Darmaputra Tonjo (IND) the Bali local from Legian has added another scalp to his collection. After taking down ASP World Junior number 2 Nat Young (US) earlier in the Oakley World Pro Junior, he eliminated Jack Freestone (AUS) reigning ASP World Junior Champion yesterday.
The heat of the day was as close as they come, but Freestone was behind the 8-ball from the first minute after Tonjo scored a 7.33 (out of a possible 10) on his opening ride. Freestone landed some massive airs, but fell short of the scores required and the Bali local will progress to the next round.
“I’m so happy!” Tonjo told the interpreter. “I cannot believe that I beat the number 1 and 2! Getting that good score early gave me the momentum and I’m still cannot believe it.”
Freestone showed the mark of a true Champion, being gracious in defeat and giving praise to his competitor. ”I’m disappointed, I had the waves to win, but it didn’t happen,” Freestone said. “It was a good heat, exciting to be in. Tonjo has been a standout in this competition and I wouldn’t be surprised if he caused a few more upsets, he’s the one to look at right now.”The event in Bali resumed at Keramas yesterday in clean 3 – 4 foot (1.5 – 2 meters) surf. The call was made to finish the Men’s Round 3, performance levels and fun surf came to the party making today a great day of competition.
Davey Cathels (AUS) survived a nail-biter of a heat against South African Michael February (ZAF). Cathels only caught two waves during the 30 minute heat, the first wave and the last wave of the heat, but did enough to edge out his competitor and advance to Round 4.
“I surfed just before the heat and there was a few sets,” Cathels said. “So my plan was to wait for the good ones, but after my first wave nothing else came. I was sitting there thinking, am I only going to catch one wave in this heat? With two minutes to go I started freaking out and realised I had to change my game plan. I caught a nice little insider and got the score.”
Beyrick De Vries (ZAF) and Thomas Woods (AUS) put on an epic show in their Round 3 clash, with long tubes and big airs being thrown down by both surfers. The lead changed multiple times, but it was De Vries who held the top spot when the final siren sounded, sending Woods, the 2011 ASP Australasian Pro Junior Series Champion home with an equal 17th place finish.
“I know Thomas (Woods) can do massive air-reverses whenever he wants, luckily I got two of the best waves of my trip so far and was able to beat him,” De Vries said. “Thomas got his best wave because of my mistake, but I got a second chance and got barrelled.”
Marco Fernandez (BRA) had an arm wrestle of a heat against Japanese competitor Arashi Kato (JPN). Both surfers were going big in the punchy surf, throwing down some massive turns, but it was the Brazilian who came up with the win.
“I saw Arashi (Kato) surf yesterday and he was surfing really well so I knew I had to step up,”Fernandez said. “I’m really happy to make it through to the next round.”
Eziekel Lau (HAW) took out an action packed heat over fellow Hawaiian Keanu Asing (HAW). The Hawaiians went all out in their Round 3 battle and although they’re great friends they didn’t hold anything back. Asing had the lead momentarily with the highest single wave score of the heat an 8.67, but Lau over took him with his pair of 8.00s.
“I wanted to make sure I got the first wave and show my power,” Lau said. “It was barrelling but it was kind of hard to find them because it was small. Keanu (Asing) and I are staying right next to each other, we just acted like it was just another day. But I knew it was going to be a gnarly heat because we surf against each other all the time at home.”
Ryan Callinan (AUS) put on the performance of the day, belting the lip and launching into the sky to notch the highest heat total of the day, 16.67 (out of a possible 10). In Round 4 Callinan will face today’s other standout surfer Caio Ibelli (BRA), who coincidentally also scored 16.67 in his Round 3 heat today.
“There’s not many goofy-footers left,” Callinan said. “Which is a bonus for me because it gives the judges something different to look at. The conditions are kind of tough, but this is really similar to my home break, so my backhand is one of my strong points.”
A call will be made at 12 noon today (Bali time) at Canggu for a possible 12:30 start to Men’s Round 4 or Women’s Round 3.
The Oakley World Pro Junior Bali will run from October 3 – 14.
See earlier post on this event in Bali:
http://stfrancischronicle.com/2011/10/06/slow-waves-and-fun-sets-on-day-4-of-world-pro-junior-in-bali/
Oakley World Pro Junior Men’s Round 3 Results:
HEAT 1: Davey Cathels (AUS) 11.33 def. Michael February (ZAF) 9.70
HEAT 2: Beyrick De Vries (ZAF) 14.27 def. Thomas Woods (AUS) 12.10
HEAT 3: Vasco Ribeiro (PRT) 10.34 def. Medi Veminardi (REU) 6.27
HEAT 4: Shaun Joubert (ZAF) 11.43 def. Filipe Toledo (BRA) 9.86
HEAT 5: Marco Fernandez (BRA) 11.34 def. Arashi Kato (JPN) 8.06
HEAT 6: Garrett Parkes (AUS) 11.00 def. Evan Thompson (USA) 6.87
HEAT 7: Eziekel Lau (HAW) 16.00 def. Keanu Asing (HAW) 14.87
HEAT 8: Darmaputra Tonjo (IND) 15.00 def. Jack Freestone (AUS) 14.53
HEAT 9: Dale Staples (ZAF) 14.33 def. Jake Halstead (USA) 8.40
HEAT 10: Conner Coffin (USA) 16.50 def. Tanner Hendrickson (HAW) 7.77
HEAT 11: Kiron Jabour (HAW) 15.60 def. Kaishu Tanaka (JPN) 6.20
HEAT 12: Peterson Crisanto (BRA) 12.77 def. Dean Bowen (AUS) 12.57
HEAT 13: Caio Ibelli (BRA) 16.67 def. Dylan Lightfoot (ZAF) 11.83
HEAT 14: Ryan Callinan (AUS) 16.67 def. Dylan Goodale (HAW) 12.17
HEAT 15: Andrew Doheny (USA) 12.04 def. Maxime Huscenot (FRA) 7.40
HEAT 16: Ian Gouveia (BRA) vs. Kaito Ohashi (JPN)
Oakley World Pro Junior Men’s Round 4 Match-Ups:
HEAT 1: Davey Cathels (AUS) vs. Beyrick De Vries (ZAF)
HEAT 2: Vasco Ribeiro (PRT) vs. Shaun Joubert (ZAF)
HEAT 3: Marco Fernandez (BRA) vs. Garrett Parkes (AUS)
HEAT 4: Eziekel Lau (HAW) vs. Darmaputra Tonjo (IND)
HEAT 5: Dale Staples (ZAF) vs. Conner Coffin (USA)
HEAT 6: Kiron Jabour (HAW) vs. Peterson Crisanto (BRA)
HEAT 7: Caio Ibelli (BRA) vs. Ryan Callinan (AUS)
HEAT 8: Andrew Doheny (USA) vs. Ian Gouveia (BRA)
Oakley World Pro Junior Women’s Round 3 Match-Ups:
HEAT 1: Sarah Mason (NZL) vs. Gabriela Leite (BRA)
HEAT 2: Dimity Stoyle (AUS) vs. Leila Hurst (HAW)
HEAT 3: Faye Zoetmulder (ZAF) vs. Nao Omura (JPN)
HEAT 4: Bianca Buitendag (ZAF) vs. Alessa Quizon (HAW)
HEAT 5: Felicity Palmateer (AUS) vs. Lani Doherty (HAW)
HEAT 6: Joanne Defay (FRA) vs. Maude Le Car (FRA)
HEAT 7: Philippa Anderson (AUS) vs. Quincy Davis (USA)
HEAT 8: Coco Ho (HAW) vs. Ren Hashimoto (JPN)It was a drama-filled day of surfing at New Pier for day 4 of the Hurley SA
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