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Frontline WCT
Meet the Surfers Of Surfing's 2006 World Championship Tour
By Ray Bergman

The luckiest people on earth have to be the 2006 WCT tour qualifiers. Just in time for Christmas, the 2006 Top 45 has been decided. After battling it out around the globe for the last 11 ½ months, 45 surfers now have a ticket to surf the world's greatest surf breaks waiting for them under the proverbial Christmas tree.

With destinations in 2006 such as Hawaii, Teahupo'o, Tavarua, J-Bay, and Mundaka, this year promises to be another great opportunity to see the world's best surfers at the world's best breaks. With one soon-to-be-named destination, (somewhere in Mexico) the 12 stops on this year's tour are bound to test each of the surfer's ability to the fullest.

Here are the 45 surfers who will be slugging it out on the 2006 WCT Tour in order by seeding:

1 - Kelly Slater
2 - Andy Irons
3 - Mick Fanning
4 - Damien Hobgood
5 - Phil Macdonald
6 - Trent Munro
7 - Taj Burrow
8 - Nathan Hedge
9 - Bruce Irons
10- CJ Hobgood
11- Cory Lopez
12- Joel Parkinson
13- Jake Paterson
14- Fred Patacchia
15- Victor Ribas
16- Dean Morrison
17- Tom Whitaker
18- Paulo Moura
19- Mark Occhilupo
20- Travis Logie
21- Daniel Wills
22- Richie Lovett
23- Taylor Knox
24- Troy Brooks
25- Peterson Rosa
26- Darren O'Rafferty
27- Marcelo Nunes
28- Adriano de Souza
29- Bobby Martinez
30- Adrian Buchan
31- Shaun Cansdell
32- Pedro Henrique
33- Luke Stedman
34- Roy Powers
35- Pancho Sullivan
36- Yuri Sodre
37- Greg Emslie
38- Raioni Monteiro
39- David Weare
40- Tim Reyes
41- Mikael Picon
42- Jarrad Howse
43- Chris Ward - Injury wildcard
44- Mick Lowe - Injury wildcard
45- Toby Martin - Injury wildcard

2006 Alternates
1 - Bede Durbidge
2 - Jihad Khodr
3 - Lee Winkler


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