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The French Connection

By Jake Howard

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Going into the Quiksilver Pro France—the first stint of the six-week European leg—there's a lot at stake. [Watch the video preview here.] At the start of the event Joel Parkinson fronts the world tour rankings by 936 points, which would normally be a fairly comfortable lead, but by going down in Round 2 at the Hurley Pro he left the door open for a few guys to make a run at the title...namely his good mate Mick Fanning. Mick stumbled in his Round 1 heat earlier today, but came back s ...

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