Rip Curl: Alejo Muniz defeated Gabriel Medina in their Rd. 2 clash.
Rip Curl: Alejo Muniz skies it.
Rip Curl: Alejo Muniz mixed barrels and airs to take the win in Rd. 2.
Rip Curl: Gabriel Medina pulled this nice air but it wasn't enough to advance to Rd. 3.
Rip Curl: Jeremy Flores.
Rip Curl: Damien Hobgood prepares for a Super Tubo.
Rip Curl: Freddy P. narrowly defeated Pat G. in a close Rd. 2 heat.
Rip Curl: Pat G. scored this smoker, but lost out to Fred Patacchia.
Rip Curl: Patrick Gudauskas.
Rip Curl: Fred Patacchia.
Rip Curl: Miguel Pupo nailed the biggest maneuver of Rd. 2.
Rip Curl: Miguel Pupo puts the exclamation point on his massive punt in Rd. 2.
Rip Curl: Brett Simpson.
Rip Curl: The sun came out and so did the fans.
Rip Curl: Gabriel Medina (right) celebrates with his good mate Miguel Pupo after Pupo's Rd. 2 victory.
Rip Curl: Joel Parkinson squeaked by Alejo Muniz in their Rd. 3 matchup.
Rip Curl: Parko was happy to sign some autographs after narrowly escaping defeat in Rd. 3.
Rip Curl: Bede Durbidge cracks one.
Rip Curl: Kai Otton took out Bede Durbidge in Rd. 3.
Rip Curl: Portuguese wildcards Francisco Alves (left) and Frederico Morais.
Rip Curl: Julian Wilson scored the first perfect 10 of the event with this massive alley-oop in Rd. 3.
Rip Curl: Julian Wilson is ecstatic after landing perhaps the biggest air ever seen in ASP competition.
Rip Curl: Damien Hobgood.
Rip Curl: The locals showed up in droves.
Rip Curl: John Florence was inspired by Julian Wilson's big alley-oop and took to the sky himself.
Rip Curl: Filipe Toledo landed this 360 air perfectly but still lost out to John Florence in Rd. 3.