Globe Jetty Surf Pro Junior

ASP Pro Junior Event
Bells Beach Victoria
7 - 12 January 2005

Ben Dunn defeats Adriano de Souza to win Globe Jetty Surf Pro Junior

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 12 January 2005: - - In one of the most exciting, entertaining and high quality finals ever witnessed on the ASP Australasia Pro Tour, Ben Dunn (Old Barr Beach Taree NSW) today won the Globe Jetty Surf Pro Junior defeating Brazil's Adriano de Souza. The final was an epic clash between two outstanding emerging professional surfers who pushed each other to the limits with the lead changing multiple times and excellent 9 point plus rides being posted by both surfers who have clearly established a rivalry!

Ben Dunn set the scene for this final early as the two surfers jostled for a great opening scoring ride. As a good wave approached the line up and with neither surfer holding priority, it was Dunn's aggressiveness that secured him the wave and after a series of fast fluid powerful backhand bottom to top turns he had clearly won an early psychological and scoring advantage over the Brazilian. Dunn was rewarded with an excellent 8.67 in what was an ideal opening for the Australian.

De Souza realized he required an excellent score to match Dunn as he patiently waited for a wave offering the scope. That wave arrived just as Dunn made it back to the take off point and De Souza wasted no time showing the large beach crowd that he was right up to the task of winning this final. He drove his board through the sections utilizing his incredibly powerful bottom turns and cut backs, extracting every possible opportunity presented on the wave to fit in functional and lightning fast moves and clearly outscored Dunn's opening excellent ride which the judges acknowledged with a 9.10 score!

Both surfers secured reasonable second scoring waves, Dunn with a 5.67 followed by De Souza who again out pointed his opponent to increase his lead with a 6.17. With 6 minutes Dunn knew he required another very good ride to get back into the lead. He found an excellent set wave and attacked each section with full commitment to unleash three excellent bottom to top turn combinations, throwing more spray than his opponent and extracting larger crowd approval - This ride scored 9.87 and the pendulum had swung back in Dunn's favor with the Brazilian now requiring a very big 9.45 to take back the lead.

No one doubted De Souza's capabilities to post such a score, especially under such pressure in a final and on his next and last attempt on a medium sized wave the Brazilian again showed his great qualities "milking" the wave for all it offered, posting an excellent 8.17 which was an exceptional attempt on a wave that simply didn't offer the scope to score the required 9.45. De Souza verbally cursed the waves and was obviously disappointed to lose this final Dunn.

In contrast Dunn was elated with his victory today and explained his determination today was fired up by the recent international domination over the past two weeks by saying " With South African's and Brazilian's in the semi finals I didn't want them in the final so I was fired up all the way! I know how good De Souza is and the only way to win at this level is to score excellent rides so there was never any intention but to score around the 9 point mark and in excess of an 18 point total - and that's how it panned out!"

What began as a day of frustration for all at the Globe Jetty Surf Pro, with a flat ocean forcing the event to go on hold until midday, turned into a worthy finish for such a great event with the swell, as anticipated increasing up to 1.25m for the final and allowing the surfers to finish of with such a great final.

It was the perfect introduction to the new man on man format for Australasian ASP events, allowing surfers to compete in what is clearly the fairest and most competitive way.

Not much has been mentioned about today's semi finals which were unfortunately overshadowed by such a great final - South Africa's Jordy Smith and Central Coast's Matt Wilkinson finished equal 3rd to secure great starts to this years series.

The scene is set for the ASP Australasian Tour with eight events through Victoria, NSW, Qld and NZ in the coming two months, beginning this Friday with the Balin Pro Junior on Victoria's East Coast!

Previous reports:
# 1 : De Souza confirms entry for Globe Jetty Surf Pro Junior
# 2 : International surfers dominate Globe Jetty Surf Pro Junior
# 3 : Aussie surfers fight back at Globe Jetty Surf Pro Junior...
# 4 : Small waves but high scores at Globe Jetty Surf Pro Junior
# 5 : Internationals superior at the Globe Jetty Surf Pro Junior
# 6 : Lindsay Noyes (Cronulla) wins Gallez Jetty Surf Pro Junior

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