DAY FOUR RESULTS:

Hurley U.S. Open Round of 96 Results: (1st and 2nd advance)
Heat 1: Paulo Moura (BRA) 12.27, Dustin Cuizon (HAW) 11.90, Sebastien Zietz (HAW) 11.06, Bruce Irons (HAW) 5.77
Heat 2: Brett Simpson (USA) 13.27, Tanner Gudauskas (USA) 11.33, Bobby Hansen (NZL) 8.90, Dylan Melamed (HAW) 8.77
Heat 3: Matt Wilkinson (AUS) 13.33, Nathaniel Curran (USA) 12.97, Dane Gudauskas (USA) 12.97, Wiggolly Dantas (BRA) 7.57
Heat 4: Heitor Alves (BRA) 14.16, Jesse Merle-Jones (HAW) 10.47, Jonathan Gonzalez (CNY) 7.33, Kieran Horn (USA) 6.87
Heat 5: Nat Young (USA) 12.04, Tonino Benson (HAW) 11.60, Damien Hobgood (USA) 11.03, Sunny Garcia (HAW) 7.84
Heat 6: Nathan Yeomans (USA) 14.50, Jadson Andre (BRA) 12.07, Blake Howard (USA) 11.67, Marco Polo (BRA) 8.43
Heat 7: Yadin Nicol (AUS) 12.50, Casey Brown (HAW) 12.44, Marlon Lipke (DEU) 9.93, T.J. Barron (HAW) 6.04
Heat 8: Patrick Gudauskas (USA) 12.67, Alain Riou (PYF) 11.36, Cory Lopez (USA) 9.00, Rhys Bombaci (AUS) 8.00
Heat 9: Chris Ward (USA) 13.33, Adam Robertson (AUS) 12.17, Evan Geiselman (USA) 11.13, Rudy Palmboom (ZAF) 5.87
Heat 10: Andy Irons (HAW) 13.24, Glen Hall (IRE) 11.93, Charles Martin (GLP) 11.13, Cory Ziems (AUS) 9.84

Heat 11: Dan Ross (AUS) 14.00, Eric Geiselman (USA) 10.67, Austin Ware (USA) 10.10, Luke Munro (AUS) 8.11
Heat 12: C.J. Hobgood (USA) 12.84, Mike Losness (USA) 10.50, Asher Nolan (USA) 9.07, Kiron Jabour (HAW) 4.36
Heat 13: Travis Logie (ZAF) 16.50, Adriano de Souza (BRA) 15.70, Joel Centeio (HAW) 13.07, Noi Kaulukukui (USA) 6.30
Heat 14: Dusty Payne (HAW) 14.90, Granger Larsen (HAW) 13.54, Adam Melling (AUS) 11.90, Jason Harris (USA) 7.74

Heat 15: Shaun Gossman (AUS) 13.10, Aritz Aranburu (EUK) 10.60, Anthony Petrusso (USA) 8.24, Nathan Hedge (AUS) 4.83
Heat 16: Kai Barger (HAW) 12.83, Hodei Collazo (EUK) 11.53, Yuri Sodre (BRA) 8.40, Chris Davidson (AUS) 0.00

Hurley U.S. Open Round of 144 Results: (1st and 2nd advance)
Heat 19: Jean Sebastien Estienne (BLM) 14.27, Jack Perry (AUS) 11.16, Matt King (USA) 8.54, Lovel Hodel (HAW)
Heat 20: Julian Wilson (AUS) 17.33, Jarrad Howse (AUS) 11.00, Gavin Gillette (HAW) 10.27, Jason Collins (USA) 10.27
Heat 21: Stuart Kennedy (AUS) 12.00, Teppei Tajima (JPN) 11.97, Romain Cloitre (FRA) 10.06, Liam McNamara (HAW) 1.23
Heat 22: Bruno Rodrigues (USA) 13.33, Adam Virs (USA) 13.00, Masatoshi Ohno (JPN) 12.80, Yujiro Tsuji (JPN) 7.84
Heat 23: Miguel Pupo (BRA) 16.83, Brent Reilly (USA) 11.94, Hank Gaskell (HAW) 11.30, Brian Toth (PRI) 10.17
Heat 24: Owen Wright (AUS) 15.80, Richard Christie (NZL) 6.44, Brett Barley (USA) 4.10, Flynn Novak (HAW) 2.79

Ventura, Ca — Wave Tribe is once again pushing the envelope of green surf innovation with the release this week of the World’s First Eco Deck Pad. Most deck pads are made out of non-environmentally friendly EVA plastic (Ethylene Vinyl Acetate). Wave Tribe has been researching the development of a more sustainable surfboard traction pad for the last year.

In Wave Tribe’s first attempt to create a new pad they used recycled material similar to their strong-like-bull recycled leashes. Wave Tribe discovered that the recycled EVA plastic didn’t contain the right strength and consistency necessary to produce a quality deck pad, unfortunately they could not simply use recycled material as was done in their recycled leashes—which are just as strong as conventional leashes—recycled EVA doesn’t maintain the strength like the rubber in leashes.

After attempting to use several other alternatives they became quite frustrated with the results, and one evening while drafting a new approach, Wave Tribe founder Derek Dodds cracked a bottle of red wine while reviewing the new list of possibilities that the factory had sent over.

Derek looked at the cork after opening the bottle and it struck him as the perfect material to use and he was right on, the cork molds beautifully and is extremely resistant to sun and ocean exposure and the cork surface does what a surfer requires in a pad, providing stability and increased leverage. It was in this moment that the first eco deck pad was born, a pad make of organic materials without the use of plastic.

Cork Oaks live about 150 to 250 years. Virgin cork (or ‘male’ cork) is the first cork cut from a 25 year old tree. Another 9 to 12 years is required for the second harvest, and a tree can be harvested twelve times in its lifetime. Cork harvesting is done entirely without machinery and using cork in the production of the pads helps sustain cork farmers, reduces the use of EVA plastic, and provides a non-plastic alternative to surfers around the world.

But most importantly, cork decomposes once disposed of, normal deck pads can take up to 500 years to decompose. Wave Tribe is honored to offer this product to surfers worldwide and stoked to be on the leading edge of manufacturing sustainable surf gear. For more information see wavetribe.com.

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Hurley US Open of Surfing

U.S. Open Nike 6.0 Pro Junior

ASP 6-Star WQS Mens event
ASP 6-Star WQS Womens event
ASP Grade 2 Mens Pro Junior event
ASP Grade 4 Womens Pro Junior event
Huntington Beach California
18 – 26 July 2009

Huntington Beach — The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 6-Star Hurley U.S. Open of Surfing ran the first 18 heats of the Round of 144 and saw Santa Cruz standout Nat Young, 18, crush the event’s highest scores en route to his Round of 96 berth. Reigning ASP World Junior Champion Kai Barger (Haiku, HI), 19, also displayed an impressive performance on the way to his heat win.

All surfers competing at this year’s Hurley U.S. Open are not only looking to take advantage of the crucial ratings points on offer towards qualification for a spot on the 2010 ASP World Tour, but are also out to claim the historic winner-take-all US$100,000 prize purse which Hurley has put up for this year’s main event winner.

Young utilized his deadly backhand attack on a Huntington righthander to blast the event’s top single wave score of 9.47 out of 10 with three massive beyond-vertical turns. The Santa Cruz standout attached the near-perfect score with an additional impressive forehand ride to earn the highest heat total of the day as well, a 16.23 out of 20.

“The waves are really fun and I kind of sat off by myself a little bit,” Young said. “There are waves coming in everywhere and it’s just who gets the waves. Luckily they came to me. On that nine, it was a nice peaky one that wasn’t too closed out. I did three turns and I think it was one of the bigger waves, so that’s probably why it was a good score.”

The lightning-fast goofy-footer is often a standout in both the ASP Pro Junior and ASP WQS events and he’s hoping that he can use the momentum built in Saturday’s ASP Pro Junior competition to help him succeed in both the Hurley U.S. Open and U.S. Open Nike 6.0 Pro Junior.

“I like surfing a lot of heats in contests,” Young said. “I don’t really get too tired and I feel like the more heats I surf, the more momentum I can build throughout the events. Hopefully I can do well in both this ‘QS and the Junior.”

Young will face a brutally tough heat in the Round of 96 when he faces off against former ASP World Champion Sunny Garcia (Oahu, HI), 39, current ASP World No. 5 Damien Hobgood (Satellite Beach, FL), 29, and former ASP World Junior runner-up Tonino Benson (Kona, HI), 17.

Hurley U.S. Open Round of 144 Results: (1st and 2nd advance)
Heat 1: Paulo Moura (BRA) 9.60, Dylan Melamed (HAW) 9.17, Matt Pagan (USA) 9.00, Darrell Goodrum (USA) 5.73
Heat 2: Bobby Hansen (NZL) 13.40, Sebastien Zietz (HAW) 10.50, Micah Byrne (USA) 10.10, Ricky Whitlock (USA) 7.74
Heat 3: Dane Gudauskas (USA) 15.10, Jesse Merle-Jones (HAW) 13.17, Nathan Carroll (HAW) 11.97, Sean Marceron (USA)
Heat 4: Kieran Horn (USA) 15.90, Matt Wilkinson (AUS) 14.83, Evan Valiere (HAW) 8.00, Devon Tresher (USA) 6.97
Heat 5: Nat Young (USA) 16.23, Marco Polo (BRA) 11.57, Shaun Burrell (USA) 10.17, Conner Coffin (USA) 9.46
Heat 6: Blake Howard (USA) 13.34, Tonino Benson (HAW) 12.13, Shaun Ward (USA) 11.90, Justin McBride (USA) 9.13
Heat 7: T.J. Barron (HAW) 12.70, Alain Riou (PYF) 12.40, Dillon Perillo (USA) 12.33, Chad Compton (USA) 5.60
Heat 8: Cory Lopez (USA) 11.54, Casey Brown (HAW) 10.00, Richie Collins (USA) 7.70, Paul Fisher (AUS) 1.67
Heat 9: Evan Geiselman (USA) 11.30, Charles Martin (GLP) 11.27, James Taipan Wood (AUS) 10.30, Nick White (NZL) 5.00
Heat 10: Corey Ziems (AUS) 13.67, Rudy Palmboom (ZAF) 10.53, Dylan Graves (PRI) 10.50, Tommy O’Brien (USA) 10.34
Heat 11: Eric Geiselman (USA) 14.66, Asher Nolan (USA) 11.84, Damien Fahrenfort (ZAF) 10.56, Kyle Knox (USA) 10.34
Heat 12: Kiron Jabour (HAW) 13.83, Luke Munro (AUS) 8.93, Kellen Ellison (USA) 8.37, Matt Mohagen (USA) 6.60
Heat 13: Travis Logie (ZAF) 14.33, Jason Harris (USA) 9.17, Ola Eleogram (HAW) 9.10, Jesse Heilman (USA) 9.00
Heat 14: Granger Larsen (HAW) 11.67, Noi Kaulukukui (USA) 11.46, Hugo Savalli (REU) 10.03, Travis Mellem (USA) 9.23
Heat 15: Anthony Petruso (USA) 12.90, Hodei Collazo (EUK) 9.74, Dean Randazzo (USA) 7.64, Alex Smith (HAW) 7.63
Heat 16: Kai Barger (HAW) 13.30, Nathan Hedge (AUS) 11.70, Makuakai Rothman (HAW) 9.17, Jason Shibata (HAW) 9.10
Heat 17: Gony Zubizarreta (ESP) 13.26, Russell Winter (GBR) 9.93, Sterling Spencer (USA) 6.60, Ian Walsh (HAW) 4.05
Heat 18: Luke Campbell (AUS) 13.26, Shea Lopez (USA) 11.34, Mason Ho (HAW) 8.40, Shey Yates (USA) 6.43

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