Daniel Ross & Txaber Trojaola : photo Aquashot/ASP Europe

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Dan Ross hits 15,000 points on the WQS, seals the deal

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 10 August, 2009 : - - Coolangatta -- Congratulations to current ASP WQS ratings’ leader Daniel Ross on his win in the ASP WQS 5-Star Relentless Boardmasters event in Newquay, Engand. Dan has jumped to nearly 15,000 points and is surely on the ASP Dream Tour next year. Runner-Up in the event was Txaber Trajola from the Basque area of Spain, and his second placing was by far his best career result, pushing him from 145th to 89th.

Semifinalists Glenn Hall and Wiggolly Dantas were the only other real ratings movers going from 20th top 15th and 34th to 19th respectively. Other than these two, hardly any movement as surfers seem to be finding it harder to replace their low scores than they thought it would be.

Owen Wright is in the best spot to add serious points as he is carrying a zero and low 625, while most other surfers in the ASP WQS Top 20 are looking to replace 800-plus pointers as their lowest score combined with 1,100 for the next lowest.

For these guys, they must make it at least to the final 24 surfers in the upcoming ASP WQS 6-Star events at Lacanau and Azores to better their current low points. Even then, that’s only a few hundred more so they should be looking at least equal 5ths giving 1,625 to go anywhere worth while.

Current Top 20 on the ratings:
Ross, Daniel AUS 1 14975
Andre, Jadson BRA 2 13350
Melling, Adam AUS 3 12051
Wright, Owen AUS 4 11963
Simpson, Brett USA 5 11863
Gudauskas, Patrick USA 6 11513
Wilkinson, Matt AUS 7 11500
Thornton, Blake AUS 8 10713
Gudauskas, Tanner USA 9 10700
Duru, Joan FRA 10 10675
Payne, Dusty HAW 11 10613
Logie, Travis ZAF 12 10013
Yeomans, Nathan USA 13 9925
Ware, Austin USA 14 9763
Hall, Glenn IRL 15 9450
Munro, Luke AUS 16 9377
Sedley, Leigh AUS 17 9338
Nicol, Yadin AUS 18 8926
Dantas, Wiggoll BRA 19 8838
Dornelles, Rodrigo BRA 20 8826

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That’s it for this week.Regards, Al Hunt ASP WQS Tour Manager.

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