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Mon 1 Nov 2010 PUERTO RICO: Kelly Slater is heading for his tenth world title after dominating in Round One of the Rip Curl Pro Search, held in punchy 3-5' surf at the primary spot of Middles here on Saturday. Mon 1 Nov 2010 PUERTO RICO: Kelly Slater is heading for his tenth world title after dominating in Round One of the Rip Curl Pro Search, held in punchy 3-5' surf at the primary spot of Middles here on Saturday.

Event No. 9 of 10 on the 2010 ASP World Tour, the Rip Curl Pro Search Puerto Rico has hyper-focused the attention of the international sporting world, with a history-in-the-making ASP World Title Race.

Kelly Slater (USA), 38, former nine-time ASP World Champion and current ASP World No. 1, could potentially clinch an unprecedented 10th ASP World Title in Puerto Rico, and moved one step closer to that goal today with an emphatic Round 1 victory.

“I kept falling off on all my finishing turns,” Gilmore said. “I think it was a mixture of nerves and a few wobbles out there.

I’ll probably draw Pauline (Ado) again in Round 3 and she was ripping so it will be interesting. I love it here in Puerto Rico. I have a good support crew here, it’s beautiful and I’m looking forward to the rest of the event.”

For Gilmore to clinch her fourth ASP Women’s World Title at the Rip Curl Women’s Pro Search Puerto Rico, the following scenarios must occur:

If Gilmore finishes Equal 3rd or better, she clinches the 2010 ASP Women’s World Title
If Gilmore finishes Equal 5th, Fitzgibbons needs to win the event to send the 2010 ASP Women’s World Title Race to Hawaii
If Gilmore finishes Equal 9th or Equal 17th, Fitzgibbons needs to finish Runner-Up or better and/or Moore needs to win to send the 2010 ASP Women’s World Title Race to Hawaii
Essentially, if Fitzgibbons fails to finish higher than Equal 3rd and/or Moore fails to win the event, Gilmore will clinch the 2010 ASP Women’s World Title.

“I kept falling off on all my finishing turns,” Gilmore said. “I think it was a mixture of nerves and a few wobbles out there.

Surfline, official forecaster for the Rip Curl Pro Puerto Rico, are calling for the surf to drop and go NW/NNW becoming N swell mixing in with lingering trade swell Monday into Tuesday. Smaller, short period trade windswell is expected for Wednesday.

RIP CURL PRO SEARCH PUERTO RICO ROUND 1 RESULTS:

Heat 1: Kieren Perrow (AUS) 12.56, Adrian Buchan (AUS) 11.77, Travis Logie (ZAF) 9.13
Heat 2: Dane Reynolds (USA) 14.83, Taylor Knox (USA) 11.80, Roy Powers (HAW) 8.73
Heat 3: Tiago Pires (PRT) 13.70, Taj Burrow (AUS) 13.40, Luke Munro (AUS) 10.60
Heat 4: Mick Fanning (AUS) 14.10, Gabe Kling (USA) 12.93, Patrick Gudauskas (USA) 11.70
Heat 5:Jordy Smith (ZAF) 12.90, Brett Simpson (USA) 12.20, Dylan Graves (PRI) 6.60
Heat 6: Kelly Slater (USA) 16.27, Daniel Ross (AUS) 13.40, Dillon Perillo (USA) 11.80
Heat 7: Bede Durbidge (AUS) 12.70, Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 12.26, Dusty Payne (HAW) 12.14
Heat 8: Owen Wright (AUS) 13.50, Luke Stedman (AUS) 7.37, Andy Irons (HAW) N/S
Heat 9: Adriano de Souza (BRA) 13.37, Kai Otton (AUS) 10.77, Bobby Martinez (USA) 10.40
Heat 10: Jeremy Flores (FRA) 13.50, Damien Hobgood (USA) 11.00, Matt Wilkinson (AUS) 8.67
Heat 11: C.J. Hobgood (USA) 15.50, Tom Whitaker (AUS) 13.50, Jadson Andre (BRA) 10.17
Heat 12: Michel Bourez (PYF) 11.83, Adam Melling (AUS) 11.33, Chris Davidson (AUS) 9.03

RIP CURL PRO SEARCH PUERTO RICO ROUND 1 RESULTS:

Quick FactsSurfline, official forecaster for the Rip Curl Pro Puerto Rico, are calling for the surf to drop and go NW/NNW becoming N swell mixing in with lingering trade swell Monday into Tuesday. Smaller, short period trade windswell is expected for Wednesday.