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Soöruz Lacanau Pro
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ASP WQS 6 Star Mens
Lacanau Ocean
10 - 20 Août 2006

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Mick Campbell (Aus) wins, Jérémy Flores (Fra) reaches 9444 pts for a spot in WCT   (francais au dessous)

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Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 20 August, 2006 : - - The sun was eventually back when we got on the contest site at 8 AM this morning, the warm air pleasing everyone for the last day of competition. With only Foster’s men’s World Tour surfer still in the race to the title, the WQS warriors had already done a great job so far, and it could be felt the pressure had definitely settled around the competitors area. Listening to his MP3, Jérémy Flores (Fra) watched the first heat of the day concentrating on the line up to chose the best option for his 30 minute heat.

The waves were cleaner than yesterday but still small 2 to 3 ft high and it looked pretty difficult to find some connecting sections. A few waves were actually breaking and in order to wait for the best ones, Nathan Carrol (Haw) and Leonardo Neves (Bra) looked under pressure out there. Carrol opened the heat with a 6.83 pointer but spent the rest of the heat waiting for a good back up score that came just in the last minute, after trying his best on a 2 ft soft wave that gave him the 3.83 he needed to adavance to the semifinals.

The “De souza VS Flores” clash followed up and the two young rising stars chose to split on two different peaks at the outside; Adriano was the first one to find good quality sections to push his board with power. Jérémy then found the bomb of the heat, surfing a righthander from the outside to the shore, linking some radical snapped cutbacks to score the best wave of the event with a 9.87 pointer. The ocean then played with our young men’s nerves, offering fewer options to answer one another; patience became the third man of the heat, until the last five seconds when Adriano took off for a 7.45 to finish with a small air reverse 360; the crowd went silent and the 7.1 came out of the judging tower, giving Jérémy another chance towards the highest step.

Mick Campbell  : photo Masurel/ASP Europe

The Foster’s Men’s World Tour surfer Adriano left with a smile: “I’ve been doing good so far in Europe so I’m okay. It was a good heat I felt nervous on my last wave and I know Jérémy deserved it so I’m already looking forward to Hossegor where I’d like to repeat last year’s result,” said a very relaxed Adriano. Jonathan Gonzales (Cny) was the other european to surf in the quarterfinals against in form coming back Mick Campbell (Aus). The incoming tide brought some better waves and the guys offered a great show to the crowd. More and more waves came in, the surfers finding some better scores for a very close and intense battle. The former ASP World #2 Mick Campbell eventually wrapped up the result with three radical off-the-lips at the inside.

The semifinals started straight after Ricky Basnett (Zaf) had qualified against Rodrigo Dornelles (Bra). And the public’s favourite just offered again some enternainment, starting the heat with a 9 pointer straight away to set the tone. Getting more and more confident, the 18 year old man started surfing more waves showing 21 year old Nathan Carroll (Haw) he was ready to battle as much as needed. Waiting for the best sets, the red and white knights went on a duel and the priority strategy made it even more interesting until the last seconds, Jérémy using the rule to keep his lead and reach the final after backing up his score with a 6. Nathan Carroll still got his best result so far on a 6 Star WQS event and is still adding experience to his young career. “It’s my second year on the WQS and it’s been an up and down year.

I’m just trying to get as much points as possible to get further on the seedings and have more and more chances to reach my goal, which is the World Championship Tour,” said the Sunset beach local. “I’ll be at the Super Series from tomorrow and try and stay in the same frame of mind, relaxed but focused,” finished the hawaiian who leaves with 1825 pts and $3 750. The last Aussie of the event Mick Campbell (Aus) used his man-on-man experience to smuther south african Ricky Basnett (Zaf) in a very close heat where only small scores came in, but where positioning and strategy made the result.

Mick Campbell  : photo Masurel/ASP Europe

FINAL Jérémy Flores (Fra) in Red – 2nd VS Michael Campbell (Aus) in White – 1st

It was a generation clash that took place in Lacanau for the Final of the 27th edition of the Sooruz Lacanau Pro presented by PlayStation. On the one hand Mick Campbell, 32 years old former 1998 ASP World #2 behing Kelly Slater; on the other hand Jérémy Flores, 18 years old 2005 Junior ASP Europe Champion. The two men looked relaxed before entering the water for the last heat of the event, a 35 minute decider which started at 2.15 PM. In soft 2 ft waves, the best surfers of the contest brought a lot of people on the beach.

Mick opened the battle with a good 6.83 after some efficient classic and powerful off-the-lips, Jérémy answering with a throw-away score. With fifteen minutes remaining, the young gun looked a bit nervous whereas Mick was taking off to take a 7+ score that gave him the lead. Four minutes before the hooter, Jérémy went on a lefthander to link three huge radical re-entries up to the shore by the time the aussie was still waiting for a set wave. In he last minute, the reunion island surfer rushed again to try and get the 7.2 points needed as the whole crowd was cheering to push him further. After huge efforts, the scores appeared on the speaker’s computer leaving Mick ahead to secure first win of the year in this 6 Star WQS event.

“So stoked to get back for a win. It’s been a great year so far and getting a win in the european leg is just all I needed to move ahead in the ratings,” said the experienced champion. “Congratulations to Jérémy for going on such a year, it’s just so amazing for him and I hope we’ll meet next year in the top 45,” finished a smiling Mick, who grabs 5th place on the international ratings with 8492 pts.

Jeremy Flores : photo Masurel/ASP Europe

Our runner-up still said a few words. “I am so happy for french and european surfing as I feel a lot of things could change the way it’s going, said Jérémy. “We are more and more to knock on the WCT doors and if I make it this year I hope I won’t be alone. There’s still a lot of events but the european leg is crucial and it’s going good for sure for many of us,” finished the new WQS leader with 9444 pts and a $7500 cheque before the Super Series.

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Men's WQS Ratings After Evt#28 Sooruz Lacanau Pro-France

Flores,Jeremy	FRA	1	9444
Basnett,Ricky	ZAF	2	8818
Padaratz,Neco	BRA	3	8608
Bryson,Royden	ZAF	4	8572
Campbell,Michael	AUS	5	8492
Ribas,Victor	BRA	6	8393
Munro,Luke	AUS	7	8015
Kling,Gabe	USA	8	7903
Neve,Dayyan	AUS	9	7874
Miranda,Bernardo	BRA	10	7628
Kerr,Josh	AUS	11	7490
Flintoff,Kirk	AUS	12	7415
Dunn,Ben	AUS	13	7385
Courtney,Drew	AUS	14	7369
Neves,Leonardo	BRA	15	7285
Dornelles,Rodrigo	BRA	16	7217
Alves,Heitor	BRA	17	6964
Beven,Patrick	FRA	18	6842
Perrow,Kieren	AUS	19	6739
Howse,Jarrad	AUS	20	6701
Weare,David	ZAF	21	6700
Bourgeois,Ben	USA	22	6618
Powers,Roy	HAW	23	6445
Cuizon,Dustin	HAW	24	6348
Rebiere,Eric	FRA	25	6280
Todd,Mike	USA	26	6271
Brooks,Troy	AUS	27	6112
Otton,Kai	AUS	28	5964
Logie,Travis	ZAF	29	5954
Gudauskas,Patrick	USA	30	5928
Ziems,Corey	AUS	31	5843
Rocha,Marcondes	BRA	32	5839
Trekinho,Marcelo	BRA	33	5605
Quinn,Maz	NZL	34	5596
Bacalso,Kekoa	HAW	35	5576
Simpson,Brett	USA	36	5565
Muscroft,Nic	AUS	37	5516
Centeio,Joel	HAW	38	5492
Sedley,Leigh	AUS	39	5477
Winter,Russell	GBR	40	5422
Gray,Alex	USA	41	5326
Nolan,Asher	USA	42	5284
Khodr,Jihad	BRA	43	5243
Pires,Tiago	PRT	44	5236
Thompson,Jay	AUS	45	5218
Silva,Jean da	BRA	46	5215
Ohno,Masatoshi	JPN	47	5177
Hall,Glenn	AUS	48	5142
Carroll,Nathan	HAW	49	5065
Bombaci,Rhys	AUS	50	5048
Gouveia,Fabio	BRA	51	5021
Machado,Rob	USA	52	5019
Ross,Daniel	AUS	53	4981
Curran,Nathaniel	USA	54	4958
Mujica,Justin	PRT	55	4903
Fernandes,Gustavo	BRA	56	4891
Coutinho,Odirlei	BRA	57	4884
Hansen,Bobby	NZL	58	4860
Acero,Eneko	ESP	59	4821
Mitchell,Beau	AUS	60	4812
Wright,Warwick	ZAF	61	4801
Silva,Andre	BRA	62	4765
Barca,Dustin	HAW	63	4756
Paterson,Jake	AUS	64	4724
Redman,Daniel	ZAF	65	4682
Sullivan,Jarrad	AUS	65	4682
Bettero,Hizunome	BRA	67	4680
Galvao,Renato	BRA	68	4669
Barreto,Tanio	BRA	69	4615
Toth,Brian	PRI	70	4594
Bortoletto,Antonio	ZAF	71	4584
Smith,Jordy	ZAF	72	4573
Boal,Tim	FRA	73	4549
Gonzalez,Jonathan	CNY	74	4548
Romao,Simao	BRA	75	4541
Lipke,Marlon	DEU	76	4511
Ward,Shaun	USA	77	4497
Gutierrez,Pablo	ESP	78	4486
Gossmann,Shaun	AUS	79	4467
Aranburu,Aritz	ESP	80	4446
Eleogram,Ola	HAW	81	4367
Moura,Paulo	BRA	82	4364
Sodre,Yuri	BRA	83	4313
Herdy,Guilherme	BRA	84	4278
Belo,Jano	BRA	85	4269
Patacchia,Fredrick (jnr)	HAW	86	4215
Neto,Dunga	BRA	87	4213
Brown,Yerin	AUS	88	4207
Bourez,Michel	PYF	89	4201
Jones,Matt	AUS	90	4190
Henrique,Pedro	BRA	91	4180
Santos,Bruno	BRA	91	4180
Cardoso,William	BRA	93	4131
Gaskell,Hank	HAW	94	4116
Faria,Junior	BRA	95	4087
Barnes,Jock	AUS	96	4007
Riou,Alain	PYF	97	3936
Costa,Danilo	BRA	98	3903
Coghlan,Nick	AUS	99	3892
Stedman,Luke	AUS	100	3858

L'Australien Michael Campbell remporte la 27ème édition du Soöruz Lacanau Pro 2006.

La 27e édition du Soöruz Lacanau Pro, étape phare du circuit mondial de surf professionnel, sachève aujourdhui avec la victoire de lAustralien Mick Campbell sous un soleil radieux, dans des jolies vagues d'1 m.

Le finaliste du Soöruz Lacanau Pro et unique français à avoir atteint cette place , Jérémy Flores engendre 2150 points et 7500 dollars.
Désormais, il occupe la 1ère place du WQS. Cette belle performance lui assure son entrée dans le très prisé top 44 du WCT lannée prochaine.

La journée a été riche en rebondissement : la qualification de Jérémy Flores pour les demi finale face au Brésilien Adriano de Souza (champion du monde junior WQS) grâce à une vague notée 9.87 points. Ensuite, il élimine lHawaïen Nathan Carroll en ½ finale grâce à une vague notée 9 points.

Le public est venu nombreux cet après-midi pour assister à la finale du Soöruz Lacanau Pro. Après une série de manSuvre parfaitement exécutées, l'Australien Michael Campbell (2ème du WCT en 1998) réussi à faire la différence face à son adversaire Jérémy Flores en dominant sa série jusquau bout des 35 minutes. Il remporte cette finale du Soöruz Lacanau Pro 2006 avec 0,33 points d'avance (14.00 points pour Campbell et 13.67 pour Flores).

Le Brésilien Adriano De Souza remporte la Gibson Expression Session et empoche pour loccasion une guitare Gibson. Cette nouvelle édition du Soöruz Lacanau Pro s'achève dans la joie et l'allégresse. Rendez-vous l'année prochaine pour de nouvelles aventures.

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