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Cornishman Sam Bleakley has failed to join his British team-mate Ben Skinner in the third round of the Oxbow World Longboard Tour event in France
by George Mojo
09/05/2008:// Bleakley, from Sennen, lost his sudden-death heat against Frenchman Timothee Creignou by 13.85 pts to 10.65 at Les Dunes.
Ben Skinner, from Jersey, faces Brazilian Jamie Viudes for a place in the last 16 of the contest.
Some glassy three foot waves offered all the round two surfers some great potential.
Australian Harrisson Roach, 17, put on a show when he defeated Japan's Eugene Teal with the highest score of the event so far, an impressive 18.40 point heat tally including a near perfect 9.65 out of a possible 10.
Roach, who tamed the southern peak with power and speed, left opponent Teal needing a combination of two waves to catch up.
"It was a really fun heat today and I was excited to paddle back out," said Roach.
"We have been sitting around for a few days waiting and I was excited to surf my heat. Teal stayed to the North peak and I surfed alone the whole time and got all the waves I wanted."
Roach, who lives in Noosa, is a complete surfer who rides longboards as well as shortboards and is looking to better his equal 9th place he got last year in the Oxbow WLT.
"I love surfing whatever boards I ride but where I come from we have perfect longboard waves and I am super stoked to be in this event," Roach said. "It was definitely a very good call to move South to Les Dunes and I am looking forward to surfing next round."
Michel Demont, reigning ASP Eurorpean Longboard Champion and former ASP World Longboard Tour number three, defeated Jonas Limaand advanced through to Round three.
Demont, who left the tour six years ago, is back in good form and will attend both ASP World Longboard Tour event this year.
"I had a bit of pressure as I did not know my opponent in this heat," Demont said. "The waves were good and it was a pleasure to surf the long clean faces just the two of us. I am stoked to be back among the world's top longboarders and it is a great feeling to be at Anglet."
[Wildcard Manoa Drollet (PYF) eliminated Kelly Slater in Round 3 of the Billabong Pro Tahiti]
[Wildcard Bruno Santos eliminated reigning ASP World Champion Mick Fanning in Round 2]
[Harley Ingleby (Coffs Harbour, AUS) won the Oxbow WLT]
Eight-time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA) and last year’s World No. 2 Taj Burrow (AUS) were Round 3 casualties to Billabong Pro Tahiti wildcards today
Reigning ASP World Champion Mick Fanning (AUS) suffered his first last place finish in two years at the Billabong Pro Tahiti this afternoon
Harley Ingleby was crowned Oxbow WLT pres. by Orange Champion today in good two to three foot waves at Les Dunes
[Arthurian legends back in Tintagel to campaign for proper sewage treatment]
Eighteen year old Ben Haworth from North Devon won the English National Longboard title at Watergate Bay over the bank holiday weekend
Pro-surfers endorse Brush Boarding, a combination of Surfing and Snowboarding, in Devon, the home of its Aussie inventor
Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) campaigners have today welcomed Hilary Benn, Secretary Of State for the Environment decision to refuse South West Water permission to carry on dumping raw sewage at Tintagel and Bossiney
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