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2012 World Tour roster
And that's a wrap folks. The 2011 season has come and gone, now that the dust has settled, and the ASP has done the math correctly, lets have a look at our 2012 World Tour competitors, shall we?
A couple of things to point out:
1) No Dane Reynolds. My already short attention span is really worried about this.
2) What is Kelly Slater going to do next year? He mentioned in a post heat interview during pipe that if Snapper, the first event on the season, wasn't a Quik event, he probably would have a few less world titles, as that event has springboarded him into a world title hunt in years when he wasn't planning on competing at all.
3) Kolohe and Yadin are the only 2 fresh faces on tour. You can bet Kolohe is studying what Gabe Medina did in his debut a couple months back. Kolohe is no stranger to the podium, but Yadin needs to shake those nerves before he gets into another final. Perhaps you recall his final this summer against Slater, he ran away from that US Open trophy like it had herpes.
4) Holy shit the roster is pretty stacked for next season.
2012 ASP TOP 34:
1. Kelly Slater (USA)
2. Joel Parkinson (AUS)
3. Taj Burrow (AUS)
4. Gabriel Medina (BRA)
5. Owen Wright (AUS)
6. Adriano de Souza (BRA)
7. Julian Wilson (AUS)
8. Jordy Smith (ZAF)
9. Alejo Muniz (BRA)
10. Michel Bourez (PYF)
11. Josh Kerr (AUS)
12. Damien Hobgood (USA)
13. John John Florence (HAW)
14. Mick Fanning (AUS)
15. Jeremy Flores (FRA)
16. Heitor Alves (BRA)
17. Miguel Pupo (BRA)
18. Adrian Buchan (AUS)
19. Kieren Perrow (AUS)
20. Bede Durbidge (AUS)
21. Raoni Monteiro (BRA)
22. Brett Simpson (USA)
23. Adam Melling (AUS)
24. Kolohe Andino (USA)
25. C.J. Hobgood (USA)
26. Tiago Pires (PRT)
27. Jadson Andre (BRA)
28. Matt Wilkinson (AUS)
29. Patrick Gudauskas (USA)
30. Dusty Payne (HAW)
31. Travis Logie (ZAF)
32. Taylor Knox (USA)
33. Kai Otton (AUS) *surfer wildcard (next on the ASP World Rankings)
34. Yadin Nicol (AUS) *surfer wildcard (injury)
1st Alternate: Fredrick Patacchia (HAW)
2nd Alternate: Willian Cardoso (BRA)
3rd Alternate: Chris Davidson (AUS)
4th Alternate: Thiago Camarao (BRA)
And here's the 2012 tour schedule so far..
