Slater Eliminated, Occy Advances At The Telstra Drug Aware Pro
Sunny skies and picture perfect waves treated competitors and surf fans to an epic day of competition at the ASP Prime rated Telstra Drug Aware Pro today. The call was made to run a full day of the Men’s event to take advantage of the clean 5-6 foot (2 metre) surf on offer and reduce […]
Mark Occhilupo (AUS), 1999 ASP World Champion and two times Margaret River event champion advanced to the Quarterfinals today after taking out an extremely tight heat against Fredrick Patacchia (HAW). The two powerhouse goofy-footers went to battle in the afternoon wind affected conditions with Occhilupo advancing by just 0.17 of a point
Occhilupo had this to say:
I got out of jail in that one, I was pretty comfortable at the start because Freddy (Patacchia) was having a bit of a shocker. Then he got an 8-point-ride under my priority. That’s probably happened about 200 times in my career and I went on to lose the heat about 180 of those times. The ocean went flat and he just couldn’t find another score. I got lucky.
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Slater Eliminated, Occy Advances At The Telstra Drug Aware Pro
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