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| Surfer Richard Christie Conquers Massive Seas |
| Monday, 31 January 2011 07:13 |
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The massive four metre swells pounding the Dunedin coastline were no match for New Zealand's number one surfer today (Thursday 13th of January) with Mahia's Richard Christie dominating his opponents at the 2011 Hyundai National Surfing Championships today. The event is the second of six events on the 2010/11 SOL Series and is being held at St Clair Beach, Dunedin. Today a massive 4.0m swell and strong southerly winds turned the ocean into a wild winter-like state. Christie blazed a path through the water scoring the day's highest heat score of 15.0 out of a possible 20 points. Christie scored individual wave scores of 8.17 and 6.83 with a series of big committed turns on both his forehand and backhand.  Photo thanks to PhotoCPL. Such was the domination of Christie's performance, he was the only surfer in the Open Men's Division to score double digits in the challenging conditions. Many surfers struggled to get more than one or two waves despite the heats being extended to 25 minutes duration. Whangamata surfer Matt Scorringe made a comeback to the competitive arena after spending the best part of the last 12 months overcoming cancer. Now in remission, the 26 year old surfer has been surfing around his home town for the past two months. However, today was the first time he donned a competitors vest. Scorringe won his heat scoring 9.20 to progress alongside Adam Grimson (Gis), together the two surfers defeating Cale Tolley (Mnt) and Jake Scott (Dun). Scorringe now confronts the number one seed at the event, Jay Quinn (Gis). Quinn won the first event of the SOL Series at his home town of Gisborne in November 2010. Other surfers to win their first round heats included Sam Willis (Gis), Leon Santorik (Rag) and Tyler Lawson (H Bay). Local surfers were represented by Nat Parsons, Luke Murphy and Josh Thickpenny who all placed second in their heats to move through to the final 32 surfers in the Open Men's Division. Surfers in the Under 18 Boys Division got their campaigns underway in the afternoon with the dropping tide proving challenging for many of the surfers who would catch their first wave and have to run around St Clair beach and back to the channel to get back into the line up. Raglan's Ben Poulter dominated his opponents in much the same fashion as Christie scoring 14.1 out of a possible 20 points to win his heat. Again, his opponents struggled to match his surfing with most surfing to low scoring single-digit heat scores. Mount Maunganui's Todd Doyle (Mnt) won his heat scoring 10.0 to win his heat. Doyle latched onto some good righthanders on his backhand performing be re-entries and floaters. Young Dunedin surfer Tom Bracegirdle progressed through his heat and through to the semifinals despite only catching one wave in his heat. Bracegirdle got a wave early in the heat performing two of the biggest backhand re-entries of the day to score 7.83 out of a possible 10 points - the second highest scoring wave of the day. He finished the heat in second place behind Jules Craft (Gis). Other juniors to progress in good form included Tane Wallis (Piha), Mackenzie Christie (Mnt) and Sid West (Auck). Day two will likely take place at St Clair beach with an 8.00am start. The order of events will be confirmed once officials assess the conditions in the morning. Please see below for results of day of the Hyundai National Surfing Championships, Event 1 of the SOL Surf Series (Thursday 13th January). Open Men's Division Trials Heat 1 Paul Greenland (Auck), 9.07, 1, Michael Wheeler (Tau), 5.83, 2, David Watkins (ChCh), 3.6, 3, Ike Hansen (ChCh), 1.4, 4 Heat 2 Sean Hovell (Gis), 5, 1, Jake Scott (Dun), 4.03, 2, Joe Van der geest (Dun), 1.8, 3, Michael Hastie (Dun), 1.4, 4 Open men's Division Round 1 Heat 1 Tyler Lawson (H-Bay), 9.33, 1, Josh Thickpenny (Dun), 6.6, 2, Hayden Brain (ChCh), 4.5, 3, Dave Lyons (Kai), 2.87, 4 Heat 2 Sam Willis (Gis), 9.3, 1, Jai Earnshaw (W.Coast), 7.07, 2, Danny Carse (Ota), 6.93, 3, Paul Greenland (Auck), 1.83, 4 Heat 3 Elliot Paerata Reid (Piha), 8.4, 1, Christo Gilbert H-Bay), 5.47, 2, Paul Moretti (Mimiwhangata), 3, 3, Dan Warren (ChCh), 1.3, 4 Heat 4 Matt Scorringe (Whmata), 9.17, 1, Adam Grimson (Gis), 7.13, 2, Cale Tolley (Mnt), 5.63, 3, Jake Scott (Dun), 4.47, 4 Heat 5 Patxi Scott Arrieta (Sandy Bay), 7.9, 1, Thomas Kibblewhite (Auck), 6.77, 2, Sean Hovell (Gis), 6.4, 3, Jacob Kohn (Gis), 6.33, 4 Heat 6 Richard Christie (Mahia), 14.5, 1, Nat Parsons (Dun), 8.9, 2, Joe Moretti (Mimiwhangata), 6.67, 3, Fintan Cram (WGM) , 5.97, 4 Heat 7 Sid West (Gt Barrier), 9.83, 1, Todd Doyle (Mnt), 7.77, 2, Michael Wheeler (Tau), 5.03, 3, Mike Willman (ChCh), 2.3, 4 Heat 8 Leon Santorik (Rag), 8.2, 1, Luke Murphy (Dun), 7.03, 2, Bevan Wiig (Auck), 6.63, 3, Hugh Ritchie (ChCh), 4.3, 4 Open Men's Division Round 2 (Yet to be surfed) Heat 1 Keone Campbell (Tara), Luke Hughes (Rag), Tyler Lawson (H-Bay), Jai Earnshaw (W.Coast) Heat 2 Alex Dive (Mnt), Ben Poulter (Rag), Sam Willis (Gis), Josh Thickpenny (Dun) Heat 3 Jarred Hancox (Tara), Maz Quinn (Gis), Elliot Paerata Reid (Piha), Adam Grimson (Gis) Heat 4 Jay Quinn (Gis), Ryan Hawker (Piha), Matt Scorringe (Whmata), Christo Gilbert H-Bay) Heat 5 Blair Stewart (Gis), Billy Stairmand (Rag), Patxi Scott Arrieta (Sandy Bay), Nat Parsons (Dun) Heat 6 Nick White (Mnt), Ben Kennings (Whmata), Richard Christie (Mahia), Thomas Kibblewhite (Auck) Heat 7 Tim O'Connor (Mnt), Morehu Roberts (Rag), Sid West (Gt Barrier), Luke Murphy (Dun) Heat 8 Tane Wallis (Piha), Zen Wallis (Piha), Leon Santorik (Rag), Todd Doyle (Mnt) Under 18 Boys Round 1 Heat 1 Jacob Kohn (Gis), 7.73, 1, Taylor McNeill (ChCh), 4.03, 2, Fintan Cram (Whmata), 4, 3 Heat 2 Todd Doyle (Mnt), 10.1, 1, Paul Moretti (Mimiwhangata), 9.33, 2, Sean Kettle (Tara), 6, 3 Heat 3 Jules Craft (Gis), 9, 1, Tom Bracegirdle (Dun), 7.83, 2, Dune Kennings (Whmata), 7.8, 3, Tyler Lawson (H-Bay), 6.77, 4 Heat 4 Tane Wallis (Piha), 9, 1, Sam Courtney (ChCh), 6.13, 2, Cody McCusker (Kaiapoi), 5.17, 3 Heat 5 Patxi Scott Arrieta (Sandy Bay), 5.3, 1, Joe Moretti (Mimiwhangata), 3.4, 2, Billy Harmon (Chch), 2, 3 Heat 6 Sid West (Gt Barrier), 7.57, 1, Jordan Hart (Tara), 3.93, 2, Waretini Wano (Piha), 2.9, 3, Stephen Weir (ChCh), 1.93, 4 Heat 7 Ben Poulter (Rag), 14.1, 1, Elliot Paerata Reid (Piha), 7.27, 2, Hugh Ritchie (ChCh), 4.33, 3 Heat 8 Mackenzie Christie (Tau), 8.33, 1, Adam Grimson (Gis), 8.17, 2, Louis Smith (Mangawhai), 6.37, 3, Nat Hughes (Rag), 4.63, 4 Twenty three national titles go up for grabs at the Hyundai National Championships. As well as the premier Open Men's and Open Women's Divisions, there will be a further 21 divisions comprising of age groups from Under 14 through to Over 55s and also Kneeboard and Bodyboard disciplines. Complete lists of all National Champions are located on the Surfing New Zealand website under History. Please see below for the remaining five events that make up the 20010/11 SOL Surf Series. Sol Series Event 2 - 13-16 January - Hyundai National Championships, Dunedin (5-star) Sol Series Event 3 - 29-31 January - Billabong Pro presented by Sony, Whangamata (6-star) Sol Series Event 4 - 12-13 February - Power Balance Pro, Mount Maunganui (4-star) Sol Series Event 5 - 11-13 March - Rip Curl Pro, Raglan (6-star) Sol Series Event 6 - 2-3 April SOL Super 16, Mobile (6-star) The remaining events on the 2011 Hyundai Pro Longboard Tour follow: Hyundai Pro Longboard Tour Event 2, 13-16 January, Dunedin (5-star) Hyundai Pro Longboard Tour Event 3, 4-6 February, Sandy Bay (SNZ 6-star / ASP LQS 1-star) Hyundai Pro Longboard Tour Event 4, 19-20 February, Mount Maunganui (4-star) Hyundai Pro Longboard Tour Event 5, 4-5 March, Port Waikato (6-star) Entry into the events can be completed at Surfing New Zealand under events. Complete the entry process online or download entry forms and send them in. The 2011 SOL Surf Series is expected to receive high entry levels so entrants will need to be in well before the cut off dates to assure themselves a slice of the action. Further Information For further information on the 2011 Hyundai National Championships please contact Surfing New Zealand's Ben Kennings on 021 2278732 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Alternatively contact Hyundai Brand Manager Devyn Cantley on 0275541548 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Imagery Web clips and newsfeeds will be distributed free of charge from each event. Please contact Ben Kennings for further details. High resolution action images of the surfing at all events on the SOL Surf Series will be available to media free of charge upon request. Event Hotline The Surfing New Zealand event hotline is 0211134506. This will be updated daily at approximately 7am with venue, divisions contested and conditions. Partners Generous support from Hyundai, SOL and South Coast Boardriders has made this event possible. Surfing New Zealand Newsletter If you want to keep updated with surfing information delivered right to your inbox then sign up to the SNZ Newsletter. Follow Surfing New Zealand and the Hyundai National Championships Live results will be feed live to the SNZ website via twitter so stay tuned with up to date results. Alternatively follow the action via the SNZ Facebook and SNZ Twitter. Surfing New Zealand are proudly partnered by SOL Hyundai SPARC Smokefree |