Salut! Quiksilver Pro France 2013 with Photo Gallery

Quiksilver Pro France 2013

Don't you feel the smell of chocolate croissant?

I do, and you know why? Because it is the Quiksilver Pro France 2013, the first stop of the European leg (no. 7 overall).

The two first rounds are already closed and Jordy Smith and Gabriel Medina are the men to talk about.

Jordy Smith ended the first round and drew the best average. Medina, on the second round, at Le Penon in Seignosse, and reached the best score and received the first 10 on the competition with two amazing waves that give him the chance to win the battery without any problem.

Kelly Slater, eleven-time ASP world champion, had hes back against the rope in his 1st Round with Adam Melling and Dane Reynolds. Slater failed excellent scoring opportunities almost during all the round. He finally found a cleaner, longer left with only seconds on the counter to earn a near perfect 9.23.

The swell weakened so the Quiksilver Pro 2013 had to give a 2 days off however, the organization predicts a good-looking swell in the coming days and the competition will be back tomorrow (Monday).

UPCOMING QUIKSILVER PRO FRANCE ROUND 3 MATCHUPS:

Heat 1: Taj Burrow (AUS) vs Alejo Muniz (BRA) 

Heat 2: Kai Otton (AUS) vs Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 

Heat 3: Joel Parkinson (AUS) vs Patrick Gudauskas (USA) 

Heat 4: Michel Bourez (PYF) vs Kolohe Andino (USA) 

Heat 5: John John Florence (HAW) vs Sebastien Zietz (HAW) 

Heat 6: Mick Fanning (AUS) vs Ramzi Boukhiam (MAR) 

Heat 7: Kelly Slater (USA) vs Aritz Aranburu (EUK) 

Heat 8: Jeremy Flores (FRA) vs Filipe Toledo (BRA) 

Heat 9: Adriano De Souza (BRA) vs Brett Simpson (USA) 

Heat 10: Julian Wilson (AUS) vs Miguel Pupo (BRA)  

Heat 11: Adrian Buchan (AUS) vs Gabriel Medina (BRA) 

Heat 12: Jordy Smith (ZAF) vs Kieren Perrow (AUS) 

QUIKSILVER PRO FRANCE ROUND 2 RESULTS:

Heat 6: Alejo Muniz (BRA) 16.80 def. C.J Hobgood (USA) 16.17

Heat 7: Michel Bourez (PYF) 14.03 def. Damien Hobgood (USA) 13.50 

Heat 8: Brett Simpson (USA) 15.77 def. Nat Young (USA) 13.33

Heat 9: Kai Otton (AUS) 17.57 def. Adam Melling (AUS) 14.83

Heat 10: John John Florence (HAW) 14.77 def. Matt Wilkinson (AUS) 12.93

Heat 11: Sebastien Zietz (HAW) 17.60 def. Bede Durbidge (AUS) 15.43

Heat 12: Gabriel Medina (BRA) 18.17 def. Travis Logie (ZAF) 17.37

Results and matchups tables from quiksilverlive.com  

If you lost the start of Quiksilver Pro 2013, I'll leave you with some pictures... Salut!