Taj Burrow wint O’Neill Coldwater Classic

De strijd is gestreden. Taj Burrow is de winnaar van de O’Neill Coldwater Classic, stop nr. 9 van de 10 in de ASP World Championship Tour. De Australiër moest het in de finale opnemen tegen zijn landgenoot Matt Wilkinson.

“This win feels incredible,” Burrow said. “It happens sometimes where you never feel like you have the best heats. I was kind of in the zone. I never really had a good heat the whole event, but I still felt good. It’s such a tricky wave and I guess the only thing that helped was my wave count, I guess. That Final was the battle of the back-ups. We both stacked it on a couple and we were in a fluster. Wilko (Matt Wilkinson) fell on that last one and he would have got the score, but I’ll take it.”

Met deze overwinning stijgt Burrow naar plek 6 in de ASP Rankings. Joel Parkinson staat nog steeds op de eerste plek met Slater in zijn kielzog.

Bekijk hieronder de samenvatting van de finale en de resultaten. De volgende stop van de ASP World Tour is de Billabong Pipe Masters, Hawaii van 8 t/m 20 december.

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O’NEILL COLDWATER CLASSIC FINAL RESULTS:
1 – Taj Burrow (AUS) 13.10
2 – Matt Wilkinson (AUS) 12.70

O’NEILL COLDWATER CLASSIC SEMIFINALS RESULTS:
SF 1: Taj Burrow (AUS) 14.57 def. Travis Logie (ZAF) 12.40
SF 2: Matt Wilkinson (AUS) 17.73 def. Michel Bourez (PYF) 12.10

O’NEILL COLDWATER CLASSIC QUARTERFINAL RESULTS:
QF 1: Taj Burrow (AUS) 13.83 def. Gabriel Medina (BRA) 8.60
QF 2:Travis Logie (ZAF) 13.83 def. Joel Parkinson (AUS) 13.00

O’NEILL COLDWATER CLASSIC ROUND 5 RESULTS:
Heat 1: Gabriel Medina (BRA) 13.16 def. Alejo Muniz (BRA) 6.70
Heat 2: Travis Logie (ZAF) 10.50 def. Raoni Monteiro (BRA) 8.90
Heat 3: Michel Bourez (PYF) 15.00 def. Damien Hobgood (USA) 8.00
Heat 4: Adriano de Souza (BRA) 10.50 def. Kelly Slater (USA) 9.40