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High
Flyer
2015 World Champ & Brazilian legend
Adriano de Souza is certainly not afraid of heights, flying
high in his heat at 2017 Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast, 18
Mar 2017.
This is the only photo Adriano posted on Instagram of himself
surfing during competition at the 2017 Quiksilver Pro Gold
Coast. Nice!
Gold Coast, Queensland,
Australia
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Like No One
Else
11x world champion Kelly Slater
throwing platinum-plated buckets at the 2017 Quiksilver Pro
Gold Coast, 18 Mar 2017.
Gold Coast, Queensland,
Australia
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Hanging
10 Out Of 10 / Composite
A compilation of the
world's best surfers - 2017 Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast & 2017
Roxy Pro Gold Coast at Snapper Rocks.
All photos and their
arrangement by me.
Gold Coast,
Queensland, Australia
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Flying
Julian
The title for 2017
I guess wasn’t meant to be
But I’m sure we still yet haven’t seen
The best of World Number 3!
~ Geoff Rankin, 2018
Julian Wilson displays the form that
saw him fight for the world championship title right into
the last event, ending the year in third place. Oh so close!
Is 2018 going to be his year? It so definitely could be.
2017 Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast, 18 Mar 2017.
Gold Coast, Queensland,
Australia
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First
Time As World Champ
World Champion John John Florence
heads out for the first time in defence of his maiden World
Title - Round One, 2017 Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast at Snapper
Rocks, 16 Mar 2017.
Gold Coast, Queensland,
Australia
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Sky
Scraper
2015 world champ &
Brazilian superstar Adriano de Souza soars high over the
city of the Gold Coast during competition of the 2017
Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast, 18 Mar 2017.
Gold Coast, Queensland,
Australia
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Winner -
Owen Wright
To-be-crowned world number one,
Australia’s Owen Wright lets it rip in his
tournament-defining Round 3 win over 3x World Champion &
compatriot Mick Fanning. Owen would go on to win the
tournament in an unstoppable run of victories. 2017
Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast, 18 Mar 2017.
Gold Coast, Queensland,
Australia
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Flying
Filipe
2015 winner,
Brazil’s Filipe Toledo displays some
jaw-dropping moves at the 2017 Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast, 16
Mar 2017. Nice air!
Gold Coast, Queensland,
Australia
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Connor
Coffin Carving The Coast
USA's Conner Coffin carves it up in
front of the Gold Coast skyline - 2017 Quiksilver Pro Gold
Coast at Snapper Rocks, 18 Mar 2017.
Gold Coast, Queensland,
Australia
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Come Back
Down, Gabriel
2014 World Champion
Gabriel Medina descends from somewhere near outer space
during the 2017 Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast. Yes, he’s
actually on his way down. All he needs now is a wingsuit and
he’d be half way to the Bahamas. Or New Zealand. But
probably the Bahamas:) 16 Mar 2017.
Gold Coast, Queensland,
Australia
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Kelly
Slater Riding High
11x World Champion Kelly Slater
looking great, winning his heat at 2017 Quiksilver Pro Gold
Coast, 18 Mar 2017. He is the greatest after all.
Gold Coast, Queensland,
Australia
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The Only
Way -> Up
After a very deep low of
super-serious injury, for Aussie pro surfer Owen Wright the
only way has been up. Then all of a sudden, quite literally
out of the blue, he’s ranked the No.1 surfer in the world!
He’s not only up there with the best - he is the best! The
dream is real. Owen, you deserve it mate. 2017 Quiksilver
Pro Gold Coast.
Gold Coast, Queensland,
Australia
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Here We
Go
The world’s best
surfer, current World Champion John John Florence quietly
prepares himself before hunting down a maiden Snapper Rocks
championship at 2017 Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast. It wasn't
his tournament, but he went on to win the following
tournament - 2017 Drug Aware Margaret River Pro.
Gold Coast, Queensland,
Australia
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Path
French surfer Jeremy
Flores showed an abundance of talent in the ultimate
showdown against 11x world champ Kelly Slater & 3x world
champ Mick Fanning at the 2017 Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast, 16
Mar 2017. He was winning for much of the heat but was
overtaken in the end. Some great moves though and left
nothing out there!
The image above is part colour, part black & white. It's the
one single image - nothing else but a switch from colour to
b&w. I really love the path he's made through the wave.
Gold Coast, Queensland,
Australia
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Mikey
Wright Getting Some Mighty Height
Aussie surfer Mikey Wright shows some serious flair for the air during
competition of the 2017 Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast, 16 Mar
2017.
Gold Coast, Queensland,
Australia
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Stuart
Kennedy
Aussie Stuart
Kennedy certainly knows how to get airborne. It didn't take
him long to get started, pulling this one off during Round
One of the 2017 Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast at Snapper Rocks,
16 Mar 2017.
Gold Coast, Queensland,
Australia
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Joan Duru
France’s Joan Duru
takes on the Snapper Rocks superbank and the rest of the
world’s best surfers at the 2017 Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast,
16 Mar 2017. And he even had to do it in black & white:)
Gold Coast, Queensland,
Australia
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Captain
My Captain
2015 world champ &
Brazilian superstar Adriano de Souza shows some serious
style at 2017
Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast, 18 Mar 2017.
Gold Coast, Queensland,
Australia
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This Bus Is Sure Taking Its Time
11x World Champion
Kelly Slater sits on his board, keeping watch, awaiting
time-on at the 2017 Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast, 18 Mar 2017.
Gold Coast, Queensland,
Australia
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