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"\"&lt;p&gt;JEFFREYS BAY, South Africa (Wednesday, July 16, 2008) \\u2013 Kelly Slater (USA), professional surfing\\u2019s most decorated athlete, showed no signs of slowing down in Jeffreys Bay today. The eight-time ASP World Champion and current ratings leader blitzed in both his Round 3 and Round 4 Billabong Pro clashes.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Slater defeated Travis Logie (ZAF) 19.14 to 12.06 in Heat 8 of Round 3 before beating Tom Whitaker (AUS) 18.03 to 10.67 in the last heat of the day.&lt;a href=\\\"\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2008\\/07\\/16\\/2-slaterjbay.jpg\\\"&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1000073130\\\" src=\\\"\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2008\\/07\\/16\\/2-slaterjbay.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"Kristin ASP\\/Covered Images\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cThe waves just came in in that heat,\\u201d Slater said. \\u201cTom had a few good ones, but I ended up getting the one big long one with a lot of sections on it. I think I got about eight turns in and then got that little tube at the end. Sometimes you just will your way into certain things and believe it\\u2019s going to happen and it does.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Slater will now meet current ASP World No. 4 Adriano de Souza (BRA) in Quarterfinal 2.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cAdriano gets it done,\\u201d Slater said. \\u201cHe\\u2019s learned a lot over the past couple of years and he\\u2019s been impressive out here. He\\u2019s been really fast and throwing a lot of spray, and doing a lot of turns, so I\\u2019m definitely not going to underestimate him.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Slater\\u2019s closest competition, Joel Parkinson (AUS), relished a narrow victory over fellow Australian Kai Otton in the first heat of Round 4.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cKai needed an 8.2, he got an 8.1 and he lost by .1,\\u201d Parkinson said. \\u201cA win is a win. I think I was kind of lucky in a way, but it\\u2019s a good result for me. My goal was to lift a little I felt like I had another notch in me and going into tomorrow everyone is going to be surfing really well.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Parkinson is currently rated ASP World No. 2. With Slater still in Billabong Pro contention Parkinson knows he has to keep the pace. He will face World No. 3 Bede Durbidge (AUS) in Quarterfinal 1.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cYou can\\u2019t really slack off at any point now because Kelly has got such a lead,\\u201d Parkinson said. \\u201cI pretty much have to win all my heats so I\\u2019ll try that. I can\\u2019t really do anything about what he does, but hopefully come some point toward the end of the yea, I\\u2019m still there with a chance.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Defending Champion Taj Burrow (AUS) beat South African Royden Bryson in Round 3 and has yet to surf Round 4 \\u2013 only heats one through four of that round were run today. Burrow will meet another South African in Jordy Smith in Heat 7 of Round 4.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cJordy is a tough heat for sure,\\u201d Burrow said. \\u201cHe\\u2019s gotten better and better and he\\u2019s got the local crowd behind him and he knows this wave so it will be good.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Burrow beat Smith in the semifinals of the Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay in 2006 when Smith was surfing the event as a wildcard. As the sole South African remaining in the event, both Smith and the local crowd will be looking for revenge.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cI lost to Taj a couple of years ago, so hopefully we get the waves and we\\u2019ll see what happens,\\u201d Smith said. \\u201cI\\u2019d love to get him back but Taj is surfing really, really well.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;France\\u2019s Jeremy Flores will meet three-time ASP World Champion Andy Irons (HAW) in the last heat of Round 4. Both surfers escaped elimination by advancing out of Round 3 today.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cAndy is one of my favorite surfers and I\\u2019ve looked up to him since I was a little kid so having a heat with him is a pleasure,\\u201d Flores said. \\u201cIf I win I\\u2019ll be so happy, if I lose it will be kind of normal so I just have to do my best!\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Twenty heats of competition were run in the four to six foot (two metre) conditions on offer today. Only 11 heats of the Billabong Pro remain.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The first heat in the water when Round 4 resumes will be Heat 5 featuring reigning ASP World Champion Mick Fanning (AUS) and Hawaiian Bruce Irons. A former winner at JBay, Fanning seems unfazed by his current 7th place rating and is instead concentrating on the second half of 2008.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cI\\u2019m surfing good,\\u201d Fanning said. \\u201cI\\u2019ve just had one bad result this year, so that\\u2019s a good base for me for the rest of the tour and I really enjoy the second half of the year.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Chances are excellent that a Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay Champion will be crowned tomorrow. An official call on competition status will be made at 7 a.m.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Visit &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.aspworldtour.com\\\"&gt;ASPWorldTour.com&lt;\\/a&gt; and &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.billabongpro.com\\\"&gt;BillabongPro.com&lt;\\/a&gt; for additional information, including surfer quotes, videos and photos.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay Round 4 Results:&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 1: Bede Durbidge (AUS) 12.33 def. Roy Powers (HAW) 8.56&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 2: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 15.44 def. Kai Otton (AUS) 15.17&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 3: Adriano de Souza (BRA) 14.33 def. Bobby Martinez (USA) 5.84&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 4: Kelly Slater (USA) 18.03 def. Tom Whitaker (AUS) 10.67&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay Round 3 Results:&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 1: Bede Durbidge (AUS) 12.87 def. Leonardo Neves (BRA) 7.63&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 2: Roy Powers (HAW) 12.34 def. Luke Stedman (AUS) 11.33&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 3: Kai Otton (AUS) 15.00 def. Jay Thompson (AUS) 12.00&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 4: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 14.00 def. Daniel Wills (AUS) 11.50&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 5: Adriano de Souza (BRA) 11.83 def. Mick Campbell (AUS) 5.40&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 6: Bobby Martinez (USA) 15.00 def. Luke Munro (AUS) 10.67&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 7: Tom Whitaker (AUS) 10.47 def. Taylor Knox (USA) 6.17&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 8: Kelly Slater (USA) 19.14 def. Travis Logie (ZAF) 12.06&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 9: Mick Fanning (AUS) 16.50 def. Ben Bourgeois (USA) 11.16&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 10: Bruce Irons (HAW) 9.50 def. Dayyan Neve (AUS) 8.33&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 11: C.J. Hobgood (USA) 10.20 def. Kieren Perrow (AUS) 6.50&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 12: Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 14.50 def. Adrian Buchan (AUS) 11.50&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 13: Taj Burrow (AUS) 18.34 def. Royden Bryson (ZAF) 11.16&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 14: Jordy Smith (ZAF) 16.17 def. Dean Morrison (AUS) 8.73&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 15: Andy Irons (HAW) 10.50 def. Heitor Alves (BRA) 9.66&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 16: Jeremy Flores (FRA) 15.00 def. Chris Ward (USA) 12.07&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Upcoming Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay Round 4 Match-ups:&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 5: Mick Fanning (AUS) vs. Bruce Irons (HAW)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 6: C.J. Hobgood (USA) vs. Fredrick Patacchia (HAW)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 7: Taj Burrow (AUS) vs. Jordy Smith (ZAF)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHeat 8: Andy Irons (HAW) vs. Jeremy Flores (FRA)&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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