Giants Fall on Day One of Hurley Pro at Lowers

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$Kelly Slater of Florida, USA (pictured) placed second during Round 1 of the Hurley Pro Trestles when he was narrowly defeated by wildcard Tanner Gudauskas (USA), on Tuesday September 11, 2014. Slater will have the opportunity to surf again in the first elimination round, Round 2, when competition resumes. Photo: <a href=\"http://www.aspworldtour.com/\">ASP</a>$

Kelly Slater of Florida, USA (pictured) placed second during Round 1 of the Hurley Pro Trestles when he was narrowly defeated by wildcard Tanner Gudauskas (USA), on Tuesday September 11, 2014. Slater will have the opportunity to surf again in the first elimination round, Round 2, when competition resumes. Photo: ASP

$Reigning three-time ASP World Champion Mick Fanning of Australia\'s Gold Coast (pictured) won his Round 1 bout at the Hurley Pro Trestles over Brazil\'s Miguel Pupo and California\'s Brett Simpson today. Fanning will now skip Round 2 and advance directly into Round 3 of competition. Photo: <a href=\"http://www.aspworldtour.com/\">ASP</a>$

Reigning three-time ASP World Champion Mick Fanning of Australia's Gold Coast (pictured) won his Round 1 bout at the Hurley Pro Trestles over Brazil's Miguel Pupo and California's Brett Simpson today. Fanning will now skip Round 2 and advance directly into Round 3 of competition. Photo: ASP

$2012 ASP World Champion, Joel Parkinson of Australia\'s Gold Coast (pictured) won his Round 1 bout at the Hurley Pro Trestles over Brazil\'s Raoni Monteiro and Australia\'s Kai Otton today. Parkinson will now skip Round 2 and advance directly into Round 3 of competition. Photo: <a href=\"http://www.aspworldtour.com/\">ASP</a>$

2012 ASP World Champion, Joel Parkinson of Australia's Gold Coast (pictured) won his Round 1 bout at the Hurley Pro Trestles over Brazil's Raoni Monteiro and Australia's Kai Otton today. Parkinson will now skip Round 2 and advance directly into Round 3 of competition. Photo: ASP

$Current ASP World No. 4 Michel Bourez of Tahiti (pictured) won his Round 1 bout at the Hurley Pro Trestles over Brazil\'s Filipe Toledo and France\'s Jeremy Flores in the closest heat of the day. Bourez will now skip Round 2 and advance directly into Round 3 of competition. Photo: <a href=\"http://www.aspworldtour.com/\">ASP</a>$

Current ASP World No. 4 Michel Bourez of Tahiti (pictured) won his Round 1 bout at the Hurley Pro Trestles over Brazil's Filipe Toledo and France's Jeremy Flores in the closest heat of the day. Bourez will now skip Round 2 and advance directly into Round 3 of competition. Photo: ASP

$Nat Young of Santa Cruz, California, USA (pictured) won his Round 1 heat at the Hurley Pro Trestles, earning a pair of excellent 8.10 and 8.60 rides (out of a possible 10.00) to advance directly into Round 3, on Thursday September 11, 2014. Photo: <a href=\"http://www.aspworldtour.com/\">ASP</a>$

Nat Young of Santa Cruz, California, USA (pictured) won his Round 1 heat at the Hurley Pro Trestles, earning a pair of excellent 8.10 and 8.60 rides (out of a possible 10.00) to advance directly into Round 3, on Thursday September 11, 2014. Photo: ASP

$Current ASP World No. 14 Jordy Smith of Durban, South Africa (pictured) won his Round 1 bout at the Hurley Pro Trestles over Portugal\'s Tiago Pires and Australia\'s Josh Kerr today. Smith will now skip Round 2 and advance directly into Round 3 of competition. Photo: <a href=\"http://www.aspworldtour.com/\">ASP</a>$

Current ASP World No. 14 Jordy Smith of Durban, South Africa (pictured) won his Round 1 bout at the Hurley Pro Trestles over Portugal's Tiago Pires and Australia's Josh Kerr today. Smith will now skip Round 2 and advance directly into Round 3 of competition. Photo: ASP

$Adriano De Souza of Brasil (pictured) won his Round 1 heat at the Hurley Pro Trestles, posting a pair of excellent 8.67 and 8.10 scores (out of ten) to advance directly into Round 3 on Thursday September 11, 2014. Photo: <a href=\"http://www.aspworldtour.com/\">ASP</a>$

Adriano De Souza of Brasil (pictured) won his Round 1 heat at the Hurley Pro Trestles, posting a pair of excellent 8.67 and 8.10 scores (out of ten) to advance directly into Round 3 on Thursday September 11, 2014. Photo: ASP

The first day of the Hurley Pro at Lower Trestles went off today. Stop number 8 on the 2014 Samsung Galaxy ASP Men’s World Championship Tour, the event at Lowers is considered California’s jewel. The famed cobblestone break was offering up perfect head-high walls, a perfect canvas for surfing’s progression.

Among the notable highlights of the day were both Kelly Slater and Gabriel Medina getting knocked out in round 1 – a strange occurrence for both of them. While Slater fell to Tanner Gudauskas, Medina was thrown off course by Carlos Munoz, whose 7.73 score was enough to knock the Billabong Pro Tahiti champion into round 2.

Check back tomorrow for the ASP’s live coverage of the event, and a first heat match up between Medina and Raoni Monteiro.

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