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Edito Alcala wins Billabong Cloud 9 Invitational in perfect barrels |
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Written by surfline.com
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Tuesday, 18 August 2009 |
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CONDITIONS: Some of the world's best tube riders chucked the dice and booked flights to the remote island of Siargao last week, despite a less than assuring forecast. Pay off? Did it ever. We're talkin' clean, hollow, overhead rights at the most famous wave in the Philippines -- uncrowded, unexpected, all weekend long. When Cloud 9 is on, it's on.
OVERALL PERFORMERS: Edito 'Peso' Alcala gets the nod here. The 20-year-old local ace put on the blinders, tucking into pit after perfect pit and defeating defending champ Wade Goodall in the process. He surfed away with a hefty $7,500 check for the win. Goodall posted the event's only 10-point ride during the semifinal round.
QUOTE: "I'm so happy. It's a dream come true to win this event and beating the reigning champion in the final makes it that much more sweeter. I'm stoked." -- Edito Alcala, winner of Billabong Cloud 9 Invitational | var flashvars = {}; flashvars.bampWidth = "640"; flashvars.bampHeight = "600"; flashvars.xmlPath = "/bamp_v03/photos_xml.cfm?id=18963"; flashvars.id = "18963"; flashvars.thumbPosition = "top"; flashvars.loginStatus = "free"; var params = {}; params.wmode = "opaque"; params.bgcolor = "#336699"; var attributes = {}; attributes.id = "bamp03"; swfobject.switchOffAutoHideShow(); swfobject.embedSWF("/bamp_v03/Bamp_v03.swf", "bamp03", "640", "600", "9", "/scripts/swfobject2/expressInstall.swf", flashvars, params, attributes); document.getElementById('bamp03').style.display = "block"; |
HIGHLIGHTS: Alcala and Goodall dueled in a 35-minute, tit-for-tat, mano y mano finale. And to no one's huge surprise, last year's winner led through most of it. But Alcala grew up surfing this wave, and sitting in second with two minutes to go and with priority, he dipped into a deep Cloud 9 cavern to score a heat-winning 9.43 ride and last-minute victory. Finishing in equal third today was Hawaii's Granger Larsen, who was eliminated by Goodall in one semifinal, and Indonesia's Lee Wilson, who went down to Alcala in the other. source : http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/edito-alcala-wins-billabong-cloud-9-invitational-in-perfect-barrels-tunnel-vision_18963/ |
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