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Thursday, May 11, 2006

Bobby Martinez vs. Jarrad Howse Round 3 Wrap-up
Right off the bat Bobby takes off deep and completely disapears and then at the end he pops thru the sheet for a score of 7.67. His 2nd wave was another barrel off the bat that didn't seem as deep nor long but gave him a better score of 8.33. At this point with 23 minutes left he has 16.0 points to his opponent has 0.0. They trade waves now and Jared gets a 7.33 and Bobby takes a crazy late air drop takeoff that he makes but then gets swallowed by the tube for a 2.17. 10 minutes go by without a wave and then Bobby gets a nice long mid sized tube for a 6.00 but then then that was followed by a bigger, deeper tube by Jarad for a 7.60 to have Bobby leading the heat by only 1.07. Bobby's next wave with 7 minutes left was bigger with another deep takeoff for an 8.57 to seal the victory. Bobby will face CJ Hobgood or Victor Ribas in Round 4.

More Bobby at Surfing Magazine.

If you’re wondering why rookie Bobby Martinez is already making a bid for one of the best rookie starts in years, you might want to look at his travel partners. Two of the most dialed and hard-working dudes on tour, CJ and Damien Hobgood, are passing on info accumulated after years of trial and error. “See that, right there, Bobby?” says Damien, pointing to Phil MacDonald as he paddled for a set, got stuck at the lip and pitched from the top. “He didn’t paddle hard enough. Even when you think you’re in it, you gotta paddle real hard here. Take control of the wave before the wave takes control of you.” Which is exactly what Bobby did. In the third heat of the day, surfing Teahupo’o only the second time in his life, he found a deep one, pumped and weaved from way back, and came flying out for an 8.67. He then found a west bowl, slotted himself and ripped into a searing roundhouse for a 7.5. Heat over for Bede Durbidge and Pedro Henrique. Dam and Bobby exchanged a few inside jokes, packed their boards and headed back to “Mama’s” house for another game of 500. Watch for these two – along with brother CJ – to inside joke their way to big results here.

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