Friday 12/05/03

Paterson defeat Irons at Sunset !!

Aloha everyone!!
Awesome 8 to 12 feet surf coming from North, Northwest direction and tradewinds for
the US$250.000 Rip Curl Cup at Sunset Beach final day.
Australian Jake Paterson won the Rip Curl Cup final
with a spectacular performance and the best score of the all event: 17.64 out of 20 possible points.
With 9.07 and 8.57 Paterson kept the advantage all final long from the second place Hawaii's Andy Irons
even with Irons scoring a perfect 10 in a gigantic, long and deep outside barrel and another good wave of 7.17.
Shane Dorian, Hawaii, ended in 3rd and Taj Burrow, Australia 4th.
Kelly Slater, Florida, losing on the round 3, placing 17th overall,
still leading the ASP 2003 rankings by 96 points ahead of current world champion Irons.
The final event of the Triple Crown of Surfing and
ASP World Classic Tour (WCT) should bring the best competition to the best venue in Hawaii, Pipeline
with both Slater and Irons fighting head to head for the 2003 ASP world Championship title.
For more detailed information go to:
www.triplecrownofsurfing.com

Top four best performances and finalists of
the Rip Curl Cup at Sunset Beach today

1st Jake Paterson (Aus) 17.64 - US$30,000
all smiles...

2nd Andy Irons (Haw) 17.17 - US$16,000
.

3rd Shane Dorian (Haw) 14.30 - US$11,000
.

4th Taj Burrow (Aus) 7.6 - US$9,000
.

Current world tour rantings Florida's Kelly Slater
.

One of the best Brazilians today at Sunset
Neco Padaratz

Best barrel and $2,000 on The Foster's Expression Session
hawaiian Makua Rothman

The best maneuver and $1,000 went to fellow local Nathan Carroll

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TRIPLE CROWN OF SURFING RESULTS:

TRIPLE CROWN OF SURFING SCHEDULE:

The 21st Annual Triple Crown of Surfing officially started
November 12th through December 20th.
The VANS Hawaiian Pro and Roxy Pro at Haleiwa Ali'i Beach Park waiting period
goes from November 12th through 23th.
The Rip Curl Pro at Sunset Beach goes from November 24th through December 7th.
With less than 650 points separating six time Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP)
world champion Kelly Slater (Florida) and reigning champ Andy Irons (Hawaii),
all eyes are pointing to a possible showdown at the Xbox Gerry Lopez Pipeline Masters,
December 8th through 20th at Banzai Pipeline.
The Pipeline Masters is the world's longest running (33 years) and
most prestigious pro surfing competition,
and the finale of the $750,000 Vans Triple Crown of Surfing ("Ocean Promotion").

EDDIE AIKAU BIG WAVE EVENT:

The opening ceremony for the QUICKSILVER IN MEMORY OF EDDIE AIKAU BIG WAVE EVENT at Waimea Bay
 was today Thursday, December 4, 2003, at 3 pm at Waimea Bay beach park.
The holding period goes from December 5, 2003 to February 28, 2004.
The event will be held on one day when surf measures at least 20 feet (40 foot faces).
INVITEES, in alphabetical order:
Clyde Aikau (Hawaii), Tom Carroll(Australia),
Ross Clarke-Jones(Australia), Shane Dorian(Hawaii), Keone Downing(Hawaii), Johnny Boy Gomes (Hawaii),
Laird Hamilton(Hawaii), Mark Healy(Hawaii), Michael Ho(Hawaii), Bruce Irons(Hawaii),
Andy Irons(Hawaii), Noah Johnson(Hawaii), Brian Keaulana(Hawaii), Rusty Keaulana(Hawaii),
Brock Little(Hawaii), Peter Mel(California), Myles Padaca(Hawaii), Paul Paterson(Australia),
Tony Ray(Australia), Makua Rothman(Hawaii), Kelly Slater(Florida), Jamie Sterling(Hawaii),
Darryl "Flea" Virostko(California), Ross Williams(Hawaii).
ALTERNATES:
Zane Aikau, Titus Kinimaka, Tony Moniz, Pancho Sullivan, Sunny Garcia,
Braden Dias, Keone Watson, Jamie O'Brien, Arnold Dowling, Carlos Burle,
Mike Parsons, Cheyne Horan, Taylor Knox, Darrick Doerner, Chava Greenley,
Vetea David, Derek Ho, Elijah Young, Eric Haas, Kala Alexander, Kalani Chapman,
Chris Malloy, Dennis Pang, Clark Abbey.
HONORARY INVITEES:
Mark Foo, Todd Chesser and Jay Moriarity.

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HAWAIIAN THOUGHTS:

"The climatological average based on 1968-2002
for the first double overhead swell on North Shores for the new season is September 17th (+/- 9 days).
For high surf levels (15 feet face), the average is September 29th (+/- 12 days).
The first Waimea day (25+ face) averages to November 11th (+/- 28 days)(Pat Caldwell)."

"No matter how we choose to go into the water,
whether it is surfing big waves, surfing small waves, sailing, canoeing or swimming.
It is important that we can enjoy ourselves and find peace(Clyde Aikau)."
 

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