Owen Wright Wins Sri Lankan Airlines Pro In Maldives 0
Sunday, 14 June 2009 –
Owen Wright (Australia) has won the 10th annual Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 6-Star PRIME SriLankan Airlines Pro in the Maldives.
It was a monumental, high-scoring Final, described by numerous ASP officials at this event as the greatest Final they have ever seen.
This Final had everything with both surfers forcing each other to new heights, combining superb power surfing with new age aerial moves.
The final scores saw Owen Wright on 19.23 out of a possible 20 to Gudauskas on 18.93.
Wright’s second ride in the final of 9.83 was decisive, pulling two major aerial manuevers along with a series of fully-powered on-face vertical turns.