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By Press Release:

ASSOCIATION OF SURFING PROFESSIONALS (ASP) NORTH AMERICA

MACY’S CALIFORNIA TRIFECTA SURF SERIES PRES. BY JEEP
Jeep-Body Glove Surfbout at Lowers featuring the Oakley Pro Junior
Event No. 3 on the 2007 ASP North WQS Tour (Men)
Event No. 4 on the 2007 ASP North America Pro Junior Series (Men)
San Clemente, California, United States of America
April 24-28, 2007

STANDOUTS RAISE THE BAR AT JEEP BODY GLOVE SURFBOUT DAY 2

Adam Wickwire Jeep Body Glove Surfbout Trestles. Pic Credit Hilleman

SAN CLEMENTE, California (Wednesday, Apr. 25, 2007) – The first stop on the Macy’s California Trifecta Surf Series presented by Jeep, the Jeep Body Glove Surfbout, entered into its second day of competition and was once again greeted with clean 3 to 4 foot (0.91 - 1.22 metre) surf at Lower Trestles.

The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 4-Star event saw a full day’s worth of competition go down with some of the highest scoring waves of the event as the Surfbout draw narrowed down to 96 remaining competitors.

Chris Abad Picture Jeep Body Glove Surfbout Trestles. Pic Credit Ibeard.com

Chris Abad (Oceanside, CA) produced the maneuver of the event this afternoon with an inverted full-rotation air reverse putting the beach crowd of surfers and spectators on their feet. The incredible ride garnered Abad the event-high single wave score of a 9.60 out of a possible 10 and advancement into Round 4.

“I was just sitting there for ages and wasn’t getting any waves and I was getting really bummed,” Abad said. “Then that right came in and lined up and it just kept going. I was just really lucky that I could let loose on it and I am stoked to get through another round. The set up here at Lowers is so perfect for a competition and I am psyched to be doing well in the event.”

Kilian Garland (Newport Beach, CA) tore apart the glassy afternoon rights and lefts securing an 8.50 and a 7.50 for the day’s high heat total of a 16.00 out of a possible 20. The 20-year old natural-footer looked calm and collected despite drawing a wave-barren heat.

“There weren’t a lot of waves coming through my heat but I got really lucky to pick of a pretty good left and then another decent right,” Garland said. “It’s pretty hit or miss today, but when it comes through, you can really go off. I’m stoked to get through to Round 4 and hopefully can keep going.”

Travis Beckmann (Vero Beach, FL), current ratings leader on the 2007 ASP North America Pro Junior Series, smashed through his afternoon Surfbout heat today despite nursing an injured arm sustained recently in Puerto Rico.

“I was definitely grimacing out there on that one left,” Beckmann said. “It affects the way I surf and I have to ice it and baby it when I’m not in the water. I haven’t gone to the doctor’s yet, but all my friends have been telling me that I’ve just smushed the muscle and bruised the bone really bad.”

Beckmann will join the slew of youngsters who are competing in both the Jeep Body Glove Surfbout and Oakley Pro Junior. The high-flying Floridian is currently joined by Cory Arrambide (Ventura, CA), Kilian Garland (Newport Beach, CA), Jesse Heilman (Daytona Beach, FL) and Adam Wickwire (Satellite Beach, FL) hoping to still be doing double-duty come Friday.

“I am a bit concerned once the Oakley Pro Junior starts because surfing more than once a day is going to slow the rehab process,” Beckmann said. “It’s Lowers though, and with only four guys out, it’s hard to pass up. Fortunately the waves are so good that you don’t have to struggle too hard to do good turns.”

As the opening event of the Macy’s California Trifecta Surf Series presented by Jeep (an ASP North America Specialty Series), the Jeep Body Glove Surfbout will not only award Saturday’s victor with the $15,000 first prize check and valuable ASP WQS ratings points, but also the lead in the three-event series. Following the Surfbout at Lowers, the Trifecta will then move to Newport Beach in September before finishing in Santa Cruz in late October.

Tomorrow will see Round 4 of the Jeep Body Glove Surfbout hit the water for the opening heats at 8am.

Check out all the LIVE action now at www.surfbout.com.

For full coverage of yesterday’s action including photos, results and news feeds, log onto www.aspnorthamerica.org. or www.surfbout.com.

RESULTS: DAY 2

Jeep Body Glove Surfbout – ASP WQS 4-Star

Round 2: 160 surfers remain (1st and 2nd advance)
Heat 9: Chris Abad (USA) 12.16, David Giddings (USA) 10.70, Ian Rotgans (USA) 9.07, Sean Taylor (USA) 6.93
Heat 10: Eric Taylor (USA) 13.50, Ryan Briggs (USA) 10.77, Justin Swartz (USA) 10.16, Wyatt Taubman (USA) 9.53
Heat 11: Adam Wickwire (USA) 12.17, Nils Schweizer (USA) 9.26, John Daniels (USA) 9.07, Leslie Bursian (USA) 7.46
Heat 12: Scott Hammonds (USA) 11.73, Leif Engstrom (USA) 9.33, Casey Brown (HAW) 8.40, Omar Etcheverry (USA) 0.73
Heat 13: Tom Rezvan (USA) 7.77, Kellen Ellison (USA) 6.81, Matt Turner (USA) 6.50, Jamie Parkhurst (USA) 5.13
Heat 14: Chris Dennis (TTO) 13.10, Sean Hayes (USA) 12.26, Eric McHenry (USA) 10.86, Mark Dawson (USA) 7.33
Heat 15: Layne Harrison (USA) 13.50, Brandon Guilmette (USA) 12.76, Alek Parker (USA) 8.43, Masahiro Tooda (JPN) 6.50
Heat 16: Kevin Kapsky (HAW) 8.60, Zach Plopper (USA) 6.83, Colin Schildhauer (USA) 6.20, Golden Depesa (HAW) 2.16

Round 3: 128 surfers remain (1st and 2nd advance)
Heat 1: Jeremy Sherwin (USA) 10.10, Charlie Carroll (HAW) 9.06, Kalani Chapman (HAW) 7.10, Brady McKenzie (USA) 7.10
Heat 2: Wesley Larsen (HAW) 15.77, Heath Walker (AUS) 15.50, Blake Howard (USA) 10.27, Chris Drummy (USA) 8.00
Heat 3: David Rutherford (MEX) 14.00, Dillon Perillo (USA) 11.00, Nick Riley (AUS) 7.84, Darren Muschett (PRI) 7.30
Heat 4: Peter Mussio (USA) 9.93, Ted Navarro (USA) 7.90, Michael Hoisington (USA) 6.87, Jeremy Johnston (USA) 5.90
Heat 5: Kilian Garland (USA) 16.00, Devon Tresher (USA) 9.43, Eddie Guilbeau (USA) 9.10, Michel Flores (BRA) 8.94
Heat 6: Micah Byrne (USA) 13.84, Jason Collins (USA) 13.37, Jeremy Ryan (USA) 11.33, Tarik Khasshoggi (USA) 10.53
Heat 7: Cory Arrambide (USA) 12.50, Bud Freitas (USA) 10.20, Shota Nakamura (JPN) 8.07, Roger Eales (USA) 1.63
Heat 8: Granger Larsen (HAW) 12.00, Peter Mel (USA) 10.84, Nick Kovack (USA) 10.37, Drew Ventura (USA) 5.10
Heat 9: Chris Abad (USA) 14.60, Jason Miller (USA) 12.66, Ryan Briggs (USA) 11.06, Naoto Takanashi (JPN) 10.37
Heat 10: Adam Virs (USA) 11.84, David Giddings (USA) 9.50, Will Tant (USA) 5.40, Eric Taylor (USA) 4.84
Heat 11: Travis Beckmann (USA) 13.93, Adam Wickwire (USA) 12.13, Parrish Byrne (AUS) 6.60, Leif Engstrom (USA) 6.00
Heat 12: Brandon Ragenovich (USA) 12.33, Corey Garcia (AUS) 11.93, Scott Hammonds (USA) 9.73, Nils Schweizer (USA) 8.07
Heat 13: Ricky Whitlock (USA) 15.77, Sean Hayes (USA) 14.50, Magnum Martinez (VEN) 11.17, Tom Rezvan (USA) 3.50
Heat 14: Chris Dennis (TTO) 9.17, Tevita Gukilau (AUS) 9.03, Kellen Ellison (USA) 6.47, Jason Harris (USA) 2.92
Heat 15: Layne Harrison (USA) 12.93, Wesley de Souza (USA) 9.44, Geoff Brack (USA) 9.26, Zach Plopper (USA) 7.43
Heat 16: Brandon Guilmette (USA) 15.67, Jesse Heilman (USA) 12.77, Kevin Kapsky (USA) 6.23, Sean Marceron (USA) 4.17

SCHEDULE – JEEP BODY GLOVE SURFBOUT & OAKLEY PRO JUNIOR

Day 1: Tuesday, April 24, 2007
8:00am – 1:20pm: Jeep Body Glove Surfbout Round 1 (192 surfers remain) – Heats 1 – 16
1:20pm – 4:00pm: Jeep Body Glove Surfbout Round 2 (160 surfers remain) – Heats 1 – 8

Day 2: Wednesday, April 25, 2007
8:00am – 10:40am: Jeep Body Glove Surfbout Round 2 (160 surfers remain) – Heats 9 – 16
10:40am – 4:00pm: Jeep Body Glove Surfbout Round 3 (128 surfers remain) – Heats 1 – 16

Day 3: Thursday, April 26, 2007
8:00am – 1:20pm: Jeep Body Glove Surfbout Round 4 (96 surfers remain) – Heats 1 – 16
1:20pm – 4:00pm: Jeep Body Glove Surfbout Round 5 (64 surfers remain) – Heats 1 – 8

Day 4: Friday, April 27, 2007
8:00am – 10:40am: Jeep Body Glove Surfbout Round 5 (64 surfers remain) – Heats 9 – 16
10:40am – 1:20pm: Jeep Body Glove Surfbout Round 6 (32 surfers remain) – Heats 1 – 8
1:20pm – 4:00pm: Oakley Pro Junior Round 1 (32 surfers remain) – Heats 1 – 8

Day 5: Saturday, April 2007
8:00am – 9:40am: Oakley Pro Junior Semifinals (16 surfers remain) – Heats 1 – 4
9:40am – 11:20am: Jeep Body Glove Surfbout Quarterfinal (16 surfers remain) – Heats 1 – 4
11:20am – 12:10pm: Oakley Pro Junior Semifinals (8 surfers remain) – Heats 1 – 2
12:10pm – 1:00pm: Jeep Body Glove Surfbout Semifinals (8 surfers remain) – Heats 1 – 2
1:00pm – 1:30pm: Oakley Pro Junior Final (4 surfers remain)
1:30pm – 2:00pm: Jeep Body Glove Surfbout Final (4 surfers remain)
2:20pm: Award Ceremonies

NOTE: Schedule is subject to change – check in daily at event site.