Quiksilver Pro Finals See America's Damien Hobgood Achieve Surfing History
Quiksilver Pro Finals See America's Damien Hobgood Achieve Surfing History
Friday June 4, 12:08 pm ET
In Thrilling Final Round of Competition in Fiji, Hobgood Produces Highest Grand Final Score in History of Pro Surfing, 19.9 Out of 20
TAVARUA and NAMOTU ISLANDS, Fiji, June 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Quiksilver (NYSE: ZQK - News; www.quiksilver.com), the boardriding industry leader, today announced that American Damien Hobgood won the Quiksilver Pro in Fiji against two-time and current world champion Andy Irons (Kauai, Hawaii), after lodging the highest grand final score in surfing history. In an epic tuberiding battle in heaving eight foot (2.5m) surf at the notoriously shallow Cloudbreak Reef, Hobgood scored 19.9 out of 20 with a perfect 10 point ride and a 9.9 score to record his first ever professional career victory, for which he took the biggest paycheck of his career, US$30,000, and leapfrogged to fifth on the ASP World Championship Tour ratings.
With a mixture of skill and pure courage, the performances of both surfers in the US$260,000 Quiksilver Pro final were nearly beyond belief to even the most seasoned of observers. Hobgood (Satellite Beach, Melbourne, Florida) defeated Irons in the 30-minute final by 19.9 - 18.96. On his path to Quiksilver Pro victory on the final day, Hobgood, 24, defeated fellow American Taylor Knox (Carlsbad, California) in round four; Australian Dean Morrison (Gold Coast, Queensland) in the quarter-finals; and American Tim Curran (Oxnard, California) in the semi-finals.
Irons had been on fire all day, scoring two perfect 10s in earlier heats, and posting three overall in the event. Ironically, despite posting a near-perfect 9.63 and 9.33 in the final, Irons required a combination of scores worth 19.91 to take the lead. Irons, who came into the event as the number one seed, extended his ratings lead to 3,816 points ahead of Damien's twin brother, CJ Hobgood (2,964), who lost to Irons in the first semi-final, and six-time world champion Kelly Slater (2,820).
In the Quiksilver Pro quarter-finals, CJ Hobgood defeated Australian Mark Occhilupo (Gold Coast, Queensland); Irons defeated Australian Luke Egan (Gold Coast, Queensland); Tim Curren defeated Hawaiian wildcard Fred Patacchia; while Damien Hobgood defeated Australian Dean Morrison (Gold Coast, Queensland).
Kauai Surfing
Friday June 4, 12:08 pm ET
In Thrilling Final Round of Competition in Fiji, Hobgood Produces Highest Grand Final Score in History of Pro Surfing, 19.9 Out of 20
TAVARUA and NAMOTU ISLANDS, Fiji, June 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Quiksilver (NYSE: ZQK - News; www.quiksilver.com), the boardriding industry leader, today announced that American Damien Hobgood won the Quiksilver Pro in Fiji against two-time and current world champion Andy Irons (Kauai, Hawaii), after lodging the highest grand final score in surfing history. In an epic tuberiding battle in heaving eight foot (2.5m) surf at the notoriously shallow Cloudbreak Reef, Hobgood scored 19.9 out of 20 with a perfect 10 point ride and a 9.9 score to record his first ever professional career victory, for which he took the biggest paycheck of his career, US$30,000, and leapfrogged to fifth on the ASP World Championship Tour ratings.
With a mixture of skill and pure courage, the performances of both surfers in the US$260,000 Quiksilver Pro final were nearly beyond belief to even the most seasoned of observers. Hobgood (Satellite Beach, Melbourne, Florida) defeated Irons in the 30-minute final by 19.9 - 18.96. On his path to Quiksilver Pro victory on the final day, Hobgood, 24, defeated fellow American Taylor Knox (Carlsbad, California) in round four; Australian Dean Morrison (Gold Coast, Queensland) in the quarter-finals; and American Tim Curran (Oxnard, California) in the semi-finals.
Irons had been on fire all day, scoring two perfect 10s in earlier heats, and posting three overall in the event. Ironically, despite posting a near-perfect 9.63 and 9.33 in the final, Irons required a combination of scores worth 19.91 to take the lead. Irons, who came into the event as the number one seed, extended his ratings lead to 3,816 points ahead of Damien's twin brother, CJ Hobgood (2,964), who lost to Irons in the first semi-final, and six-time world champion Kelly Slater (2,820).
In the Quiksilver Pro quarter-finals, CJ Hobgood defeated Australian Mark Occhilupo (Gold Coast, Queensland); Irons defeated Australian Luke Egan (Gold Coast, Queensland); Tim Curren defeated Hawaiian wildcard Fred Patacchia; while Damien Hobgood defeated Australian Dean Morrison (Gold Coast, Queensland).
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