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The opening day of competition at the Billabong Rio Pro was canceled on Wednesday due to poor conditions.

Event organizers at Barra da Tijuca beach in Rio de Janeiro said they would reconvene at 6:30am on Thursday to consider a possible 7am start, if wind conditions were favorable. The Colgate Plax Girls Rio Pro was also suspended.

"After assessing conditions throughout this morning, we've opted to call a lay day for competition today," Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) head judge Rich Porta said.

"We anticipate conditions to improve over the next several days and will return again tomorrow morning to make another call."

Eleven-time world champion Kelly Slater leads the 2013 ASP World Tour rankings with 11,750 points ahead of Mick Fanning (11,700), Taj Burrow (11,700), Adriano de Souza (10,500) and Joel Parkinson (9,750).

BILLABONG RIO PRO ROUND 1

MATCH-UPS:

Heat 1: Josh Kerr (Australia), Alejo Muniz (Brazil), Patrick Gudauskas (United States)

Heat 2: Adriano de Souza (Brazil), Matt Wilkinson (Australia), Yadin Nicol (Australia)

Heat 3: Taj Burrow (Australia), Sebastian Zietz (Hawaii), TBD

Heat 4: Mick Fanning (Australia), Filipe Toledo (Brazil), TBD

Heat 5: Joel Parkinson (Australia), Miguel Pupo (Brazil), TBD

Heat 6: Kelly Slater (United States), Kieren Perrow (Australia), TBD

Heat 7: Julian Wilson (Australia), Travis Logie (South Africa), Glenn Hall (Ireland)

Heat 8: Gabriel Medina (Brazil), Damien Hobgood (United States), Dusty Payne (Hawaii)

Heat 9: Jeremy Flores (France), Nat Young (United States), Raoni Monteiro (Brazil)

Heat 10: Jordy Smith (South Africa), Kai Otton (Australia), Adam Melling (Australia)

Heat 11: Michel Bourez (PYF), Bede Durbidge (Australia), Brett Simpson (United States)

Heat 12: C.J. Hobgood (United States), Adrian Buchan (Australia), Kolohe Andino (United States)

COLGATE PLAX GIrelandS RIO PRO ROUND 1

MATCH-UPS:

Heat 1: Lakey Peterson (United States), Bianca Buitendag (South Africa), Rebecca Woods (Australia)

Heat 2: Sally Fitzgibbons (Australia), Paige Hareb (New Zealand), Sage Erickson (United States)

Heat 3: Carissa Moore (Hawaii), Silvana Lima (Brazil), TBD

Heat 4: Tyler Wright (Australia), Malia Manuel (Hawaii), Phillip Anderson (Australia)

Heat 5: Courtney Conlogue (United States), Laura Enever (Australia), Alize Arnaud (France)

Heat 6: Coco Ho (Hawaii), Alana Blanchard (Hawaii), Pauline Ado (France)

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