{"id":31635,"date":"2012-07-30T09:30:28","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T16:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=31635"},"modified":"2012-07-30T09:37:35","modified_gmt":"2012-07-30T16:37:35","slug":"us-open-of-surfing-starts-with-juniors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=31635","title":{"rendered":"US Open of Surfing Starts With Juniors"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Felipe<\/a><\/p>\n

The world’s largest surf festival kicked off this weekend in Huntington Beach, California as juniors shredded the waves in Nike US Open of Surfing<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Felipe Toledo (BRA), 17, (pictured above) defending Nike US Open of Surfing Pro Junior Champion, made a seamless return to competition today and put on two standout performances to advance to the Quarterfinals. Toledo was responsible for the day\u2019s highest scores compliments of his aerial repertoire, netting a 9.40 single-wave score en route to the highest heat total of 17.90 out of 20.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For the official word, follow the jump, click here to watch it all live online<\/a><\/strong> or follow the rest of Southern California to Huntington Beach and see the entire circus of flesh in person. The choice is yours.HUNTINGTON BEACH, California\/USA (Saturday, July 28, 2012) \u2013 The 2012 Nike US Open of Surfing kicked off today with Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) 4-Star Nike US Open of Surfing Pro Junior and saw an elite list of international up-and-comers battle through the early rounds to decide the division\u2019s Quarterfinalists.<\/p>\n

The Nike US Open of Surfing represents the fifth of seven events on the ASP North America Pro Junior Series and its ASP 4-Star status plays a vital role is surfers\u2019 qualification campaigns for the ASP World Junior Tour.<\/p>\n

Felipe Toledo (BRA), 17, defending Nike US Open of Surfing Pro Junior Champion, made a seamless return to competition today and put on two standout performances to advance to the Quarterfinals. Toledo was responsible for the day\u2019s highest scores compliments of his aerial repertoire, netting a 9.40 single-wave score en route to the highest heat total of 17.90 out of 20.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was pretty hard, but sometimes these waves are like Brazil and I\u2019ve been training a lot in these conditions,\u201d Toledo said. \u201cMy home break is like this and I just went out there and tried to do some airs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Toledo established himself on a global stage with his victory at last year\u2019s event and feels more confident entering the Nike US Open of Surfing with a year of experience under his belt.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel more relaxed coming in to the event this year because last year was my first year with my new sponsor,\u201d Toledo said. \u201cIt\u2019s really nice to come back here again and I\u2019m going to try my best to win.\u201d<\/p>\n

Keanu Asing (Ewa Beach, HI), 19, current frontrunner on the ASP North America Pro Junior Series, opened his Nike US Open Pro Junior campaign in dominant fashion with wins in both his Round 1 and Round 2 heats.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was really tough with no swell in the water and it was a struggle, but it went my way,\u201d Asing said. \u201cI just stuck to my game and I got lucky. I have a good board under my feet and I\u2019m happy I was able to put together two good heats.\u201d<\/p>\n

The powerful Hawaiian is out to carry his early round success through to the latter rounds of competition and admits that his victories today have built his confidence for the remainder of the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a big relief to get those first two out of the way,\u201d Asing said. \u201cThose first few rounds are always a struggle for me to get rid of my nerves. To take the confidence from a good opening day is huge.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kanoa Igarashi (Huntington Beach, CA), 14, Nike US Open Pro Junior wildcard, advanced through two heats today, finishing second in Round 1 before a standout Round 2 heat win where he topped Santa Barbara talent Conner Coffin (Santa Barbara, CA), 18, who advanced in second, and former ASP World Junior Champion Maxime Huscenot (FRA), 20, to earn a berth in the Quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really happy to make two heats today,\u201d Igarashi said. \u201cConner (Coffin) is one of my favorite surfers and this is the first time I\u2019ve ever gone up against him and I\u2019m just stoked to get the win.\u201d<\/p>\n

Igarashi, who won his maiden ASP event this spring at the ASP 1-Star in Florida, is building momentum on the ASP North America Pro Junior Series and hopes that he can deliver a top performance in Huntington Beach to build a seed for 2013.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s great to get the wildcard in to this event,\u201d Igarashi said. \u201cI had that win in Florida and getting a wildcard in to this, I think I\u2019ll have a pretty good seed next year and I\u2019m psyched that I got in.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the ASP Men\u2019s Pro Junior competition was responsible for today\u2019s schedule, the Women\u2019s Nike US Open Pro Junior, ASP Women\u2019s World Championship Tour, and Men\u2019s ASP Prime event have yet to kick off. Men\u2019s competition is slated to begin on Monday.<\/p>\n

The Nike US Open of Surfing runs from July 28 through August 5, 2012 and is webcast LIVE starting Monday at www.usopenofsurfing.com<\/p>\n

For more ASP details log on to www.aspworldtour.com or www.aspnorthamerica.org<\/p>\n

While the action in the water is guaranteed to provide plenty of entertainment, the Nike US Open of Surfing, owned and operated by IMG, a global leader in sports and entertainment, is part of a major action sports festival that includes skateboarding, music, art and more.<\/p>\n

NIKE US OPEN PRO JUNIOR ROUND OF 32 RESULTS:
\nHeat 1: Keanu Asing (HAW) 14.40, Michael February (ZAF) 11.83, Koa Smith (HAW) 10.20, Tanner Strohmenger (USA) 10.10
\nHeat 2: Kanoa Igarashi (USA) 14.16, Conner Coffin (USA) 10.80, Maxime Huscenot (FRA) 8.93, Theo Lewitt (USA) 4.30
\nHeat 3: Evan Thompson (USA) 14.04, Hiroto Ohhara (JPN) 10.00, Cameron Richards (USA) 9.94, Dylan Kowalski (HAW) 6.73
\nHeat 4: Tanner Hendrickson (HAW) 11.23, Trevor Thornton (USA) 9.46, Nathan Carvalho (HAW) 6.10, Caio Ibelli (BRA) 5.93
\nHeat 5: Hiroto Arai (JPN) 13.24, Taylor Thorne (USA) 12.70, Jack Freestone (AUS) 10.73, J.D. Lewis (USA) 5.17
\nHeat 6: Kaimana Jaquias (HAW) 9.67, Cooper Chapman (AUS) 7.60, Nic Hdez (USA) 4.43, Colin Moran (USA) 2.36
\nHeat 7: Andrew Doheny (USA) 10.50, Kalani David (HAW) 7.83, Cristobal De Col (PER) 6.85, Giorgio Gomez (USA) 1.80
\nHeat 8: Derek Peters (USA) 12.13, Felipe Toledo (BRA) 10.33, William Aliotti (FRA) 8.43, Makai McNamara (HAW) 7.56<\/p>\n

NIKE US OPEN PRO JUNIOR ROUND OF 64 RESULTS:
\nHeat 1: Keanu Asing (HAW) 11.90, Kanoa Igarashi (USA) 9.40, Jake Marshall (USA) 8.80, Keto Burns (USA)5.67
\nHeat 2: Michael February (ZAF) 9.84, Theo Lewitt (USA) 5.20, Mason Barnes (USA) 4.00, Taylor Clark (USA) 3.00
\nHeat 3: Maxime Huscenot (FRA) 15.77, Koa Smith (HAW) 8.93, Bobby Okvist (USA) 8.13, Noah Schweizer (USA) 7.17
\nHeat 4: Conner Coffin (USA) 10.84, Tanner Strohmenger (USA) 7.14, Luke Marks (USA) 5.40, Shaw Kobayashi (USA) 4.70
\nHeat 5: Evan Thompson (USA) 10.50, Trevor Thornton (USA) 7.46, Parker Coffin (USA) 6.33, Cameron Faris (USA) 2.35
\nHeat 6: Cameron Richards (USA) 12.44, Tanner Hendrickson (HAW) 8.97, P.J. Raia (USA) 7.90, Sam Orozco (USA) 6.64
\nHeat 7: Nathan Carvalho (HAW) 11.67, Dylan Kowalski (USA) 9.70, Nathan Behl (USA) 8.10, Keala Naihe (HAW) 7.60
\nHeat 8: Caio Ibelli (BRA) 15.00, Hiroto Ohhara (JPN) 10.24, Ian Simmons (USA) 8.00, Scott Weinhardt (USA) 6.73
\nHeat 9: Jack Freestone (AUS) 10.33, Cooper Chapman (AUS) 10.10, Carlos Munoz (CRI) 9.77, Chris Tucker (USA) 6.00
\nHeat 10: Taylor Thorne (USA) 8.66, Colin Moran (USA) 6.33, Breyden Taylor (USA) 5.06, Max Colvin (USA) 4.17
\nHeat 11: Nic Hdez (USA) 9.77, J.D. Lewis (USA) 8.83, Ethan Carlson (USA) 5.87, Pat Schmidt (USA) 4.20
\nHeat 12: Kaimana Jaquias (HAW) 14.17, Hiroto Arai (JPN) 12.70, Andrew Jacobson (USA) 10.37, Jeremy Carter (USA) 6.07
\nHeat 13: Andrew Doheny (USA) 10.30, Makai McNamara (HAW) 9.34, Daniel Glenn (USA) 6.87, Robbie Merrell (USA) 4.93
\nHeat 14: Cristobal De Col (PER) 11.33, Derek Peters (USA) 10.14, Jake Halstead (USA) 9.44, Knox Harris (USA) 8.77
\nHeat 15: William Aliotti (FRA) 10.76, Giorgio Gomez (USA) 5.25, Ian Crane (USA) 3.40, Nick Fowler (USA) 2.47
\nHeat 16: Felipe Toledo (BRA) 17.90, Kalani David (USA) 8.70, Ryan Croteau (USA) 5.40, Jack Robinson (AUS) 4.10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The world’s largest surf festival kicked off this weekend in Huntington Beach, California as juniors shredded the waves in Nike US Open of Surfing. Felipe Toledo (BRA), 17, (pictured above) defending Nike US Open of Surfing Pro Junior Champion, made a seamless return to competition today and put on two standout performances to advance to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31635"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31635"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31638,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31635\/revisions\/31638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}