{"id":46762,"date":"2014-09-18T20:38:31","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T03:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=46762"},"modified":"2014-09-19T10:31:25","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T17:31:25","slug":"jordy-smith-finally-wins-hurley-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=46762","title":{"rendered":"Jordy Smith Finally Wins At Trestles"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

For a guy seemingly built and groomed for wins on Trestles perfect power ramps, it took South African (and current Carlsbad, California resident) Jordy Smith<\/strong> until today (September 18, 2104) to win his first Hurley Pro<\/strong>. But from the way he was smiling throughout the day, he was more stoked than anyone.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel unbelievable,\u201d Smith said. \u201cTo be able to surf against the best surfer in the world at the moment is incredible. I started the heat really well but right toward to the end I started to think about everyone that\u2019s been supporting me and it helped me nail that last wave. I knew I had to do something good. I\u2019m over the moon, it\u2019s a dream of mine to win Trestles, especially after moving here.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

2 John Florence<\/strong> posted the highest two wave heat total and highest single scoring wave of the contest to get into the finals again Smith, but the ocean (and wind) was not cooperating in the final.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was hoping that Jordy\u2019s wave wasn\u2019t going to be enough but he got it,\u201d said John John Florence. \u201cIt was really hard to surf out there and good job to Jordy, he\u2019s been surfing good all week. I\u2019m so bummed, I hate coming that close to winning, but it\u2019s given me some confidence going in to the next event.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On the women’s side Stephanie Gilmore<\/strong> beach out Sally Fitzgibbons<\/strong> to win the Swatch Pro. For the official word form the ASP and the complete results, please follow the jump.\"094Ae9B9-86Ca-4382-B412-89Dd54B3354E\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Hurley Pro at Trestles and Swatch Women’s Pro Trestles
\nStop No. 8 on the 2014 Samsung Galaxy ASP World Championship Tour
\nStop No. 7 on the 2014 Samsung Galaxy ASP Women’s World Championship Tour<\/p>\n

Location: \tSan Clemente, California, USA
\nHolding period:\tSeptember 9 – 20, 2014
\nCall:\tFinals Day
\nConditions:\t4 – 6 foot (1.2 – 1.8 metro) waves<\/p>\n

SAN CLEMENTE, CA\/USA (Thursday, August 18, 2014): South Africa\u2019s Jordy Smith today claimed a last-minute victory at the Hurley Pro at Trestles over Hawaii\u2019s John John Florence to put a season of close calls behind him and move him up to No. 11 on the WCT rankings. Smith, 27, recently relocated to San Clemente and his local knowledge provided crucial wave selection in the final moments of the heat to steal the lead from Florence. The final scores were 16.50 (9.33 and 7.17) for Smith to Florence\u2019s 15.87 (8.6 and 7.27). The Hurley Pro is Stop No. 8 of 11 on the 2014 Samsung Galaxy ASP World Championship Tour, and the first Final of the year for both surfers.<\/p>\n

The Swatch Women\u2019s Pro Final was an all-Australian rematch of this year\u2019s Fiji Women\u2019s Pro, this time decisively clinched by five-time ASP Women\u2019s World Champion Stephanie Gilmore, 26. Gilmore notched the event\u2019s only Perfect 10 and added a 9.50 to take the win over Sally Fitzgibbons. Final scores were 19.50 for Gilmore and 14.03 for Fitzgibbons (7.03 and 7.0). Second place for Fitzgibbons was sufficient to move the 23-year-old to the No. 1 spot on the rankings. Gilmore sits behind her in second place, and Carissa Moore (HAW), who was eliminated in Round 4, has dropped from first to third. The Swatch Women’s Pro, the first ever women’s WCT at Lower Trestles, was Stop No. 7 on this year\u2019s Samsung Galaxy ASP Women\u2019s World Championship Tour.<\/p>\n

Smith\u2019s brilliant form saw him eliminate Adrian Buchan (AUS) in the Semifinals and reigning three-time ASP World Champion Mick Fanning (AUS) in the Quarterfinals before battling Florence. Smith found the winning wave in the final minutes and the victory is his first WCT win of the season and the fourth of his career.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel unbelievable,\u201d said Jordy Smith. \u201cTo be able to surf against the best surfer in the world at the moment is incredible. I started the heat really well but right toward to the end I started to think about everyone that\u2019s been supporting me and it helped me nail that last wave. I knew I had to do something good. I\u2019m over the moon, it\u2019s a dream of mine to win Trestles, especially after moving here.\u201d<\/p>\n

21-year-old Florence posted the highest two-wave heat total and single-wave score of the competition en-route to the Final. He now sits at No. 8 on the ASP WCT Rankings after defeating Adriano De Souza (BRA) in the Quarterfinals and 11-time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA) in the Semifinal, for the second time this event – Florence also topped Slater in Round 4.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was hoping that Jordy\u2019s wave wasn\u2019t going to be enough but he got it,\u201d said John John Florence. \u201cIt was really hard to surf out there and good job to Jordy, he\u2019s been surfing good all week. I\u2019m so bummed, I hate coming that close to winning, but it\u2019s given me some confidence going in to the next event.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the women, Gilmore was brilliant from the outset of the event. Surfing through three heats today, she eliminated Laura Enever (AUS) in the Quarterfinals and Coco Ho (HAW) in the Semifinals before facing Fitzgibbons.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a feeling that Sally and I would meet in the Final and I just wanted to get her back from Fiji because I had a really bad performance there,\u201d said Stephanie Gilmore. \u201cThis win is a really definitive moment for me this year I think. This event is really special and to be able to compete here is fantastic, I can\u2019t believe I won. The World Title race just got even harder and more exciting so I\u2019m looking forward to Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fitzgibbons was blistering through the final day of the Swatch Women’s Pro, disposing of Bianca Buitendag (ZAF) and Johanne Defay (FRA) successively on route to the Final.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a successful event and I felt really strong,\u201d said Sally Fitzgibbons. \u201cIt\u2019s just such a tough feeling to come in and not get the win. I was hearing those really high scores for Steph and I just wanted one of those for myself. I guess I just have to be happy with the way I progressed through the event and with second place. You always want to go one step further and I\u2019ll be working hard to be in the Final at the next event.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a shock upset, Adrian Buchan (AUS) eliminated ASP World No. 1 Gabriel Medina (BRA) in the Quarterfinals, opening the door for Slater to gain ground at No. 2 on the ASP WCT rankings; Joel Parkinson (AUS) to consolidate at 3rd; and Mick Fanning in 4th. Parkinson lost to Slater in the Quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

Filipe Toledo (BRA) was awarded the Hurley Innovation Award for his huge backside air-rotation in his Round 2 heat against Adam Melling (AUS). Toledo finished in equal 13th place after being eliminated in Round 3 by fellow Brazilian Adriano De Souza. Lakey Peterson (USA) took the Swatch Innovation Award for her air reverse against Carissa Moore (HAW) in Round 4, and finished in equal 5th.<\/p>\n

Hurley Pro at Trestles Final Results:
\n1: Jordy Smith (ZAF) 16.50
\n2: John John Florence (HAW) 15.87<\/p>\n

Swatch Women\u2019s Pro Trestles Final Results:
\n1: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 19.50
\n2: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) 14.03<\/p>\n

Hurley Pro at Trestles Semifinal Results:
\nSF 1: Jordy Smith (ZAF) 14.10 def. Adrian Buchan (AUS) 13.30
\nSF 2: John John Florence (HAW) 15.10 def. Kelly Slater (USA) 14.10<\/p>\n

Swatch Women\u2019s Pro Trestles Semifinal Results:
\nSF 1: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 13.84 def. Coco Ho (HAW) 13.03
\nSF 2: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) 17.04 def. Johanne Defay (FRA) 14.66<\/p>\n

Hurley Pro at Trestles Quarterfinal Results:
\nQF 1: Jordy Smith (ZAF) 15.87 def. Mick Fanning (AUS) 13.53
\nQF 2: Adrian Buchan (AUS) 17.43 def. Gabriel Medina (BRA) 14.77
\nQF 3: John John Florence (HAW) 17.37 def. Adriano De Souza (BRA) 9.26
\nQF 4: Kelly Slater (USA) 15.87 def. Joel Parkinson (AUS) 11.33<\/p>\n

Swatch Women\u2019s Pro Trestles Quarterfinal Results:
\nQF 1: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 15.17 def. Laura Enever (AUS) 12.23
\nQF 2: Coco Ho (HAW) 15.67 def. Lakey Peterson (USA) 15.00
\nQF 3: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) 16.44 def. Bianca Buitendag (ZAF) 10.33
\nQF 4: Johanne Defay (FRA) 16.20 def. Tyler Wright (AUS) 15.13<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For a guy seemingly built and groomed for wins on Trestles perfect power ramps, it took South African (and current Carlsbad, California resident) Jordy Smith until today (September 18, 2104) to win his first Hurley Pro. But from the way he was smiling throughout the day, he was more stoked than anyone. \u201cI feel unbelievable,\u201d […]<\/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\/46762"}],"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=46762"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46785,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46762\/revisions\/46785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}