Today is the first of a 13-day waiting period for the Billabong Pipeline Masters, but as expected, competition will not commence this morning.
Event officials will take a closer look at conditions tomorrow morning with a new W/NW swell forecast to fill in throughout Tuesday, Dec. 9 building into Wed. Dec 10. The event can be completed in just three days.
As the final competition on the 11-stop 2008 ASP World Tour, the Billabong Pipeline Masters is the last chance surfers have to cement their spot on the 2009 tour. Only 27 of the Top 45 surfers on the ASP World Tour requalify at year’s end with the remaining 18 competitors earning spots via finishing Top 15 on the ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS) or receiving one of three ASP wildcard spots.
The scenarios for the 2008 ASP World Tour ratings possibilities can be found here.
Another call on event status will be made tomorrow morning at 7. When competition does commence, replacement surfers, wildcards and the lowest seeded surfers on the ASP World Tour will contest Round 1 with the middle and higher rated surfers being seeded into Rounds 2 and 3 respectively.
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