A new champion will be crowned in the Fiji Pro this weekend after defending champion and world number one Kelly Slater lost in the quarter-final yesterday.
The US surfer lost to Tahiti’s Michel Bourez in the fifth leg of the ASP World Championship Tour at Cloudbreak in Tavarua.
Bourez will take on American Nat Young in the first semi-final today.
Gabriel Medina of Brazil will face American Kolohe Andino in the other semifinal.