Glenn Hall and Jeremy Flores enter the Quarter-finals at the ASP PRIME Nike Lowers Pro
Ireland’s Glenn Hall and France’s Jeremy Flores qualified for the Quarter-finals of the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) PRIME Nike Lowers Pro after putting on superb performance to clinch victory in their respective Round 7 (Round of 16) heats
that went down at the renowned point-break of Lower Trestles in San Clemente, California, on Friday, May 4.
Hawaii’s Fredrick Patacchia and America’s Nat Young got eliminated from the competition after finishing second in the first and second heat respectively.
The latest day of the ASP PRIME event turned out to be full of adrenaline-pumping action as well, with the glassy two-to-four foot waves giving plenty of chances to the talented competition field to show off their undeniable skills and class.
The opening heat of Round 7 saw Hall square off with Patacchia in a man-on-man battle for the Quarter-final spot.
The contest turned out to be a real nail-biting one, with both the surfers putting on a determined fight to get their hands on victory. Patacchia got off to a solid start scoring a 7.83 off his very first wave before backing it up with an 8.30-point ride
to get to a heat-total of 16.13 points.
Hall did not allow his rival to enjoy the advantage for long and responded with a couple of scores in the eight point range to eventually finish with a heat-total of 16.83 points, which consequently allowed him to secure a place in the Quarter-final.
The second heat saw the 24-year-old Flores getting the better of the promising Californian talent Young. The Frenchman opening his account with an 8.17-point wave and immediately followed it up with an 8.53-point wave to finish with a heat-total of 16.70
points, which served to seal the deal in his favour, thus earning him a place in the Quarter-final.
“I got two really good rights with a long wall on the whole wave,” Flores said. “I think I was lucky to get those waves and get some scores. I was kind of trying out this board, I haven’t ridden it in a couple of years so I didn’t really know how it was
going to go and it went pretty good.”
The 20-year-old Young did not stay too far behind his rival during the course of the battle. Despite an excellent effort that enabled him to post a 6.67 and 9.63 on the score-board, he was forced to concede victory to his rival.
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