Oxbow Pro World Longboard Championship
\nASP World Longboard Championship
\nLes Cavaliers, Anglet, France
\nApril 30 \u0096 May 6, 2007<\/p>\n
ANGLET, France (Fri., May 4, 2007) \u0096 The day\u0092s competition at the Oxbow Pro World Longboard Championships has produced some massive upsets with the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) International current world champion Josh Constable (AUS) and last year\u0092s runner up Ned Snow (HAW) both eliminated by young Australian wildcards.The first major surprise saw the defending event champion Constable (AUS) being beaten by 17-year-old whiz kid Harrison Roach (AUS). It was a massive upset as the more experienced and powerful Constable had been in devastating form. <\/p>\n
\u0093I was nipping at his heals at the recent Noosa Festival of Surfing event and he just pipped me at the post there, so it was so good to get him here at the big one,\u0094 said Roach. \u0093He\u0092s a really good surfer, so you don\u0092t want to give him a chance, so I put the hassle on him and gave him some pressure and I guess it worked.\u0094<\/p>\n
Harrison, not content with his incredible run all the way from the trials, now has his sights on the big prize.<\/p>\n
\u0093Well yes, I can go all the way. I\u0092m not here to make friends. I\u0092m going for the number one spot,\u0094 said the confident youngster.<\/p>\n
Harrison has been travelling and staying with another wildcard in the event Bryce Young, whose dad just happens to be the patron of the event and surfing legend Nat Young.<\/p>\n
\u0093I\u0092ve been staying with Bryce and his parents,\u0094 Roach said. \u0093It\u0092s been really amazing having Nat around \u0096 this morning he gave us both a big pep talk, which was awesome.\u0094 <\/p>\n
In the very next heat it was a similar scenario with trials wildcard Jackson Close, a young, powerful Australian, surfing far too strong for last year\u0092s runner up Ned Snow (HAW).<\/p>\n
\u0093I\u0092m pretty happy right now, beating number two in the world is a big achievement,\u0094 said Close after his victory. \u0093I\u0092ve got nothing to lose, and with a world title up for grabs, you can\u0092t afford to play it safe. You just have to go for it and try and stick it every time.\u0094<\/p>\n
Like his fellow giant killer Roach, Close\u0092s thoughts have now turned to bigger and better things. <\/p>\n
\u0093That\u0092s what I\u0092m here for, you know, to win the thing,\u0094 Close said.<\/p>\n
In the remaining heats of Round 3, the old world order was restored with former world champions Colin McPhillips (USA), Bonga Perkins (HAW), Mathew Moir (ZAF) and world number 3 Harvey Ingleby (AUS) all advancing to the next round.<\/p>\n
McPhillips, who was in danger of missing the event after a knee injury only last week, scored an impressive 16.50 pts out of 20 in his heat and looks dangerous, especially considering the fall of some of his biggest competitors.<\/p>\n
\u0093Yeah that was a little bonus,\u0094 said McPhillips, referring to Constable and Snow\u0092s elimination. \u0093But it\u0092s great to see. I mean I haven\u0092t even heard, let alone seen, these guys before and yet here they are taking out the old guys. They are really shaking things up and it\u0092s great for the sport.\u0094<\/p>\n
Bonga Perkins (HAW) the 1996 world champion also reflected on the upsets after his heat win against Dodger Kremel (USA).<\/p>\n
\u0093Well I suppose there are couple of big dogs that I don\u0092t have to worry about now,\u0094 Perkins said, before adding a cautionary warning. \u0093Still there are so many good surfers left in the competition and you can\u0092t take anything for granted.\u0094<\/p>\n
The world ranked number three, Ingleby, agreed with the veteran Hawaiian, after his heat win over Bryce Young. <\/p>\n
\u0093I\u0092m pretty sure everyone left in the event has their eyes on the prize,\u0094 Ingleby said. \u0093But with these variable conditions and the incredible standard of surfing, I\u0092ll just be taking it heat by heat.\u0094<\/p>\n
That just left the strong Brazilian contingent to provide the majority of the final 16 places left in the event. Surfers like Jeremias de Silva, Phil Rajzman, Carlos Bahia, Eduardo Bage and Danilo Rodrigo, all firm friends, are looking strong and determined. Such is their collective talent it\u0092s hard not seeing one of these surfers making the final.<\/p>\n
\u0093We have always travelled and surfed together,\u0094 said Eduardo Bage, who took out his fellow countrymen Jonas Lima in heat 12. \u0093While individually we all want to win, it is good to be together and support each other.\u0094<\/p>\n
With two days remaining and 16 surfers left, organisers will aim to run Round 4 tomorrow before finishing the event on Sunday. After a day of upsets and the elimination of the current world champion, one thing now is certain; come the end of the weekend we will have a new ASP International 2007 Men\u0092s Longboard World Champion. For more information go to www.oxboworld.com<\/p>\n
Round 4 Match Ups
\nHeat 1: Antoine Delpero (FRA) vs Jeremias da Silva (BRA) Heat 2: Phil Rajzman (BRA) vs Jensen Taylor (USA) Heat 3: Jamie Viudes (BRA) vs Keegan Edwards (HAW) Heat 4: Carlos Bahia (BRA) vs Harrison Roach (AUS) Heat 5: Jackson Close (AUS) vs Colin McPhillips (USA) Heat 6: Bonga Perkins (HAW) vs Eduardo Bage (BRA) Heat 7: Harley Ingleby (AUS) vs Romain Maurin (FRA) Heat 8: Mathew Moir (ZAF) vs Danilo Rodrigo (BRA)<\/p>\n
Results Round 3, 1st progress, 2nd eliminated Heat 7: Carlos Bahia (BRA) 15.10 d Ben Skinner (GBR) 8.00 Heat 8: Harrison Roach (AUS) 13.05 dJosh Constable (AUS) 11.50 Heat 9: Jackson Close (AUS) 14.25 d Ned Snow (HAW) 13.00 Heat 10: Colin McPhillips (USA) 16.50 vs Roger Barros (BRA) 11.50 Heat 11: Bonga Perkins (USA) 11.50 Dodger Kremel (USA) 8.30 Heat 12: Eduardo Bage (BRA) 10.00 d Jonas Lima (BRA) 8.00 Heat 13: Harley Ingleby (AUS) 12.75 vs Bryce Young (AUS) 12.15 Heat 14: Romain Maurin (FRA) 11.35 vs Tom Lloy (USA) 7.80 Heat 15: Mathew Moir (ZAF) 13.50 vs Kai Sallas (HAW) 13.05 Heat 16: Danilo Rodrigo (BRA) 12.25 vs Anri Nabeshima (JPN) 2.70<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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