Webisode: Mick Fanning on Tour in France "Oohlala!" By Shagga

Mick went to France ranked number 2 in the world and he was just under 1000 points behind Joel Parkinson on the ladder. He heads to Spain still 2nd but is now trailing by less than 150 points Approximately one heat win between the two surfers, or is there?
EVENT 8; Spain 2009 The third last event of the season, and the world was looking at Mick and Joel to see who would be going to be World Number One. Mick was one heat win worth of points behind Parko on the ASP ladder at the start of the event, but after counting throw away results he was realistically 2 heat wins behind. Joel crashed out in the round of 17 and Mick went down in the round of 9ths. So a game of leap frog has begun and Mick has moved into number one or is that number two.
This is the first time there has been a lead change on the ASP ratings since 2005, it hasnt happened in the last 4 years. In 2006 Kelly lead from start to finish In 2007 Mick lead from start to finish, with the exception of when he shared the number one spot with Taj for one event after event two Last season Kelly lead from start to finish And this year until this week, Joel has lead the first 7 events. So for the first time in 5 years there has been a lead change on the ASP ladder during the season.
If either Joel or Kelly were to get up and win the title this year, it will be the first time in the Two Wave Era that a World Champion will count a 17th in his final total.