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Quiksilver Pro France
\nStop No. 7 of 10 on the 2007 Foster\u0092s ASP World Tour La Nord\/Les Bourdaines: Hossegor\/Seignosse, France September 20-30, 2007<\/p>\n
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SEIGNOSSE, France (Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007) \u0096Mick Fanning (AUS) the newly crowned 2007 Quiksilver Pro France Champion, is mathematically capable of clinching his maiden Foster\u0092s ASP World Title in Mundaka, Spain next week. Fanning beat South Africa\u0092s Greg Emslie, in three to five foot (one to one half meter) surf at Les Bourdaines this afternoon.\u0093I\u0092m just so stoked to have another win under my belt,\u0094 Fanning, who also won the first event of the year on the Gold Coast of Australia, said. \u0093I\u0092m pumped! After the semis I really realized that you had to have the best waves to win, so that\u0092s what I did. I just sat and waited for the whole time.\u0094<\/p>\n
Fanning caught four waves to Emslie\u0092s 12, but garnered his winning heat total of 18.43 (out of 20.00) with his first two rides \u0096 the second of which he scored a near perfect 9.93 (out of 10) for.<\/p>\n
\u0093That wave just sat up really, really nicely and I was able to get some good turns off,\u0094 Fanning said. \u0093I\u0092m just stoked, that\u0092s about all I can say.\u0094<\/p>\n
Fanning could clinch the title with a win in Spain should his closest threats, reigning World Champion Kelly Slater (USA) and Taj Burrow (AUS), not make it to the Semifinals. If he finishes 2nd in Spain, Slater and Burrow have to post a 5th place or better to keep their title aspirations alive. <\/p>\n
\u0093There\u0092s no pressure at all in Mundaka for the title,\u0094 Fanning said. \u0093I\u0092m just doing what I\u0092ve been doing, taking it heat by heat. You can\u0092t win in the final if you don\u0092t win the first round, so yeah, you\u0092ve just got to take it heat by heat.\u0094<\/p>\n
Emslie\u0092s final berth against Fanning\u0092s was not only the best result of his eight-year elite-tour career, it was also the first Foster\u0092s ASP World Tour final a South African has made in 20 years. Emslie surfed amazingly through out the event, but was no match for the current World No. 1.<\/p>\n
\u0093It was pretty tough out there,\u0094 Emslie said. \u0093I could see that Mick was in a good rhythm and I just didn\u0092t know how I could break it. There weren\u0092t too many set waves and the tide was coming in. When you\u0092ve got an in form surfer like Mick getting the set waves, it\u0092s hard to come back. Either way it was a fun final. Mick is ripping and I recon he\u0092s going to be world champ this year for sure.\u0094 <\/p>\n
Emslie, who sits 27th in the ratings after his 2nd place finish, beat current World No. 4 and defending Quiksilver Pro France Champion Joel Parkinson (AUS) in the Semifinals.<\/p>\n
\u0093I had a great event, I really enjoyed it,\u0094 Emslie said. \u0093It was just great with all the different mix of waves this week that I managed to pull through to the final. I\u0092m pretty happy with the fact that I kept consistent throughout all the different waves.\u0094<\/p>\n
Fanning beat fellow Australian Troy Brooks in the Semifinals. Brooks had the lead with six minutes to go, but Fanning scored an 8.00 and 9.67 in quick succession to leave Brooks needing a 9.18 he never found. <\/p>\n
\u0093I finally got a few good ones out there,\u0094 Brooks said. \u0093I sort of put the pressure on Mick, but that\u0092s why he\u0092s No. 1 I guess, because he came out of it and smashed me.\u0094<\/p>\n
Previous to the last two events, Brooks had four 33rds and one 17th place finish. His Quarterfinal berth in California and equal 3rd this event have moved him to 28th in the ratings. The Top 27 guys on the World Tour automatically requalify at the end of the year.<\/p>\n
\u0093It doesn\u0092t really guarantee my requalification for next year,\u0094 Brooks said. \u0093This just moves me on the borderline. At this moment I shouldn\u0092t be in this spot as it is, but with this little roll, as long as I keep going, I should be alright. Hopefully I do well in Mundaka next week and then in Brazil since I\u0092ve always gotten a result there. Hawaii has a bit of juice which I\u0092m used to coming up from Bells. So who knows.\u0094<\/p>\n
The next Foster\u0092s ASP World Tour event, Stop. 8 of 10 on this year\u0092s tour, begins in Mundaka, Spain on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007.<\/p>\n
Quiksilver Pro France Final Results:
\nFinal: Mick Fanning (AUS) 18.43 def. Greg Emslie (ZAF) 11.63<\/p>\n
Quiksilver Pro France Semifinal Results:
\nHeat 1: Greg Emslie (ZAF) 17.43 def. Joel Parkinson (AUS) 15.97 Heat 2: Mick Fanning (AUS) 17.67 def. Troy Brooks (AUS) 15.40<\/p>\n
Foster\u0092s ASP World Tour Ratings after Event No. 7 of 10, the Quiksilver Pro France:
\n1. Mick Fanning (AUS)\t6470 points
\n2. Kelly Slater (USA)\t5450 points
\n3. Taj Burrow (AUS)\t5243 points
\n4. Joel Parkinson (AUS) \t4905 points
\n5. Andy Irons (HAW)\t4741 points
\n6. Pancho Sullivan (HAW)\t4062 points
\n7. Damien Hobgood (USA) 4049 points
\n8. Bede Durbidge (AUS)\t3692 points
\n9. Dean Morrison (AUS)\t3658 points
\n10. Taylor Knox (USA)\t3392 points<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Quiksilver Pro France Stop No. 7 of 10 on the 2007 Foster\u0092s ASP World Tour La Nord\/Les Bourdaines: Hossegor\/Seignosse, France September 20-30, 2007 LIVE on www.aspworldtour.com and www.quiksilverlive.com SEIGNOSSE, France (Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007) \u0096Mick Fanning (AUS) the newly crowned 2007 Quiksilver Pro France Champion, is mathematically capable of clinching his maiden Foster\u0092s ASP World … Continue reading “FANNING CLAIMS QUIKSILVER PRO FRANCE CROWN; CAN CLINCH TITLE NEXT WEEK”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[24],"class_list":["post-13614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asp-surfing-news","tag-surfing-news-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13614\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}