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"\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.youtube.com\\/embed\\/D9aNdRxfIxk?enablejsapi=1\\\" width=\\\"640\\\" height=\\\"360\\\" frameborder=\\\"0\\\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;\\/iframe&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;h2&gt;Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast Day 3 Highlights&lt;\\/h2&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/surf.transworld.net\\/tag\\/quiksilver-pro-gold-coast\\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;em&gt; Event No. 1 of 10 2013 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT)&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;em&gt; Snapper Rocks, Queensland Australia&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;em&gt; March 2 -13, 2013&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ASP Top 34 Deliver Electric Surfing as Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast Moves into Round 3&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;SNAPPER ROCKS, Queensland\\/Australia (Sunday, March 10, 2013) -The Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast presented by Land Rover, Event No. 1 of 10 on the 2013 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT), completed Round 2 and the opening six heats of Round 3 today in clean two-to-three foot (1 metre) waves at the primary venue of Snapper Rocks and the world\\u2019s best surfers put on a phenomenal display of high-performance surfing.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Joel Parkinson (AUS), 31, reigning ASP World Champion, ousted lethal wildcard Dane Reynolds (USA), 27, in the final clash of the day. The two form natural-footers went toe-to-toe, exchanging massive scores and wowing the capacity crowd on the beach. Despite the impressive display from Reynolds, it was Parkinson\\u2019s mid-heat, near-perfect 9.87 out of a possible 10 for an electric display of forehand surfing at his home venue that would seal the win.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cThat was pretty exciting,\\u201d Parkinson said. \\u201cDane (Reynolds) is one of the best anywhere and yeah, I was nervous before the heat. It came down to waves and that one I got mid-heat was one of the better waves that came through this afternoon. It is a huge confidence builder as he\\u2019s probably the most dangerous guy in the draw and he has nothing to lose. That said, I\\u2019m prepared for this season. I\\u2019m confident in my surfing and I\\u2019m just enjoying this first event.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Parkinson is now through to Round 4 of competition \\u2013 an excellent start to his inaugural ASP World Title defense. \\u201cThrough to Round 4 so it\\u2019s a start,\\u201d Parkinson said. \\u201cStill a lot of really good surfers left in the draw though so it\\u2019s far from over. We\\u2019ll see what tomorrow brings.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Michel Bourez (PYF), 27, was absolutely dominant this afternoon in his Round 3 bout against Alejo Muniz (BRA), 23, posting an incredible 17.90 to better the Brazilian\\u2019s own impressive score of a 17.57. \\u201cIt was such a tricky heat because I had an early lead and had to hold on pretty much from the beginning of the heat,\\u201d Bourez said. \\u201cAlejo (Muniz) had to fight back and he did and I had to watch him stay busy the whole heat. Very happy to hold on and to keep surfing in the event. The waves are very fun and I hope we continue to get good surf for the rest of the event.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Taj Burrow (AUS), 34, defending Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast winner, survived a shootout in Round 3 this afternoon against 2013 ASP Dream Tour rookie Filipe Toledo (BRA), 17. Despite an aerial onslaught late in the bout by the Brazilian, it was the veteran\\u2019s razor-sharp precision and power surfing that would win the heat. \\u201cYou cannot take anyone for granted on this tour,\\u201d Burrow said. \\u201cEveryone is deadly, even rookies. Filipe (Toledo) has all the tricks and his strike rate is really impressive. If you give him an inch, he\\u2019ll take it. Fortunately, I got the better waves and was able to execute the way I wanted. Psyched to get through to Round 4 and hopefully the waves stay fun.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Jeremy Flores (FRA), 24, the lone European remaining in the event, posting a solid Round 3 win over Kai Otton (FRA), 33, this afternoon, jumping out to an early lead with explosive rail surfing. \\u201cI was able to secure two good waves at the start and then I started taking some bad waves at the end because I was excited and wanted to show off my surfing,\\u201d Flores said. \\u201cHappy to get a heat win though and be through to Round 4. The bank at Snapper is improving for sure, but if we were to get amazing barrels at Kirra to finish in, I would love that. I\\u2019ve never had a good heat out at Kirra so it would be cool to have a good one out there.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Dusty Payne (HAW), 24, posted a major upset in ousting last year\\u2019s ASP World No. 10 Owen Wright (AUS), 23, in the opening heat of the morning in Round 2. After three seasons of struggling to find his footing on tour despite his universally-recognized talent, Payne\\u2019s Round 2 victory over the consistent precision of Wright this morning was an excellent validation of the young Hawaiian\\u2019s worthiness at the elite level of competition.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cThe past few seasons, I\\u2019ve had to deal with some injuries so I haven\\u2019t been able to put in the performances I\\u2019ve wanted to,\\u201d Payne said. \\u201cI\\u2019m healthy now though and I\\u2019ve put in a lot of work to get some confidence back in my surfing. It\\u2019s not easy having a low seed on tour because you draw the toughest guys. A win against Owen (Wright) is a good start and I\\u2019m sure I\\u2019ll have someone else that\\u2019s pretty tough in Round 3.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;When competition resumes, up first will be Payne versus 11-time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA), 41, in Heat 7 of Round 3. Event organizers will reconvene tomorrow morning at 6:30am to assess conditions for a possible 8am start.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;John John Florence (HAW), 20, 2012 ASP World No. 4 and ASP Dream Tour sophomore, withdrew from the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast prior to his Round 3 heat today, citing an ankle injury sustained during yesterday\\u2019s expression session.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Florence secured a convincing Round 1 win over Kai Otton (AUS), 33, and Patrick Gudauskas (USA), 27, last Tuesday and looked like a contender to post a big result in the season-opening event. However, an injury sustained while attempted a full-rotation aerial in Saturday\\u2019s expression session resulted in his withdrawal from the event today, just hours before his Round 3 match-up with Adam Melling (AUS), 27.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Melling advanced directly to Round 4 of competition. We will continue to provide updates as information becomes available. The ASP wish John John a speedy recovery and look forward to him returning to the water soon.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;figure id=\\\"attachment_1000158057\\\" style=\\\"width: 640px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption aligncenter\\\"&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2013\\/03\\/Taj-Burrow.jpg\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2013\\/03\\/Taj-Burrow.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"Taj Burrow\\\" title=\\\"Taj Burrow\\\" width=\\\"640\\\" height=\\\"360\\\" class=\\\"size-full wp-image-1000158057\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;figcaption class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\"&gt;Taj Burrow ripping into round four of the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast. Photo: Dorsey&lt;\\/figcaption&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;strong&gt;QUIKSILVER PRO GOLD COAST REMAINING ROUND 2 RESULTS:&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 5: Dusty Payne (HAW) 14.44 def. Owen Wright (AUS) 14.43&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 6: Jeremy Flores (FRA) 15.23 def. Raoni Monteiro (BRA) 11.34&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 7: C.J. Hobgood (USA) 15.00 def. Tiago Pires (PRT) 13.66&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 8: Nat Young (USA) 15.50 def. Adrian Buchan (AUS) 12.60&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 9: Adam Melling (AUS) 15.90 def. Damien Hobgood (USA) 8.80&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 10: Filipe Toledo (BRA) 13.80 def. Kieren Perrow (AUS) 12.60&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 11: Kai Otton (AUS) 14.90 def. Glenn Hall (IRL) 11.10&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 12: Sebastian Zietz (HAW) 16.37 def. Kolohe Andino (USA) 14.93&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;QUIKSILVER PRO GOLD COAST ROUND 3 RESULTS:&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 1: Adam Melling (AUS) advances past John John Florence (HAW)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 2: Jeremy Flores (FRA) 15.50 def. Kai Otton (AUS) 13.13&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 3: Taj Burrow (AUS) 14.66 def. Filipe Toledo (BRA) 13.43&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 4: Julian Wilson (AUS) 13.80 def. Sebastian Zietz (HAW) 12.27&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 5: Michel Bourez (PYF) 17.90 def. Alejo Muniz (BRA) 17.57&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 6: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 16.04 def. Dane Reynolds (USA) 14.77&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;QUIKSILVER PRO GOLD COAST REMAINING ROUND 3 MATCH-UPS:&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 7: Kelly Slater (USA) vs. Dusty Payne (HAW)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 8: C.J. Hobgood (USA) vs. Bede Durbidge (AUS)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 9: Josh Kerr (AUS) vs. Matt Wilkinson (AUS)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 10: Gabriel Medina (BRA) vs. Brett Simpson (USA)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 11: Jordy Smith (ZAF) vs. Travis Logie (ZAF)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 12: Mick Fanning (AUS) vs. Nat Young (USA)&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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