Quiksilver Pro Finals See America's Damien Hobgood Achieve
Surfing History
In Thrilling Final Round of Competition in Fiji, Hobgood Produces Highest Grand
Final Score in History of Pro Surfing, 19.9 Out of 20
TAVARUA and NAMOTU ISLANDS, Fiji, June 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Quiksilver
(NYSE:ZQK) (http://www.quiksilver.com/), the boardriding industry leader, today
announced that American Damien Hobgood won the Quiksilver Pro in Fiji against
two-time and current world champion Andy Irons (Kauai, Hawaii), after lodging
the highest grand final score in surfing history. In an epic tuberiding battle
in heaving eight foot (2.5m) surf at the notoriously shallow Cloudbreak Reef,
Hobgood scored 19.9 out of 20 with a perfect 10 point ride and a 9.9 score to
record his first ever professional career victory, for which he took the
biggest paycheck of his career, US$30,000, and leapfrogged to fifth on the ASP
World Championship Tour ratings.
With a mixture of skill and pure courage, the performances of both surfers in
the US$260,000 Quiksilver Pro final were nearly beyond belief to even the most
seasoned of observers. Hobgood (Satellite Beach, Melbourne, Florida) defeated
Irons in the 30-minute final by 19.9 - 18.96. On his path to Quiksilver Pro
victory on the final day, Hobgood, 24, defeated fellow American Taylor Knox
(Carlsbad, California) in round four; Australian Dean Morrison (Gold Coast,
Queensland) in the quarter-finals; and American Tim Curran (Oxnard, California)
in the semi-finals.
Irons had been on fire all day, scoring two perfect 10s in earlier heats, and
posting three overall in the event. Ironically, despite posting a near-perfect
9.63 and 9.33 in the final, Irons required a combination of scores worth 19.91
to take the lead. Irons, who came into the event as the number one seed,
extended his ratings lead to 3,816 points ahead of Damien's twin brother, CJ
Hobgood (2,964), who lost to Irons in the first semi-final, and six-time world
champion Kelly Slater (2,820).
In the Quiksilver Pro quarter-finals, CJ Hobgood defeated Australian Mark
Occhilupo (Gold Coast, Queensland); Irons defeated Australian Luke Egan (Gold
Coast, Queensland); Tim Curren defeated Hawaiian wildcard Fred Patacchia; while
Damien Hobgood defeated Australian Dean Morrison (Gold Coast, Queensland).
VNR transmission details -- June 4, 2004: USA & HAWAII (FEED)
Date: June 4, 2004
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Semi Finals and Final and Presentation:
00:00 Andy Irons (Yellow) paddling, Hawaii
00:08 Andy Irons (Yellow) surfing, Hawaii
00:22 CJ Hobgood (Red) paddling, USA
00:27 CJ Hobgood (Red) surfing, USA
00:38 Andy Irons (Yellow) surfing, Hawaii
00:54 Tim Curran (Red) paddling, USA
01:00 Tim Curran (Red) surfing, USA
01:10 Damien Hobgood (Yellow) surfing, USA
01:20 Damien Hobgood (Yellow) surfing, USA
01:34 Tim Curran (Red) surfing, USA
01:43 Tim Curran (Red) surfing, USA Final:
01:55 Wide shot of marshalling boat
02:00 Quiksilver Judging Tower
02:07 Tavarua long boat
02:10 Water Patrol
02:14 Damien Hobgood (Yellow) paddling, USA
02:18 Andy Irons (Red) on back of jet ski, Hawaii
02:26 Andy Irons (Red) surfing, Hawaii
02:50 Andy Irons (Red) surfing, Hawaii
03:04 Damien Hobgood (Yellow) surfing, USA
03:23 Damien Hobgood (Yellow) surfing, USA
03:41 Andy Irons (Red) surfing, Hawaii
03:54 Andy Irons (Red) surfing, Hawaii
04:10 Damien Hobgood (Yellow) on back of jet ski, USA
04:17 Damien Hobgood (Yellow) surfing, USA
04:27 Damien Hobgood (Yellow) surfing, USA
04:44 Damien Hobgood (Yellow) celebrates win, USA
04:54 Damien Hobgood (Yellow) does somersault off back off boat, USA
05:04 Andy Irons (Red) interview, Hawaii -- in English
05:28 Damien Hobgood (Yellow) interview, USA -- in English
05:52 Wide shot of Podium
05:55 Damien Hobgood (Yellow) celebrating, USA
06:16 Podium cutaway
06:21 Damien Hobgood (Yellow) with trophy, USA
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