Kieren Perrow and Jeremy Flores move to the quarter-finals at Vans World Cup of Surfing
Australia’s Kieren Perrow and France’s Jeremy Flores secured their spot in the quarter-finals at the Vans World Cup of Surfing, second jewel on the 30th anniversary Vans Triple Crown of Surfing, after claiming victory in their respective Round
4 (Round of 32) heats that went down at Sunset Beach in Oahu, Hawaii, on Tuesday, December 4, 2012.
Hawaii’s Sebastien Zietz finished behind Perrow during the first heat of Round 4 to accompany the latter into the next stage of the event. Ireland’s Glenn Hall finished third, while America’s Chris Ward had to settle for fourth place, which resulted in their
elimination from the competition.
The second heat saw Flores take the win, while Hawaii’s Jamie O’Brien finished in second place. Both the surfers consequently advanced to the quarter-finals. Australia’s Julian Wilson and South Africa’s Travis Logie rounded out the bottom-two position, which
removed them from the contention for the event title.
With a hefty prize purse and coveted Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) ranking points on offer, there was plenty of reason for the surfers to push hard as they continued to battle it out for survival in the competition.
The opening heat of Round 4 pitted Perrow against Zietz, Hall and Ward in a four-man battle a place in the quarter-finals.
The Australian surfer scored a 7.00 off his first business-wave and went on to back it up with a 6.57-point ride, thus finishing with a heat-total of 13.57 points.
Zietz made the quarter-final cut as well after registering a heat-total of 11.13 points, which comprised of a couple of scores in the five-point range.
Hall and Ward finished with a heat-total of 6.40 and 5.70 points respectively, which resulted in their elimination from the competition.
The second heat saw Flores get the better of O’Brien, Wilson and Logie to make it through into the next stage of the competition.
The French surfer posted a 7.00 on the score-board off his first business-wave and went on to back it up with a 6.03-point ride, thus finishing with a decisive heat-total of 13.03 points.
O’Brien made it through into the next stage of the competition as well after registering a heat-total of 10.54 points, which included a couple of scores in the five-point range.
Wilson finished third with a heat-total of 3.93 points, while Logie had to settle for fourth place after failing to do any better than a two-wave total of 2.33 points.
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