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Hareb Qualifies For 2013 ASP World Tour |
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Written by Ben Kennings
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Thursday, 02 August 2012 |
Taranaki surfer Paige Hareb has qualified for the 2013 ASP World Tour overnight after progressing through to the third round of the Nike US Open of Surfing and ensuring a fourth straight year at the elite level of women’s surfing.
Hareb went head-to-head with fellow Kiwi Sarah Mason in the second round of the
event in a must win heat to keep her qualification hopes alive. Sitting in tenth equal with travelling
companion Rebecca Woods (AUS), the highest placed of the two surfers would see
the points-tie split with the highest ranked surfer retaining their place on
tour which caters for the elite top 17 surfers in the world.
Hareb defeated Mason 13.0 points to 8.10 points in a heat she dominated from
the outset. Hareb posted a 7.33 point
ride on her first wave and slowly built her score line until posting a 5.67
point ride leaving Mason requiring an excellent score to progress in the small
0.50m waves at Huntington Beach, California, USA.
Hareb then had to wait until Woods contested the last heat of the round against
French surfer Pauline Ado. Ado took hold
of the heat late scoring 13.50 to Woods 6.54 sealing the fate of Hareb.
Hareb showed tears of joy as her qualification was confirmed but she was unavailable
for comment as she prepared for her third round match up against Sally Fitzgibbons
(AUS) and Coco Ho (HAW) which was entering the water early this morning (NZT).
Hareb’s defeat of Mason dashed any remote hopes of Mason requalifying after her
first year on tour. Mason would have
needed nothing short of a win at the event for any chance of requalifying. Going into the event Mason was ranked 13th
needing to rank inside the top ten to requalify.
Hareb is the only New Zealand surfer to have spent more than one year on the
ASP World Tour after Maz Quinn (Gis) contested a single year on the men’s tour
in 2002.
New Zealand’s highest ranked male surfer is currently Jay Quinn (Gis) who went into
the US Open of Surfing ranked 52nd in the world needing to finish inside
the top 32 to follow in his older brothers footsteps.
Information
For more information on the New Zealand surfer’s performances please
contact Ben Kennings on 021 2278732. Alternatively email benkennings@surfingnz.co.nz.
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