Monday 11/22/04

Final day with awesome surfing for the blessed Vans Haleiwa Pro.

It was unbelievable how good and consistent the surf was for the five days (2 half days)
for the 20th Anniversary of the Vans Hawaiian Haleiwa Pro.
It was definitely blessed...
Sunny Garcia, 34, surfed like a Haleiwa master
to become surfing's second only $1,000,000 prize money winner,
breaking the barrier with his $15,000 winner's check.
This was Garcia's fifth Vans Hawaiian Pro event win: 1992, 1993, 2000, 2002 and now 2004 and
it puts him on track for a record sixth Vans Triple Crown of Surfing Series title.
Second place and $8,000 went to Australian Phillip MacDonald,
a 25 year old from the southern New South Wales coast of Australia.
Third place and $6,000 richer was relatively unknown Brazilian Bernardo Pigmeu,
who was rated 32nd on the Association of Surfing Professionals (A.S.P.) World Qualifying Series (W.Q.S.)
rankings coming into the event.
Following today's result, he's now rated 22nd and has a chance to qualify for the 2005 elite World Championship Tour (W.C.T.) next week at the final W.Q.S. event: the O'Neill World Cup of Surfing at Sunset Beach.
Fourth place was Bruce Irons (Kauai), 25, who was in brilliant form leading up to the final but suffered a broken board
after a hideous wipeout on his first ride.
He took home $4,000 and as one of the best all around Hawaii surfers,
has a great shot at challenging Garcia for the Triple Crown. (OceanPromotion)
For more detail on the Vans Hawaiian Haleiwa Pro, Roxy Pro and
all the Triple Crown events check it out at:
http://www.triplecrownofsurfing.com

1st) Sunny Garcia (Haw) 16.74
.

2nd) Phillip MacDonald (Aus) 14.57
.

3rd) Bernardo Pigmeu (Brz) 11.03
.

4th) Andy Irons (Haw) 4.67
.

Much more to come with
the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing now moving to Sunset Beach for the O'Neill World Cup of Surfing,
November 26th to December 7th.
The outlook for the next swell has this Friday looking favorable to a start at Sunset.
The third and final event of the Series is the Rip Curl Pro Pipeline Masters, December 8th to 20th.
 

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&
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