Billabong Pro Teahupoo 2015

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Billabong Pro Teahupoo 2015
at the Surf
Location Teahupo'o (PYF)
Dates14 to 25 Aug
Competitors36 from 8 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of France.svg  France
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
  2014
2016  

The Billabong Pro Teahupoo 2015 was an event of the Association of Surfing Professionals for 2015 ASP World Tour.

Billabong Pro Teahupoo is a professional surfing competition of the ASP World Tour held at the break Teahupo'o in Taiarapu, Tahiti. The Billabong Pro Teahupoo was first founded in 1999, and ever since has been recognized as "one of the world's heaviest big wave competitions". This is because Teahupoo is the only known natural wave break in the world that breaks below sea level. It is also "renowned for being the deadliest competition associated with surfing to this present date". The Billabong Pro Teahupoo has not claimed any human lives since the founding of the surfing event in 1999, but the wave has claimed lives over the years.

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This event was held from 08 to 19 July at Teahupo'o, (Tahiti, French Polynesia) and opposed by 36 surfers.

Teahupoo Village in Taiarapu-Ouest

Teahupoʻo is a village on the south-west coast of the island of Tahiti, French Polynesia, southern Pacific Ocean. It is known for the surf break and heavy, glassy waves offshore, often reaching 2 to 3 m, and sometimes up to 7 meters. It is the site of the annual Billabong Pro Tahiti surf competition, part of the World Championship Tour (WCT) of the Association of Surfing Professionals World Tour surfing circuit and used to be one stop in the World Tour of the International Bodyboarding Association. Bodyboarding pioneers Mike Stewart and Ben Severson were the first to surf Teahupo'o in 1986 and it soon became an underground spot for thrill-seeking bodyboarders. Few professional surfers rode Teahupo'o during the early 1990s and it was only in 1998, at the Gotcha Tahiti Pro, that Teahupo'o became widely recognized as having some of the heaviest waves in the world. On August 17, 2000 Laird Hamilton is credited with surfing the "heaviest wave" ever ridden, documented in the film Riding Giants. In 2003 the late Malik Joyeux successfully rode one of the largest waves ever ridden.

Tahiti Largest island of French Polynesia

Tahiti is the largest island of the Windward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia, located in the central part of the Pacific Ocean. Divided into two parts, Tahiti Nui and Tahiti Iti, the island was formed from volcanic activity; it is high and mountainous with surrounding coral reefs. Its population is 189,517 inhabitants (2017), making it the most populous island of French Polynesia and accounting for 68.7% of its total population.

French Polynesia French overseas country in the Southern Pacific ocean

French Polynesia is an overseas collectivity of the French Republic and its sole overseas country. It is composed of 118 geographically dispersed islands and atolls stretching over an expanse of more than 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) in the South Pacific Ocean. Its total land area is 4,167 square kilometres (1,609 sq mi).

The tournament was won by Jérémy Florès (FRA), who beat Gabriel Medina (BRA) in final.

Jérémy Florès French surfer

Jérémy Florès is a French surfer who grew up on Reunion Island, France, where he began surfing at the age of 3. He continued his surfing development on family trips to Australia, Europe and Hawaii, all the while maintaining his education through correspondence courses. He turned professional in 2007, the same year in which he was awarded 'Rookie of the Year' by the WSL, and has won the prestigious Billabong Pipeline Masters in Hawaii both in 2010 and 2017. In 2015, Jeremy also beat reigning champion Gabriel Medina in the prestigious Billabong Pro Teahupoo, Tahiti with a 16.57 total heat score.

Gabriel Medina Brazilian surfer

Gabriel Medina Pinto Ferreira is a Brazilian professional surfer, also the 2014 and 2018 WSL World Champion. Medina joined the world's elite of the World Surf League Tour in 2011, and in his rookie year he finished within the top 12 of the ASP World Tour at the age of 17. In March 2014 he won the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast. Media sources credit him as being the second person to have executed a maneuver called the "Backflip". Medina also became the first person ever to land this move in competition.

Round 1

Heat 1
1 Kelly Slater Flag of the United States.svg 15.10
2 Jadson Andre Flag of Brazil.svg 8.23
3 Brett Simpson Flag of the United States.svg 4.70
Heat 2
1 Owen Wright Flag of Australia (converted).svg 11.67
2 Adrian Buchan Flag of Australia (converted).svg 11.50
3 C. J. Hobgood Flag of the United States.svg 9.67
Heat 3
1 Aritz Aranburu Flag of Spain.svg 13.10
2 Keanu Asing Flag of Hawaii.svg 7.36
3 Filipe Toledo Flag of Brazil.svg 5.37
Heat 4
1 Julian Wilson Flag of Australia (converted).svg 10.66
2 Sebastian Zietz Flag of Hawaii.svg 9.00
3 Garrett Parkes Flag of Australia (converted).svg 1.30
Heat 5
1 Mick Fanning Flag of Australia (converted).svg 12.17
2 Adan Melling Flag of Australia (converted).svg 6.26
3 T. Puhetini Flag of French Polynesia.svg 1.33
Heat 6
1 Bruno Santos Flag of Brazil.svg 8.67
2 A. de Souza Flag of Brazil.svg 5.30
3 Michel Bourez Flag of French Polynesia.svg 2.44
Heat 7
1 Dusty Payne Flag of Hawaii.svg 10.00
2 Nat Young Flag of the United States.svg 5.14
3 Kai Otton Flag of Australia (converted).svg 1.30
Heat 8
1 Joel Parkinson Flag of Australia (converted).svg 10.83
2 Taj Burrow Flag of Australia (converted).svg 4.77
3 Glenn Hall Flag of Ireland.svg 2.96
Heat 9
1Josh Kerr Flag of Australia (converted).svg 17.17
2 Kolohe Andino Flag of the United States.svg 12.80
3 Matt Wilkinson Flag of Australia (converted).svg 9.00
Heat 10
1 Italo Ferreira Flag of Brazil.svg 14.43
2 Gabriel Medina Flag of Brazil.svg 14.27
3 Ricardo Christie Flag of New Zealand.svg 5.73
Heat 11
1 John Florence Flag of Hawaii.svg 17.96
2 F. Patacchia Flag of Hawaii.svg 13.83
3 Bede Durbidge Flag of Australia (converted).svg 11.43
Heat 12
1 Jérémy Florès Flag of France.svg 14.90
2 Wiggolly Dantas Flag of Brazil.svg 12.34
3 Miguel Pupo Flag of Brazil.svg 12.27

Round 2

Heat 1
1 A. de Souza Flag of Brazil.svg 16.26
2 T. Puhetini Flag of French Polynesia.svg 8.44
Heat 2
1 Filipe Toledo Flag of Brazil.svg 8.57
2 Garrett Parkes Flag of Australia (converted).svg 8.23
Heat 3
1 C. J. Hobgood Flag of the United States.svg 18.13
2 Nat Young Flag of the United States.svg 16.66
Heat 4
1 Brett Simpson Flag of the United States.svg 16.50
2 Taj Burrow Flag of Australia (converted).svg 10.23
Heat 5
1 Bede Durbidge Flag of Australia (converted).svg 14.36
2 Glenn Hall Flag of Ireland.svg 9.44
Heat 6
1 Wiggolly Dantas Flag of Brazil.svg 10.83
2 Kolohe Andino Flag of the United States.svg 4.47
Heat 7
1 Gabriel Medina Flag of Brazil.svg 17.67
2 Ricardo Christie Flag of New Zealand.svg 12.44
Heat 8
1 Matt Wilkinson Flag of Australia (converted).svg 12.50
2 F. Patacchia Flag of Hawaii.svg 10.96
Heat 9
1 Kai Otton Flag of Australia (converted).svg 14.66
2 Miguel Pupo Flag of Brazil.svg 5.54
Heat 10
1 Jadson Andre Flag of Brazil.svg 16.27
2 Michel Bourez Flag of French Polynesia.svg 10.60
Heat 11
1 Adrian Buchan Flag of Australia (converted).svg 16.40
2 Adan Melling Flag of Australia (converted).svg 15.27
Heat 12
1 Sebastian Zietz Flag of Hawaii.svg 14.60
2 Keanu Asing Flag of Hawaii.svg 14.67

Round 3

Heat 1
1 Filipe Toledo Flag of Brazil.svg 16.97
2 Brett Simpson Flag of the United States.svg 12.50
Heat 2
1 Kai Otton Flag of Australia (converted).svg 13.13
2 Bede Durbidge Flag of Australia (converted).svg 12.00
Heat 3
1 Owen Wright Flag of Australia (converted).svg 18.23
2 Dusty Payne Flag of Hawaii.svg 15.70
Heat 4
1 Italo Ferreira Flag of Brazil.svg 16.10
2 Jadson Andre Flag of Brazil.svg 9.83
Heat 5
1 Gabriel Medina Flag of Brazil.svg 19.00
2 John Florence Flag of Hawaii.svg 18.84
Heat 6
1 Bruno Santos Flag of Brazil.svg 15.75
2 A. de Souza Flag of Brazil.svg 9.67
Heat 7
1 Aritz Aranburu Flag of Spain.svg 15.17
2 Mick Fanning Flag of Australia (converted).svg 6.67
Heat 8
1 Wiggolly Dantas Flag of Brazil.svg 16.83
2 Matt Wilkinson Flag of Australia (converted).svg 8.66
Heat 9
1Josh Kerr Flag of Australia (converted).svg 15.80
2 Adrian Buchan Flag of Australia (converted).svg 13.67
Heat 10
1 Kelly Slater Flag of the United States.svg 14.06
2 Sebastian Zietz Flag of Hawaii.svg 13.33
Heat 11
1 Jérémy Florès Flag of France.svg 18.87
2 Joel Parkinson Flag of Australia (converted).svg 14.60
Heat 12
1 C. J. Hobgood Flag of the United States.svg 13.60
2 Julian Wilson Flag of Australia (converted).svg 9.50

Round 4

Heat 1
1 Owen Wright Flag of Australia (converted).svg 14.84
2 Filipe Toledo Flag of Brazil.svg 13.06
3 Kai Otton Flag of Australia (converted).svg 11.50
Heat 2
1 Gabriel Medina Flag of Brazil.svg 17.64
2 Bruno Santos Flag of Brazil.svg 17.10
3 Italo Ferreira Flag of Brazil.svg 6.84
Heat 3
1Josh Kerr Flag of Australia (converted).svg 13.20
2 Aritz Aranburu Flag of Spain.svg 11.43
3 Wiggolly Dantas Flag of Brazil.svg 6.40
Heat 4
1 Kelly Slater Flag of the United States.svg 16.60
2 Jérémy Florès Flag of France.svg 14.66
3 C. J. Hobgood Flag of the United States.svg 8.30

Round 5

Heat 1
1 Italo Ferreira Flag of Brazil.svg 15.00
2 Filipe Toledo Flag of Brazil.svg 0.00
Heat 2
1 Kai Otton Flag of Australia (converted).svg 13.50
2 Bruno Santos Flag of Brazil.svg 8.90
Heat 3
1 C. J. Hobgood Flag of the United States.svg 14.36
2 Aritz Aranburu Flag of Spain.svg 12.76
Heat 4
1 Jérémy Florès Flag of France.svg 13.37
2 Wiggolly Dantas Flag of Brazil.svg 13.23

Quarter finals

Heat 1
1 Owen Wright Flag of Australia (converted).svg 16.93
2 Italo Ferreira Flag of Brazil.svg 15.94
Heat 2
1 Gabriel Medina Flag of Brazil.svg 15.67
2 Kai Otton Flag of Australia (converted).svg 11.00
Heat 3
1 C. J. Hobgood Flag of the United States.svg 12.90
2Josh Kerr Flag of Australia (converted).svg 11.16
Heat 4
1 Jérémy Florès Flag of France.svg 16.83
2 Kelly Slater Flag of the United States.svg 15.66

Semi finals

Heat 1
1 Gabriel Medina Flag of Brazil.svg 16.63
2 Owen Wright Flag of Australia (converted).svg 8.70
Heat 2
1 Jérémy Florès Flag of France.svg 15.86
2 C. J. Hobgood Flag of the United States.svg 8.93

Final

Heat 1
1 Jérémy Florès Flag of France.svg 16.87
2 Gabriel Medina Flag of Brazil.svg 13.20

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