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Men's 1 Star WQS Event #13
Oceanside North Jetty, San Diego
7 - 11 May 2008

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Hawaiian Jesse Merle-Jones Takes Out Inaugural Koastalkaos.com Pro in Oceanside

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 11 May, 2008 : - - Oceanside – Jesse Merle-Jones (North Shore, HI) has taken out the inaugural Koastalkaos.com Pro in rippable three-to-four foot (metre) surf in Oceanside today over fellow finalists Shey Yates (Carlsbad, CA), Jason Miller (San Clemente, CA) and Sunny Garcia (North Shore, HI à San Clemente, CA).

The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 1-Star event culminated the weekend’s worth of competition today at Oceanside Harbor’s North Jetty, and despite deteriorating conditions this afternoon, the finalists put on quite a show.

Merle-Jones built momentum throughout the day, securing the day’s high single-wave score of a 9.0 out of a possible 10 in his Quarterfinal heat this morning, and the powerful goofy-footer proved the goods in the hard-fought final, utilizing his compact frame and impressive rail work to come away with the win.

Yates, who slipped through his Semifinal heat thanks to a double interference from Richie Collins (Newport Beach, CA) and Nathaniel Curran (Ventura, CA), remained consistent in the Final, applying progressive fin-free maneuvers en route to enjoying his best ASP WQS event finish to date with a runner-up placing.

Miller, the up-and-coming natural-footer from nearby San Clemente, opened up the Final with an impressive display of power surfing, collecting a 7.0 out of a possible 10 on his opening ride.  Unfortunately, the young Californian was unable to secure a second scoring ride, and finished 3rd.

Former ASP World Champion Garcia is on a requalification mission to return to the Dream Tour in 2009 and has so far put in impressive performances around the globe.  The Hawaiian’s 4th place finish today puts him at 10th on the ASP WQS ratings and Garcia will look to procure a few more results this season in his bid to regain his seed amongst the world’s best.

The next stop on the 2008 ASP North America Men’s Tour is the ASP WQS 6-Star U.S. Open of Surfing from July 21 – 27, 2008. For more information, log onto aspworldtour or aspnorthamerica.org

FINAL  

Merle-Jones,Jesse HAW 1
Yates,Shey USA 2
Miller,Jason USA 3
Garcia,Sunny HAW 4

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WQS ratings after the Koastal Kaos Pro

Gudauskas,Patrick	USA	1
Ware,Austin	USA	2
Weare,David	ZAF	3
Bettero,Hizunome	BRA	4
Simpson,Brett	USA	5
Melling,Adam	AUS	6
Barron,T.J	HAW	7
Sedley,Leigh	AUS	8
Gossmann,Shaun	AUS	9
Garcia,Sunny	HAW	10
Bombaci,Rhys	AUS	11
Wilkinson,Matt	AUS	12
Nicol,Yadin	AUS	13
Monteiro,Raoni	BRA	14
Curran,Nathaniel	USA	15
Bourez,Michel	PYF	15
Davidson,Chris	AUS	17
Courtney,Drew	AUS	18
Gonzalez,Jonathan	CNY	19
Kerr,Josh	AUS	20
Hedge,Nathan	AUS	21
Robertson,Adam (Vic)	AUS	22
Muscroft,Nic	AUS	23
Yeomans,Nathan	USA	24
Cansdell,Shaun	AUS	25
Boal,Tim	FRA	26
Lipke,Marlon	DEU	27
Atkinson,Dion	AUS	28
O'Rafferty,Darren	AUS	29
Zubizarreta,Gony	ESP	30
Henrique,Pedro	BRA	31
Savalli,Hugo	REU	32
Silva,Jean da	BRA	33
Gudauskas,Dane	USA	34
Thompson,Jay	AUS	35
Wright,Warwick	ZAF	36
Bacalso,Kekoa	HAW	37
Emslie,Greg	ZAF	38
Fahrenfort,Damien	ZAF	39
Gudauskas,Tanner	USA	40
Flintoff,Kirk	AUS	41
Sodre,Yuri	BRA	41
Cabrera,Jose Maria	CNY	43
Spencer,Sterling	USA	44
Losness,Mike	USA	45
Souza,Adriano de	BRA	46
Toth,Brian	PRI	47
Cardoso,Willian	BRA	48
Paulino,Pablo	BRA	48
Hall,Glenn	IRE	50

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