Head Judge of the ASP World Tour Perry Hatchett is Fired

The ASP made a decision today not to renew head judge, Perry Hatchett’s, contract. Perry became the head judge in 1997 when Renato Hickel stepped away to become part of tour management. Over the years, Hatchett has made some controversial calls during key moments in WCT events.

Who could forget the final at J-Bay in 2005 when Slater needed a 9.23 to beat Andy Irons with 35 seconds left and got a marginal wave that was scores a 9.5 resulting in a win? Or how about in 2008 when Slater beat Taj at the Boost Mobile Pro at Trestles in the finals? There was a lot of noise roaming around and a lot of people were saying Taj got robbed.

With less then a month until the first WCT event of the year, the ASP has selected Richie Porta, the head judge of the Women’s Tour to be the interim judge until they find someone else. We’ll see how the beginning of the year pans out without and official head judge and it will be interesting to see who the ASP appoints the new job.

Source: globalsurfnews.com

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