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With several mind-blowing clips in the newest Surfer Poll category vying for 2009 supremacy, Jordy Smith takes home the award with his incredible Rodeo Flip. Less than 24 hours after Jordy executed the epic move, the footage was making rounds on YouTube and changing peoples’ perspective on what could be accomplished on a surfboard.

Jordy blows through the lip and explodes into a two-handed rodeo flip, landing it on the top of the wave and pulling it back in smoothly. So gnarly!

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Sixteen of the ASP’s Top 45 Surfers in the world take to the water today at Lower Trestles for the final rounds of the Hurley Pro. Round 4 is wrapped up and they’re into the Quarterfinals now with Bede Durbridge having beaten Adriano de Souza in Heat 1 and Dane Reynolds taking the win over Taylor Knox in Heat 2. We’ll have more video of the event as things progress, but don’t forget to check the action out live at Hurley.com/hurleypro.

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Contest Director Pat O’Connell announced this morning that due to smallish surf and choppy conditions, the Hurley Pro at Lower Trestles, stop 6 of 10 on the 2009 ASP World Tour, is on hold for today. Tomorrow may bring better conditions and more surfing action from the world’s top surfers, but if necessary, the event might stay on hold until Saturday.

To keep you stoked until the action resumes, here is a clip from Round 2’s epic battle between wild card Rob Machado and Taj Burrow.

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With south winds and three foot surf presenting itself to the ASP’s top 45 surfers this morning at Lower Trestles, Hurley Pro Contest Director Pat O’Connell just announced that they’ll run Round 3 this morning. The elimination action will be followed by the Facebook Expression Session in the afternoon.

The live stream is on now at Hurley.com and the surfers should hit the water for their Round 3 heats, starting with Dane Reynolds (USA) going against Ben Dunn (AUS). This one should be a good battle so get over to the Hurley site to check out the action. Or hang on Riders Union for a bit and check out highlights of yesterday’s Round 2 action.

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Waves of three to four feet greeted competitors this morning as they took to the water at Lowers for day two of the Hurley Pro. The conditions were not as choppy as the previous day’s waves, but there were still some inconsistencies and some challenges for surfers to overcome.

Rider of the day was Josh Kerr (AUS), current ASP World No. 25, who bagged the highest heat score of the day, a 17.17 out of a possible 20 to defeat Dayyan Neve (AUS) in Round 2 of competition. Later in the day, Kerr would face compatriot Adrian Buchan (AUS) in a heat that was devoid of any rideable waves. Kerr waited patiently for a good set and was rewarded in the final moments of the heat, picking up a nice ride to end Buchan’s day and advance to Round 4 where he’ll face current ASP World No. 3 Adriano de Souza (BRA).

Kai Otton (AUS), who yesterday beat ASP ratings’ leader Joel Parkinson (AUS), continued his momentum by schooling fellow Aussie Jay Thompson with his flaring backhands. Otton will face former event winner Bede Durbidge (AUS) in Round 4.

Day 2 also had its share of upsets. Favorites Bobby Martinez (USA), Jordy Smith (AUS), and Chris Ward (USA) were all knocked out of competition in Round 2.

The ASP Event Staff are planning for a 7:00 a.m. call tomorrow morning. When competition resumes, first up will be Dane Reynolds (USA) against Ben Dunn (AUS) in Heat 7 of Round 3.

While we’re still waiting for video from Round 2, check out this footage from Round 1 Heat 12, Jordy Smith, Michel Bourez and Greg Emslie.

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Can’t make it to Trestles for the Hurley Pro event? Check out the live stream on Hurley’s website for all the action and commentary. You can view the hottest surfers in the world as they battle head-to-head for the event title, and in addition to the live action, there is no shortage of other goodies that the good folks at Hurley and ASP have cooked up for the event.

If you get bored of watching the boys slashing waves at Lower Trestles, you can chat with the commentators by sending an instant message. There is also plenty of On Demand footage from yesterday’s Round One action, as well as photographs from the best shooters in the surf business. Still not enough? Go backstage for a look at the action behind the scenes, check out profiles of all the athletes, or shop for official merchandise in the online store.

As promised, here is a snippet of the action from Round 1. Kelly Slater goes up against Adrian Buchan and Rob Machado in Heat 9 and bags the best waves of the day for a combined score of 18.50.

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