: SURFING - Best surfers in the world join Billabong Rio Pro, the Brazilian round of the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour

Record ID: 860726

  • Title: BRAZIL: SURFING - Best surfers in the world join Billabong Rio Pro, the Brazilian round of the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour
  • Date: 10th May 2012
  • Summary: RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (MAY 09, 2012) (REUTERS-FOR USE IN SCHEDULED NEWS BULLETINS) CLOSE OF MOON GENERAL VIEW FROM RIO DE JANEIRO'S BEACH GENERAL VIEW OF SLUM U.S. SURFER JOEL PARKINSON AND AUSTRALIAN SURFER TAYLOR KNOX BRAZILIAN SURFER ADRIANO DE SOUZA, DUBBED AS MINEIRO, SURFING AUSTRALIAN SURFERS TAJ BURROW AND KIEREN PERROW PHOTOGRAPHER SOUTH AFRICAN SURFER JORDY SMITH VARIOUS OF AMERICAN SURFER C. J. HOBGOOD WOMEN WATCHING THE COMPETITION GENERAL VIEW OF RIO BILLABONG PRO SURFERS IN THE WATER AUSTRALIAN SURFER OWEN WRIGHT DURING COMPETITION RIGHT AFTER HIS ROUND VARIOUS OF BRAZILIAN SURFER MINEIRO IN THE WATER VARIOUS OF MINEIRO (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) BRAZILIAN SURFER ADRIANO DE SOUZA, SAYING: "(Kelly) Slater's absence affected the championship a little bit. The entire media and the event's infrastructure revolves around him. But for me he is an opponent, an adversary, so this means one less opponent on my way. I am actually happy and sad at the same time." GENERAL VIEW OF RIO DE JANEIRO
  • Embargoed: 25th May 2012 13:00
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  • Location: Brazil
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  • Country: Brazil
  • Topics: Sports
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  • Story Text: Some of the world's best surfers hit the waves in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday (May 09) as the ASP World Championship Tour arrived in the South American country.
    The Rio event, which is the tour's third leg of ten cities, is also known as the Billabong Rio Pro.
    American surfer and current ASP World surfer number one, Kelly Slater, decided to withdraw from the Rio competitions after injuring his knee surfing in Java.
    Brazilian surfer Adriano de Souza said he had mixed emotions about Slater's absence from the event.
    "(Kelly) Slater's absence affected the championship a little bit. The entire media and the event's infrastructure revolves around him. But for me he is an opponent, an adversary, so this means one less opponent on my way. I am actually happy and sad at the same time," he said.
    The men's Billabong Rio Pro runs from May 09 until May 20.
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