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"\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src=\\\"http:\\/\\/player.vimeo.com\\/video\\/49937184\\\" width=\\\"640\\\" height=\\\"360\\\" frameborder=\\\"0\\\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;\\/iframe&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;strong&gt;Kelly Slater Wins Hurley Pro At Lowers&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;In a largely one-sided final against Joel Parkinson, Kelly Slater nabbed the 2012 Hurley Pro, his third in a row. The win also marks his 50th world tour victory, and vaults him up to number three in the world rankings. It hardly comes as much of a surprise, Lowers has been Slater\\u2019s most dominant event on tour, and the scene of some the most memorable moments of his pro career. From dream crushing performances to controversial calls and interferences, it\\u2019s provided him and fans with loads of entertainment. \\u201cI\\u2019ve had so many good years at Lowers,\\u201d said Slater, \\u201cthe pressure is really on to make the final. It\\u2019s cool to win the 50th event here. I won my first event as a pro here, so it feels like a nice wrap up.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Slater started off the final with a long left, looking loose and comfortable. Meanwhile Parko looked tentative, falling on an off the lip on his first wave. That set the tone, as Kelly followed with a second score on a long right under Joel\\u2019s priority. From there, Kelly continued logging 7s and 8s while Parko sat out the back waiting for a bigger set wave. When it finally arrived, he was too deep in the hole, despite lighting it up for an 8.33.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The results tighten up the world title race, with Mick Fanning still in the lead, followed by Parko, and Slater now creeping into third. Pundits may already be talking about Kelly\\u2019s 12th world title, but up next the tour heads to France, an event Mick Fanning has won three times. &lt;strong&gt;\\u2014Casey Koteen&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;figure id=\\\"attachment_100015\\\" style=\\\"width: 640px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption aligncenter\\\"&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2012\\/09\\/Picture-8.png\\\"&gt;&lt;img class=\\\" wp-image-1000152168\\\" style=\\\"border: 4px solid black;\\\" title=\\\"Kelly Slater\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2012\\/09\\/Picture-8-1000x677.png\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"640\\\" height=\\\"432\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;figcaption class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\"&gt;Kelly Slater&amp;#8217;s stat line at Trestles the past 10 years: 8 finals, 6 wins. Talk about domination. Photo: ASP\\/Kirstin&lt;\\/figcaption&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nASP Press Release&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LOWER TRESTLES, California\\/USA (Thursday, September 20, 2012) \\u2013 &lt;\\/strong&gt;Kelly Slater (USA), 40, reigning 11-time ASP World Champion has claimed the Hurley Pro at Trestles over Joel Parkinson (AUS), 31, in clean three-to-five foot (1 \\u2013 1.5 metre) waves at Lower Trestles, marking the iconic Floridian\\u2019s 50th elite ASP World Championship Tour (WCT) win of his career.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Event No. 6 of 10 on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour, the Hurley Pro at Trestles culminated in dramatic fashion today with the world\\u2019s best going head-to-head in pristine Southern California conditions.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Slater got off to a quick start in the Final bout against Parkinson, electing smaller inside waves, surfing them impeccably and moving from strength-to-strength throughout the heat. Surfing on a four-fin \\u201cQuad\\u201d surfboard, Slater\\u2019s juggernaut momentum and searing performance would prove too much for the in-form Parkinson as he confidently took his sixth event title at Lower Trestles, his third consecutive.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cI know I went out there feeling like I didn\\u2019t have anything to lose because Parko (Joel Parkinson) was the form guy,\\u201d Slater said. \\u201cHe was pretty much the standout in every round. He schooled Medina (Gabriel Medina) yesterday somehow and was combo\\u2019ing everybody. I just figured I had to get myself on the best waves and let go a little bit, but it got really quiet out there. It was the first time something really felt like it went my way when they (the judges) took my priority away. By the time they announced it, Joel was above the wave and couldn\\u2019t catch it. That was the turning point for me. Every contest I\\u2019ve won, there\\u2019s some moment where things go my way.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Slater, who now sits at 3rd on the ASP WCT ratings, views today\\u2019s victory as a turning point in the 2012 season and will look to carry his recent momentum throughout the upcoming European leg of competition.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cI knew that heat would either make or break me for the year,\\u201d Slater said. \\u201cI would have let Parko (Joel Parkinson) have those extra 2,000 points if he\\u2019d won and it would look very different on the ratings. It\\u2019s nice heading into Europe. I feel like I\\u2019ve had so many good years at Lowers and the pressure is really on every year to make the Final \\u2013 I feel like it\\u2019s been like that since I\\u2019ve been on tour. It\\u2019s cool to win the 50th here. I won my first event as a pro here and it\\u2019s great to get this win.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;figure id=\\\"attachment_100015\\\" style=\\\"width: 640px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption aligncenter\\\"&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2012\\/09\\/Picture-6.png\\\"&gt;&lt;img class=\\\" wp-image-1000152169\\\" style=\\\"border: 4px solid black;\\\" title=\\\"Kelly Slater\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2012\\/09\\/Picture-6.png\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"640\\\" height=\\\"432\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;figcaption class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\"&gt;2012 Hurley Pro Trestles champ, 11-Time World Champion Kelly Slater. Photo: Dorsey&lt;\\/figcaption&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Parkinson was dominant throughout the entirety of the Hurley Pro at Trestles, consistently posting high scores in every round of competition. The stylish Australian was unable to find the set waves he had been able to in previous rounds, but today\\u2019s Runner-Up finish against Slater cements his position as ASP WCT No. 2 heading into Europe.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cA Final is a good result,\\u201d Parkinson said. \\u201cTahiti kind of hurt a lot. I felt like I was on a bit of a good one this week. It was all going well. Every time I paddled out, I had a lot of waves and Kelly (Slater) had those heats where he had no waves and I was thinking, \\u2018my mojo is stronger.\\u2019 Sure enough, the Final was a slow one. It was one of those ones where you feel like you\\u2019re on point all week and Mother Nature just lets you down.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Mick Fanning (AUS), 31, two-time ASP World Champion and current ASP WCT No. 1, was another standout at Lower Trestles this week, consistently lacerating the righthand Lowers walls with powerful combinations. However, Fanning was unable to find a rhythm in his Semifinal bout against Slater, exiting the Hurley Pro at Trestles with an Equal 3rd place finish.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cEven when he had those first two waves, I was confident that I could come back if the waves came,\\u201d Fanning said. \\u201cIt just stopped. That\\u2019s the nature of our game. You can\\u2019t really fight back if there is nothing there and I sort of thought after I didn\\u2019t break the combo with that one wave, I was thinking there had to be a flurry or it was pretty much done.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Fanning, who entered the Hurley Pro at Trestles fresh off of a victory in Tahiti, knew advancing over Slater would have strengthened his lead in the hunt for the 2012 ASP World Title, but admitted that an equal 3rd place result is a strong addition to this season\\u2019s campaign.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cKelly (Slater) and I both knew what was going on and if I got on top from there the title race would have just been further away,\\u201d Fanning said. \\u201cHe surfed a really smart heat and threw caution to the wind and it paid off. I was just unlucky. The ocean didn\\u2019t really cooperate with me, but a third is a keeper. It\\u2019s another result I don\\u2019t have to worry about and I learned a lot of things at this event.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Adriano de Souza (BRA), 25, current ASP WCT No. 5, led the South American contingent, eliminating fellow countryman and event standout Gabriel Medina (BRA), 18, in Round 5 and John John Florence (HAW), 19, in their Quarterfinals match, but was unable to surpass Parkinson\\u2019s rampage in the Semifinals, finishing equal 3rd overall.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cI had a nice heat against Gabriel (Medina) a few months ago at the US Open and he beat me,\\u201d De Souza said after his Quarterfinals win. \\u201cGabriel\\u2019s such a good guy and a good competitor, he\\u2019s going to battle for the world title soon and I just got lucky. I was trying to find a few waves at the beginning to put pressure on him.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Hurley Pro at Trestles highlights available via www.hurley.com\\/hurleypro&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The next stop on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour will be the Quiksilver Pro France from September 28 through October 8, 2012.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;For additional ASP information log on to www.aspworldtour.com&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;strong&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;figure id=\\\"attachment_1000152175\\\" style=\\\"width: 640px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption aligncenter\\\"&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2012\\/09\\/Picture-9.png\\\"&gt;&lt;img class=\\\" wp-image-1000152175 \\\" style=\\\"border: 4px solid black;\\\" title=\\\"Kelly Slater\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2012\\/09\\/Picture-9.png\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"640\\\" height=\\\"426\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;figcaption class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\"&gt;Kelly Slater. Photo: Checkwood&lt;\\/figcaption&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HURLEY PRO AT TRESTLES FINAL RESULTS:&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n1 \\u2013 Kelly Slater (USA) 16.50&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n2 \\u2013 Joel Parkinson (AUS) 14.00&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HURLEY PRO AT TRESTLES SEMIFINALS RESULTS:&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nSF 1: Kelly Slater (USA) 17.27 def. Mick Fanning (AUS) 9.34&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nSF 2: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 18.26 def. Adriano de Souza (BRA) 13.43&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHURLEY PRO AT TRESTLES QUARTERFINALS RESULTS:&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nQF 1: Mick Fanning (AUS) 17.60 def. Taj Burrow (AUS) 16.50&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nQF 2: Kelly Slater (USA) 15.17 def. Adrian Buchan (AUS) 11.93&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nQF 3: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 17.16 def. Jordy Smith (ZAF) 17.04&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nQF 4: Adriano de Souza (BRA) 12.60 def. John John Florence (HAW) 11.60&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHURLEY PRO AT TRESTLES ROUND 5 RESULTS:&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 1: Mick Fanning (AUS) 12.90 def. Julian Wilson (AUS) 12.76&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 2: Kelly Slater (USA) 15.94 def. Jeremy Flores (FRA) 15.44&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 3: Jordy Smith (ZAF) 15.93 def. Josh Kerr (AUS) 9.57&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 4: Adriano de Souza (BRA) 18.30 def. Gabriel Medina (BRA) 9.57&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nCURRENT ASP WCT TOP 5 (After Hurley Pro at Trestles):&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n1. Mick Fanning (AUS) 41,250 pts&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n2. Joel Parkinson (AUS)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n3. Kelly Slater (USA)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n4. John John Florence (HAW)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n5. Adriano de Souza (BRA)&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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