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Reubyn Ash's attempt to stall American Kelly Slater from moving closer towards a ninth world title failed in Northenn Spain
by George Mojo
02/10/2008:// The Cornish surfer met Slater in round one of the Billabong Pro Mundaka after being awarded a wildcard into the World Championship Tour event.
Ash, who has won the European, British and English titles in his career finished last in the three-man heat.
The opening round of the contest, which is the ninth stop on the ASP elite tour, was moved to the nearby beachbreak waves at Sopelana.
Slater, who is on course to win the world crown in Northern Spain dominated the heat held in 2 to 3 feet waves racking up more than 16 points from his two wave total.
American Taylor Knox secured the other available spot in round two with a 6.16 wave tally.
Ash, from Widemouth Bay, near Bude, scored just 3.6 points. He was the only Briton competing in the contest.
Because five full-time ASP World Tour surfers have withdrawn from the event, there are a total of eight non-tour surfers competing - five replacement surfers and three event wildcards.
Those surfers, four of whom are local Basque competitors, will be looking to upset the full-time ASP World Tour field.
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