Kenichi Kurosawa : photo S. Yamamoto/ASPJapan

Hyuga Pro
Presented by Asahi

2-Star ASP World Qualifying Series Event
Okuragahama Beach, Hyuga Miyazaki Japan
8 - 12 October 2008

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No Limits for High Action for Day 4 Hyuga Pro by Juniors at Ocean & Earth Teenage Rampage

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 11 October, 2008 : - - ASP Japan Tour Pro Junior Series Grade 1 event Ocean & Eearth Teenage Rampage commenced today for Hyuga Pro Day 4. As action commenced in the morning there was not limit but the sky. The action will continue to tomorrow for final day. 

The main venue of event, Oguragahama beach enjoyed beautiful weather with consistent 2 to 3 ft. surf all day faned by the offshore wind in the morning. As pro juniors went to action it was Sho Takahashi who scored a total of 11.75 to score high and move to the round of 24 for early morning action highlights. Taiki Kurokoshi also marks a same 11.75 to tie for early morning action.

Today’s honor of both high scores of wave and heat went to Kenichi Kurosawa with a 8.00 and total point 15.40. As action went into the quarter finals it was no.1 seeded surfer Shota Nakamura who showed excellence by high potential and moves up in 2nd  just only because Kaisyu Tanaka showed the show of the day and moves up in first to the semi finals. 

Defending event champion and local hero Shu Hagiwara suffered an interfere and was eliminated from the event and also the dream of 3 years consecutive win in this event came to an end. Former ASP WQS campaigner and local legend as well as ASP JAPAN TOUR local MC George Ikura leaded his broadcast team by former domestic series campaigner and also ASP JAPAN spot MC Kazuhiro Asaka and also guest MC, ASP WQS campaigner Nick Mita.

The team showed great skill in deep knowledge of surfing and heaped up the event as an excellent professional speakers. Ocean & Earth Teen Age Rampage" will be the last event for 2008 ASP JAPAN PRO JUNIOR TOUR. At the end of this event the 4 surfers to surf for the  precarious 2008 Billabong ASP World Junior Championship held at Nth Narrabeen, Sydney, NSW-Australia this coming New Year will be decided for the boys.

The 2 girls to surf for the same event had already been decided with the tour and WQS rankings. The final 1 boy for same event will be decided at the end of the year with the WQS yearly ranking. 

www.aspjapantour.com  

Previous reports:
# 1 : Hideyoshi Tanaka gets top score for day 1 of Hyuga Pro
# 2 : Jason Shibata shows his style at Day 2 of Hyuga Pro...
# 3 : Swell rise makes for awesome surf at Hyuga Pro day 3
# 4 : Coming soon  

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