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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Craig Kerry

Jackson Baker in hot seat after opening-round loss at Sunset Beach

Jackson Baker ripping into a turn at the season-opening event at Pipeline, where he exited in the round of 32. Picture by Tony Heff, World Surf League

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.

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