A Round 2 Win in Tahiti

Had a nail-biter of a second round heat against Ben Dunn today in the Billabong Pro in Tahiti. It was a pretty slow heat until Dunny put away an above average score with two minutes to go leaving me chasing a 6.76 to win. I had priority and knew I had to wait for a decent wave to give myself a chance. With 30 seconds to go there wasn’t much happening, then this little wave lurched up. As I was paddling in I could hear the competitor counting the heat down. I got to my feet just before the hooter went and got myself through a pretty cool little barrel to get a 9.17 and the heat win. It was an exciting finish and I may have thrown out a little claim (okay, a big claim) but you can’t blame me, it was a pretty exciting finish to the heat. I surf against my buddy Tommy Whitaker in Round 3 so stay tuned to billabongpro.com to watch it live. Here’s todays other results along with the upcoming heats.

Mick locks into 9.17 in the last seconds of his round 2 heat. © Getty Images

REMAINING BILLABONG PRO TAHITI ROUND 2 RESULTS:
Heat 7: Taylor Knox (USA) 11.50 def. Kai Otton (AUS) 10.63
Heat 8: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 13.26 def. Heiarii Williams (PYF) 9.67
Heat 9: Andy Irons (HAW) 13.16 def. Bede Durbidge (AUS) 12.00
Heat 10: Bobby Martinez (USA) 9.17 def. Dayyan Neve (AUS) 7.94
Heat 11: Adriano de Souza (BRA) 11.67 def. Dustin Barca (HAW) 8.80
Heat 12: Jordy Smith (ZAF) 16.33 def. Heitor Alves (BRA) 14.34
Heat 13: Aritz Aranburu (EUK) 17.27 def. Kelly Slater (USA) 15.00
Heat 14: Damien Hobgood (USA) 16.06 def. Dean Morrison (AUS) 9.00
Heat 15: Mick Fanning (AUS) 13.84 def. Ben Dunn (AUS) 11.43
Heat 16: Tom Whitaker (AUS) 14.16 def. Tim Boal (FRA) 4.50

BILLABONG PRO TAHITI ROUND 3 RESULTS:
Heat 1: C.J. Hobgood (USA) 15.50 def. Jay Thompson (AUS) 6.17
Heat 2: Taj Burrow (AUS) 12.04 def. Kieren Perrow (AUS) 9.40
Heat 3: Mick Campbell (AUS) 15.07 def. Josh Kerr (AUS) 8.50
Heat 4: Taylor Knox (USA) 15.46 def. Joel Parkinson (AUS) 5.57

REMAINING BILLABONG PRO TAHITI ROUND 3 MATCH-UPS:
Heat 5: Andy Irons (HAW) vs. Bobby Martinez (USA)
Heat 6: Adriano de Souza (BRA) vs. Jordy Smith (ZAF)
Heat 7: Aritz Aranburu (EUK) vs. Damien Hobgood (USA)
Heat 8: Mick Fanning (AUS) vs. Tom Whitaker (AUS)

UPCOMING BILLABONG PRO TAHITI QUARTERFINAL MATCH-UPS:
QF 1: C.J. Hobgood (USA) vs. Taj Burrow (AUS)
QF 2: Mick Campbell (AUS) vs. Taylor Knox (USA)
QF 3: TBA
QF 4: TBA

Mick claims the barrel he scored in the final stages of his Round 2 clash that helped get him a win. © Getty Images

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