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<\/p>\nNova Schin Festival presented by Billabong
\nImbituba, Brazil
\nOctober 30 \u0096 November 8, 2006<\/p>\n
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See the event LIVE on www.aspworldtour.com<\/p>\n
IMBITUBA, Brazil (Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2006) \u0096 Australian Mick Fanning has rocketed to world No. 2 on the Foster’s ASP World Tour ratings with an emphatic win at the Nova Schin Festival presented by Billabong today.<\/p>\n
Making good on the adage \u0091third time\u0092s a charm\u0092 in his third Brazilian final in five years, Fanning easily dismissed any threat brought by defending champion Damien Hobgood (USA).”I rocked up this morning and it looked exactly like it did one of the years I got second so I felt really confident,\u0094 Fanning said. \u0093I’ve already had two seconds in Brazil and I didn\u0092t want another one so I went out there and tried to give it my all and it paid off.”<\/p>\n
Held in large and wind affected six foot (two metre) waves in Imbituba, Brazil, the Nova Schin Festival final was a largely one-sided affair. Favoring the rights and posting the highest heat total of the event (18.77 out of 20.00) Fanning caught nine waves to Hobgood\u0092s five. With a 9.5 and 9.27 (out of a possible 10) in his scoreline, Hobgood was left needing a combination of scores to defend his title.<\/p>\n
“We couldn’t really hear out there and I just wanted to keep in rhythm with the sets,\u0094 Fanning said. \u0093I knew if you get caught, it just washes you in and you get flustered so I just kept trying to catch waves. I felt really relaxed and everything just seemed to feel really, really good. I got two waves that were pretty good so I’m stoked.”<\/p>\n
The win is Fanning’s second for the year and his No. 2 rating bitter sweet after bowing out of the world title race won by Kelly Slater (USA) who claimed the crown in Spain last month. Earning his first 2006 victory at the Billabong Pro JBay in July, his result today is another chapter in what has been a late season fairytale for Fanning.<\/p>\n
\u0093I\u0092m letting it happen instead of trying to make it happen,\u0094 Fanning said. \u0093Every time I paddle out now I feel so much more relaxed. Three finals and two fifths out of the last five events is pretty good.\u0094<\/p>\n
His Nova Schin Festival first sees Fanning jump three spots from 5th to runner-up on the Foster\u0092s ASP World Tour ratings \u0096 he finished last year in 3rd.<\/p>\n
“Every year I’ve been on the Foster’s ASP World Tour, I’ve placed one better the next year,\u0094 Fanning said. Hopefully this year I finish second and then next year I get that first.”<\/p>\n
Hobgood, who beat his twin brother CJ Hobgood (USA) in the quarters and Fred Patacchia (HAW) in the semis en route to the final, posted two 9.5s over the course of the contest. He would have had to post two more in the final if he wanted to defend his title today.<\/p>\n
“Mick has been the in-form surfer pretty much the whole event, he was just better out there,\u0094 Hobgood said. \u0093I knew Mick could go on pretty much any right and turn it into a score and that I was going to have to wait for the cleaner ones because it was harder on my backside to negotiate the bump. I had a couple of good waves and I had the opportunity, but all I did was a couple of ok turns and then a couple of bad ones. It was there but I just think he was the better surfer.”<\/p>\n
Pattachia climbed 10 spots from 24th to 14th with his semifinal showing and is now assured of a 2007 Foster\u0092s ASP World Tour berth.<\/p>\n
\u0093I came here with a goal and that goal was to be in requalification mode going into Hawaii,\u0094 Pattachia said. \u0093I came here and accomplished that. A third is my second best result this year. I\u0092ll probably been in the teens (on the Foster\u0092s ASP World Tour ratings) now and hopefully I can get another good result at Pipe and jump up even further.”<\/p>\n
Philip Macdonald (AUS) posted his best result of 2006 today. The third place finish bumped him up one spot on the ratings \u0096 he now sits in 12th.<\/p>\n
\u0093It\u0092s my best result of the year,\u0094 Macdonald said. \u0093I just wanted to make the semis and get a result. The conditions are really hard out there and I got a bit unlucky. I felt like I gave it my best shot and that\u0092s all you can do.”<\/p>\n
Darren O\u0092Rafferty (AUS), Greg Emslie (ZAF) and Bobby Martinez (USA) round out the surfers who contested the chaotic six foot surf at Imbituba today. Losing in the quarterfinals, they will leave Brazil with equal fifth placings. <\/p>\n
Nova Schin Festival Final Results: (1st wins the event; 2nd finishes runner-up)
\nFinal: Mick Fanning (AUS) 18.77 def. Damien Hobgood (USA) 13.10<\/p>\n
Nova Schin Festival Semifinal Results: (1st advances to Final; 2nd finishes equal 3rd)
\nSemifinal 1: Damien Hobgood (USA) 16.00 def. Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 13.67
\nSemifinal 2: Mick Fanning (AUS) 17.50 def. Phillip MacDonald (AUS) 14.00<\/p>\n
Nova Schin Festival Quarterfinal Results: (1st advances to Semifinals, 2nd finishes equal 5th)
\nQuarterfinal 1: Damien Hobgood (USA) 16.33 def. CJ Hobgood (USA) 13.00
\nQuarterfinal 2: Fred Patacchia (HAW) 15.50 def. Darren O’Rafferty (AUS) 11.67
\nQuarterfinal 3: Phillip MacDonald (AUS) 12.10 def. Greg Emslie (ZAF) 8.90
\nQuarterfinal 4: Mick Fanning (AUS) 13.00 def. Bobby Martinez (USA) 6.67<\/p>\n
Foster\u0092s ASP World Tour Ratings after Event #10, the Nova Schin Festival pres. by Billabong
\n1.\tKelly Slater\t\t7824
\n2.\tMick Fanning\t\t6638
\n3.\tTaj Burrow\t\t6480
\n4.\tBobby Martinez\t\t6350
\n5.\tAndy Irons\t\t6348
\n6.\tJoel Parkinson\t\t6240
\n7.\tDamien Hobgood\t\t5774
\n8.\tTom Whitaker\t\t5138
\n9.\tTaylor Knox\t\t4880
\n10.\tDean Morrison\t\t4856<\/p>\n
Visit www.aspworldtour.com for a full ratings breakdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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