{"id":29421,"date":"2012-03-24T14:26:50","date_gmt":"2012-03-24T21:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=29421"},"modified":"2012-03-26T08:32:16","modified_gmt":"2012-03-26T15:32:16","slug":"florence-conlogue-take-telstra-drug-aware-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=29421","title":{"rendered":"Florence, Conlogue Take Telstra Drug Aware Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Johnjohnflorence-<\/a><\/p>\n

2 John Florence<\/strong> grabbed his first title and Courtney Conlogue<\/strong> snapped up her second Telstra Drug Aware Pro Margaret River <\/a><\/strong>title Saturday, March 24, 2012 in Western Australia. Florence edged Olamana Eleogram<\/strong> with two 9 pointers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been having a lot of fun this week,\u201d Florence said. \u201cThe waves are are a lot like at home, even the wind when it\u2019s good for airs is a lot like Hawaii. The waves have been fun in all of my heats. I\u2019m so stoked to win. This gives me a lot of confidence going into Bells because I hear the waves are similar. I was so stoked to make the Final with Ola (Eleogram), I\u2019ve grown up surfing with him and to have him in the Final with me at Margaret River was great.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Conlogue<\/strong> took out Malia Manuel<\/strong> in the women’s final with two 8 point rides.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was trying not to think about going back-to-back too much because I didn\u2019t want to put pressure on myself,\u201d Conlogue said. \u201cI\u2019m stoked to have gotten two in a row. This place taught me a lot last year and the years before. The first time I came here I lost in the second round and it was quite an embarrassing heat. Going from that to what I\u2019ve done now feels great, and each year I come back I feel like I get to know the waves better and better. Now I\u2019m looking forward to going to Bells because this place is great training for down there.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For the official word, follow the jump.Florence Flies To Victory, Conlogue Goes Back-To-Back At The Telstra Drug Aware Pro Margaret River<\/p>\n

24\/03\/2012 16:36PM WST
\nFlorence\u2019s performance at this event will go down as one of the most dominant in the event\u2019s history. Florence has collected five of the top ten single wave scores and the top thee two-wave heat totals thanks to his full repertoire. Florence defeated fellow Hawaiian Olamana Eleogram (HAW) in the Final by scoring two 9-point-rides, for mixing huge power gouges with technical aerials.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been having a lot of fun this week,\u201d Florence said. \u201cThe waves are are a lot like at home, even the wind when it\u2019s good for airs is a lot like Hawaii. The waves have been fun in all of my heats. I\u2019m so stoked to win. This gives me a lot of confidence going into Bells because I hear the waves are similar. I was so stoked to make the Final with Ola (Eleogram), I\u2019ve grown up surfing with him and to have him in the Final with me at Margaret River was great.\u201d<\/p>\n

Courtney Conlogue (USA), reigning Telstra Drug Aware Pro event champion, today won the event for the second year in a row. Conlogue\u2019s powerful backhand attack is perfectly suited to these powerful South West WA waves. The young Californian dominated the Final against Hawaiian Malia Manuel (HAW), posting two scores in the 8-point-range (out of a possible 10), to etch her name on the winners list once again.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was trying not to think about going back-to-back too much because I didn\u2019t want to put pressure on myself,\u201d Conlogue said. \u201cI\u2019m stoked to have gotten two in a row. This place taught me a lot last year and the years before. The first time I came here I lost in the second round and it was quite an embarrassing heat. Going from that to what I\u2019ve done now feels great, and each year I come back I feel like I get to know the waves better and better. Now I\u2019m looking forward to going to Bells because this place is great training for down there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mark Occhilupo (AUS), 1999 ASP World Champion, although retired from full-time competition decided to come to Margaret River and attempt to win the event for his third time. Occhilupo\u2019s affinity for Margaret River was clear from day one, with surf fans being treated to watching his iconic style and flair as he progressed through the contest. His dream run ended in the last minute of his Semifinal today, when Olamana Eleogram (HAW) posted a 6.50 and took the lead, sending Occhilupo home with an equal 3rd place finish.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have had the best time this week,\u201d Occhilupo said. \u201cIn that Semifinal I had a pretty bad heat. A wave came at the end that I could have gotten the score on, but I fell. I\u2019m going to go away and keep thinking about that. I\u2019m still beating myself up about it. By the time I get home it will have sunken in and I will be stoked with third. That competitive nature doesn\u2019t ever leave you.\u201d<\/p>\n

TELSTRA DRUG AWARE PRO MEN\u2019S SEMIFINAL RESULTS:<\/strong>
\nJohn John Florence (HAW) 18.76 def. Olamana Eleogram (HAW) 15.43<\/p>\n

TELSTRA DRUG AWARE PRO MEN\u2019S SEMIFINAL RESULTS:<\/strong>
\nSF 1: Olamana Eleogram (HAW) 11.67 def. Mark Occhilupo (AUS) 9.84
\nSF 2: John John Florence (HAW) 19.13 def. Kai Otton (AUS) 14.37<\/p>\n

TELSTRA DRUG AWARE PRO MEN\u2019S QUARTERFINALS RESULTS:<\/strong>
\nQF 1: Olamana Eleogram (HAW) 14.83 def. Josh Kerr (AUS) 2.34
\nQF 2: Mark Occhilupo (AUS) 17.63 def. Tom Whitaker (AUS) 16.03
\nQF 3: John John Florence (HAW) 15.44 def. Nic Muscroft (AUS) 13.10
\nQF 4: Kai Otton (AUS) 16.90 def. CJ Hobgood (USA) 13.93<\/p>\n

TELSTRA DRUG AWARE PRO WOMEN\u2019S SEMIFINAL RESULTS:<\/strong>
\nCourtney Conlogue (USA) 16.23 def. Malia Manuel (HAW) 11.03<\/p>\n

TELSTRA DRUG AWARE PRO WOMEN\u2019S SEMIFINAL RESULTS:<\/strong>
\nSF 1: Malia Manuel (HAW) 15.90 def Nikki Van Dijk (AUS) 13.40
\nSF 2: Courtney Conlogue (USA) 15.67 def. Rebecca Woods (AUS) 11.00<\/p>\n

TELSTRA DRUG AWARE PRO WOMEN\u2019S QUARTERFINALS RESULTS:<\/strong>
\nQF 1: Malia Manuel (HAW) 12.00 def. Pauline Ado (FRA) 9.83
\nQF 2: Nikki Van Dijk (AUS) 12.17 def. Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 11.17
\nQF 3: Rebecca Woods (AUS) 10.33 def. Laura Enever (AUS) 9.06
\nQF 4: Courtney Conlogue (USA) 15.26 def. Kirby Wright (AUS) 12.90<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2 John Florence grabbed his first title and Courtney Conlogue snapped up her second Telstra Drug Aware Pro Margaret River title Saturday, March 24, 2012 in Western Australia. Florence edged Olamana Eleogram with two 9 pointers. \u201cI\u2019ve been having a lot of fun this week,\u201d Florence said. \u201cThe waves are are a lot like at […]<\/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":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29421"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29421"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29423,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29421\/revisions\/29423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}