Hawaiians Win in Indonesian Surf

The 2008 Rip Curl Pro Search, Indonesia, has ended with an epic barrel shootout between two Hawaiian friends, Fredrick Patacchia and Bruce Irons, who claimed his first Dream Tour win. Bruce plans to retire from the Dream Tour at the end of this season, though he still intends competing at Pipeline and Teahupoo, plus any other venues that he can get into.

Kelly Slater (USA) maintains a healthy lead on this year's ASP World Title race as they head to the next stop on the tour, which will be the Boost Mobile Pro presented by Hurley at Lower Trestles, California from September 7-13, 2008. However, he is the only American in the top 5; Australians Joel Parkinson, Bede Durbidge, Taj Burrow and Mick Fanning occupying positions 2 to 5.