Billabong Pro Junior Asia

ASP Grade 5 Pro Junior
Keramas Bali Indonesia
21 - 28 July 2010

In The Bali Of The Beast: Wade Carmichael wins in great waves at Keramas

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 26 July, 2010 : - - Keramas, Bali -- Wade Carmichael barrel rode his way to his biggest career victory by taking out a close and high scoring final at the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Billabong Pro Junior Asia in excellent 1.5m (4 to 5 feet) surf at the famed Keramas River-mouth in Bali.

The 17 year-old Australian  rising-star from Copacabana Beach on NSW’s Central Coast displayed nerves of steel in his come-from-behind win today after James Woods (AUS/Coolangatta/Qld) opened the final with an outstanding 9 point ride.

“I was really concerned when Woods scored that 9 point ride early but I sort of told myself to relax and concentrate on getting a great wave because there were a lot of excellent wave coming through and I’d scored big prior to the final and realized I simply had to score a big one again” said Carmichael after the win.

“When that large set wave approached mid way through I knew the time had come to get the score – it lined up perfectly and I just rode the barrel hoping it would stay open and let me out, which it did and straight away I felt I’d taken the lead.”

Carmichael scored an excellent 8.75 for the ride and combined with his earlier ride of 7.75 took the lead and left Woods chasing a very achievable 7.5 to regain the lead which he was unable to find in the final 10 minutes.

Wade Carmichael : photo ASP/Robertson

For both surfers this was their first ever final and best ever result in ASP Pro Junior surfing with Carmichael taking $US7000 in prize-money and Woods $US3000. “ I was disappointed not to win especially after that opening 9 point ride but I’m really pleased to have made the final of such an amazing event” said Woods.

“The waves have been great all week and today’s finals were super high standard – second is a great result and the $US3000 prize-money comes in handy as I’m looking to buy a car right now when I get home.” In the semi-finals James Woods stole a last wave win over his younger brother Thomas Woods while Carmichael outclassed Blake Ainsworth by again riding deep barrels to advance.

This was the first-ever duel sanctioned ASP Australasia/Japan event which attracted the very best 20 year and under surfers from throughout the region which included a strong contingent of Australian, Japan, Indonesian, New Zealand  and Philippine surfers along with a sprinkling of excellent surfers from South Africa, Brazil, Jamaica, Sudan and Hawaii.

Such was the success of the event that organizers held a well represented post-event meeting to  discuss ways to expand this concept further into what is possibly surfing’s greatest geographical location boasting the greatest abundance of amazingly perfect reef, point and river-mouth locations.

A newsfeed from today’s surfing along with a highlight web pack will be made available in the coming 12 hours for download along with a gallery of high quality digital images.

Billabong Pro Junior Asia 2010 Final Day Results:

Final :
Wade Carmichael (AUS/NSW/Central Coast) 16.50 D
James Woods (AUS/Qld/Coolangatta) 15.50

Semi 1: Wade Carmichael D Blake Ainsworth
Semi 2: James Woods D Thomas Woods

Quarter 1:  Wade Carmichael D Garrett Parkes
Quarter 2:  Blake Ainsworth D Ty Watson
Quarter 3:  James Woods D Ryan Callinan
Quarter 4: Thomas Woods D Beyrick Des Vries (Sth Africa)

The Billabong Pro Junior Asia is made possible thanks to the support of Billabong, BIMC, Bali Diamond Estates, Kustom, Nixon, Von Zipper, Coca-Cola ISC and ASP Australasia and Japan.  

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Previous reports:
# 1 : Mixed results on Day 1 at Billabong Pro Junior Asia..    |  Day 1 Highlights
# 2 : Keramas firing clean at Billaong Pro Junior Asia Day 2  |  Day 2 Highlights 
# 3 : Lay Day called at the Billabong Pro Junior Asia in Bali

# 4 : Davey Cthels eliminated at Billabong Pro Junior Asia   |  Day 3 Highlights 
# 5 : Perfect 10 for Callinan at Billabong Pro Junior Asia D4
# 6 : Top seeds eliminated at Billabong Pro Junior Asia...

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