This heat was all about the John John Florence v Kelly Slater matchup and it looked like it was going that way, but when Australian Josh Kerr got a 9.67 he threw himself in the mix. What followed was an astounding exchange with a total of six waves all in the nine point range. Then with a minute to go Kerr picked off a set wave and surfed it incredibly to nail his first ever perfect 10 and take out the heat.