The Bodyglove Bodyboards USBA TOUR
PRESENTS THE SCION HAWAII LEDGES PRO 2007
In conjunction with the Foam Company Maui and Custom X
DAY TWO
Day two of the SCION Hawaii Ledges Pro started off with similar conditions to day one. The early rounds took to the water at 8 am, with big international names taking down USBA top riders. Ryan Hardy was one of them who took out Brian Stoerh with former NYBB Pro finalist Josifran Araujo taking second with a big roll to finish the heat.
Other early round standouts were Willy Pertrovick who took out Paulo Barcellos with some of the bigger inverts of the competition. In the third heat of the day Jason Bitzer was able take out top USBA rider Jeremy Wright with Kauai’s Kainoa Lumb taking second. Jeff Hubbard cruised through his heats with ease and composer into the semi finals. Jacob Romero put on a great show in his first heat with a clean display of inverts and solid combos.
Heading into the quarters there where big names going down such as Josifran Araujo, Jason Bitzer and Happy Zurkowski, all not dealing well with the now windy. Advancing through the next Quarter Round was Ryan Hardy and Brad Mebust who took a combined effort to take out USBA stars Willy Petrovick & Jacob Romero.
Breaking up the men’s pro quarters and semi’s was the Women’s pro final in which Kelly Gordon of Maui put on a stellar performance holding off the international apponents. Kelly had Mariana Rodriguez on her coat tails but Mariana was never able to better her second score.
Heading back into the Men’s Pro Semi, Australia’s Ryan Hardy continued his strong campaign in his first ever USBA event, he was able to land himself in the finals along side Kauaian Bud Miyamoto who was also the Ledges Pro Drop Knee Champion. The following semi saw Jeff Hubbard gain the highest maneuver score of the competition being awarded 9.5 and 10’s for his spin to clear air reverse combination. Following suit was Sacha Specker of South Africa who had been surfing well consistently all day long.
The conditions in the final were trying for the riders as a rainsquall hit almost to the second of the start flags going up. This however made for some cross-shore wedges that Ryan Hardy and Jeff Hubbard where able to use to launch large-scale inverts and ars’s. When the final buzzer blew it was Jeff Hubbard with two large air roll spins that narrowly edged out Ryan Hardy’s spin to roll and invert for the win. Thanks to our sponsors SCION Hawaii, Bodyglove Bodyboards, The Foam Co and Custom X Bodyboards for the their support of this amazing event.
Note: Check the USBAMAG.COM issue three for all the photos and a more in depth look at the 2007 SCION Hawaii Ledges Pro. Issue is due out the 12/30/07.
RESULTS
Men’s Pro
1. Jeff Hubbard (Kauai)
2. Ryan Hardy Australia
3. Bud Miyamoto (Kauai)
4. Sacha Specker (South Africa)
Women’s Pro
1. Kelly Gordon (Maui)
2. Mariana Rodriguez (Venezuela)
3. Christian Lima (Maui)
4. Andrea Carvalho
5. Linda Molina
DAY 1
The first day of competition started out with the amateurs hitting the water in the cleanest conditions of the day. The first heat saw Colin Black(oahu), Reese Yanorio (oahu), Jesse Walsh (Maui), Mark Gravacio (Oahu )battle it out in the blue water peaks. Colin and Jesse progressed, while Reese and Mark were knocked out. With Reese out of the competition, the Amateur title was awarded to New Jersey’s Dillon Druz.
Newly crowned amateur champion, Dillon entered the water in semi final two alongside Kingsley Uaiwa (Maui), Josh Kid and Casey Bibbs. The current champ struggled to find form in the testing conditions while Kingsley and Casey found some workable sections to gain the scores necessary to progress to the final. The waves turned on for the 20 minute action packed amateur final. From the beginning of the final Kingsley and Colin were exchanging a high score battle all the way through to the finish. Colin’s best wave was one of the highest scores of the day that consisted of a tube followed by a two roll combination. Kingsley responded fast with a tube followed by a clean roll and spin. This kind of form continued through to the final minute and in the end it came to an extremely close finish with Colin just ousting Kingsley for first place.
The next to head into the water was the DK pro with the some of the bigger sets rolling in due to some uprising wind swell, and with some big DK hitters including the USBA tour Dropknee champion David Hubbard. Advancing out of the first round was New Jersey’s newest DK guru Jason Bitzer who was poised to keep his forth place rating in the overall standings. Others who advanced were the likes of Micah McMullan, Bud Miyamoto, Jeff and David Hubbard, Leroy Kaiwi, Willy Petrovik, and Cass Sadona. The DKrs had some stiff competition with the Hubbard (Kauai) brothers muscling their way into the final along with Bud Miyamoto (Kauai) and Leroy Kaiwi (Maui) following suit.
The final was one of the closet heats in USBA history with Bud edging out current and now 2007 USBA Dropknee Champ Dave Hubbard with the scores going to a tiebreaker. Tomorrow’s heats will consist of the entire Men’s Pro roster and the Women’s Pro finals.
As per today USBA 2007 Champions are finalized as follows
Men’s Pro: Jeff Hubbard Kauai)
Women’s pro: Roberta Bitzer (Oahu/Brazil)
Amateur: Dillon Druz (New Jersey)
Drop Knee Pro: Dave Hubbard (Kauai)
RESULTS
Amateur
1.Kingsley Uaiwa (Maui)
2. Colin Black (Oahu)
3. KC Bibbs (Maui)
4. Jesse Walsch (Maui)
Drop Knee Pro
1. Bud Miyamoto
2. Dave Hubbard
3. Leroy Kaiwi
4. Jeff Hubbard
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