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Top surfers qualified for the 2013 ASP World Championship Tour
Saturday, 15 December 2012 12:12

ASP World Tour: top surfers with sets on sight

The list of surfers that will compete at the 2013 ASP World Championship Tour has been defined.


The Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons set the final rankings and decisive waves were surfed in the last heats of the Triple Crown of Surfing.

The top 22 ranked surfers on the year-end ASP World Championship Tour rankings earn direct access to the 2013 ASP World Tour. Kai Otton, from Australia, is the last one in the list.

Then, in order to get the complete roster, the top 10 surfers ranked on the year-end ASP World Rankings - and not including surfers qualifying in the Top 22 on the ASP WCT rankings – also win a ticket to the Dream Tour.

Tiago Pires is the last surfer to check-in at the 2013 ASP World Championship Tour. The Portuguese rider will join three other European surfers: Jeremy Flores, Michel Bourez and Glen Hall. The two wildcards chosen by the ASP World Tour are Dusty Payne and Raoni Monteiro.

The final 2012 ASP World Championship Tour Rankings:

1. Joel Parkinson
2. Kelly Slater
3. Mick Fanning
4. John John Florence
5. Adriano De Souza
6. Taj Burrow
7. Gabriel Medina
8. Josh Kerr
9. Julian Wilson
10. Owen Wright
11. Jeremy Flores
12. Jordy Smith
13. CJ Hobgood
14. Adrian Buchan
15. Michel Bourez
16. Damien Hobgood
17. Miguel Pupo
18. Alejo Muniz
19. Kieren Perrow
20. Bede Durbidge
21. Travis Logie
22. Kai Otton
23. Kolohe Andino
24. Matt Wilkinson
25. Brett Simpson
26. Yadin Nicol
27. Heitor Alves
28. Raoni Monteiro
29. Tiago Pires Pires
20. Fredrick Patacchia
31. Taylor Knox
32. Adam Melling
33. Jadson Andre
34. Patrick Gudauskas
35. Dusty Payne
36. Willian Cardoso

Top 10 surfers of the ASP Men's World Ranking, excluding WCT surfers:

13. Sebastian Zietz
17. Kolohe Andino
18. Matt Wilkinson
24. Glenn Hall
25. Brett Simpson
26. Filipe Toledo
27. Adam Melling
29. Nat Young
30. Fredrick Patacchia
31. Tiago Pires

ASP Wildcards:

1. Dusty Payne (HAW)
2. Raoni Monteiro (BRA)

ASP WCT Replacements (in the event of athlete withdrawal):

1. Patrick Gudaukas (USA)
2. Yadin Nicol (AUS)
3. Willian Cardoso (BRA)
4. Heitor Alves (BRA)


 

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