Kolohe Andino defeats Alex Ribeiro in Quiksilver Saquarema Prime quarter-finals – Surfing news
Brazil’s Alex Ribeiro bowed out to America’s Kolohe Andino in the second Quarter-final in the Quiksilver Saquarema Prime presented by Coca-Cola that went down at Itauna Beach in Saquarema, Brazil, on Sunday, May 27.
The victory took the young Californian sensation into the semi-final stage of the latest event on the 2012 Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) PRIME calendar, while at the same time bringing the competition to a premature end for Ribeiro.
The opportunity to take him up to $US 40,000 and coveted 6,500 ASP ranking points acted as a strong enough appeal to attract the top surfing talent from around the world to the state of Rio de Janeiro. The point-break of Itauna Beach was serving as an ideal
canvas for the surfers to put their stylish and smooth skills on display, keeping the fans well-entertained since the very first day of the competition.
With three-to-five foot waves gracing the event site on day five, the battles between the surfers for survival in the contention for the event title continued to remain as intense as ever. The stage was all set for them to go all out during their bouts,
doing whatever it took to get the better of their rivals. The surfers had plenty of reason to go all-out during their battles.
Quiksilver Saquarema Prime continued its process of trimming the competition field by pitting Andino against Ribeiro in the second Quarter-final. Both the surfers had been in prime form, putting on a series of spectacular performances over the last few days
to reach this far in the competition and thus their encounter was expected to feature plenty of fireworks.
As man-on-man bout for the Semi-final spot kicked-off, it did not take Andino very long to establish himself as the favourite. The young sensation took an early lead over his rival by pulling off a string of impressive tricks on a juicy left-hander to post
a 6.67 on the score-board and went on to back it up with a 4.83-point ride, thus reaching a heat-total of 11.50 points.
Ribeiro struggled to come up with a decent response to his rival’s performance. Despite his familiarity with the surfing conditions on hand, the Brazilian powerhouse only managed to score a 5.00 and 2.17 off his best-two waves during the course of the heat,
consequently finishing with a two-wave total of 7.17 points. The significant margin between his score and that of Andino’s sealed the deal in favour of the latter.
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