Yesterday, Mick Fanning won the 2014 Moche Rip Curl Pro Portugal. After the early back to back exits of Gabriel Medina and Kelly Slater in Round 3, this win not only shakes up the top two world title contenders, but completely relaunches the Australian in the World Title race for the last event of the season, the Billabong Pipe Masters.
As it stands, three surfers are still on the hunt for the 2014 ASP World Championship Tour title
Gabriel Medina (BRA) with 56,550 points
Mick Fanning (AUS) with 53,100 points
Kelly Slater (USA) with 50,050 points
It’s a pretty complicated subject, but Surfagram.com has done the math. Here are the possible scenarios for the 2014 World Title race.
Kelly Slater becomes the 2014 World Champion if he wins the 2014 Billabong Pipe Masters, Gabriel Medina doesn’t finish higher than 13th place, and Mick Fanning doesn’t get into the final.
Mick Fanning’s situation is a little more complicated. There are three scenarios that could crown Mick. He becomes the 2014 World Champion if:
Case 1: He makes at least a semi-final (3rd, 2nd or 1st), and Gabriel Medina doesn’t finish higher than 13th place. And of course, Kelly Slater can’t win the Billabong Pipe Masters
Case 2: He makes at least a final (2nd or 1st), and Gabriel Medina doesn’t finish higher than a 13th place
Case 3: He wins the 2014 Billabong Pipe Masters, Gabriel Medina doesn’t finish higher than a semi-final (3rd, 2nd or 1st).
In all other scenarios, Gabriel Medina becomes the 2014 World Champion. Except one: the Surf Off. If Mick Fanning finishes in quarter-finals (5th) and Gabriel Medina doesn’t finish higher than a 13th place, both surfers end up tied. One last heat, a surf off, determines the 2014 World Champion.
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