Irons Knocked Out Of Pro Gold

Aussie native, Jake Paterson, knocked out Hawaii's Andy Irons in Round 2 of the Quicksilver Pro Gold Coast competition. Irons had won the ASP World Championship 3 times and he was beat by a wildcard, Paterson. Paterson just recently announced his retirement from the tour after 17 years. He was given a wildcard and without the pressure of points and rankings Paterson went out and surfed like always. He just never knew it would gain him a spot in Round 3 and knock out a title-contender.

Kelly Slater, 8-time world champion, lost in the first round to wildcard Julian Wilson from Austrailia, but in Round 2 he defeated wildcard Dale Richards to stay in the tournament. Slater will faceoff against Wilson again in Heat 8 of Round 3.

Adriano de Souze from Brazil defeated local Austrailian, Troy Brooks. de Souze was only one of five South Americans to advance to the next round.

Results of Round 2:
Heat 1: Kelly Slater (USA) 16.16 def. Dale Richards (AUS) 8.53
Heat 2: Jake Paterson (AUS) 16.00 def. Andy Irons (HAW) 10.07
Heat 3: Taj Burrow (AUS) 15.66 def. Luke Munro (AUS) 14.10
Heat 4: Damien Hobgood (USA) 16.43 def. Rodrigo Dornelles (BRA) 13.07
Heat 5: Tom Whitaker (AUS) 17.17 def. Gabe Kling (USA) 14.60
Heat 6: Cory Lopez (USA) 15.67 def. Bernardo Miranda (BRA) 13.27
Heat 7: Phillip MacDonald (AUS) 13.73 def. Neco Padaratz (BRA) 9.30
Heat 8: Bruce Irons (HAW) 15.67 def. Dayyan Neve (AUS) 8.90
Heat 9: C.J. Hobgood (USA) 17.43 def. Royden Bryson (ZAF) 14.33
Heat 10: Michael Campbell (AUS) 15.26 def. Fred Patacchia (HAW) 11.10
Heat 11: Daniel Wills (AUS) 15.34 def. Adrian Buchan (AUS) 11.16
Heat 12: Adriano de Souza (BRA) 16.57 def. Troy Brooks (AUS) 12.53
Heat 13: Chris Ward (USA) 12.83 def. Victor Ribas (BRA) 10.34
Heat 14: Pancho Sullivan (HAW) 14.76 def. Shaun Cansdell (AUS) 12.80
Heat 15: Travis Logie (ZAF) 15.44 def. Mark Occhilupo (AUS) 12.80
Heat 16: Luke Stedman (AUS) 14.66 def. Michael Lowe (AUS) 14.17

(This is basically like double-elimination. If you are defeated once you go onto the next round, but if defeated again you're out of the tournament.)