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Frenchman is the highest-rated rookie
by George Mojo
20/09/2007:// Hopes of a French victory are rising with Jeremy Flores heading into the Quiksilver Pro France as the highest-rated rookie pro surfer of the year.
A superb semi-final finish at the last World Championship Tour event of the season in California, Flores currently sits in ninth place in the ASP rankings.
“I’m very excited for the competition in France; it’s going to be fun,” Flores said. "The waves have been really good for the contest the past two years and it’s my first time, officially, to surf with there on the World Tour so I’m really excited. It’s going to be cool, there are going to be so many fans at home cheering for me so it should be good. I can’t wait.”
Flores is one of three, and possibly four, European surfers competing in Hossegor.
Former Foster’s ASP World Tour surfer Miky Picon and Spaniard Aritz Aranburu have been given wildcards into the main event.
Aranburu currently sits 12th on the ASP World Qualifying Series, Picon is 13th.
The Top 15 surfers on the WQS at the end of the year earn spots on the elite Foster’s ASP World Tour.
The third wildcard spot will be given to the winner of the Quiksilver Pro Trials - the first day of the official 10-day waiting period.
The surfers competing in the trials are: Tom Curren (USA), Tamaroa McComb (PYF), Michel Bourez (PYF), Clay Marzo (AUS), Dylan Graves (PRI), Alain Riou (PYF), Joan Duru (FRA), Tiago Pieres (PRT), Fred Robin (REU), Patrick Beven (FRA), Nikolaus Von Rupp (GER), Marlon Lipke (DEU) and Marc Lacomare (FRA).
Several of the Top 45 will likely paddle out to participate in the ‘Kelly Experiment,’ an overlapping heat format conceptualized by current reigning World Champion and current World No. 2 Kelly Slater (USA).
Should the format prove successful, it will likely be used at Pipeline in Hawaii (as an alternative to the current four-heat format) this December.
Top seeds took control of the ASP World Qualfying Series 6-Star Buondi Billabong Pro Portugal posting big scores and impressive performances in the good three to four foot waves on offer at Ribeira d’Ilhas
Briton Russell Winter's run in the Buondi Billabong Pro in Portugal came to an abrupt end when the Cornishman finished last in his second round heat
The upcoming Boost Mobile Pro presented by Hurley may be the closest thing eight-time ASP World Champion and ratings leader Kelly Slater (USA) has to a home court advantage on the ASP World Tour
Home advantage saw Lee Ann Curren claim top spot in Rip Curl Pro Junior Mademoiselle at Les Bourdaines in Seignosse
The August Bank Holiday weekend saw a hive of activity at the inaugural Quiksilver Skins invitation competition, one of the most innovative contest formats to grace the circuit
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