{"id":7709,"date":"2009-05-02T17:16:46","date_gmt":"2009-05-03T00:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=7709"},"modified":"2009-05-03T08:12:06","modified_gmt":"2009-05-03T15:12:06","slug":"freddy-ps-dream-season-continues-at-trestles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=7709","title":{"rendered":"Freddy P.’s Dream Season Continues At Trestles"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Fred-Patacchia<\/a><\/p>\n

We’ve always wondered what was keeping Fred Patacchia, Jr<\/a><\/strong>. down. This year we’re not asking that question because it appears that nothing is going to get in his way. After a making it to the semi-finals in the Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach<\/a><\/strong>, he gave everyone a little reminder today by winning the 6-star WQS 6.0 Lowers Pro<\/a><\/strong> at Trestles.<\/p>\n

Patacchia demolished the Lower Trestles righthanders in his Final against Bourgeois, opening up his battle against the former ASP World Tour campaigner with a 9.17 out of 10 in the opening minutes of the heat. The Hawaiian talent backed up the score with a 7.67 to solidify the win. . . .Patacchia is currently sitting in the No. 3 position on the ASP World Tour after two events and was using the premier ASP WQS 6-Star PRIME to help his competitive focus before launching into the Billabong Pro Teahupoo next week.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We couldn’t be happier for him. For the rest of the details, follow the jump for the official press release.
\nFRED PATACCHIA WINS 6.0 LOWERS PRO, KAI BARGER TAKES OAKLEY PRO JUNIOR
\nnews – May 2, 2009 – 16:53<\/p>\n

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (May 2, 2009) \u2013 Fred Patacchia (North Shore, HI), 27, won mainland America\u2019s first Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 6-Star PRIME, the 6.0 Lowers Pro, when he defeated defending event champion Ben Bourgeois (Wrightsville Beach, NC), 30, by a score of 16.84 to 14.10 in two-to-four foot surf at the famed cobblestone reef of Lower Trestles in San Clemente, California. Today\u2019s action also saw defending ASP World Junior Champion Kai Barger (Haiku, HI), 19, claim the ASP Grade-2 Oakley Pro Junior Global Challenge U.S.A. Qualifier, which ran in conjunction with the 6.0 Lowers Pro.<\/p>\n

Patacchia demolished the Lower Trestles righthanders in his Final against Bourgeois, opening up his battle against the former ASP World Tour campaigner with a 9.17 out of 10 in the opening minutes of the heat. The Hawaiian talent backed up the score with a 7.67 to solidify the win.<\/p>\n

Patacchia is currently sitting in the No. 3 position on the ASP World Tour after two events and was using the premier ASP WQS 6-Star PRIME to help his competitive focus before launching into the Billabong Pro Teahupoo next week.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a good warm up for the Hurley Pro,\u201d Patacchia said. \u201cIt\u2019s not a good warm up for Tahiti, but I just want to stay in contest mode, keep my body in shape and keep my mind strong. I\u2019m having a fairly decent year this year so I just want to keep it going.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bourgeois won the 6.0 Lowers Pro last year, when the event was an ASP 4-Star, and worked his way through to the Final again this year. The talented regular-footer gave stellar performances throughout the event but fell short of the scores needed in the Final to overtake Patacchia for the 6.0 Lowers Pro win.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m stoked to make the final, it was amazing,\u201d Bourgeois said. \u201cI wish I could have caught a few more waves there at the end, but I\u2019m stoked for Fred (Patacchia). He\u2019s been ripping.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bourgeois, who was a competitor on last year\u2019s ASP World Tour, topped several of the finest up-and-coming competitors and also defeated current ASP World Tour No. 6 Adriano de Souza (Guaruja Sao Paulo, BRA), 22, who was in top form throughout the event, on the way to his result.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a stacked field for sure,\u201d Bourgeois said. \u201cTo make the Final with all of those guys is huge.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bourgeois, who is now living in Carlsbad, California, is only a part-time competitor and will be back in a jersey at the ASP 6-Star Hurley U.S. Open of Surfing this summer. His win at Trestles also earned him a berth into a Trials event for a wildcard into the Hurley Pro, on only the World Tour Stop in North America. The trials will run during the Hurley U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, California . In the meantime, the California transplant will be spending his time working on other surf related projects.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m doing the U.S. Open and the O\u2019Neill Cold Water Classic in Santa Cruz,\u201d Bourgeois said. \u201cI\u2019m going on a boat-trip to Panama at the end of this month and for now I\u2019m just hanging out at home in Carlsbad.<\/p>\n

Barger claimed the Oakley Pro Junior Global Challenge U.S. Qualifier in an amazing display of progressive surfing alongside fellow finalists Davey Cathels (North Narrabeen, AUS), 18, who finished second, Dillon Perillo (Malibu, CA), 18, and Hawaiian charger Kiron Jabour (Haleiwa, HI), 18, with an amazing two-wave-score of 18.60 out of 20. Each surfer went wave-for-wave, unleashing massive fins-free turns and huge air reverses, but in the end, Barger\u2019s performance would go unmatched.<\/p>\n

\u201cMan, that Final was epic, it glassed off out there and the sets just started pumping,\u201d Barger said. \u201cI finally got my chance to get a nice open face right and just tee off, which is what I\u2019ve been waiting to do this whole time, so I\u2019m just super stoked.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Oakley Pro Junior victory at Lower Trestles was the first event victory for Barger since his win at the ASP World Junior Championships in Narrabeen, Australia in January, and the result came as a relief to the progressive goofy-footer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so stoked because I felt like people would be wondering if I didn\u2019t back up my win from Worlds with another result,\u201d Barger said. \u201cThis is a solid result for me and it\u2019s good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cathels came from behind to bump Perillo down to the third place position with a last-second effort on a long righthand Lowers wall. The young Australian combined a variety of vicious turns and finished the wave off with a solid reverse to take second overall in the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe waves are so fun out there, it\u2019s just perfect little Trestles,\u201d Cathels said. \u201cThe wave is just so rippable. Everone was getting great waves and Kai was just ripping out there. So what can you do, he\u2019s the ASP World Junior Champion for a reason. To get that second, I\u2019m just frothing, that\u2019s what I came here to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cathels, who entered the contest after just missing qualifying for the Oakley Pro Junior Global Challenge in Australia with a third-place finish, traveled to the states specifically to garner that lucrative qualification. His first trip to the U.S. resulted in just that, and he definitely hopes to come back to compete at Trestles again in the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is my first time to America and my first time to Trestles about a week ago,\u201d Cathels said. \u201cI just fell in love with this wave. It just turned on for us in the Final. It was so good and I\u2019d love to come back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both Barger and Cathels also qualified for the Oakley Pro Junior Global Challenge in Bali in October. Tomorrow will crown two more qualifiers, the first and second-place finishers from the Oakley Pro Junior Global Challenge South Africa Qualifier in Port Alfred, which has been running concurrently with the Trestles event.<\/p>\n

View complete results, photos and video highlights at www.nike6lowerspro.com and www.oakleyprojunior.com. Heats On Demand from the last two days of competition are available at www.fuel.tv.<\/p>\n

The 6.0 Lowers Pro and Oakley Pro Junior wouldn\u2019t be possible without the generous support of sponsors Nike 6.0 and Oakley, co-sponsor Red Bull, and media sponsors Surfer (surfermag.com), Surfing (surfingthemag.com), WaveWatch.com and FUEL TV.<\/p>\n

6.0 Lowers Pro Final:<\/p>\n

1 \u2013 Fred Patacchia (HAW)16.84<\/p>\n

2 \u2013 Ben Bourgeois (USA) 14.10<\/p>\n

6.0 Lowers Pro Semifinals Results:<\/p>\n

Heat 1: Fred Patacchia (HAW) 13.17 def. Tim Boal (FRA) 7.60<\/p>\n

Heat 2: Ben Bourgeois (USA) 15.80 def. Nathan Yeomans (USA) 14.66<\/p>\n

6.0 Lowers Pro Quarterfinals Results:<\/p>\n

Heat 1: Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 15.00 def. Dusty Payne (HAW) 8.83<\/p>\n

Heat 2: Tim Boal (FRA) 14.96 def. Tanner Gudauskas (USA) 11.94<\/p>\n

Heat 3: Ben Bourgeois (USA) 15.77 def. Adriano de Souza (BRA) 14.67<\/p>\n

Heat 4: Nathan Yeomans (USA) 16.50 def. C.J. Hobgood (USA)<\/p>\n

Oakley Pro Junior Final:<\/p>\n

1 \u2013 Kai Barger (HAW) 18.60<\/p>\n

2 \u2013 Davey Cathels (AUS) 16.13<\/p>\n

3 \u2013 Dillon Perillo (USA) 15.94<\/p>\n

4 \u2013 Kiron Jabour (HAW) 15.33<\/p>\n

Oakley Pro Junior Semifinials Results: (1st and 2nd advance)<\/p>\n

Heat 1: Kiron Jabour (HAW) 15.06, Kai Barger (HAW) 14.94, Dege O\u2019Connell (HAW) 9.56, Andrew Doheny (USA) 9.05<\/p>\n

Heat 2: Dillon Perillo (USA) 17.90, Davey Cathels (AUS) 15.44, Nat Young (USA) 14.54, Chris Friend (AUS)<\/p>\n

Oakley Pro Junior Quarterfinals Results: (1st and 2nd advance)<\/p>\n

Heat 1: Davey Cathels (AUS) 16.00, Chris Friend (AUS) 15.87, Cory Arrambide (USA) 15.50, Evan Thompson (USA) 14.94<\/p>\n

Heat 2: Kai Barger (HAW) 15.50, Dege O\u2019Connell (HAW) 11.77, Albee Layer (HAW) 10.76, Luke Davis (USA) 10.13<\/p>\n

Heat 3: Davey Cathels (AUS) 16.00, Chris Friend (AUS) 15.87, Cory Arrambide (USA) 15.50, Evan Thompson (USA)<\/p>\n

Heat 4: Nat Young (USA) 14.67, Dillon Perillo (USA) 13.07, Spencer Regan (USA) 12.77, Victor Done (USA) 7.47<\/p>\n

The 6.0 Lowers Pro and Oakley Pro Junior wouldn\u2019t be possible without the generous support of sponsors Nike 6.0 and Oakley, co-sponsor Red Bull, and media sponsors Surfer (surfermag.com), Surfing (surfingthemag.com), WaveWatch.com and FUEL TV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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