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Brit fails to reach third round at Boardmasters
by George Mojo
08/08/2007:// Cornwall's Oli Adams failed to join three of his British counterparts in the third round the Rip Curl Boardmasters in Newquay.
Adams had to settle for fourth place in his second round heat in 1-2ft waves at Fistral Beach, missing out one of the top two places to go through to the last 96.
The England international was more than eight points adrift of heat winner South African Warwick Wright and American Chris Waring.
Wright stormed to victory in the small surf with a two-wave total of 14.33 points. Adams overall score was 6.08.
Johnny Fryer, from the Isle of Wight, also failed to book a third round berth, losing on a count-back to New Zealand's highly-rated Jay Quinn. Fryer had to settle for third place overall. American Tanner Gudauskas won the heat with 13.83 points to Fryer and Quinn's 12.10.
British hopes at the 5star World Qualifying Series event now rest with top UK seed Russell Winter fellow Newquay surfer Mark "Ego" Harris and South Devon's Matt Capel.
All three have tough opponents with Harris possibily facing an difficult tie against former WCT stalwart Jake Paterson and former World Junior champion Adriano de Souza, from Brazil.
Tour veteran and 2002 ISA World Champion runner-up Frédéric Robin is also in the round three draw after unleashing his quick back-hand attack to defeat Hawaiian Nathan Carroll, Australia's Michael Marjanovic and Norman Landa, from Euskadie, in round two.
Robin recorded a two-wave combined heat score of 13.50 points out of 20.
Another surfer advancing through to the round of 96 is Brian Toth (PRI), who was lucky to even make the event on time after a three days travel mission from Japan.
Toth actually missed his round one heat yesterday, because he was still in transit, but was luckily awarded a spot as the event’s "first alternate" when Luis Rodriguez withdrew.
Despite jetlag and travel stress, the goofy-footer advanced through his grabbed second place to qualify.
“Everything’s been against me for the last three days and I got here knowing I had missed my heat," explained a jetlagged and travel stressed Toth. "Luckily I was here early this morning and as first alternate got the first empty spot to jump in the event and get a go.”
“I had a coffee after my early warm-up surf and was waiting with my wetsuit on to make sure I wasn’t going to miss anything else. I had a quick word with my coach before paddling out and then just gave it all I could to get this qualification. As soon as I found that 7.50-point ride I felt a bit more relaxed and confident, then ended the heat well."
Australian Adam Melling and Brazilian Pedro Henrique also put on a blistering display.
Melling faced Ryan Campbell, Clinton Gravet and Wesley de Souza in Heat 21, but easily won through to earn a spot in the first money round.
Henrique surfed the final heat of the first session, posting a near-perfect 9.70-point ride on his way to the event’s highest heat score of 18.20 points out of 20.
The Brazilian will face Foster’s ASP World Tour surfer Shaun Cansdell, Romain Lauhlhe and Dylan Graves in Round 3.
Advancing with Henrique was Abdel El Harim, who is making his return to European WQS events after knee injury during the past seven months.
The sole Moroccan representative on the ASP World Qualifying Series is returning to form and did enough to secure second position.
"My knee injury has kept me out of the water for seven months and it’s been tough watching all the Europeans ripping around the world,” revealed Abdel. “It’s my fourth event back on a board and I will just go slowly as I have to get rid of my last fears with my knee. Next year I will come back strong and I am looking forward to getting back on tour."
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