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"\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.youtube.com\\/embed\\/88KttoW_UZc?enablejsapi=1\\\" width=\\\"640\\\" height=\\\"360\\\" frameborder=\\\"0\\\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;\\/iframe&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Following one of the greatest big wave surfing days in history at Cloudbreak, the Volcom Fiji Pro resumed this morning in kegging four to six foot waves at Restaurants, the fringe reef off the island of Tavarua. Australians Bede Durbidge and Taj Burrow kicked off Round 3 with both surfers executing deep barrel rides and vertical backside re-entrys, a sure sign of the day of surfing to come. In a cruel twist of fate, Bede&amp;#8217;s heroics of the previous day counted for nothing as he was dispensed from the event by an on-fire Burrow.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;As the day progressed, the wave quality improved with every heat and the world&amp;#8217;s best surfers lifted the bar. Standouts included Damien Hobgood (USA), Mick Fanning (AUS), Gabriel Medina (BRZ) Joel Parkinson (AUS), Kelly Slater (USA), Heitor Alves (BRZ), and Owen Wright (AUS). But the highlight of Round three came when sentimental event favorite CJ Hobgood scored the days first perfect 10, a deep draining double up barrel followed by a fearless floater above the razor sharp coral.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;As the event then moved into the non-elimination Round 4, it was almost as if perfect rides were growing on the coconut palms that surround Tavarua. First John John Florence made his intentions for this event, and perhaps a rookie year World Title clear by threading one of the set waves of the day through the entire length of the inside reef for a 10 point ride. Then a heat later 11-time World Champion Kelly Slater answered the youngster with an impossible line through six folding sections only to emerge to unanimous 10&amp;#8217;s from the judges. Australia&amp;#8217;s Owen Wright, who surfed against Kelly, would have won any other heat in the entire event but will now have to surf Round 5 tomorrow.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;figure id=\\\"attachment_1000148097\\\" style=\\\"width: 640px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption aligncenter\\\"&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"size-full wp-image-1000148097\\\" title=\\\"John John Florence Volcom Fiji Pro\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2012\\/06\\/John-John-Florence-Volcom-Fiji-Pro.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"John John Florence Volcom Fiji Pro\\\" width=\\\"640\\\" height=\\\"360\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;figcaption class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\"&gt;John John Florence on day 3 of the 2012 Volcom Fiji Pro. Photo: photobrent\\/SPL&lt;\\/figcaption&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;ASP Press Release And Results:&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nASP International&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nASP World Championship Tour Event No. 4 of 10&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nVolcom Pro Fiji June 3 \\u2013 15, 2012&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;strong&gt;World\\u2019s Best Go Ballistic in Pumping Restaurants for Volcom Fiji Pro&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nCLOUDBREAK, Tavarua\\/Fiji (Saturday, June 9, 2012) \\u2013 The Volcom Fiji Pro relocated to the secondary venue of Restaurants today and draining four-to-six foot (1.5 \\u2013 2 metre) waves awaited the world\\u2019s best as Rounds 3 and 4 were completed, setting up a possible finish for tomorrow. Event No. 4 of 10 on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour, the Volcom Fiji Pro has narrowed the original 36-man field down to the final 12 as fans were treated to some of the best surfing at Restaurants ever witnessed with four Perfect 10s being recorded before day\\u2019s end. John John Florence (HAW), 19, put in the performance of the event this morning, threading impossibly long barrels on his backhand to attain a 19.30 out of a possible 20.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The ASP Dream Tour rookie is relishing in his inaugural trip to Fiji, taking to South Pacific reef breaks with unmatched comfort. \\u201cI\\u2019m still reeling from those waves,\\u201d Florence said. \\u201cThis has been the best trip of my life and the waves we\\u2019ve had have been some of the best of my life too. Yesterday we had Cloudbreak about as big and perfect as it gets and today we\\u2019re getting four barrels a wave at Restaurants. It\\u2019s unbelievable.\\u201d Florence went on to secure the event\\u2019s second Perfect 10 in his afternoon Round 4 bout for yet another superb backhand barrel, reiterating the young Hawaiian\\u2019s supernatural affinity with the ocean.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The current ASP World No. 5 has already advanced through to the Quarterfinals with several pundits tipping him as a legitimate ASP World Title contender this season. \\u201cI didn\\u2019t have the best heat but I had that one really good wave,\\u201d Florence said. \\u201cThe world title is always on your mind if you\\u2019re on this tour. I\\u2019ve thought about it, but usually just focus on the heat in front of me.\\u201d Kelly Slater (USA), 40, reigning 11-time ASP World Champion, wasted little time in his Round 3 affair against goofy-footer Fredrick Patacchia (HAW), 30, posting a 9.27 and 8.27, both out of 10, in the opening minutes of his heat to post a convincing win.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cThat was a lot of fun,\\u201d Slater said. \\u201cIt\\u2019s a little anticlimactic after what went down yesterday, but it\\u2019s really fun Restaurants and there are some nice barrels. It\\u2019s a little tricky, you\\u2019ve got to watch the waves because there are some big sets coming in and the medium ones are better. Freddy (Patacchia) beat me out here once and I got him once but it doesn\\u2019t matter who it is, whoever gets the good waves is probably going to win the heat. You\\u2019ve got to try and pick a line and stick to it. You can get deep in the barrel, a lot deeper than you think.\\u201d Slater backed up his sensational morning bout with an impressive afternoon run, posting the day\\u2019s fourth Perfect 10 on his opening Round 4 ride and then backing it up with an 8.33 to overtake a rampaging Owen Wright (AUS), 22, and Heitor Alves (BRA), 30, to advance directly to Round 4. \\u201c&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;In truth, today is a bit anti-climatic when compared to what went down yesterday afternoon,\\u201d Slater said. \\u201cHowever, it is really good out there and there is some really good surfing going down.\\u201d Although Wright was relegated to the elimination Round 5, the young goofy-footer put in sensational performances today, posting a 19.27 and a 17.90 (both out of 20) in Rounds 3 and 4 in his first ever surfs out at Restaurants. \\u201cThose were the first times I\\u2019ve ever surfed Restaurants and I can\\u2019t believe it,\\u201d Wright said. \\u201cIt\\u2019s wave after wave out there. Every wave you take off on, you make it all the way down to the end of the point and get three barrels in between. It\\u2019s just perfect. You can\\u2019t do anything wrong out there if you\\u2019re in the barrels and just site tight. It\\u2019s the best wave I\\u2019ve ever surfed.\\u201d Wright will take on C.J. Hobgood (USA), 31, in Heat 3 of Round 5 when competition resumes.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Gabriel Medina (BRA), 18, led the Brazilian charge today, topping fellow countryman Alejo Muniz (BRA), 22, in a dominant Round 3 performance with a variety of technical barrels and committed turns over the infamous Restaurants reef. \\u201cI had so much fun out there,\\u201d Medina said. \\u201cIt was a fun heat against Alejo (Muniz). He\\u2019s a good friend of mine and I got a couple of fun ones and got a couple of barrels. I just went for it. The waves are so perfect and I just tried to surf and have fun out there.\\u201d Medina then scored a sensational last-minute win in his non-elimination Round 4 bout against Joel Parkinson (AUS), 31, and Mick Fanning (AUS), 30. Needing a solid score in the dying moments, Medina took off on a smaller wave and executed a series of forehand turns and aerials over dry reef to secure the 7.83 to advance directly to the Quarterfinals.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Parkinson and C.J. Hobgood (USA), 31, posted the balance of the day\\u2019s four Perfect 10s for incredible barrels out at Restaurants. When competition resumes, up first will be Damien Hobgood (USA), 32, up against Mick Fanning (AUS), 30, in the opening heat of Round 5. Highlights from the Volcom Fiji Pro will be available via &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.volcom.com\\/fijipro\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;www.volcom.com\\/fijipro&lt;\\/a&gt;. For more information, log onto &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.aspworldtour.com\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;www.aspworldtour.com&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;VOLCOM FIJI PRO ROUND 3 RESULTS:&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 1: Taj Burrow (AUS) 15.00 def. Bede Durbidge (AUS) 10.00&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 2: John John Florence (HAW) 19.30 def. Adrian Buchan (AUS) 11.67&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 3: Damien Hobgood (USA) 13.73 def. Josh Kerr (AUS) 12.06&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 4: Mick Fanning (AUS) 13.00 def. Tiago Pires (PRT) 2.36&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 5: Gabriel Medina (BRA) 15.93 def. Alejo Muniz (BRA) 7.80&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 6: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 18.00 def. Mitch Coleborn (AUS) 15.00&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 7: Kelly Slater (USA) 18.14 def. Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 12.50&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 8: Heitor Alves (BRA) 13.90 def. Jeremy Flores (FRA) 10.87&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 9: Owen Wright (AUS) 19.27 def. Brett Simpson (USA) 4.00&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 10: C.J. Hobgood (USA) 17.33 def. Jordy Smith (ZAF) 17.13&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 11: Julian Wilson (AUS) 15.83 def. Miguel Pupo (BRA) 12.34&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 12: Adriano de Souza (BRA) 14.66 def. Kai Otton (AUS) 10.87&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;VOLCOM FIJI PRO ROUND 4 RESULTS:&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 1: John John Florence (HAW) 13.17, Damien Hobgood (USA) 11.94, Taj Burrow (AUS) 9.13&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 2: Gabriel Medina (BRA) 15.16, Joel Parkinson (AUS) 14.17, Mick Fanning (AUS) 10.50&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 3: Kelly Slater (USA) 18.33, Owen Wright (AUS) 17.90, Heitor Alves (BRA) 10.86&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 4: Adriano de Souza (BRA) 13.40, C.J. Hobgood (USA) 12.80, Julian Wilson (AUS) 10.40&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;VOLCOM FIJI PRO ROUND 5 MATCH-UPS:&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 1: Damien Hobgood (USA) vs. Mick Fanning (AUS)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 2: Joel Parkinson (AUS) vs. Taj Burrow (AUS)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 3: Owen Wright (AUS) vs. C.J. 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