Bursian and Conlogue are Billabong Pro Junior champs

Courtney Conlogue and Tommy Bursian : photo courtesy Billabong

Billabong Pro Junior

ASP Grade 2 Pro Junior Mens and Womens Event
Sebastian Inlet Florida
3 - 6 March 2007

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TOMMY BURSIAN AND COURTNEY CONLOGUE ARE BILLABONG PRO JUNIOR CHAMPS

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 5 March, 2007 : - -  SEBASTIAN INLET, Florida – Tommy Bursian (San Juan, PRI) and Courtney Conlogue (Santa Ana, CA) were victorious at the Billabong Sebastian Inlet Pro Junior today, winning the men’s and women’s divisions respectively.

Despite the small surf, spectators and event organizers at the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) North America grade-two Pro Junior event were treating to some of the most dynamic competition of the event.

Bursian, who finished 16th on last season’s ASP North America Pro Junior series, was in stunning form today form as he ripped apart the choppy 2 to 3 foot north swell.  The progressive goofy-footer defeated Travis Beckman (Vero Beach, FL), Chris Waring (Seal Beach, CA) and Blake Jones (Melbourne Beach, FL) in a hard fought final to claim the Billabong Sebastian Inlet Pro Junior which sees him take the ratings lead in the 2007 ASP North America Pro Junior Series.

Conlogue, who narrowly missed out on qualifying for last season’s Billabong ASP World Junior Championships, looked the form surfer of the event from heat one. The 15-year-old natural-footer took down last year’s Billabong Sebastian Inlet Pro Junior champion Sage Erickson (Ventura, CA), Keenan Lineback (FL), Ornella Pellizari (FL) in a highly-competition final.

Conlogue will now be the ASP North America’s first junior women’s qualifier for the Billabong ASP World Junior Championships held in Narrabeen, Australia next January.  The remaining women’s qualifying spot will go to the highest placing junior competitor at July’s Target Women’s Pro Junior at Huntington Beach.

The annual Billabong ASP World Junior Championships has crowned past champions such as Joel Parkinson (AUS), Andy Irons (HAW), Adriano de Souza (BRA) and reigning ASP World Junior Champ Jordy Smith (ZAF), and is clearly respected as the benchmark of surfing’s next generation.

The next event on the ASP North America Pro Junior series is the Ezekiel Pro Junior held in conjunction with the Vans Pier Classic at Huntington Beach, California from Mar. 21-25, 2007.

For more information, log onto www.aspnorthamerica.org.

Billabong Sebastian Inlet Pro Junior – Men’s Results
Round 4: 32 surfers remain (1st and 2nd advance to Round 2)
Heat 1: Dane Ward (USA), Tommy Bursian (PRI), Logan Strook (USA), Colin Schildhauer (USA)
Heat 2: Chris Waring (USA), Cory Arrambide (USA), Brent Reilly (USA), Kellen Ellison (USA)
Heat 3: Oliver Kurtz (USA), Cody Thompson (USA), Michael Dunphy (USA), Matt Mohagen (USA)
Heat 4: Eric Geiselman (USA), Brett Barley (USA), Ian Ekberg (USA), Dane Zaun (USA)
Heat 5: Adam Wickwire (USA) Tayler Brothers (USA), Trevor Saunders (USA), Ben Graeff (USA)
Heat 6: Evan Geiselman (USA), Blake Jones (USA), Marshall Alberga (USA), Eric Rheaume (USA)
Heat 7: Travis Beckmann (USA), Jesse Heilman (USA), Brady McKenzie (USA), Zack Humphreys (USA)
Heat 8: Eddie Guilbeau (USA), Nick Rupp (USA), Caleb Johnston (USA), Wesley Toth (USA)

Quarterfinals: 16 surfers remain (1st and 2nd advance to Semifinals
Quarterfinal 1: Dane Ward (USA), Chris Waring (USA), Cody Thompson (USA), Brett Barley (USA)
Quarterfinal 2: Cory Arrambide (USA), Tommy Bursian (PRI), Oliver Kurtz (USA), Eric Geiselman (USA)
Quarterfinal 3: Adam Wickwire (USA), Evan Geiselman (USA), Jesse Heilman (USA), Nick Rupp (USA)
Quarterfinal 4: Travis Beckman (USA), Blake Jones (USA), Tayler Brothers (USA), Eddie Guilbeau (USA)

Semifinals: 8 surfers remain (1st and 2nd advance to Finals)
Semifinal 1: Tommy Bursian (PRI), Chris Waring (USA), Dane Ward (USA), Cory Arrambide (USA)
Semifinal 2: Travis Beckmann (USA), Blake Jones (USA), Evan Geiselman (USA), Adam Wickwire

Final:
1 – Tommy Bursian (PRI) 12.70
2 – Travis Beckmann (USA) 11.17
3 – Chris Waring (USA) 9.10
4 – Blake Jones (USA) 8.76

Billabong Sebastian Inlet Pro Junior – Women’s Results

Semifinals: 8 surfers remaining (1st and 2nd advance to Semifinals)
SF 1 – Courtney Conlogue (USA), Sage Erickson (USA), Amy Nicholl (USA), Ariel Engstrom (USA)
SF 2 – Keenan Lineback (USA), Ornella Pellizari (USA), Alexis Engstrom (USA), Christa Alves (USA)

Final:
1 – Courtney Conlogue (USA)
2 – Sage Erickson (USA)
3 – Keenan Lineback (USA)
4 – Ornella Pellizari (USA)

About ASP:
The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) is the governing body of professional surfing.  Crowning surfing’s undisputed world champions since 1976 (formerly with IPS), the ASP sanctions the following tours: the Foster’s ASP Men’s World Tour, the ASP Women’s World Tour, the World Qualifying Series (WQS) and the World Longboarding, Junior and Masters Championships. The ASP is dedicated to showcasing the world's best surfing talent in a variety of progressive formats and has revolutionized the way the world watches surfing via their webcasts.

The organization is divided into seven different regions: Africa, Japan, Australasia, Europe, Hawaii, North America, and South America. These regions manage all their respective domestic affairs under the guidance of ASP International, which is located on the Gold Coast of Australia.  ASP International and ASP North America are committed to the progression of surfing and are dedicated to continuing excellent relationships with their
surfers, event operators, sponsors and media. 

Previous reports:
# 1 : ASP North America Jr series starts with Billabong Pro Jr
# 2 : Billabong Sebastian Inlet Pro Jr. marches in small surf

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