Friday 8th April: Billy Stairmand (Raglan, NZ) has beaten 10 times world champion Kelly Slater (USA) at the Telstra Drug Aware Pro in Margaret River, Australia.
Stairmand scored 16.50 in response to Kelly Slater's 15.50 points tally, surfing an extremely smart heat and charging the solid offshore waves.
Billy sealed the win with a solid left, where he unleashed two extremely critical backhand re-entries to score a 9.0. Slater had the opportunity to reclaim the lead in the dying minutes on a long right, but came up short scoring an 8.0.
"I knew I had to go big to beat Kelly Slater, just to have a man on man heat with him is a dream. To beat him here is a dream come true".
He is now guaranteed at least 2,400 points and US$5,000 and the result will push him in to the top 50 in the world rankings.
http://www.surf2surf.com/articles/billy-stairmand-beats-kelly-slater-at-telstra-drug-aware-pro
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