The legendary Australian advanced directly to Round Three with a solid win in the first heat of the day, racing his way past Conner Coffin and Alejo Muniz. The 3x world champion is also a 3x event winner at J-Bay (2002, '06, '14) and hoping to get back to the Final for the fourth time in a row.
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