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Tough Day As Kiwis Head Into Business End of World Surfing Games |
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Written by Ben Kennings
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Friday, 17 October 2008 |
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Maz Quinn - Image Cory/NZ Surfing Magazine
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The Quiksilver New Zealand Surfing Team suffered several losses on day five of the 2008 ISA World Surfing Games with only four of the initial ten team members remaining in the event. Maz Quinn (Gis) was relegated into the repercharge rounds while Daisy Thomas (Chch) and Jessica Santorik (Rag) were both eliminated from the event along with the bodyboarders.
The 2008 ISA World Surfing Games are currently being held at Costa Da Caparica, Portugal with small 0.5-1.0m waves on offer on day five. The prestigious biennial event known as the Olympics of surfing takes place from the 11th – 19th of October – the finals taking place on Sunday night (New Zealand time).
Seven of the Quiksilver New Zealand team members were in action on day five and early on in the day things looked good with Zennor Wernham (Rag) winning his Repercharge Round 3 heat. Wernham again surfed all over his opponents from the start of the heat posting a 6.67 and 5.33 on his first two waves for an early lead. Wernham then rode a 6.00 point ride after ‘hugging’ the breakwater and catching some longer righthanders. Wernham finished with a score of 12.67 to progress alongside Swiss surfer Marc Walter.
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Zennor Wernham - Image Cory/NZ Surfing Magazine
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Wernham moves through to Repercharge Round 4 where he will face Yoji Oseto (JPN), David Raimundo (POR) and Mark Harris (UK). Luke Cederman (Rag) has been waiting patiently to contest his fourth round heat and will face Dayyan Neve (AUS), Matthew Kruger (ZAF) and Rafael Pereira (VNZ). If successful both surfers could surf up to three times overnight Friday.
Maz Quinn placed fourth in his qualifying round 4 heat in a close battle for placings second through fourth. New Zealand Coach Cory Scott felt that the power moves of Quinn were underscored when he finished up last in the heat with a score of 11.70.
“Early on in the event all teams were informed that the judges would reward big turns with big scores” commented Scott. “Now it appears that the judges are rewarding surfers well for smaller turns on mass. This contradicts what we were told at the start of the event” added a frustrated Scott.
World Tour surfer Kai Otten (AUS) ran away with Quinn’s heat scoring 17.10 with fellow Australian Heath Joske placing second. Quinn will now wait for his opponents to be determined in repercharge round 6 is scheduled to take place late on day six.
Matched up together in the Open Women’s Division, Daisy Thomas (Chch) and Jessica Santorik (Rag found themselves finishing their heat in third and fourth place respectively and they were eliminated from the event. In a low scoring battle both surfers only needed 4.0 point rides to progress but could not find the tricky beach break waves to advance. Thomas finished 25th overall while Santorik finished 31st.
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Jessica Santorik - Image Cory/NZ Surfing Magazine
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The men’s bodyboarders were also up against one another at the start of the day with Jarred Ferris (Gis) winning the heat to advance to the next round. Andrew Low (Blaketown) could not make it a Kiwi one-two however and placed third in the heat again requiring only a small score of 3.08 to progress. Low finished the event placing 25th overall.
Ferris went on to contest Repercharge Round 3 where he placed fourth in his heat to finish 22nd overall. It was another close heat for Ferris who finished with an 8.30 point heat score and only required a 4.24 point ride to progress to the next round.
Mihi Wells (Auck) placed second in her first heat of the day but was eliminated in the following repercharge round placing fourth. Wells finished the event placed 16th overall.
Please see below for all day five results as well as pending heats for the Quiksilver New Zealand Surfing Team competing at the 2008 ISA World Surfing Games.
Open Men Qualifying Round 4
Heat 112
Kai Otten, AUS, 1, Heath Joske, AUS, 2, Dillon Perillo, USA, 3, Maz Quinn, NZL, 4
Open Men Repercharge Round 3
Heat 87
Zennor Wernham, NZL, 1, Marc Walter, SWI, 2, Carlos Cabrero, PRC, 3, Damien Conway, IRE, 4
Open Men Repercharge Round 4 (Yet to be surfed)
Heat 100
Dayyan Neve, AUS, Matthew Kruger, ZAF, Rafael Pereira, VNZ, Luke Cederman, NZL
Heat 103
Zennor Wernham, NZL, Yoji Oseto, JPN, David Raimundo, POR, Mark Harris, UK,
Open Women Repercharge Round 2
Heat 29
Sonja Honscheid, GER, 1, Easkey Britton, IRE, 2, Daisy Thomas, NZL, 3, Jessica Santorik, NZL, 4
Men’s Bodyboard Repercharge Round 2
Heat 30
Jarred Ferris, NZL, 1, Alex Winkworth, UK, 2, Andrew Low, NZL, 3, Pablo Serrano, GER, 4
Heat 33
Yoshikazu Kaji, JPN, 1, Oliver Herrera, SPA, 2, Francois Oliver, TAH, 3, Jarred Ferris, NZL, 4
Women’s Bodyboard Repercharge Round 1
Heat 7
Mariana De Prinzio, ARG, 1, Mihi Wells, NZL, 2, Luna Montico, ITA, 3, Esmeralda Lopez, SAL, 4
Women’s Bodyboard Repercharge Round 2
Heat 14
Gemma Harris, UK, 1, Keila Grodzen, USA, 2, Jimena Calvo, CRC, 3, Mihi Wells, NZL, 4
Men’s Longboard Qualifying Round 3 (Yet to be surfed)
Heat 24
Phil Rajzman, BRA, Daryn Mcbride, NZL, Matthew Moir, ZAF, Harley Ingleby, AUS,
Note: Maz Quinn was relegated to the repercharge rounds where he awaits his next opponents which are yet to be determined.
The event is being broadcast live over the net via http://www.wsg2008.com/. Media releases on the team’s performance will be distributed daily throughout the event. For further information regarding the Quiksilver New Zealand Surfing Team please contact Ben Kennings at Surfing New Zealand 07 8250018, 0212278732 or email benkennings@surfingnz.co.nz.
About International Surfing Association (ISA)
The International Surfing Association (ISA) is recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the World Governing Authority for surfing, bodyboarding and surfriding. It was originally founded as the International Surfing Federation in 1964 and has been running World Championships since 1964, and the Junior World Championships since 1980.
The 2008 Quiksilver New Zealand Surfing Team is stoked to have the support of Quiksilver, New Zealand Community Trust and New Zealand Surfing Magazine.
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