Globe Pro Fiji

Current ASP World Tour No. 1 Kelly Slater (USA) met local wildcard Isei Tokoea (FIJ), when competition for the Globe Pro Fiji began at Restaurants today but unlike last week's event at Teahupoo, Tahiti, when wildcards ruled and Brazilian wildcard Bruno Santos eventually defeated local wildcard Manoa Drollet (PYF) to win the Billabong Pro Tahiti, Kelly Slater surfed a near perfect heat scoring 19.73 out of 20.00 points.

The competition, event 4 on the 2008 ASP tour, began in perfect six-foot (two metre) waves at Restaurants and saw Joel Parkinson (AUS), World No. 2 behind Slater, Bede Durbidge (AUS), Andy Irons (HAW) and Mick Fanning (AUS), ranked third, fourth and fifth respectively, all progressing to round three.