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Export Gold Super 16
It was a day for defending title holders to prove what they were made of on the final day of the Export Gold Super 16 completed at Piha today (Saturday 24th April) with Maz Quinn (Gis) and Jessica Santorik (Rag) both holding on to their titles Quinn for the third straight year and Santorik the second.
In! average 1.0m conditions at the south end of Piha, Quinn dominated the final day of action after getting off to a slow start. In the final he posted a 15.75 point heat total to easily defend his title over Luke Hughes (Rag), Alex Dive (Mnt0 and Nick White (Mnt).
Placing third was Alex Dive (Mnt) scoring 10.10 reducing his fellow Mount Maunganui surfer Nick White into fourth place on 8.40.
Earlier in the day Hughes and Dive defeated Bobby Hansen (Gis) and Tim OConnor (Mnt) in the first semifinal while Quinn and White took down Paco Divers (Sandy Bay) and Morehu Roberts (Gis).
Jessica Santorik (Rag) defended her title in the Open Womens Division defeating Rosa Thompson (Auck) in a low scoring final.
It was Thompson who took the early lead before the two surfers exchanged pole position several times. With the clock ticking down Santorik held on to a slender lea! d with Thompson scoring a 2.30 point ride 0.50 short of the required score for the lead. Santorik then went on to surf a final minute wave and score 6.10 to push well out into the lead leaving Thompson stranded out the back.
I was quite worried, I wasnt getting anything and Rosa was getting all these long waves and I thought she was smashing me until I got that last wave and landed a good couple of turns commented Santorik.
I love the head to head format way better than the four surfer format and it was good eliminating the hassling today because the conditions were pretty average added Santorik.
Santorik now changes focus to the Womens World Tour with two events to contest in Europe in just over two weeks time.
It gives me a big confidence boost going overseas to do the WQS. This event isnt as big as those international events but I couldnt ask for more before! I head overseas said Santorik who leaves for Europe in mid May.
See below for final results from the Export Gold Super 16 completed at Piha Beach today (Sunday 24th April).
Export Gold Super 16 Mens Points Table
1, Tim O'Connor (Mnt), 27
2, Maz Quinn (Gis), 21
3, Morehu Roberts (Gis), 21
4, Luke Hughes (Rag), 21
5, Bobby Hansen (Gis), 21
8, Alex Dive (Mnt), 21
6, Paco Divers (Sandy Bay), 18
7, Nick White (Mnt), 18
13, Blair Stewart (Gis), 18
9, Gauranga Ormond (Whmata), 1510, Ben Kennings (Whmata), 15
11, Leon Santorik (Rag), 12
12, Ryan Hawker (Piha), 12
13, Tane Wallis (Piha), 12
14, Keone Campbell (Tara), 9
16, Chris Malone (Gis), 3
Export Gold Super 16 Womens Points Table
1, Jessica Santorik (Rag), 24
2, Rosa Thompson (Auck), 21
3, Ella Williams (Whmata), 12
4, Jayda Martin-Fitzharris (Gis), 9