Jake Paterson event champion : photo Pierre Tostee/Tostee.com

Vans Triple Crown of Surfing
O’Neill World Cup of Surfing *
Sunset Beach, Oahu, Hawaii
25 November - 6 December 2005

Vans Women’s Triple Crown of Surfing
O’Neill World Cup of Surfing Sunset Challenge *
Sunset Beach, Oahu, Hawaii
25 November - 7 December 2005  

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Jake Paterson wins the O'Neill World Cup of Surfing

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, Sunset Beach, HAWAII - (Tuesday, December 6, 2005) - Australia's Jake Paterson has won his second O'Neill World Cup of Surfing title at Sunset Beach, overcoming world champion Andy Irons, Australian Bede Durbidge (Gold Coast), and retiring California pro Pat O'Connell (Laguna) in the 35-minute, four-man final. Paterson, 32, was also victorious here in 2003. He won $15,000 today. His older brother, Paul, also has his name on the Sunset trophy for his victory in 1996. Irons earned $8,000, Durbidge $6,000, and O'Connell $4,000. It was the second victory for West Australia in as many weeks - the women's division of the O'Neill was won by Melanie Redman-Carr.

In what fast became a two-man battle for victory, Paterson and Irons engaged in a furious exchange of waves, each pushing the other to more critical, on-edge turns Both dominated the larger of the five- to six-foot waves on offer, which came as welcome relief on the heels of yesterday's 15-foot mayhem. Paterson only rode the mandatory two rides, but shut the door with scores of 8.17 and 8.93 respectively, for a total of 17.1 points. Irons did his best to reply with scores of 8.73 and 7.0, but was chasing a score of 8.38 for the final 10 minutes of the heat. His final tally was 15.73 points.

"I got into a rhythm," said Paterson. "I've put a lot of time in out here. Yesterday was survival, today was sitting around and making sure you caught waves, because you could easily get caught with nothing. Every situation you've got to try to read the right way and I obviously got out bed on the right side today.

"Me and Andy have had a lot of head-to-head (heats). He got second the last time I won here too. He was going for the world title then and I kind of put a bit of a spanner in his works. But he's such a tough competitor. I wouldn't give him an inch because I know he can get eights and nines at the drop of a hat."

Jake Paterson is carried to the podium : photo Jarryd/Tostee.com

Paterson now sits at second on the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing Series ratings, which carries a $10,000 winner-takes-all bonus for the top performer over the three events. He will be looking for a strong finish at Pipeline to shoot for the Triple Crown title. "Pipe's a pretty tough wave to get your head around, but I'm in there with a chance. I'm stoked."

For Irons, having lost the 2005 world title battle to Kelly Slater in Brazil, it's all about the prestigious Vans Triple Crown title now. "I'm stoked to get a good result here after a bad result at Haleiwa," said Irons. "I've still got a shot at the Triple Crown (title) going into Pipe, so that's all I really wanted to have. That's the big picture. Hopefully Pipe gets good."

Durbidge, 22, had two above-average rides of 6.5 and 5.6 for a total of 12.10. His best was a clean tube-ride off the point. "it was really tough out there and Jake got the good start," said Durbidge. "Whenever you get a good start everyone's playing catch-up. He was in the driver's seat all the way."

Durbidge was ecstatic with today's result, but it doesn't help him to requalify for the 2006 World Championship Tour, as he is too far down on the World Qualifying Series ratings. "I couldn't really requalify on the WQS, but I can on the WCT, at the Pipe comp next week, so I've got to really do well next week. But this is my first final over here so I'm stoked."

Jake Paterson : photo Karen Wilson/Tostee.com

O'Connell, 35,  was completely satisfied to finally make his first final ever at Sunset Beach, in the last event of his career. He got a look-in on the final battle around the midway point of the heat with a great combination of carving top-turns that earned 7.33 points, but fell out of the game with a less than desired second score of 4.17, for a total of 11.50.

"The final totally stepped up," said O'Connell. "Everybody got great rides. The waves did get really good. I've made the semi-finals a couple of times before and funnily enough I've always lost on the last wave, so this time I  won (the semi-final) on the last wave. I think I've had it coming - I've been there so many times."

As for his career: "I'm done. To be honest I only did a couple of events this year. I think this is probably the last Triple Crown I'll ever do, so it means a lot to do well. This little spot is sort of my salvation. I surf here a lot. It's more open face, it takes a little bit more brains, so it means a lot to make a final here."

Equal fifth today, placing third in their respective semi-final clashes, were Jarrad Howse (Australia), and Kieren Perrow. Equal ninth with fourth place semi-final finishes were Luke Stedman (Australia) and Yuri Sodre (Brazil).

Andy Irons : photo Karen Wilson/Tostee.com

Despite his quarter final loss today, Pancho Sullivan (Hawaii, 3988 points) still leads the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing Series ratings ahead of Paterson (Australia, 3850), Mick Fanning (Australia, 3603), and Andy Irons (Hawaii, 3355). Sunny Garcia (Hawaii, 2901) is seventh on the standings.

Garcia placed third and Pancho fourth in the first quarter final this-morning. Sullivan now has his work cut out for him as he is the only one of these four surfers who needs to qualify for the Pipeline Masters through the preceding trials event. Fanning, Monteiro and Garcia are all seeded directly into the main event, as they are World Championship Top 44 rated surfers.

The O'Neill World Cup of Surfing was the final stop on the Association of Surfing Professionals 2005 World Qualifying Series Tour. After today's competition, Mikael Picon and Jarrad Howse have officially qualified as newcomers to the 2006 World Championship Tour, joining Pancho Sullivan. Picon lost out earlier in this event, but Howse was impressive here with a 5th place overall, sealing him a coveted Top 44 spot for next year. The results at the next event - a WCT competition, will affect the final Top 44 order for 2006.

The third and final stop on the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing Series is the Rip Curl Pro Pipeline Masters. The holding period for the event commences on Thursday, December 8, through December 20. Competition will be held on the best four days of waves.

Commentators Pete Townend & Shawn Thompson : photo Kirstin Scholtz/Tostee.com

O'Neill World Cup of Surfimg results

Final
1, Jake Paterson  Aus 
2, Andy Irons  Haw
3, Bede Durbidge Aus
4, Pat O'Connell  USA  

Semi-Final # 1
1 Andy Irons  Haw 
2 Jake Paterson  Aus
3 Jarrad Howse  Aus 
4 Luke Stedman  Aus 

Semi-Final # 2
1 Pat O'Connell  USA 
2 Bede Durbidge  Aus 
3 Kieren Perrow  Aus 
4 Yuri Sodre  Bra

Today's complete results available here ....(Not on menu bar, but on left side below "Contest Status")

More todays photos available here

Brett Simpson, Rookie of the Year : photo Pierre Tostee/Tostee.com  

Vans Triple Crown of Surfing Ratings after O'Neill World Cup of Surfing

1	Sullivan,Pancho	HAW	3988
2	Paterson,Jake	AUS	3850
3	Fanning,Mick	AUS	3603
4	Irons,Andy	HAW	3355
5	Howse,Jarrad	AUS	2916
6	Monteiro,Raoni	BRA	2902
7	Garcia,Sunny	HAW	2901
8	Stedman,Luke	AUS	2901
9	Sodre,Yuri	BRA	2764
10	Durbidge,Bede	AUS	2755
11	Parkinson,Joel	AUS	2626
12	Simpson,Brett	USA	2590
13	O'Connell,Pat	USA	2590
14	Buchan,Adrian	AUS	2572
15	Quinn,Maz	NZL	2365
16	Perrow,Kieren	AUS	2278
17	Reyes,Tim	USA	2269
18	Thompson,Jay	AUS	2269
19	MacDonald,Phillip	AUS	2200
20	Powers,Roy	HAW	2122

ASP WQS Ratings after Event # 41 O'Neill World Cup of Surfing  

Souza,Adriano de	BRA	1	13128
Martinez,Bobby	USA	2	10570
Buchan,Adrian	AUS	3	10553
Cansdell,Shaun	AUS	4	10515
Henrique,Pedro	BRA	5	10353
Stedman,Luke	AUS	6	9649
Powers,Roy	HAW	7	9640
Sullivan,Pancho	HAW	8	9624
Moura,Paulo	BRA	9	9540
Sodre,Yuri	BRA	10	9499
Emslie,Greg	ZAF	11	9439
Monteiro,Raoni	BRA	12	9375
Weare,David	ZAF	13	9340
Reyes,Tim	USA	14	9297
Picon,Mikael	FRA	15	9045
Howse,Jarrad	AUS	16	8881
Khodr,Jihad	BRA	17	8849
Brooks,Troy	AUS	18	8687
Pires,Tiago	PRT	19	8618
Hall,Glenn	AUS	20	8418
Logie,Travis	ZAF	21	8172
Simpson,Brett	USA	22	8168
Munro,Luke	AUS	23	8163
Kling,Gabe	USA	24	8148
Bourgeois,Ben	USA	25	7950
Mitchell,Beau	AUS	26	7936
Dornelles,Rodrigo	BRA	27	7888
Ross,Daniel	AUS	28	7839
Thompson,Jay	AUS	29	7811
Rocha,Marcondes	BRA	30	7772
Durbidge,Bede	AUS	31	7673
Redman,Daniel	ZAF	32	7655
Trekinho,Marcelo	BRA	33	7544
Paterson,Jake	AUS	34	7519
Coutinho,Odirlei	BRA	35	7490
Costa,Danilo	BRA	36	7451
Hitchings,Luke	AUS	37	7448
Acero,Eneko	ESP	38	7413
Winter,Russell	GBR	39	7311
Neto,Dunga	BRA	40	7257
Neves,Leonardo	BRA	41	7189
Curran,Nathaniel	USA	42	7168
O'Rafferty,Darren	AUS	43	7127
Bryson,Royden	ZAF	44	7109
Quinn,Maz	NZL	45	7080
Flintoff,Kirk	AUS	46	7077
Nunes,Marcelo	BRA	47	7023
Irons,Andy	HAW	48	6980
Daltro,Armando	BRA	49	6906
Rebiere,Eric	FRA	50	6789
Beven,Patrick	FRA	51	6778
Riou,Alain	PYF	52	6670
Kerr,Josh	AUS	53	6651
Rosa,Peterson	BRA	54	6642
Toth,Brian	PRI	55	6612
Gouveia,Fabio	BRA	56	6591
Muscroft,Nic	AUS	57	6561
Otton,Kai	AUS	58	6512
Miranda,Bernardo	BRA	59	6474
Perrow,Kieren	AUS	60	6464
Polo,Marco	BRA	61	6453
Moody,Sean	HAW	62	6414
Centeio,Joel	HAW	63	6400
Davidson,Chris	AUS	64	6391
Lipke,Marlon	DEU	65	6361
Sedley,Leigh	AUS	66	6345
Alves,Heitor	BRA	67	6321
Mujica,Justin	PRT	68	6315
Robertson,Adam (Vic)	AUS	69	6289
Dunn,Ben	AUS	70	6179
Wright,Warwick	ZAF	71	6157
Bortoletto,Antonio	ZAF	72	6156
Santos,Bruno	BRA	73	6070
Webster,Nathan	AUS	74	6063
Courtney,Drew	AUS	75	6028
Lopez,Cory	USA	76	5869
Mann,Samba	AUS	77	5811
Herdy,Guilherme	BRA	78	5800
Merle-Jones,Jesse	HAW	79	5794
Cuizon,Dustin	HAW	80	5745
Martin,Toby	AUS	81	5727
MacDonald,Phillip	AUS	82	5711
Galvao,Renato	BRA	83	5707
Whitaker,Tom	AUS	84	5638
Nora,Wilson	BRA	85	5540
Flores,Jeremy	REU	86	5532
Aranburu,Aritz	ESP	87	5526
Walsh,Ian	HAW	88	5523
Gudauskas,Patrick	USA	89	5458
Boal,Tim	FRA	90	5457
Gossmann,Shaun	AUS	91	5365
Thomson,Jamie	AUS	92	5328
Curren,Tom	USA	93	5261
Rocha,Renan	BRA	94	5223
Todd,Mike	USA	95	5138
Eleogram,Ola	HAW	96	5105
Fanning,Mick	AUS	97	5103
Ziems,Corey	AUS	98	5070
Irons,Bruce	HAW	99	5067
Neve,Dayyan	AUS	100	5034
Carroll,Nathan	HAW	101	4982

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All smiles, Jarrard Howse qualified for the 2006 WCT : photo Kistin Scholtz/Tostee.com

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