BILLABONG PRO TAHITI ROUND 2 BACK IN THE WATER

TEAHUPOO, Tahiti (Saturday, May 12th, 2007) – Heats 9 through 16 of Round 2 of the Billabong Pro Tahiti will hit the water this morning at 8am in 3 foot (one metre) waves at Teahupoo.

Stop No. 3 of 10 of the Foster's ASP World Tour, the Billabong Pro Tahiti, has entered into its ninth day of the waiting period and following the completion of the first half of Round 2 yesterday, event organizers have opted run the remaining eight heats this morning before assessing the conditions for a possible start on Round 3.

A slew of high-powered heats await us today including Heat 10 where last season's Billabong Pro Tahiti runner-up Fred Patacchia (HAW) will face lethal goofy-foot Australian Shaun Cansdell, and Heat 14 where former Billabong Pro Tahiti champions Cory Lopez (USA) and Mark Occhilupo (AUS) will square off.

All the Billabong Pro Tahiti action will be webcast LIVE on www.aspworldtour.com and www.billabongpro.com.

REMAINING BILLABONG PRO TAHITI ROUND 2 MATCH-UPS:
Heat 9: Raoni Monteiro (BRA) vs. Trent Munro (AUS)
Heat 10: Frederick Patacchia (HAW) vs. Shaun Cansdell (AUS)
Heat 11: Greg Emslie (ZAF) vs. Rodrigo Dornelles (BRA)
Heat 12: Leonardo Neves (BRA) vs. Dayyan Neve (AUS)
Heat 13: Josh Kerr (AUS) vs. Adrian Buchan (AUS)
Heat 14: Cory Lopez (USA) vs. Mark Occhilupo (AUS)
Heat 15: C.J. Hobgood (USA) vs. Luke Stedman (AUS)
Heat 16: Kai Otton (AUS) vs. Michael Lowe (AUS)

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