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New Zealand Win on World Qualifying Series:
August 16: Cavaliers beach, Anglet, France:
Maz Quinn, of Gisborne, has won the USD $60,000 O'Neill Surf Challenge
4-star World Qualifying Series (WQS) event. The event was held at Cavaliers
beach in Anglet, France in small conditions over the past week but was
blessed with high-quality 1-2m conditions for the final day. Raglan's Daniel
Kereopa also performed well, placing 5th= to complete a career-best result
for both New Zealanders.
The result is the first victory on the WQS by a New Zealander and leaves
Quinn well placed to qualify for the World Championship Tour (WCT) in 2000.
The top 20 surfers from the WQS qualify for the WCT next year, taken from
the best eight results of 1999. The 1500 points for first place will jump
Quinn up the ratings from 69th and should go a long way towards a possible
top-20 finish to the year.
On his way to victory, 23 year-old Quinn beat an impressive field of
professional surfers, most notably 3-time world champion Tom Curren (USA) in
the semi-final round. Surfing against three Americans in the final, the New
Zealander made the most of the conditions to take victory from Todd
Prestage. Cory Lopez and former world number two, Rob Machado placed third
and fourth respectively.
Quinn, who won USD $6000 for the victory, was cheered on by a supporting
crowd of Australasian surfers that was happy to see a New Zealander win over
the three Americans in the final.
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