Tourists and locals enjoy the afternoon on the Santa Cruz Warf. ASP/ Kirstin
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Travis Logie (ZAF) won his round three heat and advanced into round four.ASP/Rowland
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Nat Young (USA) surfed well all the way from the trials but unfortunately he was defeated in round three.ASP/Rowland
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Joel Parkinson (AUS) keeping his title hopes alive by advancing into round four. ASP/ Kirstin
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Taylor Knox (USA) producing arguably one of the biggest turns ever seen at Steamer Lane. Knox was narrowly eliminated during round three. ASP/ Kirstin
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Signs of the new swell filling in at Steamer Lane. ASP/ Kirstin
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ASP #1 Joel Parkinson (AUS) ousted local wildcard surfer Nay Young in round three today.ASP/Rowland
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Ajejo Muniz won his round three heat advanced into round four.ASP/Rowland
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Gabriel Medina (BRA) captured a last minute round three victory off a left hander aerial over Taylor Knox during round three. ASP/ Kirstin
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ASP World No. 1 Joel Parkinson (AUS) looking ultra focussed for round three. ASP/ Kirstin
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Jordy Smith (ZAF) eliminated in round three. ASP/ Kirstin
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Sunday crowd. ASP/ Kirstin
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ASP World No. 1 Joel Parkinson (AUS) keeping his witts about him with an ASP World Title at stake. ASP/ Kirstin
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Dusty Payne (HAW) had a big match up against Kelly Slater (USA) but was unable to stop the 11X ASP World Champion during round three. ASP/ Kirstin
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Kelly Slater (USA) making his way out for his second heat of the day. ASP/ Kirstin
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Swell fills in at Steamer Lane. ASP/ Kirstin
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Jadson Andre (BRA) fell short to Taj Burrow in round three.ASP/Rowland
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Adrian Buchan (AUS) surfed well but unfortunately he failed to advance out of round three.ASP/Rowland
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Taj Burrow (AUS) won his round three heat and will surf again in round four.ASP/Rowland
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Julian Wilson (AUS) surfed well be fell short to Raoni Monteiro (BRA) in the final minutes of their round two heat.ASP/Rowland
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Adam Melling failed to advance out of round two today.ASP/Rowland
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Adriano DeSouza (BRA) ASP/Rowland
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Local Wildcard Jason "Ratboy" Collins had Slater against the ropes throughout most of their round two heat until Slater pulled off the buzzer beater win.ASP/Rowland
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Adriano DeSouza (BRA) took down Adam Melling (AUS)in round two and will surf against Pat Gudauskas (USA) in round three.ASP/Rowland
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Kelly Slater (USA) was behind Jason "Ratboy" Collins through most of their round two heat but Slater came back in the final minutes of the heat and stole the win ASP/Rowland
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Matt Wilkinson (AUS) ASP/Rowland
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Jadson Andre pulled off the upset in round two defeating Julian Wilson(AUS). ASP/Rowland
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Kelly Slater (USA) racing to the middle peak to get the score that he needed to take the win.ASP/Rowland
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Owen Wright (AUS) took down Tiago Pires (PRT) and will advance into round three.
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Kelly Slater (USA) narrowly advanced into round three. ASP/ Kirstin
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Kelly Slater (USA) watching the round two action. ASP/ Kirstin
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Wildcard Jason Collins (USA) came close to eliminating Kelly Slater for the event in round 2 but was defeated by Slater in the dying minute of their heat. ASP/ Kirstin
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Mick Fanning (AUS) looks back at the ocean that served him a round 2 elimination and his World Title hopes slip a little further away. ASP/ Kirstin
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Kelly Slater (USA) takes his frustrations out on a chair as the boys look on in amusement. ASP/ Kirstin
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Small lines rolling into Steamer Lane this morning forced organisers to call a lay day on day 2 of the competition. ASP/ Kirstin
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Jordy Smith (ZAF) taking the last heat win of the day. ASP/ Kirstin
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Tiago Pires (PRT) placed second behind Jordy Smith (ZAF) in round 1. ASP/ Kirstin
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Travis Logie (ZAF) in blistering form during round 1. ASP/ Kirstin
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Jeremy Flores (FRA) was narrowly defeated by Travis Logie (ZAF) in round 1. ASP/ Kirstin
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Michel Bourez (PYF) advanced in first place. ASP/ Kirstin
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All of Santa Cruz came out to watch the world's best in action. ASP/ Kirstin
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Nat Young (USA), 21, ONeill Coldwater Classic trials winner, was responsible for the upset of the day, relegating reigning 11-time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA), 40, and ASP WCT Rookie Kolohe Andino (USA), 18, to Round 2. ASP/ Kirstin
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Kelly Slater (USA) couldn't find his rhthym at Steamer Lane and was defeated by local wildcard Nat Young. ASP/ Kirstin
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Joel Parkinson, a former ONeill Cold Water Classic winner (2000), looked at home at the righthand pointbreak and unloaded an array of seamless carves to notch a 9 point ride on the way to his 16.83 out of 20 heat total.
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Kelly Slater (USA) eliminated during round 1. ASP/ Kirstin
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Mick Fanning (AUS) relegated to round two. ASP/ Kirstin
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Taylor Knox (USA) smiling all day long. ASP/ Kirstin
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Damien Hobgood (USA) defeated his brother CJ to advance into round four. ASP/ Kirstin
Photos of 2012 O'Neill Coldwater Classic Santa Cruz