SURFING Magazine, On Tour FLIPBOOK, Stop No. 1, Quiksilver Gold Coast

QUIKSILVER PRO GOLD COAST Q U I K S I LV E R P R O G O L D C O A S T

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AND WE’RE LIVE Mick Fanning will show you the highlights.

P H OTO: COREY WI LSON

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QUIKSILVER PRO GOLD COAST

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ED I TO R I A L EDITOR | ZANDER MORTON CREATIVE DIRECTOR | CHATO AGANZA PHOTO EDITOR | PETER TARAS MANAGING EDITOR | LEO MAXAM TRAVEL & MEDIA MANAGER | JIMMY WILSON

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ART DIRECTOR | NOA EMBERSON ONLINE EDITOR | BRENDAN BUCKLEY EDITOR-AT-LARGE | TAYLOR PAUL EDITOR-AT-LARGE | BEAU FLEMISTER

P H OTO S COREY WILSON, STEVE SHERMAN

WO R D S BY BRENDAN BUCKLEY

C OV E R SNAPPER. PH OTO : CO R E Y WIL S O N

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WATC H T RA I L E R OUT NOW

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Days of the

Average cost of a beer,

Amount of flat whites

waiting period

in Australian dollars

consumed during the event’s waiting period

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Amount of money the

Average age of men’s

WSL spent on extending

quarterfinalists

Filipe’s prize money

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60,000

Average age of

Carissa’s prize money

100,000

the waiting period two extra days

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women’s quarterfinalists

Amount of threats broadcasted on the live webcast (thanks, Gabe)

23 Minutes of time you should expect to wait in line before

25th

10 Score of last wave

Filipe Toledo’s

ridden in the event

result on the Gold

— From Filipe, under

Coast last year

Julian’s priority

13th

getting into the

Julian Wilson’s

Komune on a Saturday

result on the Gold

night

Coast last year

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WITH BRENDAN BUCKLEY

IT’S DAY ONE OF THE 2015 QUIKSILVER/ ROXY PRO. IT’S HOT. TOO HOT FOR “30 DEGREES CENTIGRADE” TO SERVE VERBAL JUSTICE, and way too hot to be outside within the reach of that #nofilter sun — be better, ozone layer. I stand, shaded but still sweating, in the half tent, half castle WSL structure on the sands of Snapper while watching Round 1 commence in tragic conditions.

They were tragic because the waves were unfathomably perfect in the weeks leading up to the waiting period and another generous swell filled in immediately following the contest’s conclusion. There were nine lay days in the event’s 13-day window and on those lay days, the waves at the Superbank made a windswell in Fort Lauderdale look almost decent. (The nightlife during that time, however, made a Saturday night in New York City seem almost tame.)

But tragedy gives way to opportunity and opportunity spawns

action. Act the Quik/Roxy Pro

tried to boardslide a rock.

did. Remember when I said 13

Maybe the heat got to them?

days? It was supposed to be 11, but the League ponied up

All this this gave way to

and bought 48 extra hours of

star-spangled finals. Julian

chance. Turned out to be a

Wilson and Filipe Toledo rep-

wise investment.

resenting one gender, Stephanie Gilmore and Carissa Moore

The waves showed up, and the

waving a flag for the other.

surfing? Very now. Every for-

Four beacons of progressive

mer World Champion not named

surfing fighting for two big

“Mick” was knocked out before

ol’ trophies to confuse Qa-

Round 4. Italo Ferreira beat

ntas’ check-in staff with.

Kelly Slater. Wiggolly Dan-

We’ll give you a hint and say

tas beat Parko. Glenn Hall

the younger surfer won both.

beat Gabriel Medina. All this happened on the same day — a day with a weird sort of electricity in the humid Gold Coast heat. Aside from the aforementioned

upsets,

Ga-

briel threatened Glenn on the live webcast and Freddy P.

But how did they do it? Well darling, let me show you the way.

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FI R ST HAN D FROM SNAP P ER TO YOUR SCREEN

Kolohe Andino.

P HOTO : C O R E Y W I L SO N

John John Florence. P HOTO : SHE R M A N

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CJ Hobgood. PHOTO: COREY W IL S O N

013 Nat Young. PHOTO: COREY WIL S O N

WATC AND LEAR Taj Burrow watched Sebastian Zietz land this finner.

Then he learned how to beat him.

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Seabass. PH OTO : S T E V E S H E R M A N

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Fans of surfing come in all shapes, sizes and sometimes rashguards.

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Excuse you, Jefferson family. John John Florence stayed up top at the Rainbow Place Apartments, and here he gets a piece of the pie.

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=25th Ace Buchan. P HOTO : C O R E Y W I L SO N

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Josh Kerr. P HOTO : C O R E Y W I L SO N =13th

Round 4? Never heard of it.

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Dane Reynolds and Dusty Payne, PH OTO : CO R E Y WIL S O N =25th

=13th

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SINK Adriano de Souza placed 3rd at this event two years in a row. That’s called buoyancy. PH OTO : CO R E Y WIL S O N

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OR FLOAT

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With dad, mom, brothers, nephew and girlfriend there to support, Julian Wilson was able to see through the static all event.

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PH OTO : CO R E Y WIL S O N

Richard Nixon was in office the year that Kelly Slater was born.

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Fourty-three years later, here’s the king with a crooked spin.

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Jordy Smith, not one to take the stairs. P HOTO : C O R E Y W I L SO N

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Gabriel Medina (Brazilian) stormed off the beach after his Round 3 loss to Glenn Hall. He came back to the comp site twenty minutes later, gave the best/worst interview ever and then flashed claw at the WSL staff.

P HOTO : S T E VE SHE R M A N

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Weekend lay days were given the gift of expression sessions to entertain the buzzy Sunday crowd. Filipe Toledo, bless his heart, was never one to miss them.

Once the contest resumed, he picked up where he left off. PH OTO S : CO R E Y WIL S O N

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Josh Kerr.

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the wave behind Josh Kerr’s boat put the waves at Snapper to pink and purple shame.

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Charley Watson

Oliver Kurtz

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A bad idea

A worse idea

Movement

Mick Fanning and Bear

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Skyline

Dane Reynolds

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DEFINE Chad du Toit, scouring the pages of a blue-green Webster’s dictionary. PH OTO : CO R E Y WIL S O N

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Missed the grab. Won our hearts.

Courtney Conlogue and an air we applaud.

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TIME TRAVEL 042

The border between Queensland and New South Wales falls within the five-minute walk from Snapper Rocks to Duranbah. During the summer, there’s an hour time difference between them due to daylight savings. Oliver Kurtz, 300 yards and an hour away from the Superbank. P HOTO : C O R E Y W I L SO N

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Matt Wilkinson’s dog is small and cute and named Bambi. P HOTO : C O R E Y W I L SO N

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Harper Fanning’s dog is big and black and named Harper. P HOTO : C O R E Y W I L SO N

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UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

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Bad waves, great air. Davey Cathels. P HOTO : C O R E Y W I L SO N

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TWO, PEACE OR VICTORY? Two more years will mark 21 years on tour for Taj.

A 5th place at Snapper brings a little peace of mind.

Victory. Will 2015 finally be the year?

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KEEP IT RAIL Jordy Smith knows no other way.

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Home is where you make it. Mick Fanning, a few hundred yards from his house and hoping to make it.

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It’s only rock and roll, but Noa Deane likes it, PH OTO : CO R E Y WILSO N

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Taylor Hawkins (formerly of the Foo Fighters) played with his band Chevy Metal on a beer-soaked Friday afternoon and Andrew Stockdale of Wolfmother sat in for a few songs. Unfortunately, the Hip Hip Hondas had to cancel their show the next day due to inclement weather.

PH OTO : S T E VE SHE R M A N

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Should we have run some heats at D-Bah this day? Here’s Mick Fanning’s backhanded input. PH OTO S : CO R E Y WIL S O N

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Don’t call it a stadium. Err, on second thought, this is a league...P HOTO : C O R E Y W I L SO N

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Nikki Van Dijk, PH OTO: CO R E Y WIL S O N

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Stephanie Gilmore. PH OTO : S T E V E S H E R M A N

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The yellow jersey means Stephanie Gilmore won the World Title last year. It also means she’s probably going to beat you. P HOTO : C O R E Y W I L SO N

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COLOR

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COORDINATION

Coco Ho shared an apartment with her dad and looked good while doing it. PH OTO: CO R E Y WIL S O N

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Tyler Wright.

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Silvana Lima.

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Carissa Moore.

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Carissa Moore, over the lip. P HOTO S: C O R E Y W I L SO N

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And Carissa Moore, over the moon.

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TO SON “Win.” P HOTO : C O R E Y W I L SO N

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Julian Wilson:

14.70

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Filipe Toledo:

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In comes the storm.

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PHOTOS: COREY WI L S O N

Filipe Toledo wins!

(Just not at paint jobs).

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After the event, Filipe Toledo packed his bags and went to Indonesia with SURFING Magazine to work on an upcoming film. We sincerely hope that Lion Air was good to that trophy. PH OTO : S T E V E S H E R M A N

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2015 WCT RANKINGS MEN’ S 01 Filip e Tol d e d o 02 J ulian Wi l s on 03 Ad rian o D e S ou za 03 M igue l P u p o 05 M ic k Fa n n i n g 05 Taj Bur row 05 Be de D u r b i d g e 05 Wig gol l y D a n ta s 09 Jo rd y S m i t h 09 I talo Fe r re i ra 09 M att Wi l k i n s on 13 Gab rie l M e d i n a 13 Jo hn Jo h n F l ore n ce 13 Ke lly S l ate r 13 Jo el P a r k i n s on 13 Jos h Ke r r 13 Ko lo h e An d i n o 13 Owen Wr i g h t

AFTER THE Q U I K S I LV E R PRO GOLD COAST

WOMEN’S 1 3 Nat Young 1 3 Freddy Patacchia Jr. 1 3 Matt B anting 1 3 D usty Payne 2 5 Michel B ourez 2 5 Adrian B uchan 2 5 Kai O tton 2 5 J adson A ndre 2 5 Adam Melling 2 5 Keanu Asing 2 5 J eremy Flores 2 5 B rett S impson 2 5 R icardo C hristie 2 5 CJ H obgood 2 5 D ane R eynolds 2 5 J ack Freestone

01 Ca r issa Mo o re 02 Ste p h a n ie Gilmo re 03 Tyle r Wr ig h t 03 Tat ia n a Westo n -We b b 05 Ma lia Ma n u e l 05 La key P ete rs o n 05 Co u rt n ey Co n lo g u e 05. Silva n a Lima 09. Sa lly Fitzg ib b o n s 09. Dimity Stoyle 09. Co c o Ho 09. Nikki Va n Dijk 13. Bia n c a Bu ite n d a g 13. Jo h a n n e Defay 13. La u ra En eve r 13. Sa g e Er ic ks o n 13. Alessa Qu izo n 13. Bro n te Ma c a u lay

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