Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 5 March, 2013 : - - The world's best surfers donned the competitor's singlet for this first time this season as Round 1 of the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast presented by Land Rover was completed in clean two-to-three foot at Rainbow Bay.

Event No. 1 of 10 on the 2013 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT), the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast will set the tone for the world's best surfers this season and if the performances of today are any indication, the talent pool amongst this year's ASP Top 34 runs historically deep.

Travis Logie (ZAF), 32, veteran goofy-footer from South Africa, took top honors this morning, posting the day's high heat total of an 18.20 out of a possible 20 for a series of critical backhand combinations.