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[Jens]

Boost Mobile Pro presented by Hurley

Stop No. 7 of 11 on the 2008 ASP World Tour

Lower Trestles, California, USA

September 7-13, 2008



Slater Posts Perfect Ten to Top Off Amazing Day of Action at the Boost Mobile Pro

 

SAN CLEMENTE, California (Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008) – The standard of surfing at the Boost Mobile Pro pres. by Hurley was nothing short of electrifying today, but per usual, it was eight-time ASP World Champion and ratings leader Kelly Slater (USA) who stole the show.

 

With a 9.17 and 9.60 in his Round 4 scoreline, Slater had opponent Kieren Perrow (AUS) needing a combination of scores to beat him with half the heat to go. Still, with 20 seconds remaining, Slater pulled out all the stops and stamped his authority on the heat by posting the first and only perfect 10 of the event thus far.

 

“I’m not sure it was a 10 – it was a good ride though,” Slater said with a smile. “There was some bump on it, but I was able to get just steep enough in the pocket to get a vertical bang on it and I got that reverse at the end and stuck it.”

 

Slater surfed twice today, beating wildcard and former ASP World Champion Sunny Garcia (HAW) in Round 3 and then Perrow in Round 4. His upcoming quarterfinal opponent Bobby Martinez (USA) was among a bevy of standout surfers today.

 

Martinez made his heat with a 9.87 and 8.50 to find himself matched up with the Slater, the two-time and reigning Boost Mobile Pro Champion. The two recently went head to head in Fiji, with Slater victorious there, but barely.

 

“The surfing has been great,” Slater said. “There was some really good surfing in the heat before mine with Bobby (Martinez) and Kai (Otton). Bobby just ended up out-classing him, so we’ve got a rematch now. I’m not sure how I want to approach it just yet – maybe just like that last heat. Lay it on rail.”

 

Slater’s pick for form surfer of the event – Dane Reynolds (USA) – wowed again today and took out World No. 2 Joel Parkinson (AUS). Currently campaigning for a record ninth world title, Slater was obviously pleased about that, but isn’t letting his guard down. Always the mathematician, he is already looking at  how the ratings will change when the surfers start to drop their two low results – only 9 of 11 events count toward an ASP World Tour surfer’s final tally.

 

“I think that it’s a little tricky, because if you drop two results he’s in fourth or fifth, so Bede (Durbidge) or Mick (Fanning) actually have better results if you take the top five out of the seven results we have so far,” Slater said. “Joel has been the form surfer of the event. Him and Dane (Reynolds), Jordy (Smith) and Bede (Durbide) have really stood out as well. If I’m able to make it through my Quarterfinals heat I’ll either face Bede (Durbidge) or Dane (Reynolds) and that’d be great.”

Slater lost to World No. 3 Bede Durbidge (AUS) in the Boost Mobile Pro final in 2006. Durbidge lit up Lower Trestles in a similar fashion today – eliminating fellow Aussie Luke Stedman when he posted a 9.17 and 9.40 to amass an 18.57 out of 20.00 heat total.

 

“It was a tough heat with Stedman,” Durbidge said. “He got that 8.5 and I knew I had to step it up a bit and I got that nine. He was still within striking distance. I got that last wave and just went for it. I was able to pull off that big turn off and I knew it would be a good score if I rode through it. Then Stedman needed a 10 and it took the pressure off a bit.”

 

Durbidge is still an outside title threat, and with a win, he could easily reclaim the world No. 2 spot.

 

“I'd like to get a win,” Durbidge said. “There are a lot of heats to go, but I'd love to get that feeling back of the win, but I'm just going to take it one heat at a time. It's just so fun out there. Trestles is just so rippable and you can really push your turns and I'm just going to take it one heat at a time.”

 

With five minutes to go, rookie Dane Reynolds (USA) needed a 4.94 to win his heat against Parkinson. He upped the anty with a last second wave to earn 9.33 and a spot in the quarters against Durbidge.

 

“That was the wave of the day and I really just had to ride it to get my score,” Reynolds said. “If I tried to get a five on the best wave of the day I probably would have fallen on the first turn. I just tried to ride it normal and ended up coming through with the huge score.”

 

Reynolds is now assured an equal fifth or better placing – his best result this year was a fifth at Bells Beach.

 

“I just hope it keeps pumping like this because I love Trestles,” Reynolds said. “I’m surprised to get this far so I’m not going to say I’m going to make it further than my next heat because I just don’t know.”

 

France’s Jeremy Flores scraped his way into Quarterfinal 3 with a last minute victory against the tour’s top rated Brazilian surfer, Adriano de Souza.

 

“I thought that last wave was going to close out when I took off,” Flores said. “It opened up though and I got the score. It was kind of hard to surf because of the sections, but it was so much fun. I felt good and I thought I wasn’t going to do anything special because of my ankle because the more I surf the more it hurts, but it felt okay in that heat. Adriano (de Souza) has beat me twice this year, so it felt good to beat him.”

 

The Frenchman will meet reigning ASP World Champion Mick Fanning (AUS) – who beat Taylor Know (USA) today – in the next round.

 

“Finally, I haven’t passed the fourth round since Bells,” Flores said. Now I get to surf against Mick (Fanning) and it’s going to be so fun. If I win, I win and if I don’t, I don’t. To be able to go out and have fun and surf with your favorite surfers is the best thing in the world.”

 

The last two heats of Round 4 will be the first action in the water when the Boost Mobile Pro resumes. Heat 7 is a scorcher with Taj Burrow (AUS) and Jordy Smith (ZAF) both looking to secure a spot in the quarters. Heat 8 pits rookies Jay Thompson (AUS) and Heitor Alves (BRA) against one another to see who will exit the event equal 9th and who will go further; either way, their results at the Boost Mobile Pro will be personal bests for both surfers.

 

Another call on competition status will be made tomorrow morning at 7 and event organizers are hoping to run the last nine heats of the Boost Mobile Pro. If everything goes according to plan the final should hit the water between around 1 pm.

 

Today’s Round 4 Boost Mobile Pro pres. by Hurley Results:

Heat 1: Bede Durbidge (AUS) 18.57 def. Luke Stedman (AUS) 13.24

Heat 2: Dane Reynolds (USA) 17.16 def. Joel Parkinson (AUS) 12.77

Heat 3: Bobby Martinez (USA) 18.37 def. Kai Otton (AUS) 16.33

Heat 4: Kelly Slater (USA) 19.60 def. Kieren Perrow (AUS) 16.07

Heat 5: Mick Fanning (AUS) 14.33 def. Taylor Knox (USA) 7.60

Heat 6: Jeremy Flores (FRA) 17.44 def. Adriano de Souza (BRA) 15.67

 

Today’s Round 3 Boost Mobile Pro pres. by Hurley Results:

Heat 5: Bobby Martinez (USA) 14.67 def. Ben Bourgeois (USA) 11.67

Heat 6: Kai Otton (AUS) 15.67 def.  Luke Munro (AUS) 11.84

Heat 7: Kieren Perrow (AUS) 12.33 def. Roy Powers (HAW) 10.1

Heat 8: Kelly Slater (USA) 17.00 def. Sunny Garcia (HAW) 14.67

Heat 9: Mick Fanning (AUS) 18.30 def. Yadin Nicol (AUS) 7.67

Heat 10: Taylor Knox (USA) 15.00 def. Tim Reyes (USA) 13.83

Heat 11: Adriano de Souza (BRA) 14.17 def. Rodrigo Dornelles (BRA) 13.67

Heat 12: Jeremy Flores (FRA) 16.04 def.  Royden Bryson (ZAF) 12.67

Heat 13: Taj Burrow (AUS) 15.66 def. Brett Simpson (USA) 13.17

Heat 14: Jordy Smith (ZAF) 17.27 def. Chris Ward (USA) 12.10

Heat 15: Heitor Alves (BRA) 12.84 def. C.J. Hobgood (USA) 10.50

Heat 16: Jay Thompson (AUS) 14.04 def.  Bruce Irons (HAW) 4.93

 

Upcoming Round 4 Boost Mobile Pro pres. by Hurley Match-ups:

Heat 7: Taj Burrow (AUS) vs. Jordy Smith (ZAF)

Heat 8: Heitor Alves (BRA) vs. Jay Thompson (AUS)

 

Upcoming Quarterfinal Boost Mobile Pro pres. by Hurley Match-ups:

Heat 1: Bede Durbidge (AUS) vs. Dane Reynolds (USA)

Heat 2: Bobby Martinez (USA) vs. Kelly Slater (USA)

Heat 3: Mick Fanning (AUS) vs. Jeremy Flores (FRA)

Heat 4: TBA

[Hansi]

Richtig so, Slater macht sie wieder alle platt und hoffentlich zum 9ten Mal WCT-Champ!!

[Jens]

Slater auf Cruise Control
Gleich gehts los mit den Semis
Finale innerhalb der nächsten 2 Stunden !!

[Timo]

so taj ging ab wie zäpfchen drei wellen aber ein hammer score

so und nun glatzi, der alte mann und das meer

[Jens]

Bah Crazy Finale  , 2x 9er Scores reichen nicht um den King zu stoppen...frage mich nur warum Taj nicht mal seine Priority genutzt hat...

[Mowa]

Kelly hatte ja "nur" kleinere inside Wellen....Wenn Taj die Priority abgegeben hätte wär Kelly noch gefährlicher gewesen....ka was ich in der Situation gemacht hätte  ziemlich sick auf jeden Fall!

[Jens]

Boost Mobile Pro presented by Hurley

Stop No. 7 of 11 on the 2008 ASP World Tour

Lower Trestles, California, USA

September 7-13, 2008

 

Slater Wins Hard Fought Battle Over Burrow for Boost Mobile Pro Title 



Photo: Kelly Slater looking more satisfied with this win than the rest this year.

 

SAN CLEMENTE, California (Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008) –  Kelly Slater (USA) beat Taj Burrow (AUS) 18.97 to 18.63 to win his third Boost Mobile Pro title at Lower Trestles today. He is now as close as one event away from winning a record ninth ASP World Title.

 

Burrow blitzed early and with a 9.00 and 9.63 in his scoreline before the halfway mark, had Slater looking for a combination of excellent scoring waves to contend. In sheer Slater fashion, the eight-time ASP World Champion fought his way back to claim victory – his fifth of the season.

 

 “I was literally out there just trying to save face, I thought Taj had me – he was on fire,” Slater said. “I was just trying to get out of combo and put on a good show for everybody. I got a 9.7 on a smaller wave that had a clean face and let me get a lot of speed and some big carves and that let me get back in.”

 

Even with the 9.7, Slater was still searching for an 8.93. Burrow gave Slater a very average looking wave with less than two minutes to go – a mistake that cost him the win and a healthy prize purse. Hurley, the presenting sponsor of the event, threw an additional US$45,000 on top of the standard US$30,000 first place prize purse – the winner of the Boost Mobile Pro presented by Hurley took home US$75,000 today.

 

“Taj had priority and he let that wave go because it was the first wave and he probably thought it was going to be bumpy but it let me do a lot on it,” Slater said. “It was a really good wave, but it was the first wave of the set.”

 

To add insult to Burrow’s injury, the final was five minutes longer than the standard ASP final which is usually 35-minutes in duration. Slater talked Burrow and the contest director into lengthening the heat before they paddled out and that was the difference today.

 

“We went over and talked to Snips (contest director Mike Parsons) before the heat,” Slater said. “Taj wanted to do a 35-minute heat and I said,‘Why don’t we do a 40 minute final, we’ve got all the time in the world this afternoon.’ If we had done a 35-minute heat I would have lost.”

 

Burrow wore his disappointment at today’s loss on his sleeve.

 

“I felt like I won,” Burrow said. “I don’t think that wave had the scoring potential. I just had a feeling that they were going to give it to him. He had a lot of energy about him. He’s Kelly and he finished it. He got to the end and I knew it was going to be a good score. I don’t know what else I could have done. I picked the best waves and surfed them really well so it’s frustrating. He was really hungry and ended up clinching it.”

 

Burrow jumped from World No. 4 to World No. 2 with the result but it was of little consolation.

 

“I don’t really care about the ratings because I know Kelly is so far ahead that it’s almost impossible to catch him,” Burrow said.  “I just wanted to win the event and I thought I did and now I didn’t, so I’m frustrated.”

 

Slater has to win the event at the next tour stop in France to seal the deal on title No. 9 there. And even if he does win, should Burrow finish 3rd or World No. 3 Bede Durbidge (AUS) or World No. 5 Mick Fanning (AUS) make the final, the race will continue until the following stop in Mundaka, Spain. World No. 4 Joel Parkinson (AUS) only stays in World Title contention if Slater finishes second or lower in France. Had Burrow won today, Slater would not have been mathematically capable of clinching the title at the next event.

 

Slater beat 2006 Boost Mobile Pro Champion Bede Durbidge (AUS) in the semifinal round. The heat was a flashback to the 2006 Lower Trestles final the two shared – but with a different outcome.

 

 “I had the opportunity to make the final on the last wave and my front foot slipped and I got caught behind the section,” Durbidge said. “We didn’t get the best waves in that heat and there weren’t many opportunities. The heat came down to the wire and I tried my hardest and that’s all you can do.”

 

Durbidge maintains his World No. 3 rating with the result.

 

 “I definitely had a good event,” Durbidge said.” I felt really good. I have a good board and I’ll take that to Europe and try to keep the ball rolling.”

 

Burrow had to get past France’s Jeremy Flores to make today’s final. Like nearly all of the heats held today, the competition was close.

 

“I think these are the conditions that Taj (Burrow) surfs the best in –the little rights with the onshore winds,” Flores said. “I tried my best and it’s okay. I gave him a go. I came here with no goal at all. I came here to get just a few waves as a warm up for France and it ended up good.”

 

Flores, who was ASP Rookie of the Year in 2007, made it to the semifinals of the Boost Mobile Pro last year too. He is back in the Top 10 after today’s equal third finish.

 

 “I think I had harder heats this year,” Flores said. “So I’m happier with the result this year compared to last year.”

 

California’s Bobby Martinez and Dane Reynolds made the quarterfinals, as did Fanning and Brazilian rookie Heitor Alves. The next stop on the 2008 ASP World Tour will start on September 19 in Hossegor, France.

 

Boost Mobile Pro pres. by Hurley Final Results:

Kelly Slater (USA) 18.97 def. Taj Burrow (AUS) 18.63

 

Boost Mobile Pro pres. by Hurley Semifinal Results:

Heat 1: Kelly Slater (USA) 15.67 def. Bede Durbidge (AUS) 15.10

Heat 2: Taj Burrow (AUS) 17.33 def. Jeremy Flores (FRA) 16.50

 

Boost Mobile Pro pres. by Hurley Quarterfinal Results:

Heat 1: Bede Durbidge (AUS) 16.90 def. Dane Reynolds (USA) 14.10

Heat 2: Kelly Slater (USA) 17.16 def. Bobby Martinez (USA) 15.16

Heat 3: Jeremy Flores (FRA) 17.57 def. Mick Fanning (AUS) 15.67

Heat 4: Taj Burrow (AUS) 18.50 def. Heitor Alves (BRA) 6.34

 

Today’s Boost Mobile Pro pres. by Hurley Round 4 Results:

Heat 7: Taj Burrow (AUS) 18.07 def. Jordy Smith (ZAF) 15.00

Heat 8: Heitor Alves (BRA) 11.14 def. Jay Thompson (AUS) 11.00

 

ASP World Tour Ratings after event No. 7 of 11 – the Boost Mobile Pro pres. by Hurley:

1. Kelly Slater (USA) 6820 points

2. Taj Burrow (AUS) 5402 points

3. Bede Durbidge (AUS) 5258 points

4. Joel Parkinson (AUS) 5148 points

5. Mick Fanning (AUS) 5085 points

6. Adriano de Souza (BRA) 4550 points

7. Bobby Martinez (USA) 4360 points

8. C.J. Hobgood (USA) 4280 points

9. Andy Irons (HAW) 4163 points

10. Jeremy Flores (FRA) 3997 points

[Jens]

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