
Jackson Baker will have to break his elimination round curse to progress at the Sunset Beach Pro after a rare first-round failure on the Championship Tour on Tuesday (AEDT) in Hawaii.
The Merewether regular-footer was last in his three-man seeding round heat dominated by Hawaiian two-time world champion John John Florence (15.83), who found a rare barrel for an 8.33 before a 7.50 from two layback slashes.