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SNAPPER ROCKS, Queensland/Australia (Friday, March 5, 2010) – Taj Burrow taken out the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast presented by Land Rover over Jordy Smith (ZAF), 22, in rippable two-to-three foot (1 metre) waves at Snapper Rocks.

The opening event of then 2010 ASP World Tour season, the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast started the year off with a bang, bringing the greatest assemblage of surfing talent in history to one of the most iconic pointbreaks in the world, and the world’s best surfers shattered high-performance barriers once again.

One of Australias first surf 'cult' films starring Phil Avalon and MEL GIBSON (in his first movie role) SUMMER CITY.
Shot in and around the surf village of Catherine Hill Bay in the mid seventies, the film broke box office records and sold around the world.
The film will be screened at SURFWORLD - Surf Museum Currumbin at 7pm on 11th March
and will be hosted by Writer - Producer & co - star PHIL AVALON.

 Photo: bBRAD

Get to Snapper today the the Quik and Roxy Pro could rap today

QUIKSILVER PRO GOLD COAST ROUND 4 MATCH-UPS:

Heat 1: Adriano de Souza (BRA) vs. Adrian Buchan (AUS)

Heat 2: Chris Davidson (AUS) vs. Taj Burrow (AUS)

Heat 3: Bobby Martinez (USA) vs. Damien Hobgood (USA)

Heat 4: Kai Otton (AUS) vs. Mick Fanning (AUS)

Heat 5: Joel Parkinson (AUS) vs. Fredrick Patacchia (HAW)

Heat 6: Daniel Ross (AUS) vs. Dane Reynolds (USA)

Heat 7: Bede Durbidge (AUS) vs. Kieren Perrow (AUS)

Heat 8: Kelly Slater (USA) vs. Jordy Smith (ZAF)

ROXY PRO GOLD COAST ROUND 3 MATCH-UPS:

Heat 1: Coco Ho (HAW) vs. Amee Donohoe (AUS)

Heat 2: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) vs. Bruna Schmitz (BRA)

Heat 3: Paige Hareb (NZL) vs. Rebecca Woods (AUS)

Heat 4: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) vs. Tyler Wright (AUS)

Heat 5: Silvana Lima (BRA) vs. Lee Ann Curren (FRA)

Heat 6: Chelsea Hedges (AUS) vs. Rosanne Hodge (ZAF)

Heat 7: Melanie Bartels (HAW) vs. Jessi Miley-Dyer (HAW)

Heat 8: Sofia Mulanovich (PER) vs. Carissa Moore (HAW)