46th annual Hyundai National Surfing Championships
Presented by Quiksilver

Surfing New Zealand
Gisborne New Zealand
12 - 19 January 2008

Top Seeds Demolish Chances of Hopefuls at 46th annual Hyundai National Surfing Champs

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 13 January, 2008 : - - Top seeds demolished the hopes of many on day two of the Hyundai National Surfing Championships presented by Quiksilver.  The near perfect 1.0m – 1.5m swell conditions that greeted competitors meant that two rounds of the open men were run to find the final sixteen surfers. 

Among the many to shine were the top seeds and favourites at the event such as 2007 runner up Maz Quinn, younger brother Jay Quinn and Bobby Hansen all of Gisborne.

Today it was Jay Quinn who shone out from under his older brother to post the highest score of round 3 - 15.75 points.  Quinn fired off a searing backhand attack and found all the best waves in the 20 minute heat.  He posted a heat high 8.50 to leave second placed Leon Santorik (Rag) well behind. 

It was Santorik that had earlier surfed to the highest single wave score of the day a near perfect 9.50.  The two surfers now move through to the quarterfinals and one step closer to etching their names in the prestigious cup for the first time.

Quinn will face another in-form surfer in the form of local Blair Stewart.  Stewart was happy early in the day just to get through his first heat of which he suggested was the first in over a year.  However his third round performance superseded his first with his surfing looking as sharp as it has ever been.  Stewart posted a 15.50 point heat total.

Bobby Hansen continued to impress with his aggressive attacking style of surfing.  Scoring 14.75 to win his heat, Hansen blazed across seemingly unmakeable sections on waves to complete some of the biggest turns of the day.  Hansen will face up to Chris Malone – a day one standout who was unstoppable yet again today.  The two will face Matt Scorringe (WGM) and Rowan Aish (Mur).

Maz Quinn looked annoyed at his performance today despite winning his heat.  He struggled to find the longer waves but fit all he could into the waves he rode.  His 11.50 heat total was the lowest of the eight heat winners today and he will need to find the better waves come quarterfinals time when he faces up to Luke Cederman (Rag) who continues to impress with his powerful big turns and aerial antics.

Others to impress included Gauranga Ormond (WGM), Brent Rasby (Gis) and Zennor Wernham (Rag). Conditions are expected to be similar for day three of the Hyundai National Surfing Championships presented by Quiksilver.  However there is a forecast decrease in swell size.  A decision on the location and order of events for day two will be made at 7am on Sunday morning.

Day 2 Results

Heat 1 Motu Mataa (Tara), 1, Mark Dovey (Mnt), 2, Bodhi Whitaker (Gis), 3, Jesse Lewis (Tara), 4
Heat 2 Bobby Hansen (Gis), 1, Nick White (Mnt), 2, Simon Clarke (Mnt), 3, David Van Staden (Rag), 4
Heat 3 Chris Malone (Gis), 1, Luke Kerr (Tara), 2, Matt Groube (Cor), 3, Morehu Roberts (Rag), 4
Heat 4 Jarrod Hancox (Tara), 1, Josh Colbert (Gis), 2, AJ Matthews (Whmata), 3, Owen McMillan (Gis), 4
Heat 5 Matt Scorringe (Cor), 1, Keone Campbell (Tara), 2, Jonas Te Aho (Gis), 3, Reuben Woods (Gis), 4
Heat 6 Buck Woods (Gis), 1, Luke Hughes (Rag), 2, Simon Deken (Tara), 3, Ben Connolly (Tara), 4
Heat 7 Luke Cederman (Rag), 1, Sean Peggs (Whmata), 2, Andrew Robinson (Auck), 3, Joe Moretti (Mimiwhangata)
Heat 8 Rowan Aish (Muriwai), 1, Maz Quinn (Gis), 2, Thomas Kibblewhite (Auck), 3, Tyler Anderson (Tara), 4
Heat 9 Jay Quinn (Gis), 1, Batchelor Tipene (Tara), 2, Sam Willis (Rag), 3, Adam Cranston (Gis), 4
Heat 10 Leon Santorik (Rag), 1, Mike Banks (Rag), 2, Clint Daly (Gis), 3, Travis McCoy (Mnt), 4
Heat 11 Kierin Van Der Helder (Rag), 1, Braedon Williams (Whmata), 2, Matt Hishon (Rag), 3, Doug Young (ChCh)
Heat 12 Blair Stewart (Gis), 1, Ben Kennings (Whmata), 2, Tim Thompson (Auck), 3, Josh Rees (ChCh), 4
Heat 13 Lyndon Hutton (Dun), 1, Larry Fisher (Piha), 2, Chris O'Leary (Gis), 3, Karl Campbell (Tara), 4
Heat 14 Nick Moses (Tara), 1, Damon Gunness (Gis), 2, Dane Simpson (Gis), 3, Phillip Ballantyne, 4
Heat 15 Zennor Wernham (Rag), 1, Gauranga Ormond (Whmata), 2, Jai Earnshaw (W.Coast), 3, Felix Dickson
Heat 16 Nathan Welch (Gis), 1, Brent Rasby (Gis), 2, Isaac Peterson (Tara), 3, Che Whitaker (Gis), 4
Heat 1 Bobby Hansen (Gis), 1, Luke Kerr (Tara), 2, Josh Colbert (Gis), 3, Motu Mataa (Tara), 4
Heat 2 Chris Malone (Gis), 1, Mark Dovey (Mnt), 2, Jarrod Hancox (Tara), 3, Nick White (Mnt), 4
Heat 3 Maz Quinn (Gis), 1, Matt Scorringe (Cor), 2, Buck Woods (Gis), 3, Sean Peggs (Whmata), 4,
Heat 4 Luke Cederman (Rag), 1, Rowan Aish (Muriwai), 2, Keone Campbell (Tara), 3, Luke Hughes (Rag), 4
Heat 5 Jay Quinn (Gis), 1, Leon Santorik (Rag), 2, Ben Kennings (Whmata), 3, Braedon Williams (Whmata), 4
Heat 6 Blair Stewart (Gis), 1, Mike Banks (Rag), 2, Kierin Van Der Helder (Rag), 3, Batchelor Tipene (Tara), 4
Heat 7 Brent Rasby (Gis), 1, Gauranga Ormond (Whmata), 2, Lyndon Hutton (Dun), 3, Nick Moses (Tara), 4
Heat 8 Zennor Wernham (Rag), 1, Damon Gunness (Gis), 2, Larry Fisher (Piha), 3, Nathan Welch (Gis), 4

Open Bodyboard Final
Ben McKinnon (Wang), 1, Floyd Smith (Piha), 2, Mitch Tombleson (Mnt), 3, Jarred Ferris (Gis), 4

Women’s Bodyboard Final
Mihi Wells (Otara), 1, Erica Cusack (Oamaru), 2, Mel McElwee (Wgtn), 3, Serena Ball (Whangaparoa), 4

Under 18 Bodyboard Final
Luke Elliot (Mnt), 1, Mitch Tombleson (Mnt), 2, Steve Abraham (Opotiki), 3, Alex Elder (Mnt), 4

 Dropknee Bodyboard Final
Jarred Ferris (Gis), 1, Sam Peters (Wgtn), 2, Bayden Barber (Napier), 3, Richard McKenna (Wgtn), 4

Amateur Bodyboard Final
Navare Taylor (Mnt), 1, Aaron Naismith (Auck), 2, Michael Lockie (Auck), 3, Nick Nemani (Otara), 4

The National Champs are the second event on both the Corona Crown Series and the Hyundai pro Longboard Tour. Complete lists of all National Champions are located on the Surfing New Zealand website under History – www.surfingnz.co.nz  The official event blog for the Hyundai National Surfing Championships presented by Quiksilver will be hosted at http://www.surfingnz.co.nz/nationals_blog.htm.  Check it out to keep up to date with all the behind the scenes stories, gossip and news that doesn’t make the cut in the media.

Previous reports:
# 1 : NZ's Hyundai Nat. Surfing Champs by Quiksilver all set
# 2 : Hyundai National Surf Champs kick off in New Zealand
# 3 : Coming soon
# 4 : Coming soon  

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