Miguel Pupo Wins O’Neill 2011 Cold Water Classic
High-flying Brazilian
19 year old Brazilian Miguel Pupo has won the ASP PRIME O’Neill Cold Water Classic California beating out 31 year old Portuguese veteran Tiago Pires. The final day of the Cold Water Classic was moved to the backup locations after several days of limited swell and unfavorable tides. Surfers had to perform at both the iconic pointbreak of Steamer Lane as well as the beachbreak of Waddell Creek. For the talented surfer, the conditions proved ideal, allowing him to dominate the final, and clinch the additional US$50,000 prize purse as the top finisher on the O’Neill CWC Series.
I feel unbelievable right now, I was feeling comfortable out there and I was just trying to surf my best and I won. I’ve been surfing a beachbreak my whole life and I’m used to these waves. I was really lucky that we moved to here (Waddell Creek). It could have been a different story if we ran at The Lane.
In the lead up to the final, the high-flying Brazilian scored a near-perfect heat of 19.14 (out of 20) , topping local favorite Nat Young (Santa Cruz, CA), 20, and fellow countrymen Willian Cardoso (BRA), 25. In the final he defeated fellow ASP World Tour campaigner Pires using his patented aerial game on the lefthand ramps of Waddell Creek to achieve two near-perfect scores of 9.33 and 9.60 – all up achieving some of the highest scores throughout the event:
I was really nervous to surf against Nat (Young) and I knew it was going to be a hard heat, he’s one of the best juniors in the world and a local out here. Luckily I caught a couple of waves and eventually got those two 9’s.
O’NEILL COLD WATER CLASSIC FINAL RESULT
1 – Miguel Pupo (BRA) 18.93
2 – Tiago Pires (PRT) 11.20
O’NEILL COLD WATER CLASSIC SEMIFINALS RESULTS:
SF 1: Miguel Pupo (BRA) 15.33 def. Willian Cardoso (BRA) 8.80
SF 2: Tiago Pires (PRT) 12.33 def. Jordy Smith (ZAF) 10.43
O’NEILL COLD WATER CLASSIC QUARTERFINALS RESULTS:
QF 1: Willian Cardoso (BRA) 14.00 def. Dusty Payne (HAW) 11.00
QF 2: Miguel Pupo (BRA) 19.14 def. Nat Young (USA) 13.16
QF 3: Tiago Pires (PRT) 9.56 def. Nic Muscroft (AUS) 7.93
QF 4: Jordy Smith (ZAF) 14.67 def. Josh Kerr (AUS) 12.33
O’NEILL COLD WATER CLASSIC ROUND OF 12 RESULTS:
Heat 1: Dusty Payne (HAW) 10.43 def. Nathan Yeomans (USA) 10.00
Heat 2: Miguel Pupo (BRA) 15.00 def. Raoni Monteiro (BRA) 6.17
Heat 3: Tiago Pires (PRT) 11.50 def. Adam Melling (AUS) 6.24
Heat 4: Jordy Smith (ZAF) 14.33 def. Tom Whitaker (AUS) 5.90
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