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Overnight Action In France |
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Written by Ben Kennings
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Friday, 20 August 2010 |
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Richard Christie - Image Aquashot/ASPEUROPE.com
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Orvernight aciton in France saw the three Kiwi's dominate their heats and move through to the round of 64 at the ASP 6-star Sooruz Pro.
Standout surfers for the day inlcuded Richard Christie (NZL) who pulled off the wave of the day scoring an 8.00 out of a possible 10 with a series of on-the-rail turns followed by an air-reverse to complete an impressive display of modern, progressive surfing.
Fellow countryman and runner-up at the recent Newquay Borardmasters Jay Quinn (NZL) had to pull all his tricks out of the bag to advance in a low scoring tactical battle along with Jorge Spanner (BRA) as they found themselves in an unusual wave starved heat.
“I watched the guys in the other heats before me,” explained Quinn. “All three heats before me there were lots of waves and then it just slowed down a bit. There are a couple of peaks out there so I was just paddling around and seeing if I could pick something off early. I almost got lucky on that first wave but I missed out on the count-down so that one didn’t count for me at the start of the heat.”
Knowing that it was going to turn into a make or break situation Quinn set his attack plan which eventually helped him to advance into the next round.
“When we got to the half way stage and there were only a few scores I knew it was going to be a low scoring heat so I had to get moving and paddled on search of a few inside peaks. I haven’t really surfed for a week with the flat spell we have been having but I still feel good after Newquay and hopefully I can continue with it.”
Billy Stairmand was the other Kiwi to progress making it three from three when he posted a 14.50 point heat score to move through to the next round.
Standout surfers were Vasco Ribeiro (PRT) with two solid scoring rides in his 25-minute clash and Richard Christie (NZL) who pulled off the wave of the day scoring an 8.00 out of a possible 10 with a series of on-the-rail turns followed by an air-reverse to complete an impressive display of modern, progressive surfing.
Fellow countryman and runner-up at the recent Newquay Borardmasters Jay Quinn (NZL) had to pull all his tricks out of the bag to advance in a low scoring tactical battle along with Jorge Spanner (BRA) as they found themselves in an unusual wave starved heat.
“I watched the guys in the other heats before me,” explained Quinn. “All three heats before me there were lots of waves and then it just slowed down a bit. There are a couple of peaks out there so I was just paddling around and seeing if I could pick something off early. I almost got lucky on that first wave but I missed out on the count-down so that one didn’t count for me at the start of the heat.”
Knowing that it was going to turn into a make or break situation Quinn set his attack plan which eventually helped him to advance into the next round.
“When we got to the half way stage and there were only a few scores I knew it was going to be a low scoring heat so I had to get moving and paddled on search of a few inside peaks. I haven’t really surfed for a week with the flat spell we have been having but I still feel good after Newquay and hopefully I can continue with it.”
Heat 13
2, 13.67, KIRON JABOUR, HAW
1, 14.50, BILLY STAIRMAND, NZL
3, 10.13, CHAD DU TOIT, ZAF
4, 6.53, VINCENT PRIMEL, FRA
Heat 14
1, 14.17, RICHARD CHRISTIE, NZL
2, 8.90, SHAUN JOUBERT, ZAF
3, 8.53, JAY DAVIES, AUS
4, 7.70, LUCA GUICHARD, NOR
Heat 16
1, 9.83, JAY QUINN, NZL
2, 8.80, JORGE SPANNER, BRA
4, 7.37, KYLE LANE, ZAF
3, 8.07, NORMAN LANDA, EUK
Upcoming Heat
Heat 13
RAONI MONTEIRO, BRA
GONY ZUBIZARRETA, ESP
BILLY STAIRMAND, NZL
SHAUN JOUBERT, ZAF
Heat 14
GLENN HALL, IRL
NAT YOUNG, USA
KIRON JABOUR, HAW
RICHARD CHRISTIE, NZL
Heat 16
ROYDEN BRYSON, ZAF
ADAM ROBERTSON, AUS
RICKY BASNETT, ZAF
JAY QUINN, NZL
Make sure you follow the guys competitive quests via their new blog - Suitcase Surfers.
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