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\nPictured: Mick Fanning (AUS), 28, is your 2009 ASP World Champion!<\/p>\n
2009 ASP World Tour
\nMick Fanning Claims Second ASP World Title at the Banzai Pipeline<\/p>\n
\nPictured: Mick Fanning (AUS), 28, is your 2009 ASP World Champion!<\/p>\n
Credit: \u00a9 ASP\/ CI\/ CESTARI via GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n
PIPELINE, Oahu\/Hawaii (Saturday, December 12, 2009) \u2013 Mick Fanning (AUS), 28, has been crowned the 2009 ASP World Champion, following a stunning performance at the Banzai Pipeline today.<\/p>\n
Heading into the final stop of the 2009 ASP World Tour season, Fanning held the ASP ratings\u2019 lead over fellow Gold Coast surfer Joel Parkinson (AUS), 28, and with Parkinson\u2019s Round 3 exit in today\u2019s Billabong Pipe Masters at the hands of wildcard Gavin Gillette (HAW), 23, Fanning secured his second ASP World Title.\u201cI\u2019m just a bit overwhelmed right now and I don\u2019t quite know what to say,\u201d Fanning said. \u201cIt was hard out there. I was trying to get ready for my heat and then Gavin (Gillette) got that one score as I was paddling out and, I don\u2019t know, I just sort of slowed down.\u201d<\/p>\n
For the first time since 2003, the ASP World Title came down to the final event of the season at the Billabong Pipe Masters.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis title is way more fun,\u201d Fanning said. \u201cI was much more relaxed for this one \u2013 besides the last few days, I was really nervous.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 2009 ASP World Tour season will go down in history as one of the most dramatic, with Parkinson winning three of the first five events before Fanning rallied in the latter half of the season to overtake his good friend.<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew I was surfing well,\u201d Fanning said. \u201cIt was just a matter of getting that result. I knew it was going to turn around sooner or later. I don\u2019t know, it\u2019s weird the way the world works.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fanning\u2019s 2009 ASP World Tour results are as follows:<\/p>\n
Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast: Equal 3rd <\/p>\n
Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach: Equal 5th <\/p>\n
Billabong Pro Teahupoo: Equal 9th <\/p>\n
Hang Loose Santa Catarina Pro: Equal 5th <\/p>\n
Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay: Equal 17th <\/p>\n
Hurley Pro Trestles: WINNER<\/p>\n
Quiksilver Pro France: WINNER<\/p>\n
Billabong Pro Mundaka: Equal 9th <\/p>\n
Rip Curl Pro Search: WINNER<\/p>\n
Billabong Pipeline Masters: Equal 9th <\/p>\n
In the end, and reminiscent of Fanning\u2019s 2007 ASP World Title (clinched in Brazil), the lightning-fast natural-footer was in the water with Parkinson (in between heats) as the scene unfolded. The two lifelong friends embraced, exchanged words and paddled in separate directions.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe just sort of sat there and hugged and chatted about what\u2019s happened over the last few days and how nervous we both were,\u201d Fanning said. \u201cIt was hard to watch what happened to him this year. He had such a stranglehold on the tour and then he had that ankle injury, so as a friend it was hard to watch that. If I wasn\u2019t in the race I would have been gunning for Joel for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n
For securing the 2009 ASP World Title, Fanning has also been awarded and extra $50,000 from the Vans Triple Threat bonus package.<\/p>\n
While the 2009 ASP World Title has been decided, the 2009 ASP World Tour season is far from over with one more day of competition remaining at the Billabong Pipe Masters.<\/p>\n
Following his clinching of the 2009 ASP World Title, Fanning fell to Dean Morrison (AUS), 28, in the opening heat of Round 4.<\/p>\n
To watch the world\u2019s best surfers tackle the Banzai Pipeline, check out the Billabong Pipe Masters LIVE on www.billabongpro.com and www.triplecrownofsurfing.com<\/p>\n
For more information, log onto www.aspworldtour.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
2009 ASP World Tour Mick Fanning Claims Second ASP World Title at the Banzai Pipeline Pictured: Mick Fanning (AUS), 28, is your 2009 ASP World Champion! Credit: \u00a9 ASP\/ CI\/ CESTARI via GETTY IMAGES PIPELINE, Oahu\/Hawaii (Saturday, December 12, 2009) \u2013 Mick Fanning (AUS), 28, has been crowned the 2009 ASP World Champion, following a … Continue reading “Mick Fanning Claims Second ASP World Title at the Banzai Pipeline”<\/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-13810","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\/13810","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=13810"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18075,"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13810\/revisions\/18075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saltwater-dreaming.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}