Kelly Slater, Julian Wilson and Jordy Smith are out of the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast 2016. They all lost their Round 2 heat at Snapper Rocks. Drama unfolds as some of the world’s top seed surfers abandon competition early in the first event of the season. The first star to go down was Wilson, who saw Sebastian Zietz pulling a buzzer-beater. “I was just glad that I surfed smart. There were a lot of waves that kind of came at the end there that I usually would’ve gone on. I just stood my ground, and somebody sent me one, and it was a pretty good wave,” said Zietz.

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Underdogs take over the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast 2016

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