that was a bit sad actually....not taking anything from slater because there is no doubt in anyones mind that he's the greatest surfer that has ever lived so far...but i reckon,,,,,after watching that heat that he got fair and square beaten by taj and it's a bummer when it goes the wrong way....i've seen a few heats and finals like that..
i saw jbay once where occy was against bruce irons in the final and the judges made a HUUUUUGE mistake and gave the final to Bruce..it was hilarious because BRUCE AND OCCY went up to the judges and BOTH put in a protest saying that OCCY should have won..hahahaha it was sooo funny seeing the WINNER bruce irons screaming at the judges that they were wrong hahahahaha:P