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"\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.youtube.com\\/embed\\/qquVESw0NDI?enablejsapi=1\\\" width=\\\"640\\\" height=\\\"360\\\" frameborder=\\\"0\\\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;\\/iframe&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;h2&gt;Keramas Fires For Round 3 Of Oakley Pro Bali&lt;\\/h2&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;I had the ultimate sports night last night. Behind the plate seats at Petco Park for the Padres vs. Phillies and the Oakley Pro Bali streaming on my iPhone. I never thought about it but watching a baseball game and surf contest at the same time is a match made in heaven. Both are kinda slow with short bursts of action. Like the 10th inning walk off single by Kyle Blanks. Fred Patacchia beating event favorite Jordy Smith with a series of powerful backhand bashes. A screamer of a foul ball landing just out of reach. A couple of smooth-as-silk barrel rides by Joel Parkinson. Thanks to the Petco Park wifi I didn\\u2019t miss a beat from Bali.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;As for the surf? Well it&amp;#8217;s about time. Watching 2-3 foot Keramas in the opening rounds was fine and the airs were great, but after a while it gets repetitive. I&amp;#8217;d seen enough air reverses\\u2014they actually bore me to tears. So, with a bump in the swell it turned into a tube riding and &amp;#8220;man turning&amp;#8221; contest and the results showed as Michel Bourez took out Gabriel Medina and Josh Kerr dispatched of high flying Brazilian Filipe Toledo. The action should resume later this afternoon, watch it live at &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.oakleyprobali.com\\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;oakleyprobali.com&lt;\\/a&gt;.&lt;strong&gt;\\u2014JC&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;figure id=\\\"attachment_1000162958\\\" style=\\\"width: 640px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption aligncenter\\\"&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"size-full wp-image-1000162958\\\" title=\\\"Joel Parkinson Oakley Pro Bali\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2013\\/06\\/Joel-Parkinson.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"Joel Parkinson Oakley Pro Bali\\\" width=\\\"640\\\" height=\\\"360\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;figcaption class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\"&gt;Joel Parkinson leading the round three charge at the Oakley Pro Bali. Photo: Dorsey&lt;\\/figcaption&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Keramas Fires For Round 3 Of The Oakley Pro Bali&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;KERAMAS, Bali\\/Indonesia (Tuesday, June 25, 2013) \\u2013 The Oakley Pro Bali resumed competition today and the world-class Balinese righthander of Keramas delivered barreling six-to-eight foot (2 \\u2013 2.5 metre) waves for the elimination Round 3.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Event No. 5 of 10 on the 2013 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT), the Oakley Pro Bali endured four lay days of small surf before Keramas reawakened today and the world\\u2019s best surfers threaded barrels, lofted airs and executed turns, whittling the event\\u2019s original 36-man field down to the final 12.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Joel Parkinson (AUS), 32, reigning ASP World Champion and current ASP WCT No. 7, put on a clinic in his morning bout against an on-fire Damien Hobgood (USA), 33, amassing an excellent 18.60 out of a possible 20 for flawless barrel-riding and searing carves. \\u201cThat was really fun,\\u201d Parkinson said. \\u201cWe had non-stop waves for the heat and were just going back-and-forth on exchanges. I\\u2019ve been coming to Keramas for years and it\\u2019s one of my favorite waves in the world. The conditions this morning were absolutely incredible \\u2013 sheet glass and big barrels. You can\\u2019t really ask for much more.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;John John Florence (USA), 20, in only his second event back since an injury at the opening event of the year saw him absent from the tour until last week in Fiji. Florence once again teed off against fellow Hawaiian Sebastian Zietz (HAW), 25, and used his preternatural barrel sense and progressive power surfing to take the win and advance into Round 3. \\u201cSebastian (Zietz) and I have had a lot of heats together lately,\\u201d Florence said. \\u201cHe\\u2019s a couple of years older than me and he\\u2019s a really strong surfer. We had a really good Round 1 with lots of high scores and the waves this morning are ones that we both like to surf in. Unfortunately for Bass, he broke his board on his opening wave and I think that put him out of rhythm for the rest of the heat. The waves are really firing right now.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Kelly Slater (USA), 41, 11-time ASP World Champion and current ASP WCT No. 1, followed suit with a win over local standout Putra Hermawan (IDN), 20, but one that was a departure from the icon\\u2019s characteristic dominance in similar conditions. \\u201cIt was a frustrating heat for me,\\u201d Slater said. \\u201cThere weren\\u2019t a lot of opportunities and the few that came through, he (Hermawan) had them. I was lucky that he didn\\u2019t end up taking advantage of them. When it\\u2019s stop and go like that, you have to use what you have so I ended up taking a lot of smaller waves and building some medium scores. Turned out to be enough, but yeah, definitely frustrating with the kinds of waves that have been coming through out here today.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Following a pristine morning of freight train barrels, the dropping tide and afternoon winds shifted the performance focus from tube-riding to turns and aerials in the latter half of the round. Adriano de Souza (BRA), 26, current ASP WCT No. 5, flew the South American flag high today, besting dangerous backhander Matt Wilkinson (AUS), 24, during a round that saw the elimination of three of his fellow Brazilians. \\u201cHas been a tough day for Brazil and now I\\u2019m the only one left,\\u201d De Souza said. \\u201cKeramas is a wave that has many faces \\u2013 it can be a barrel, it can be for turns, it can be for airs. Matt (Wilkinson) had priority for most of our heat so I used my time catching a lot of waves and building a house. It worked out for me in the end. Very happy.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Michel Bourez (PYF), 27, demolished the rippable afternoon conditions, blending powerful carves with explosive fin-free surfing to post a 16.94 out of a possible 20 and eliminate South American upstart Gabriel Medina (BRA), 19, in Round 3 of competition. \\u201cVery fun waves out at Keramas today,\\u201d Bourez said. \\u201cI\\u2019m feeling strong and healthy and I have very good boards at the moment. I had a good start to the year with a 3rd on the Gold Coast, but have had some poor results too already. Keramas is a wave that is very rippable for all the guys on tour. I feel like I can surf it well if I get the right waves in my heats.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Fredrick Patacchia (HAW), 31, closed out the day\\u2019s events with a major upset in his elimination of event favorite and current ASP WCT No. 3 Jordy Smith (ZAF), 25. \\u201cI did my best to stick to my game plan,\\u201d Patacchia said. \\u201cI started strong and I know most of the guys on tour can do airs on nearly any wave out there, but they\\u2019re high-risk maneuvers and you have to stick them. I definitely waited longer than I wanted to for my second wave score, but it came and I surfed it as well as I can. I knew I could get the score on it and I was just thinking that if you can\\u2019t get the score here, you don\\u2019t belong on this tour.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Patacchia would claim the sole goofy-foot over natural-foot victory today in conditions that most pundits would have given the advantage to the South African. \\u201cI knew I was the last heat of the day and I knew that the wind would switch and these would be Jordy (Smith) conditions,\\u201d Patacchia said. \\u201cI definitely felt like the underdog, but I had a plan and I stuck to it and surfed as hard and as smart as I could and it paid off. Really psyched to get through that heat and it gives me a lot of confidence to get past someone like him.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Event organizers will reconvene tomorrow morning at 6:30am to assess conditions for a possible 6:45am start. When competition resumes, up first will be Taj Burrow (AUS), 35, C.J. Hobgood (USA), 33, and Joel Parkinson (AUS), 32, in Heat 1 of Round 4.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Surfline, official forecasters for the Oakley Pro Bali are calling for:&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nThe current SW swell will continue on Wednesday. A larger SSW swell will build in through Thursday afternoon before gradually easing Friday. A new, long period SW swell will gradually build through Saturday as the old SSW swell fades.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&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;OAKLEY PRO BALI ROUND 3 RESULTS:&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 1: Taj Burrow (AUS) 15.83 def. Miguel Pupo (BRA) 9.17&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 2: C.J. Hobgood (USA) 12.10 def. Adrian Buchan (AUS) 11.67&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 3: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 18.60 def. Damien Hobgood (USA) 18.26&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 4: Josh Kerr (AUS) 16.70 def. Filipe Toledo (BRA) 6.77&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 5: John John Florence (HAW) 16.07 def. Sebastian Zietz (HAW) 13.87&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 6: Kelly Slater (USA) 13.96 def. Putra Hermawan (IDN) 8.90&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 7: Mick Fanning (AUS) 12.53 def. Yadin Nicol (AUS) 9.73&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 8: Julian Wilson (AUS) 14.74 def. Jeremy Flores (FRA) 9.94&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 9: Nat Young (USA) 16.10 def. Kai Otton (AUS) 15.03&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 10: Adriano de Souza (BRA) 13.73 def. Matt Wilkinson (AUS) 10.67&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 11: Michel Bourez (PYF) 16.94 def. Gabriel Medina (BRA) 8.94&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 12: Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 12.50 def. Jordy Smith (ZAF) 10.34&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPCOMING OAKLEY PRO BALI ROUND 4 MATCH-UPS:&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 1: Taj Burrow (AUS), C.J. Hobgood (USA), Joel Parkinson (AUS)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 2: Josh Kerr (AUS), John John Florence (HAW), Kelly Slater (USA)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 3: Mick Fanning (AUS), Julian Wilson (AUS), Nat Young (USA)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 4: Adriano de Souza (BRA), Michel Bourez (PYF), Fredrick Patacchia (HAW)&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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