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\nPictured: Mick Fanning (AUS), 28, former ASP World Champion (2007), has taken out the Hurley Pro Trestles, claiming the richest prize purse in surfing history, US $105,000.
\nCredit: \u00a9 ASP\/ CI\/ ROWLAND via GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n
Hurley Pro Trestles
\nStop No. 6 of 10 on the 2009 ASP World Tour
\nLower Trestles, California USA
\nSeptember 13 \u2013 19, 2009<\/p>\n
Fanning Wins Hurley Pro Trestles, Claims US$105k and ASP World No. 2 Spot<\/p>\n
\nPictured: Mick Fanning (AUS), 28, former ASP World Champion (2007), has taken out the Hurley Pro Trestles, claiming the richest prize purse in surfing history, US $105,000.
\nCredit: \u00a9 ASP\/ CI\/ ROWLAND via GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n
LOWER TRESTLES, California (Saturday, September 19, 2009) \u2013 Mick Fanning (AUS), 28, former ASP World Champion (2007), has taken out the Hurley Pro Trestles, besting fellow Finalist Dane Reynolds (USA), 24, to claim the richest winner\u2019s prize purse in surfing history, US$105,000.<\/p>\n
Event No. 6 of 10 on the 2009 ASP World Tour, the Hurley Pro Trestles enjoyed rippable swell at the start of the waiting period before enduring three consecutive lay days to culminate in today\u2019s marathon of barrier-breaking action. With mind-blowing surfing going down from Round 4 through the Finals in clean two-to-three foot (1 metre) surf at Lower Trestles, it was the lightning-fast Australian who turned up the juice against Reynolds to claim his first-ever ASP Dream Tour win in California.\u201cI\u2019m overwhelmed,\u201d Fanning said. \u201cI\u2019d like to congratulate Hurley and a huge thank you to them. I\u2019d like to congratulate Dane (Reynolds) too. The sort of thing that he did, he\u2019s only the start of what we\u2019ll see in the next few years, so thanks for inspiring all of us. The conditions this week been very difficult, but that\u2019s surfing. You\u2019ve got to surf in all kinds of stuff, you can\u2019t sit there and imagine one perfect wave at Trestles.\u201d<\/p>\n
In addition to racking up US$105,000 for today\u2019s efforts, Fanning\u2019s win rockets him from 7th to 2nd on the ASP World Tour ratings, bringing him right back in the hunt for the 2009 ASP World Title.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you win an event you\u2019ve got to beat everyone,\u201d Fanning said. \u201cIt\u2019s not just Kelly (Slater) I beat, you\u2019ve got to get through everyone. That was just part of the path. Kelly\u2019s amazing, but I\u2019m just stoked to have a Final with Dane. The win doesn\u2019t really change my approach to the title. I was sitting in seventh before this event and I was looking to climb up the ratings. I wasn\u2019t really that happy where I was. I did some work and if it does happen again this year it\u2019s going to be pretty big. I guess it\u2019s more about building momentum again this year and getting the hunger back.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite falling short in the Final, Reynolds was a regular standout at the Hurley Pro Trestles, posting the top two single-wave scores of the event (a 9.70 and a 9.67) with his futuristic blend of progressive surfing.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a good time,\u201d Reynolds said. \u201cYou can\u2019t win the first one (Final), can you? I got an I.V. before the Final. I was cramping up really bad. I\u2019m not used to surfing this much in one day. Sometimes I surf this much, but not this many heats and it\u2019s different when you\u2019re not milking every section. Trestles is almost like a skate park. It\u2019s just soft enough to where you can push it around, but it\u2019s pushy enough to where you don\u2019t have to work too hard. Unfortunately this event wasn\u2019t great, but it turned on for the last day and it had some good moments.\u201d<\/p>\n
Today\u2019s Runner-Up finish marks a career best result for the young Californian, vaulting Reynolds from 20th to 11th on the 2009 ASP World Tour ratings.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was starting to feel pretty discouraged because I had three 17ths in a row,\u201d Reynolds said. \u201cThat beats you down a bit and it feels good to make some heats. I enjoy competing and today was a fun day.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bede Durbidge (AUS), 26, former event winner (2006) and current ASP World No. 7, was in sterling form all event, taking out Kai Otton (AUS), 29, and Adriano de Souza (BRA), 22, in the Quarterfinals and Semifinals respectively, before falling to a rampaging Reynolds in one of the standout clashes of the event.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was feeling good but I probably came up against the hardest competitor at the moment,\u201d Durbidge said. \u201cDane (Reynolds) can get a score out of nothing and he\u2019s starting to show his full potential now and it\u2019s really scary. Still through, 3rd place is great confidence going in to the European leg. It\u2019s a turning point in my year to get a 3rd here. Hopefully I can take the momentum over to Europe and come out Top 5.\u201d<\/p>\n
The race for the 2009 ASP World Title has been shaken up a bit after the Hurley Pro Trestles, with current frontrunner Joel Parkinson (AUS), 28, bowing out in Round 3, opening the door for challengers to gain some ground. Formerly boasting a 1,404 point lead over former ASP World No. 2, C.J. Hobgood (USA), 30, Parkinson\u2019s lead has now been cut to 936 points ahead of Gold Coast stablemate Fanning.<\/p>\n
Kelly Slater (USA), 37, reigning nine-time ASP World Champion and defending event winner, wowed throughout the Hurley Pro Trestles, dispatching of rookie Kekoa Bacalso (HAW), 24, and Heitor Alves (BRA), 27, today before getting stuffed by a hyper-focused Fanning in their Semifinal heat.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t go out there with any sort of game plan,\u201d Slater said. \u201cI was just trying to feel it out and I kind of read it wrong. The heat before, they had a lot of waves, and I didn\u2019t think priority was really going to matter, but a lot of times, you have priority and there\u2019s pressure to take that first one (wave), and it\u2019s bumpy and the second or third one is real glassy. That happened in Dane\u2019s heat and he got those real good ones, but that\u2019s just the way it goes. I wasn\u2019t really feeling it today anyway. Someday you feel it and you\u2019re on and sometimes not. I kind of struggled through my first couple of heats anyhow.\u201d<\/p>\n
Slater, who wore the heavy public expectation of hunting down his 10th ASP World Title in 2009, started the season uncharacteristically with three consecutive 17ths. The Floridian then rallied with a win in Brazil before netting a 9th in South Africa, and although today\u2019s Equal 3rd place finish at the Hurley Pro Trestles moves him from 8th to 6th on the 2009 ASP World Tour ratings, Slater was guarded when discussing the remainder of the year.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m still planning on going to Europe,\u201d Slater said.<\/p>\n
Michel Bourez (PYF), 23, led the rookie charge at the Hurley Pro Trestles, finishing equal 5th and moving from No. 25 to No. 21 on the 2009 ASP World Tour ratings.<\/p>\n
Highlights from the Hurley Pro Trestles are available via www.hurley.com\/hurleypro\/<\/p>\n
Downloadable media is available at www.hurley.com\/downloads\/hurleypro<\/p>\n
Next stop on the 2009 ASP World Tour is the Quiksilver Pro France from September 23 to October 4, 2009.<\/p>\n
For more information, log onto www.aspworldtour.com <\/p>\n
HURLEY PRO TRESTLES FINAL RESULTS:<\/p>\n
1 \u2013 Mick Fanning (AUS) 17.40<\/p>\n
2 \u2013 Dane Reynolds (USA) 13.10<\/p>\n
HURLEY PRO TRESTLES SEMIFINAL RESULTS:<\/p>\n
SF 1: Dane Reynolds (USA) 16.77 def. Bede Durbidge (AUS) 14.23<\/p>\n
SF 2: Mick Fanning (AUS) 16.26 def. Kelly Slater (USA) 10.74<\/p>\n
HURLEY PRO TRESTLES QUARTERFINAL RESULTS:<\/p>\n
QF 1: Bede Durbidge (AUS) 14.83 def. Adriano de Souza (BRA) 14.50<\/p>\n
QF 2: Dane Reynolds (USA) 18.20 def. Taylor Knox (USA) 12.50<\/p>\n
QF 3: Kelly Slater (AUS) 13.84 def. Heitor Alves (BRA) 8.17<\/p>\n
QF 4: Mick Fanning (AUS) 17.50 def. Michel Bourez (PYF) 13.00<\/p>\n
HURLEY PRO TRESTLES ROUND 4 RESULTS:<\/p>\n
Heat 1: Bede Durbidge (AUS) 12.67 def. Kai Otton (AUS) 5.83<\/p>\n
Heat 2: Adriano de Souza (BRA) 15.50 def. Josh Kerr (AUS) 12.00<\/p>\n
Heat 3: Taylor Knox (USA) 9.50 def. Roy Powers (HAW) 3.67<\/p>\n
Heat 4: Dane Reynolds (USA) 13.60 def. Rob Machado (USA) 10.94<\/p>\n
Heat 5: Kelly Slater (USA) 12.83 def. Kekoa Bacalso (HAW) 12.50<\/p>\n
Heat 6: Heitor Alves (BRA) 14.16 def. Damien Hobgood (USA) 12.27<\/p>\n
Heat 7: Michel Bourez (PYF) 12.83 def. C.J. Hobgood (USA) 11.96<\/p>\n
Heat 8: Mick Fanning (AUS) 11.63 def. Kieren Perrow (AUS) 10.43<\/p>\n
CURRENT ASP WORLD TOUR TOP 10 RATINGS:<\/p>\n
1 \u2013 Joel Parkinson (AUS) 5486 points<\/p>\n
2 \u2013 Mick Fanning (AUS) 4550 points<\/p>\n
3 \u2013 Adriano de Souza (BRA) 4348 points<\/p>\n
4 \u2013 C.J. Hobgood (USA) 4272 points<\/p>\n
5 \u2013 Damien Hobgood (USA) 3974 points<\/p>\n
6 \u2013 Kelly Slater (USA) 3906 points<\/p>\n
7 \u2013 Bede Durbidge (AUS) 3760 points<\/p>\n
8 \u2013 Taj Burrow (AUS) 3685 points<\/p>\n
9 \u2013 Taylor Knox (USA) 3616 points<\/p>\n
10 \u2013 Bobby Martinez (USA) 3582 points<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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